archaeology Archive
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New Technology Salvages Destroyed Artefacts
Posted on May 26, 2015 | No CommentsRecent developments in photogrammetry and 3D printing may be the saving grace for precious historical artefacts destroyed by militants and natural disasters. The new technology, […] -
Breakthrough Made In Efforts To Read Herculaneum Scrolls
Posted on February 1, 2015 | No CommentsScientists are on the verge of being able to read a library of ancient Roman scrolls for the first time. The collection of scrolls, from […] -
Sleeping with the Fishes: the 400 million year old origin of sex
Posted on November 6, 2014 | No CommentsGenerations of scientists have assumed that sexual reproduction in vertebrates originated with external fertilization that gradually evolved into the internal form that humans perform, and […] -
Precious Time
Posted on November 2, 2014 | No Comments‘Time and tide wait for no man’. That’s one ancient proverb that never ceases to ring true. Some of our most fascinating insights about a […] -
Neanderthal Toothpick Use at Cova Foradà – Medicinal?
Posted on October 20, 2013 | No CommentsThe use of toothpicks is recognised in a number of cultures in the world today representing a combination of cultural, hygienic and medicinal concerns. Marina Lozano […] -
Science or celebrity? The ‘discovery’ of Richard III
Posted on May 29, 2013 | No CommentsOn the 24th of August 2012 the University of Leicester and Leicester City Council, in association with the Richard III Society, began a search for […]