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In a study conducted...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=21751" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/neolithic-gender-equality-0021751" rel="ugc nofollow" title="Neolithic Communities in Europe Featured Surprising Gender Equality" class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Neolithic Communities in Europe Featured Surprising Gender Equality</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script src="//pl24243596.profitablecpmrate.com/12/2b/8a/122b8aac7ec6a44e33e08185427b474b.js" defer="defer" ></script> <section id="node-21750" class="node node-article node-promoted node-teaser even " about="/news-evolution-human-origins-ancient-places-africa/fossilized-footprints-kenya-0021750" > <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/2HA1.jpg?itok=fZF1Racl"><a href="/news-evolution-human-origins-ancient-places-africa/fossilized-footprints-kenya-0021750" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/2HA1.jpg?itok=fZF1Racl" width="288" height="173" alt="Excavating the new trackway site, with footprints from hominins, birds and other animals visible in foreground." /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-12-02T17:58:00+00:00" >2 December, 2024 - 17:58</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/ancient-origins-0" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/ancient-origins-0" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>ancient origins</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/news-evolution-human-origins-ancient-places-africa/fossilized-footprints-kenya-0021750" rel="ugc nofollow">Footprints Reveal 2 Extinct Hominin Species Living Side By Side</a></h2> <span content="Footprints Reveal 2 Extinct Hominin Species Living Side By Side" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="0" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >Anna K. Behrensmeyer , Kevin Hatala & Purity Kiura / The Conversation Human footprints stir the imagination. They invite you to follow, to guess what someone was doing and where they were going...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=21750" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/news-evolution-human-origins-ancient-places-africa/fossilized-footprints-kenya-0021750" rel="ugc nofollow" title="Footprints Reveal 2 Extinct Hominin Species Living Side By Side" class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Footprints Reveal 2 Extinct Hominin Species Living Side By Side</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script src="//pl24243596.profitablecpmrate.com/12/2b/8a/122b8aac7ec6a44e33e08185427b474b.js" defer="defer" ></script> <section id="node-1187" class="node node-article node-promoted node-teaser odd " about="/ancient-places-oceania/megalithic-gate-haamonga-maui-001187" > <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Ha%E2%80%99amonga%20%E2%80%98a%20Maui.jpg?itok=1irD-wLN"><a href="/ancient-places-oceania/megalithic-gate-haamonga-maui-001187" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Ha%E2%80%99amonga%20%E2%80%98a%20Maui.jpg?itok=1irD-wLN" width="288" height="173" alt="Megalith monument Ha'amonga 'a Maui" /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-11-30T21:54:24+00:00" >30 November, 2024 - 21:54</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/johnblack" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/johnblack" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>johnblack</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/ancient-places-oceania/megalithic-gate-haamonga-maui-001187" rel="ugc nofollow">The Megalithic Gate of Ha-amonga a Maui</a></h2> <span content="The Megalithic Gate of Ha-amonga a Maui" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="13" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >Scattered over 700,000 square kilometers (270, 271 sq mi) in the southern Pacific Ocean are the Tonga islands. On one of the 176 islands that make up Tonga, there stands one of the strangest...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=1187" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/ancient-places-oceania/megalithic-gate-haamonga-maui-001187" rel="ugc nofollow" title="The Megalithic Gate of Ha-amonga a Maui" class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about The Megalithic Gate of Ha-amonga a Maui</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; 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</script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Salema%20porgy%20fish%20.jpg?itok=9K5etmqu"><a href="/weird-facts/hallucinogenic-fish-0021743" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Salema%20porgy%20fish%20.jpg?itok=9K5etmqu" width="288" height="173" alt="Salema porgy fish in the sea" /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-11-30T16:26:41+00:00" >30 November, 2024 - 16:26</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/mark-miller" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/mark-miller" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>Mark Miller</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/weird-facts/hallucinogenic-fish-0021743" rel="ugc nofollow">Romans Are Said to Have Ingested Fish Brains That Caused Hallucinations</a></h2> <span content="Romans Are Said to Have Ingested Fish Brains That Caused Hallucinations" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="0" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >Ancient Romans reportedly ingested the brains of a bream called the dreamfish to get high, and modern scholarly studies have confirmed the toxicity and hallucination-inducing qualities of the Sarpa...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=21743" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/weird-facts/hallucinogenic-fish-0021743" rel="ugc nofollow" title="Romans Are Said to Have Ingested Fish Brains That Caused Hallucinations" class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Romans Are Said to Have Ingested Fish Brains That Caused Hallucinations</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; 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</script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/NebraSkyDisc.jpg?itok=OzTghaiz"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/nebra-sky-disc-manufacture-0021749" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/NebraSkyDisc.jpg?itok=OzTghaiz" width="288" height="173" alt="The Nebra Sky Disc." /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-11-30T13:38:24+00:00" >30 November, 2024 - 13:38</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/sahir" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/sahir" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>Sahir</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/nebra-sky-disc-manufacture-0021749" rel="ugc nofollow">Legendary Nebra Sky Disc Creation Method Has Been Discovered</a></h2> <span content="Legendary Nebra Sky Disc Creation Method Has Been Discovered" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="0" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >A circle of corroded bronze, measuring 12 inches (30cm) across, adorned with golden shapes, was unwittingly discovered in 1999 in Nebra, Germany, now famously coined the Nebra Sky Disc. 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Right; Egyptian circumcision papyrus." /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-11-29T22:20:33+00:00" >29 November, 2024 - 22:20</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/ancient-origins-0" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/ancient-origins-0" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>ancient origins</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/news-general/facebook-censorship-0021748" rel="ugc nofollow">Facebook Censorship: Penalizing the Innocent and Still Missing the Harmful?</a></h2> <span content="Facebook Censorship: Penalizing the Innocent and Still Missing the Harmful?" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="1" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >Once again Ancient Origins has been blocked by Facebook for posting content deemed not fit for general consumption. This is becoming an almost monthly occurrence, with the site being put on hold for...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=21748" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/news-general/facebook-censorship-0021748" rel="ugc nofollow" title="Facebook Censorship: Penalizing the Innocent and Still Missing the Harmful?" class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Facebook Censorship: Penalizing the Innocent and Still Missing the Harmful?</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; 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</script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Ubaid.jpg?itok=K6hh0h0t"><a href="/artifacts-other-artifacts-news-history-archaeology/ubaid-figurine-0021747" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Ubaid.jpg?itok=K6hh0h0t" width="288" height="173" alt="Ubaid figurine unearthed in Kuwait." /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-11-29T15:48:27+00:00" >29 November, 2024 - 15:48</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/sahir" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/sahir" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>Sahir</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/artifacts-other-artifacts-news-history-archaeology/ubaid-figurine-0021747" rel="ugc nofollow">7,700-Year-Old Ubaid Figurine and Shell Crafting Site Found in Kuwait!</a></h2> <span content="7,700-Year-Old Ubaid Figurine and Shell Crafting Site Found in Kuwait!" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="0" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >A Kuwaiti-Polish archaeological mission working at Bahra 1, a pre-historic site in the Al-Subhiyah desert, Northern Kuwait has revealed a unique Ubaid figurine, and evidence of shell crafting and...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=21747" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/artifacts-other-artifacts-news-history-archaeology/ubaid-figurine-0021747" rel="ugc nofollow" title="7,700-Year-Old Ubaid Figurine and Shell Crafting Site Found in Kuwait!" class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about 7,700-Year-Old Ubaid Figurine and Shell Crafting Site Found in Kuwait!</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; 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</script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/claudius-preview.jpg?itok=bYXCH3xc"><a href="/news-history-premium/educating-claudius-0021746" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/claudius-preview.jpg?itok=bYXCH3xc" width="288" height="173" alt="AI image of Roman Emperor Claudius." /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-11-29T15:10:41+00:00" >29 November, 2024 - 15:10</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/martinif" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/martinif" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>MartiniF</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/news-history-premium/educating-claudius-0021746" rel="ugc nofollow">Educating Claudius: Transforming the Family Outcast into the Emperor of Rome</a></h2> <span content="Educating Claudius: Transforming the Family Outcast into the Emperor of Rome" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="0" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >When the mad Roman Emperor Caligula was assassinated in 41 AD, his uncle Claudius ran to one of the palace's apartments and hid behind a curtain. Claudius was soon discovered by the praetorian guards...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=21746" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/news-history-premium/educating-claudius-0021746" rel="ugc nofollow" title="Educating Claudius: Transforming the Family Outcast into the Emperor of Rome" class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Educating Claudius: Transforming the Family Outcast into the Emperor of Rome</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script src="//pl24243596.profitablecpmrate.com/12/2b/8a/122b8aac7ec6a44e33e08185427b474b.js" defer="defer" ></script> <section id="node-21745" class="node node-article node-promoted node-teaser odd " about="/news-evolution-human-origins/homo-juluensis-new-human-0021745" > <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Ancestor.jpg?itok=Lf2JkZZK"><a href="/news-evolution-human-origins/homo-juluensis-new-human-0021745" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Ancestor.jpg?itok=Lf2JkZZK" width="288" height="173" alt="New organization of hominin fossils from eastern Asia after discovery of new species. " /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-11-29T14:04:25+00:00" >29 November, 2024 - 14:04</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/nathan-falde" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/nathan-falde" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>Nathan Falde</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/news-evolution-human-origins/homo-juluensis-new-human-0021745" rel="ugc nofollow">Fossils Found in China Come from a Huge Human Ancestor, Scientists Say </a></h2> <span content="Fossils Found in China Come from a Huge Human Ancestor, Scientists Say " class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="0" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >A pair of scientists who study hominin fossils and human evolution in China and East Asia claim to have discovered a new human ancestor that appeared during the Late Quaternary or Middle Pleistocene...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=21745" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/news-evolution-human-origins/homo-juluensis-new-human-0021745" rel="ugc nofollow" title="Fossils Found in China Come from a Huge Human Ancestor, Scientists Say " class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Fossils Found in China Come from a Huge Human Ancestor, Scientists Say </span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; 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</script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Graffiti.jpg?itok=kLihX_B4"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/graffiti-powerful-form-protest-ancient-rome-gladiator-ii-shows-0021744" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Graffiti.jpg?itok=kLihX_B4" width="288" height="173" alt="Gladiator graffiti in Pompeii." /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-11-28T21:14:49+00:00" >28 November, 2024 - 21:14</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/ancient-origins-0" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/ancient-origins-0" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>ancient origins</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/graffiti-powerful-form-protest-ancient-rome-gladiator-ii-shows-0021744" rel="ugc nofollow">Graffiti Was a Powerful Form of Protest in Ancient Rome – as Gladiator II Shows</a></h2> <span content="Graffiti Was a Powerful Form of Protest in Ancient Rome – as Gladiator II Shows" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="0" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >Claire Holleran /The Conversation Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II features a scene in which a senator, seated at a pavement cafe in Rome, reads a printed newspaper. The moment has caused history buffs...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=21744" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/graffiti-powerful-form-protest-ancient-rome-gladiator-ii-shows-0021744" rel="ugc nofollow" title="Graffiti Was a Powerful Form of Protest in Ancient Rome – as Gladiator II Shows" class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Graffiti Was a Powerful Form of Protest in Ancient Rome – as Gladiator II Shows</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script src="//pl24243596.profitablecpmrate.com/12/2b/8a/122b8aac7ec6a44e33e08185427b474b.js" defer="defer" ></script> <section id="node-21742" class="node node-article node-promoted node-teaser odd " about="/news-history-archaeology/thanksgiving-food-origins-0021742" > <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Thanksgiving.jpeg?itok=zePOUSZ-"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/thanksgiving-food-origins-0021742" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Thanksgiving.jpeg?itok=zePOUSZ-" width="288" height="173" alt="Traditional American Thanksgiving meal" /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-11-28T14:48:37+00:00" >28 November, 2024 - 14:48</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/gary-manners" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/gary-manners" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>Gary Manners</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/thanksgiving-food-origins-0021742" rel="ugc nofollow">How the Thanksgiving Food Favorites Won Their Place at the Table</a></h2> <span content="How the Thanksgiving Food Favorites Won Their Place at the Table" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="0" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >Thanksgiving, celebrated annually in the United States, is a time-honored tradition marked by a feast that brings together family and friends. It is in essence a harvest festival, to give thanks for...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=21742" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/thanksgiving-food-origins-0021742" rel="ugc nofollow" title="How the Thanksgiving Food Favorites Won Their Place at the Table" class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about How the Thanksgiving Food Favorites Won Their Place at the Table</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; 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</script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Otto.jpg?itok=Jfoftukx"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/otto-tribute-queen-edith-0021741" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Otto.jpg?itok=Jfoftukx" width="288" height="173" alt="Tribute document of King Otto I of Germany" /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-11-28T13:22:48+00:00" >28 November, 2024 - 13:22</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/nathan-falde" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/nathan-falde" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>Nathan Falde</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/otto-tribute-queen-edith-0021741" rel="ugc nofollow">Otto the Great’s Tribute to His Late English Queen Finally Makes Sense</a></h2> <span content="Otto the Great’s Tribute to His Late English Queen Finally Makes Sense" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="0" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >A historical document composed by King Otto I, better known as Otto the Great, to his English queen has been re-examined and re-dated by a medieval historian from the University of Exeter in the UK...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=21741" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/otto-tribute-queen-edith-0021741" rel="ugc nofollow" title="Otto the Great’s Tribute to His Late English Queen Finally Makes Sense" class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Otto the Great’s Tribute to His Late English Queen Finally Makes Sense</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; 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</script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Statue%20at%20Plymouth.jpg?itok=7NzHF7Kv"><a href="/ancient-places-americas-history-ancient-traditions/thanksgiving-history-0021739" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Statue%20at%20Plymouth.jpg?itok=7NzHF7Kv" width="288" height="173" alt="Statue of Wampanoag Massasoit Ousamequin in Plymouth, Mass." /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-11-27T19:49:42+00:00" >27 November, 2024 - 19:49</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/mark-miller" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/mark-miller" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>Mark Miller</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/ancient-places-americas-history-ancient-traditions/thanksgiving-history-0021739" rel="ugc nofollow">Thanksgiving Evolved From Fasting and Prayer to Feasting and Mourning</a></h2> <span content="Thanksgiving Evolved From Fasting and Prayer to Feasting and Mourning" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="0" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >Thanksgiving observances predate the feast of the year 1621 shared by the Wampanoag Indians and the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. 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Described as “a very rare find”, an entire...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=21738" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/bronze-age-sword-denmark-0021738" rel="ugc nofollow" title="Bronze Age Sword Found in Danish Bog Leads to Hoard" class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Bronze Age Sword Found in Danish Bog Leads to Hoard</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script src="//pl24243596.profitablecpmrate.com/12/2b/8a/122b8aac7ec6a44e33e08185427b474b.js" defer="defer" ></script> <section id="node-21737" class="node node-article node-promoted node-teaser odd " about="/news-history-archaeology/oldest-firearm-us-0021737" > <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Firearm.jpg?itok=DTmxwz__"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/oldest-firearm-us-0021737" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Firearm.jpg?itok=DTmxwz__" width="288" height="173" alt="The excavated and restored bronze medieval-style wall or rampart gun found the Coronado expedition site in southern Arizona. " /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-11-27T13:20:22+00:00" >27 November, 2024 - 13:20</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/gary-manners" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/gary-manners" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>Gary Manners</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/oldest-firearm-us-0021737" rel="ugc nofollow">Oldest US Firearm Found in Arizona and Tied to Coronado Expedition</a></h2> <span content="Oldest US Firearm Found in Arizona and Tied to Coronado Expedition" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="0" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >A groundbreaking discovery in southern Arizona has unveiled the oldest known firearm in the continental United States. A bronze wall gun, dating to the Coronado expedition of 1539–1542, was excavated...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=21737" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/oldest-firearm-us-0021737" rel="ugc nofollow" title="Oldest US Firearm Found in Arizona and Tied to Coronado Expedition" class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Oldest US Firearm Found in Arizona and Tied to Coronado Expedition</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script src="//pl24243596.profitablecpmrate.com/12/2b/8a/122b8aac7ec6a44e33e08185427b474b.js" defer="defer" ></script> <section id="node-21736" class="node node-article node-promoted node-teaser even " about="/news-history-premium/wendish-crusade-0021736" > <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/wendish-crusade-preview.jpg?itok=i0VAHfnn"><a href="/news-history-premium/wendish-crusade-0021736" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/wendish-crusade-preview.jpg?itok=i0VAHfnn" width="288" height="173" alt="AI image of Slavic male warriors in chain mail." /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-11-27T12:30:00+00:00" >27 November, 2024 - 12:30</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/aleksa-vu-kovi" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/aleksa-vu-kovi" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>Aleksa Vučković</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/news-history-premium/wendish-crusade-0021736" rel="ugc nofollow">The Wendish Crusade: Holy War or Political Ambition in the Baltic Frontier?</a></h2> <span content="The Wendish Crusade: Holy War or Political Ambition in the Baltic Frontier?" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="0" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >For centuries, the Polabian Slavs lived in their ancestral homeland around the Elbe River, in what is today Germany. Following their age-old traditional lifestyle, they excelled as largely peaceful...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=21736" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/news-history-premium/wendish-crusade-0021736" rel="ugc nofollow" title="The Wendish Crusade: Holy War or Political Ambition in the Baltic Frontier?" class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about The Wendish Crusade: Holy War or Political Ambition in the Baltic Frontier?</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script src="//pl24243596.profitablecpmrate.com/12/2b/8a/122b8aac7ec6a44e33e08185427b474b.js" defer="defer" ></script> <section id="node-21735" class="node node-article node-promoted node-teaser odd " about="/news-history-archaeology/shipwreck-vasco-da-gama-0021735" > <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Vasco.jpg?itok=3ogPUcON"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/shipwreck-vasco-da-gama-0021735" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Vasco.jpg?itok=3ogPUcON" width="288" height="173" alt="Painting of Vasco de Gama departing for India in 1497." /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-11-26T20:00:56+00:00" >26 November, 2024 - 20:00</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/sahir" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/sahir" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>Sahir</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/shipwreck-vasco-da-gama-0021735" rel="ugc nofollow">Shipwreck off Kenyan Coast May Have Been Vasco da Gama’s São Jorge</a></h2> <span content="Shipwreck off Kenyan Coast May Have Been Vasco da Gama’s São Jorge" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="0" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >A new study links a shipwreck off the Kenyan coast of Ngomeni to be Vasco de Gama’s famed ship, the Sāo Jorge, from one of his many voyages through the Indian Ocean. The remains of the vessel were...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=21735" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/shipwreck-vasco-da-gama-0021735" rel="ugc nofollow" title="Shipwreck off Kenyan Coast May Have Been Vasco da Gama’s São Jorge" class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Shipwreck off Kenyan Coast May Have Been Vasco da Gama’s São Jorge</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script src="//pl24243596.profitablecpmrate.com/12/2b/8a/122b8aac7ec6a44e33e08185427b474b.js" defer="defer" ></script> <section id="node-1264" class="node node-article node-promoted node-teaser even " about="/ancient-places-asia/last-hieroglyphic-language-earth-and-ancient-culture-fighting-survive-001264" > <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/doblong%20art%20.jpg?itok=TFCkYRRz"><a href="/ancient-places-asia/last-hieroglyphic-language-earth-and-ancient-culture-fighting-survive-001264" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/doblong%20art%20.jpg?itok=TFCkYRRz" width="288" height="173" alt="Doblong art" /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-11-26T16:58:48+00:00" >26 November, 2024 - 16:58</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/aprilholloway" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/aprilholloway" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>aprilholloway</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/ancient-places-asia/last-hieroglyphic-language-earth-and-ancient-culture-fighting-survive-001264" rel="ugc nofollow">Dongba: The Last Hieroglyph and the Struggle to Save Naxi Culture</a></h2> <span content="Dongba: The Last Hieroglyph and the Struggle to Save Naxi Culture" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="4" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >The Dongba symbols are an ancient system of pictographic glyphs created by the founder of the Bön religious tradition of Tibet and used by the Naxi people in southern China. Historical records show...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=1264" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/ancient-places-asia/last-hieroglyphic-language-earth-and-ancient-culture-fighting-survive-001264" rel="ugc nofollow" title="Dongba: The Last Hieroglyph and the Struggle to Save Naxi Culture" class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Dongba: The Last Hieroglyph and the Struggle to Save Naxi Culture</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script src="//pl24243596.profitablecpmrate.com/12/2b/8a/122b8aac7ec6a44e33e08185427b474b.js" defer="defer" ></script> <section id="node-21733" class="node node-article node-promoted node-teaser odd " about="/news-history-archaeology/focaccia-bread-origins-0021733" > <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Focaccia.jpg?itok=Egq-FaVd"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/focaccia-bread-origins-0021733" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Focaccia.jpg?itok=Egq-FaVd" width="288" height="173" alt="Focaccia, with animal fat experimentally baked in a replica husking tray inside a domed oven. " /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-11-26T13:48:46+00:00" >26 November, 2024 - 13:48</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/ancient-origins-0" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/ancient-origins-0" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>ancient origins</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/focaccia-bread-origins-0021733" rel="ugc nofollow">Focaccia Didn’t Originate in Rome, but in Mesopotamia 9,000 years ago!</a></h2> <span content="Focaccia Didn’t Originate in Rome, but in Mesopotamia 9,000 years ago!" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="0" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >By Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona A study led by researchers from the UAB and the University La Sapienza in Rome indicates that during the Late Neolithic, between 7000 and 5000 BC, the...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="flag-bookmarks first"><span><span class="flag-wrapper flag-bookmarks"><a href="/user/login?bookmark_login=1&destination=/?bookmark_login_nid=21733" title="Add this post to your bookmarks" class="flag flag-bookmark" rel="ugc nofollow">Read Later</a><span class="flag-throbber"> </span></span></span></li> <li class="node-readmore last"><a href="/news-history-archaeology/focaccia-bread-origins-0021733" rel="ugc nofollow" title="Focaccia Didn’t Originate in Rome, but in Mesopotamia 9,000 years ago!" class="read-more"><span>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Focaccia Didn’t Originate in Rome, but in Mesopotamia 9,000 years ago!</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : 'a2fcacff46797bba0c73efb4ec160ca6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <script src="//pl24243596.profitablecpmrate.com/12/2b/8a/122b8aac7ec6a44e33e08185427b474b.js" defer="defer" ></script> <section id="node-21732" class="node node-article node-promoted node-teaser even " about="/artifacts-ancient-writings-news-history-archaeology/ptolemaic-temple-0021732" > <script> atOptions = { 'key' : '07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; </script> <script src="//www.highperformanceformat.com/07a9273a95eefb1074d073ce3b27c3c6/invoke.js" defer="defer" ></script> <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Ptolemaic%20Temple%20.jpg?itok=kgD1d9q6"><a href="/artifacts-ancient-writings-news-history-archaeology/ptolemaic-temple-0021732" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/Ptolemaic%20Temple%20.jpg?itok=kgD1d9q6" width="288" height="173" alt="An Egyptian-German archaeological team has uncovered a remarkable Ptolemaic temple in southern Egypt, dating to the Ptolemaic era. 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