Archaeologists achieve a historic milestone by dating French cave paintings with carbon-14 for the first time

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A team led by a researcher from the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) has achieved a milestone in prehistoric archaeology by confirming through absolute dating the age of several parietal representations from the Font-de-Gaume cave, located in Dordogne, France. The results, published

Une équipe française réussit l’exploit de dater des peintures rupestres considérées comme indatables

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Appliquée pour la première fois dans la grotte de Font‑de‑Gaume, en Dordogne, cette méthodologie a permis de donner des âges entre 13 000 et 16 000 ans à des peintures qui résistaient jusqu’alors à toute datation.

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I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share: 2/ Maybe the lead is th...

More than clothing: How ancient needles and awls shaped survival, medicine and ritual

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A study led by McKenna Litynski, a Ph.D. graduate in anthropology and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Wyoming, confirms that ancient needles and awls enabled humans to survive in cold climates and shows these tools served a variety of purposes beyond clothing production, from medicine to ceremony.

King's Seat Exhibition — AOC Archaeology Group

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Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust (PKHT) worked in partnership with Dunkeld and Birnam Historical Society to develop a community project to explore the story of the fort. Volunteers worked alongside a team of professional archaeologists from AOC Archaeology Group to survey and excavate the site. A se

Religion und sozialer Zusammenhalt in der Antike – Ein Interview mit Beate Dignas – Berliner Antike*-Blog

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Religion konnte in der Antike sowohl gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt fördern als auch Konflikte auslösen. Im Interview spricht die Althistorikerin Beate Dignas (University of Oxford) über ihr Projekt „(Re)Negotiating Social Cohesion – Religion and Community in Antiquity“, das sie als Einstein Visiting Fellow in Kooperation mit dem Berliner Antike-Kolleg an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin durchführt. Dabei geht es um die Frage, wie religiöse Praktiken und Vorstellungen das Zusammenleben antiker Gesellschaften prägten – und was wir daraus für heutige Debatten lernen können.