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What plants did the bricks contain three thousand years ago? The first ever DNA analysis answered

Near the Tigris River at the ancient city of Kalhu (now Nimrudu), a brickmaker once prepared clay bricks for the construction of a new palace for King Ashurnasirpal II. Little did he know that 2,900 years later it would serve as a unique time capsule revealing details of the flora of that specific area and time through the examination of DNA preserved in the brick over thousands of years. Nothing like this had ever been done before.

The child sacrifice site hid thousands of burial urns and very rare gold coins

Archaeological excavations of a cemetery and temple at the site of a sacrificial site in Carthage, Tunisia, have unearthed 2,300-year-old gold sacrificial coins and burial urns containing the remains of infants and animals, some even together in one vessel.

A 3,800-year-old intact tablet with a royal treaty has been found in Turkey

After this year's massive earthquakes in southern Turkey, archaeologists discovered a 3,800-year-old clay tablet with a Bronze Age cuneiform script during rescue work at Tell Atchana. The unique tablet, inscribed in Akkadian, represents a contract for the purchase of the ancient city of Alalakh by the ruler of the time.

Scientists have reassembled a Neolithic necklace - it's spectacular

An artfully crafted necklace made of thousands of beads from a child's grave in the Neolithic village of Ba'ja in southern Jordan has been reassembled into its original shape five years after its discovery. It is the most elaborate ornament ever found at a Neolithic site and contains the oldest known amber beads ever found.

Silver from 4,600-year-old Egyptian royal jewellery comes from Europe

A new study has revealed the origins of silver in the largest known collection from the early Egyptian period. The silver bracelets of Queen Hetepheres I have been a great mystery to scholars until now, but now the source of the raw material has been located in Greece. The discovery confirms, among other things, how extensive and important the trade network was during the height of the pyramid period four and a half thousand years ago...

Dog skull from Tralleis

Dogs are man's oldest friends and have been with us since the dawn of time. They perform various tasks that people put on them and in many activities they are still indispensable. The Romans played a key role in the formation of modern dog breeds, and by artificial selection they gave them desirable morphological and functional characteristics.

A 6,000-year-old copper fishing hook is the oldest in the world

A unique copper fish hook has been discovered during excavations in the Israeli coastal town of Ashkelon. It was designed for fish between 1.5 and 2 metres in size. According to the Israel Antiquities Authority, it is the oldest known metal fish hook in the world.

Archaeologists restore rare paintings and zodiac signs in Egyptian temple

An Egyptian-German research team discovered new colourful ceiling paintings with preserved depictions of the zodiac in the temple of Esna in Upper Egypt and perfectly restored them. This is only the third work of this type in Egypt; moreover, it is in its original state after restoration.

Archaeologists discover a 4,700-year-old Sumerian tavern with remnants of food and beer

At the archaeological site of Tell el-Hiba, a former important city-state of Lagash in the southernm Iraq, the remains of a nearly 5 000-year-old tavern have been discovered with vessels still containing food remains. Archaeologists hope their research will shed light on the lives of ordinary people in the world's first cities...

The oldest narrative scene discovered: man with penis in hand being followed by animals

A carved stone bench with reliefs of animal and human figures was discovered in southeastern Turkey, with the main motif of a man holding a naked phallus. It represents the oldest known depiction of a narrative scene (story) and reflects the complex relationship between humans, natural forces and the animal world that surrounded them 11,000 years ago.

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