Derwin FrittsWater Iran’s ancient engineering marvel BBC Travel - By Joobin BekhradDating back around 3,000 years, the qanat is an ingenious and sustainable solution to Iran’s dearth of easily accessible water. What on Earth are those? I thought to myself shortly before landing in the
Derwin FrittsTutankhamun Tutankhamun's knife was 'made from meteorite iron' BBC NewsA dagger entombed alongside the mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was made with iron that came from a meteorite, researchers say. The weapon was one of a pair of daggers discovered by British archaeologist
Derwin FrittsChromium Scientists Find Out Why the Terracotta Army's Weapons Were So Well Preserved discovermagazine.com Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news (Credit: lapas77/Shutterstock) To protect Chinese emperor Qin Shihuang in the afterlife, …
Derwin FrittsEvolution The Denisovans: New Finds are Illuminating the Mysterious Ancient Humans discovermagazine.com The entrance to Denisova cave, where the ancient humans were first discovered. (Credit: Igor Boshin/Shutterstock) Sign up for our email newsletter for …
Derwin FrittsBritish Museum Crystal Skulls National Geographic - By Richard A. Lovett and Scot HoffmanThe mystery surrounding the origin of crystal skulls has drawn supernatural speculation. Crystal skulls are not uncommon or terribly mysterious. Thousands are produced every year in Brazil, China, and
Derwin FrittsConservation Heritage conservation in China: why ‘Daughter of Dunhuang’ devoted her life to keeping Buddhist caves and relics alive South China Morning Post - Snow Xia Anyone with more than an ounce of interest in Dunhuang will have heard of Fan Jinshi.Now 81, the Chinese archaeologist who has spent more than half a …
Derwin FrittsLand Art Scientists Uncovered 143 More Huge Ancient Drawings In Peru VICE - Becky FerreiraSome 2,000 years ago, the ancient people of southern Peru created hundreds of enormous drawings in the soil, which are known today as the Nazca Lines. Now, scientists have used advanced techniques to 143
Derwin FrittsScience Eat Like The Ancient Babylonians: Researchers Cook Up Nearly 4,000-Year-Old Recipes NPR - Maria Godoy , Scott Simon , Peter BreslowWhat did a meal taste like nearly 4,000 years ago in ancient Babylonia? Pretty good, according to a team of international scholars who have deciphered and are re-creating what are considered to be the
Derwin FrittsCulture How Humans Migrated Across The Globe Over 200,000 Years: An Animated Look openculture.com - by Josh Jones Coverage of the refugee crisis peaked in 2015. By the end of the year, note researchers at the University of Bergen, “this was one of the hottest …
Derwin FrittsPrehistory Exclusive: This 7,000-year-old woman was among Sweden's last hunter-gatherers National Geographic - Kristin RomeyBuried on a bed of antlers and adorned with ornaments, this woman was a special member of her community—but why? To the archaeologist who excavated her remains, she’s Burial XXII. To the staff at the where
Derwin FrittsEvolutionWhen Researchers Dated Spanish Cave Art to the Neanderthals, It Altered Our Understanding of Evolution. But Some Say They artnet.com - Taylor Dafoe An international group of scientists have published a critique of controversial cave art study. In early 2018, a group of scientists published a …
Derwin FrittsAnthropology Controversial new study pinpoints where all modern humans arose National Geographic - Maya Wei-HaasThe research reignites a long-simmering debate about how and where our species emerged. A powdery white layer blankets the desiccated landscape of Botswana’s Makgadikgadi pans, one of the world's largest
Derwin Fritts How Early Islamic Science Advanced Medicine National Geographic - Víctor Pallejà de BustinzaThe growth of Islam in the seventh century sparked a golden age of scientic discovery. Building on the wisdom of ancient civilizations, Muslim doctors pushed the boundaries of medical science into bold
Derwin Fritts 'Excalibur' found? 700-year-old sword discovered stuck in a rock Fox News - Chris CiacciaLegend has it that King Arthur was the only person able to pull Excalibur from a stone. But a newly discovered blade found stuck in a rock in a Bosnian river is being described as a "real-life Excalibur."
Derwin Fritts Discover the Persian 11th Century Canon of Medicine, “The Most Famous Medical Textbook Ever Written” openculture.com - by Josh Jones It may never lend a catchy title to a steamy TV hospital drama, but Avicenna’s 11th-century Canon of Medicine has the distinction of being “the most …
Derwin Fritts 3000-year-old toolkit suggests skilled warriors crossed Europe to fight an epic battle sciencemag.org - Andrew Curry Bronze Age Europe was a violent place. But only recently have scientists uncovered the scope of the violence, at a 3000-year-old site in northern …
Derwin Fritts Mesopotamian Science and Technology ancient.eu - Joshua J. Mark Mesopotamian science and technology developed during the Uruk Period (4100-2900 BCE) and Early Dynastic Period (2900-1750 BCE) of the Sumerian …
Derwin Fritts Sword of Goujian Atlas Obscura This ancient sword lay in a waterlogged tomb for 2,500 years, but managed to remain relatively untarnished and impressively sharp. In 1965, an …
Derwin Fritts Japan discovers missing chapter from world's first novel 'Tale of Genji' The Telegraph - By Danielle DemetriouA missing chapter of the oldest copy of Japan’s Tale of Genji – often referred to as the world’s first novel – has been discovered in storage at a home in Tokyo. The centuries-old manuscript, which contains
Derwin Fritts Ancient Mayans caused their own 'climate change,' shocking study says Fox News - Chris CiacciaA surprising new study suggests that ancient Mayans may have inadvertently caused their own demise by radically altering the climate. The research looks at newly found evidence in Belize that shows the
Derwin Fritts Uncovering secrets of mystery civilization in Saudi Arabia BBC News - Sylvia SmithThis rock tomb is just one of the monuments left in the area by the Nabataeans A team of researchers is carrying out the first in-depth archaeological survey of part of Saudi Arabia, in a bid to shed on
Derwin Fritts Ancient scrolls charred by Vesuvius could be read once again The Guardian - Nicola DavisWhen Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79 it destroyed the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, their inhabitants and their prized possessions – among them a fine library of scrolls that were carbonised by the
Derwin FrittsEvolution Ancient ape fossil yields surprising new insights about human evolution NBC News - By Jeremy DeatonA fossilized pelvis found in Hungary suggests human ancestors were able to stand upright much earlier than anthropologists had realized. Scientists have long thought that humans evolved from an ape that
Derwin FrittsArchaeology Strange drawing found in Sinai could undermine our entire idea of Judaism haaretz.com - Nir Hasson More than four decades after its excavation wound down, a small hill in the Sinai Desert continues to bedevil archaeologists. The extraordinary …
Derwin Fritts Mystery of why humans walk upright may be explained by surprise fossil | New Scientist newscientist.com - By Colin Barras We might have misunderstood one of the greatest mysteries of human evolution. For decades, its been unclear why we began walking on two legs instead …
Derwin Fritts Denisovans: Face of long-lost human relative unveiled bbc.co.uk - BBC News Researchers have provided the first glimpse of what an ancient group of humans looked like.
Derwin Fritts DNA reveals first look at enigmatic human relative National Geographic - Maya Wei-HaasFor nearly a decade, researchers have puzzled over what the Denisovans looked like. Now, we have our best model yet of the species' skeleton. Gokhman, then a Ph.D. student at the Hebrew University of was
Derwin FrittsWorld News 1,000-year-old Buddha statue contains skeleton of a ‘self-mummified’ monk who meditated to death in extreme ac thesun.co.uk - Ellie Cambridge THIS is the mummified remains of a Buddhist monk who meditated to death, encased inside a 1,000-year-old ancient statue. Scientists scanned the Buddha …
Derwin Fritts A history of the Bible: who wrote it and when? historyextra.com - Amir Adhamy The origins of the Bible are still cloaked in mystery. When was it written? Who wrote it? And how reliable is it as an historical record? Spencer Day …
