The water in some reservoirs of Tikal city of the Maya civilization in the ninth century of our era contained so much mercury, phosphates and metabolic products of cyanobacteria that was hardly drinkable, it is reported in Scientific Reports. This, Read more
The Indians of the North-West of North America, who lived about 1400 years ago, smoked a mix of local tobacco with sumac. To such conclusion the researchers who have studied the traces of metabolites in the ancient tube. As noted Read more
Archaeologists have learned to create full three-dimensional maps of cities, hidden underground. To do this, they combine the data obtained by fluxgate gradientometry and GPR. The method will be tested on ancient Roman settlement New Falerii in Italy. The preliminary Read more
Scientists succeeded up to a year (or even season) to date the construction of the fortress of Por-Bajin in Tuva. For this, they used a new method of combining radiocarbon analysis and dendrochronology, and taking into account the so-called event Read more
The Novgorod archaeological expedition discovered on the banks of the Volkhov, remains of the fortress walls and towers surrounding the city — the outer line of the fortifications of the medieval Novgorod. Adjacent to the estate, archaeologists found five birch-bark, Read more
Despite the fact that maize was domesticated about nine thousand years ago to dominate the diet of the inhabitants of Central America it was only about four thousand years ago. This is the conclusion reached by scientists who analyzed isotope Read more
Archaeologists have discovered in the state of Tabasco in southern Mexico Mayan monumental complex, Dating to 1000-800 years BC. It is the oldest such structure associated with the Mayan civilization. Article about the discovery published in the journal Nature. Complex Read more
Israeli archeologists have dated the construction of the Jerusalem “Great bridge”, leading to the temple mount, the period from 20 BC until 70 ad. Article published in the journal PLoS ONE. Great bridge serves as the entrance to the temple Read more
Archaeologists experimentally tested a method of detecting traces of beer and other drinks and food, the production of which was soleimanie cereal grains, reported in PLoS ONE. It turned out that this process affects the microstructure of the aleurone layer Read more
Archaeologists have studied the remains of 82 individuals buried in the cemetery of V century BC in the Mesh ICEi in the South of Hungary, and was able to reconstruct the story of how a small village just two or Read more