Archaeology
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Arts & Culture
Ancestral ties to the Kabayan ‘fire’ mummies is driving research to save them
An unexpected family link to the Philippines’ Kabayan mummies inspired research into environmental changes in the mountain caves that house them
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Environment
Earth’s invisible shield can help reveal our past and our future
Dr Agathe Lise-Pronovost studies the Earth’s magnetic field, which protects our planet from harmful cosmic rays and leaves its signature in ancient rocks
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Arts & Culture
Beauty, wine and death in the ancient world
A new exhibition gives insights into the hidden lives of women, children, slaves and artisans of the ancient Graeco-Roman world
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Arts & Culture
Happy ancient Roman Mother’s Day
No breakfast in bed and a bouquet, on Roman Mother’s Day, women served their slaves and offered flowers to a goddess
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Arts & Culture
All rivers lead to Rome
Never mind the roads, rivers were the arteries of the Roman Empire, carrying food, fuel and livestock along important ancient trade routes
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Sciences & Technology
Under the Microscope
The palaeontology field keeps you on your toes
Palaeontologist Dr Vera Korasidis was torn between becoming a ballerina or unearthing fossils. Fresh from a dig in Wyoming’s Badlands, she knows she made the right choice
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Arts & Culture
What was it like to be a child in the Roman Empire?
As the researcher for a new children’s novel set in Ancient Roman times, archaeologist Tamara Lewit found herself hunting for answers to questions she’d never considered
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Sciences & Technology
Laos jars are slowly revealing their secrets
New dating techniques find that Laos’ stone jars may be at least 3,000 years old, but the sites remained significant for rituals until just 700 years ago
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Arts & Culture
Out of ancient marshes
Archaeology at the site of the former Pontine Marshes has uncovered a massive but forgotten feat of ancient land reclamation revealing the early determination of the Romans to bend the world to their will
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Sciences & Technology
Victoria’s volcanic history confirms the state’s Aboriginal inhabitation before 34,000 years
New techniques for dating volcanic eruptions, a lone axe and Indigenous oral traditions give us a new minimum age for human occupation in Victoria