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Expanding amino acid dating

How should we date material that is millions of years old? Looking at the predictable rates of the breakdown of proteins from…

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Tomb of a wealthy Pompeiian uncovered
The sealed funerary chamber ensured the preservation of the remains buried in the tomb, including some hair as well as a skeleton.
Sacred sites in Tyre
The investigations targeted the acropolis of the city, which was occupied from the Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC).
Reworked battlefield finds in Mississippi
Military items – like a cannonball, lead shot, apparent pieces of a sword, and a ramrod tip, which were rarely traded – were found at the site complex of Stark Farms
John Dee’s ‘magic mirror’ has Aztec origins, study confirms
Dee used the polished mirror as a scryer to try to commune with spirits.