First mother-daughter burial from Roman times in Austria discovered
Visualization of the findings – a: double burial; b and c: location within the burial ground; d: 2 gold pendants, found as grave goods; e: Documentary photo of the two individuals; f: Documentation photo of the horse (data: City of Wels, basemap.at, OpenStreetMap, …
Assyriologist claims to have solved archaeological mystery from 700 BC
Late 19th century drawings of the eagle and bull symbols published by French excavator Victor Place. Credit: New York Public Library Ancient symbols on a 2,700-year-old temple, which have baffled experts for more than a century, have been explained by …
Evidence of ancient earthquake found in Jerusalem
The storage vessel after restoration – Photo: Dafna Gazit Israel Antiquities Authority. Medicine: Joseph Bocangolz A team of researchers with the Israel Antiquities Authority has found evidence of a strong earthquake occurring in the city of Jerusalem …
Why dozens of North American bird species are getting new names: Every name tells a story
A Townsend’s Solitaire, one of the species to be renamed. Credit: Jared Del Rosso, CC BY-ND This winter, tens of thousands of birders will survey winter bird populations for the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count , part of an international …
Captive Goffin’s cockatoos found to dunk hard bread to improve its texture
Credit: Biology Letters (2023). DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0411 A pair of veterinary medicine researchers at Medical University of Vienna and University of Vienna, in Austria, has found that some captive Goffin’s cockatoos prefer to dunk their hard bread …