The Forbidden City, located in the centre of Beijing is the supreme model in the development of ancient Chinese palaces, providing insight into the social development of late dynastic China, ...

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A Swedish archaeologist has sailed a replica Viking boat for 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers), which helped him to identify what he says are four previously unknown harbors along the coast of Norway ...

For three years, Jarrett sailed a boat called a "faering" — a type of sailboat with oars similar to what Vikings used a millennium ago — to investigate Viking trade routes. With a small crew ...

Whether you're an engineering enthusiast, a student, or simply curious about factory processes, this visual journey into metallurgy will leave you amazed. Discover the science, heat, and precision ...

The ancient city—in what is today central Türkiye—was abandoned around 1180 B.C. Modern researchers are trying to find out why. At its height, the ancient city of Hattuşa, capital of the ...

When archaeologists examine ancient bones, for example, they may consult experts in human health or disease. If they’re interpreting architecture or symbolism, they work with historians and artists.

These are some of the realities uncovered by the first interdisciplinary study to focus on pregnancy in the Viking age, authored by myself, Kate Olley, Brad Marshall and Emma Tollefsen as part of ...

Leominster, in the West Midlands area of England, is an ancient market town where the ... for ease of weighing. A Viking hoard typically contains these forms of metal, and also coins minted ...

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the ...

The Viking Yi Dun, pictured while docked in Shanghai, sails China and Japan cruises. Photo Credit: Andrea Zelinski Viking is practically sold out for 2025. The cruise line had sold 92% of 2025 ...

That “something else” turned out to be human activity, notably metallurgy and large-scale agriculture starting around 100 B.C. The ancient Romans kept domesticated livestock—cows ...