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Ancient language diversity peaked before expanding empires began a long global decline | Archaeology News Online Magazine
13+ min ago (554+ words) Around 7,500 languages are spoken or signed across the world today. A new study suggests this number is far lower than in the past. Researchers estimate Earth held tens of thousands of languages between 3,000 and 1,000 years ago before a long period…...
Ordering Knowledge in Early Christian Studies | The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (560+ words) Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 May 2026 3 Neither can a review be comprehensive: in what follows examples have been chosen randomly as illustrative and not as exceptional. 4 Jeff Loveland, The European encyclopedia: from 1650 to the twenty-first century, Cambridge 2019, ch. v. 5 This…...
UNESCO lists Sebastia as World Heritage site in danger amid Israeli land seizure plan
13+ hour, 2+ min ago (458+ words) Sebastia, Palestine. UNESCO has added Sebastia in the occupied West Bank to its World Heritage List and List of World Heritage in Danger, drawing praise from Palestinian officials and condemnation from Israel. UNESCO added Sebastia to both lists on Friday,…...
Historic sultanates: Six ancient Comoros medinas join UNESCO's heritage list
4+ hour ago (446+ words) UNESCO on Saturday added six centuries-old medinas in the Comoros -- once historic sultanates along Indian Ocean trading routes -- to its World Heritage List, raising hopes for their preservation. The ancient cities of palaces, mosques, public squares and narrow streets, some…...
Sarnath inscribed as India’s 45th UNESCO World Heritage Site
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (168+ words) India’s ancient Buddhist site of Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh was officially inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Saturday, becoming the country’s 45th world heritage site. The decision was finalised during the 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held…...
2,000 feet down off Norway, a 275-year-old shipwreck holds untouched Chinese porcelain
2+ hour, 47+ min ago (515+ words) "I'm now looking forward to learning more about the ship's history." An 18th-century shipwreck discovered off Norway nearly 2,000 feet down appears to still hold rows of Chinese porcelain in their original stacks, preserving an unusually clear trace of a vanished…...
Deciphering the 364-Day Calendar: New Study Solves a Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (96+ words) The cave at Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. (Effi Schweizer/Public domain) This rapprochement likely enabled the sect to quietly relinquish their flawed calendar and adopt the more practical one used at the Temple, while retaining the…...
New DNA Study Challenges Christopher Columbus’ Genoese Origins
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (363+ words) New genetic research is raising fresh questions about the origins of Christopher Columbus, offering a possible link to a noble lineage in northwestern Spain. The findings introduce scientific data into a centuries-old debate over the birthplace of the famed explorer,…...
Pompeii archaeologists reconstruct frescoed ceiling of a banquet hall, with more fragments to come
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (153+ words) Restorers piece together banquet hall vault in Pompeii. (July 25, 2026) The curved vault was presented late Thursday at the end of an international workshop on new discoveries and restorations in the excavations of Pompeii, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is…...
Bronze Age sword reappears after almost 3,000 years at the bottom of the sea in Devon, recovered by volunteer divers and joins a site that has already revealed axes, bracelet, ingots, and more than 400 gold objects possibly linked to ancient British shipwrecks.
6+ hour, 17+ min ago (1344+ words) A Bronze Age sword approximately 3,000 years old was recovered by volunteer divers during an underwater archaeological survey at the protected sites of Salcombe Cannon and Moor Sand on the south coast of Devon, England. The weapon has remained on the…...