Archaeologists Novodevichy expedition discovered the remains of the fortifications of the Novodevichy convent during the reign of Boris Godunov. Findings allow us to understand how different the monastery during perestroika in the late XVII century by the Princess Sophia. Preliminary Read more
In the bones and teeth of people who lived in 600-1050 years BC in Northern Europe and on the territory of modern and the UK, found DNA from a previously unknown strains of variola virus, was reported in Science. Compared Read more
America could be inhabited by humans even during the maximum of the last glaciation (of 26.5 and 19 thousand years ago), or even shortly before it. This is indicated by two independent studies (1, 2) published in Nature. In one Read more
geneticists said floor Scythian child, whose mummy was discovered in 1988 in the cemetery of Saryg-Bulun in Tuva, reported in the journal Stratum Plus. It turned out that it was a girl, not a boy as I thought for a Read more
The Indians of the South-East of North America for thousands of years was collected virgin oysters without harming the local ecosystem. To such conclusion researchers have come, having analysed almost forty thousand shells from fifteen archaeological sites. For almost the Read more
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