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Old chronicles show how harsh winters and floods deepened hunger and disease in 17th century Transylvania

Historical records show harsh winters, floods and famine struck 17th century Transylvania during the Little Ice Age and ...
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Rare Iron Age bronze warrior helmet unearthed at Łysa Góra in Poland far from its homeland

A La Tène bronze helmet found at Łysa Góra in Poland points to southern visitors and a key stop on the Iron Age Amber Route.
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Excavations uncover the oldest known buildings at Hala Sultan Tekke in Cyprus, a Bronze Age copper port that traded from Sardinia to Afghanistan

Swedish-led digs at Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus, found 17th-15th century BCE buildings and pottery, tracing the rise of a ...
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Did a penguin-hunting crew survive here? New evidence of shipwreck remains and a possible castaway camp on an island off Patagonia

Researchers found 19th-century shipwrecks and a castaway camp on Isla de los Estados, possibly linked to Luis Piedra Buena's ...
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Denisovans had a distinctive look, protein and skull study suggests

Protein analysis of fossils from northern China and skull comparisons outline a distinctive Denisovan look, with a wide skull ...
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2,500-year-old defense line found along an ancient road suggests unknown conflicts in Denmark

Archaeologists in western Jutland found an Iron Age pit belt, likely a palisade, along the old Drivvej, plus a 4,500-year-old ...