Blog #117: Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age: an NEH-Funded Institute for Ancient Mediterranean Studies Educators with Christine Johnston and Leigh Anne Lieberman – Peopling the Past

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In this week’s blog post, Drs Christine Johnston and Leigh Anne Lieberman introduce us to their new NEH-funded project, “Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age.” This institute aims to…
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Talking points from Moscow: How RT and the GRU set the agenda on German-language Telegram

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The Insider and Novaya Gazeta Europe have found that half of all sociopolitical content in the German-language segment of Telegram is controlled by the RT (formerly Russia Today) media network, which continues to spread pro-Kremlin disinformation. The channels began rapidly building their audience immediately after Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine, and they are actively promoting fake news to this day, undeterred by European sanctions. Some of the public page owners within this network are linked to a GRU unit engaged in disinformation operations.

AstraZeneca und Johnson & Johnson: Wie bestimmte Coronaimpfungen zu Hirnthrombosen führten

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Forschende haben aufgeklärt, warum Vektor-Impfstoffe in der Pandemie sehr selten gefährliche Blutgerinnsel auslösen konnten. Das Problem war demnach das Transportmittel, das den Wirkstoff in die Zellen brachte.

Augsburger Allgemeine: Das 3400 Jahre alte Schwert von Nördlingen ist ein „qualitatives Spitzenprodukt“ der Bronzezeit

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Vor drei Jahren wurde in Nördlingen ein Bronzeschwert bei Grabungen gefunden. Nun hat man Neues dazu herausgefunden. Antworten auf die wichtigsten Fragen.

derStandard.de | Nachrichten, Kommentare & Community: England: "Riese" mit Loch im Schädel in rätselhaftem Massengrab entdeckt

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Eine freigelegte Grube südlich von Cambridge enthielt zehn teilweise zerstückelte Männer aus dem 9. Jahrhundert – darunter einen außergewöhnlich großen Kerl, der eine Schädelöffnung überlebt hatte

Ritual encounters at the northern periphery of the early Neolithic world. A roe deer antler headdress from Eilsleben, Börde county, Saxony-Anhalt

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Following the results of aDNA studies, the Neolithic expansion into central Europe has been identified with a massive movement of people. Archaeological data however speak against a complete population turnover. Differing between regions, displacement in peripheral zones occurs as well as parallel use of geographical spaces. In any case, initial colonization is rapidly followed by exchange between the farmers and foragers. Drawing on a find from Eilsleben-Vosswelle, a site at the northern periphery of the Linear Pottery Culture distribution, the present paper highlights the role individual agency may have played within this exchange. A modified roe deer antler from an Early Neolithic settlement pit can be interpreted as part of a headdress in Mesolithic tradition and finds its best analogy in the burial of the “shaman” of Bad Dürrenberg. The Linear Pottery Culture also knows depictions of horned human-animal combined beings, possibly hinting at elements of shamanic beliefs. Based on this evidence we argue in favor of interactions between early farmers and foragers that may even have had an impact on belief systems.

Towards a virtual environment for the Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa: developing a georeferenced and optimised digital dataset | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

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