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Rather than Promoting Peace the Greek Olympics Fuelled Ancient World Rivalry, Says Historian
Today the Olympics are celebrated as an ancient arena that traditionally fostered peace between nations. However, in reality, sport and politics went hand in hand in the ancient world and the athletic competitions that took place in Olympia mirrored military struggles for primacy and prestige, says a University of Warwick historian. The Greek... view more... (2004-07-23)
Portraits of the ancients reveal a lot about neurological disease
Portraits of the ancients tell us much about neurological disease, without the need to examine neural tissue, finds a study in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. The research team carefully examined 200 colour portraits of mummies for signs of neurological disease, housed in the British Museum, London, and the Metropolitain... view more... (2001-03-13)
Buried coins key to Roman population mystery?
University of Connecticut theoretical biologist Peter Turchin and Stanford University ancient historian Walter Scheidel recently developed a new method to estimate population trends in ancient Rome and waded into an intense, ongoing debate about whether the state's population increased or declined after the first century B.C. view more (2009-10-06)
New Pompeii before Pompeii discovered
Swedish archeologists have found previously unknown prehistoric settlements under ancient Pompeii. The Swedish Pompeii Project, tied to Stockholm University and the Swedish Institute in Rome, has worked for five seasons in a section of Pompeii to study and document the relics of the ancient city. When a well was emptied of its contents of pumice... view more... (2005-04-18)
390-million-year-old scorpion fossil -- biggest bug known
The gigantic fossil claw of an 390 million-year-old sea scorpion, recently found in Germany, shows that ancient arthropods - spiders, insects, crabs and the like - were surprisingly larger than their modern-day counterparts. view more (2007-11-26)
The Middle East Crisis - 2200 BC @ the London Catastrophes conference
Around 2200 BC, something strange happened in the Middle East. An abrupt change in climate caused the sudden collapse of rain-fed agricultural societies in Egypt, the Aegean, the Levant, Mesopotamia and the Indus valley of India. According to Professor Harvey Weiss, people returned to pastoral nomadism or swamped adjacent areas where agriculture... view more... (2002-08-17)
Invitation to the Media - Environmental Catastrophe Hits London
A major interdisciplinary conference on environmental catastrophes in the recent geological past will be held at Brunel University from 28 August to 2 September 2002. All media are welcome to attend, by prior arrangement with the Conference Organiser (see Further Information). Although the Conference is being promoted by the Geological Society of... view more... (2002-08-07)
Aswan Obelisk Quarry more than meets the eye
The unfinished Obelisk Quarry in Aswan, Egypt, has a canal that may have connected to the Nile and allowed the large stone monuments to float to their permanent locations, according to an international team of researchers. This canal, however, may be allowing salts from ground water to seep into what has been the best preserved example of obelisk... view more... (2007-10-17)
Helen of Troy and gladiators in Bristol
The Bristol Institute of Hellenic and Roman Studies has opened at the University of Bristol. Unique in the UK, the Institute is the most important new initiative in decades for the preservation and transmission of the culture of ancient Greece and Rome. The research Institute is dedicated to the study of all aspects of ancient Greco-Roman... view more... (2000-11-01)
Surf not up for Palaeozoic creatures - new model reveals ancient sea was a giant lake
The ancient sea was more like a giant salty lake than a rolling ocean, report scientists from Imperial College London in the May edition of the Journal of the Geological Society. A new computer model that simulates how tides in North West Europe would have behaved 300 million years ago shows a sea with so little movement that it was unlike any on... view more... (2005-05-09)
6,000km trip to reveal clues to ancient migration
wo Durham University scientists are to play a key part in a 6000km trip following the migration route of ancient Pacific cultures. view more (2008-11-07)
Scientists 'rebuild' giant moa using ancient DNA
Scientists have performed the first DNA-based reconstruction of the giant extinct moa bird, using prehistoric feathers recovered from caves and rock shelters in New Zealand. view more (2009-07-02)
Largest crater in the great Sahara discovered by Boston University scientists
Researchers from Boston University have discovered the remnants of the largest crater of the Great Sahara of North Africa, which may have been formed by a meteorite impact tens of millions of years ago. view more (2006-03-06)
Preserved in crystal
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science recently discovered a new source of well-preserved ancient DNA in fossil bones. view more (2006-02-03)
The Secrets of 10th Century Steel Production Unearthed In Desert Remains
Dr Dafydd Griffiths, part of the international research team from University College London, says, "These remains give a fascinating glimpse from over 1,000 years ago of a process for making crucible steel using a sophisticated furnace design. We know of no ancient metallurgical furnaces of similar design." view more (1999-07-29)
Green tea helps beat superbugs
Green tea can help beat superbugs according to Egyptian scientists speaking today (Monday 31 March 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology's 162nd meeting being held this week at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. view more (2008-03-31)
Meteorites are rich in the building blocks of life, claims new research
Amino acids that are the building blocks of life have been found in their highest ever concentration in two ancient meteorites which crashed to Earth millions of years ago, scientists claim today. view more (2008-03-14)
Johns Hopkins team discovers statue of Egyptian queen
A Johns Hopkins University archaeological expedition in Luxor, Egypt, has unearthed a life-sized statue, dating back nearly 3,400 years, of one of the queens of the powerful king Amenhotep III. view more (2006-01-25)
Archaeologists trace early irrigation farming in ancient Yemen
In the remote desert highlands of southern Yemen, a team of archaeologists have discovered new evidence of ancient transitions from hunting and herding to irrigation agriculture 5,200 years ago. view more (2008-07-17)
21st Century 3-D Virtual Reality Saves Ancient Scottish Stone-Age Art
3-D modelling at the University of Warwick is set to revolutionise how we learn about history by digitally recreating archaeological sites and ancient monuments around the Kilmartin Valley, Argyll, Scotland's most spectacular and richest prehistoric landscape. Researchers from e-lab at the University of Warwick, have begun applying virtual reality... view more... (2003-04-23)
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