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12,000-Year-Old Clothing Made of Animal Hide Discovered in Oregon

02/13/2026

A team of 13 archaeologists and scientists from universities in Oregon and Nevada have successfully dated a cache of animal hide clothing to the Late Pleistocene era, making it the oldest known sewn clothing in the world. The stitched-together hides …

Метки : археологияпоздний плейстоценодежда из шкуртехнологиистарые находкиисследования

Humans, not Glaciers, Moved Rocks Used in Stonehenge’s Construction

01/29/2026

Researchers at Curtin University in Australia have presented evidence that humans, rather than glaciers, moved the rocks used in Stonehenge’s construction to England. Their findings were published January 21 in the journal Communications Earth and Environment. Located on Salisbury Plain …

Метки : стоунхенджисследованияархеологиягеологияавстралиянеолит

Researchers Find 60,000-Year-Old Poisoned Arrowheads in Africa

01/09/2026

Researchers from South Africa and Sweden have found traces of poison on 60,000-year-old arrowheads in South Africa. Their discovery, reported by Stockholm University in the journal Science Advances, is the earliest direct evidence of the use of poisoned hunting weapons …

Метки : история.археологияохотаисследованияюжная африкаяды

Scientists Extract DNA from Drawing That Could Connect to Leonardo da Vinci

01/09/2026

Scientists extracted DNA from a possible Leonardo da Vinci drawing that may provide genetic links to one of the most storied humans to walk the Earth. In a not-yet-peer-reviewed paper posted Tuesday in a preprint database, researchers from the Leonardo …

Метки : леонардо да винчиднкискусствоаутентификацияисследованияискусствоведение

You Can Snag a €1 Million Picasso for Just €100 in a Global Raffle

12/11/2025

You might associate raffles with pretty low stakes: pitch in a few dollars for the Girl Scouts, say, and win a chance for something like a gift card or a spa day. But now aspiring art collectors can donate just …

Метки : искусствоблаготворительностьпикассоальцгеймерлотереяисследования

Archaeologists in Northwest China Discover 573 Stone Forts

12/02/2025

A team of archaeologists and cultural heritage researchers in northern China have uncovered a network of 573 stone forts, the earliest of which date to approx. 2800 BC. The discovery took place in the mountains near Yulin, in China’s Shaanxi …

Метки : археология#культуракитайдревние поселенияисследованияистория.

Ancient Roman Olive Oil Production Facility Discovered in Tunisia

11/20/2025

An international team of researchers from Spain, Tunisia, and Italy has uncovered an industrial-scale olive oil production facility in Tunisia, near the western border with Algeria. The archaeological site where the mill was discovered, Henchir el Begar, is in the …

Метки : исследованияархеологияоливковое маслоримская империяисторические находкитунис

Storied Ancient Egyptian City Wasn't Abandoned Because of a Plague

10/28/2025

A new study, published in the American Journal of Archaeology, aims to show that the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaten was abandoned not because of a plague, as many have previously assumed, but for different reasons entirely. Akhetaten, or present-day …

Метки : археологияегипетахетатенэпидемияисследованияисторические находки

A New Study Found King Tut's Tomb is Unstable

10/24/2025

The tomb of ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamen, located in the Valley of the Kings, has experienced instability and damage from flash flooding and major faults that has worsened over time. One expert outlined methods for reinforcing the underground tomb using …

Метки : искусствоархеологияисследованияегипетсохранение исторического наследияизменения климата

Most Comprehensive Survey of Egypt's Karnak Temple Reveals 'Unprecedented Detail'

10/06/2025

A new study published Monday in the journal Antiquity reveals that Egypt’s temple complex of Karnak was built on a “fluvial terrace,” or small island. The research, based on the first comprehensive geoarchaeological survey of the area, found that the …

Метки : египеткарнакархеологияисследованияистория.мифология

Milton Esterow Dead: Former ARTnews Publisher Dies at 97

10/05/2025

Milton Esterow, an award-winning journalist who owned and edited ARTnews for 42 years, died on Friday at 97. His death was confirmed by his daughter Judith Esterow, who previously served as this magazine’s associate publisher. She did not state a …

Метки : журналистикаискусствоartnewsнаследие#культураисследования

New Research Supports Theory of Hidden Vermeer Self-Portrait

09/24/2025

Did Vermeer hide a self-portrait beneath the painting A Maid Asleep (1656–57), as some art historians have theorized? New research by the scientific team at the Metropolitan Museum of Art suggests yes. Research conducted by the New York institution has …

Метки : вермееравтопортретискусствоисследованиякартинымузей

Jackson Pollock Masterpiece Found to Contain Extinct Manganese Blue

09/18/2025

An extinct variety of manganese blue paint is one of the many inextricable ingredients of Jackson Pollock’s 1948 masterpiece Number 1A, according to the authors of a paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). …

Метки : искусстводжексон поллокпигментыохранамузейисследования

$15.5 M. Project Uncovers Stone Age Settlement on Seabed Near Denmark

08/27/2025

A six-year $15.5 million international research project has discovered a Stone Age settlement deep beneath the Bay of Aarhus near northern Demark, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. The project, funded by the European Union, has been mapping the seabed across …

Метки : находкиархеологиянаукамореистория.исследования