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Philogelos is the oldest joke book in the world, and why some of its jokes still work 1,600 years later
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (1005+ words) In 2008, British comedian Jim Bowen stepped onto a stage to try out new material. Only the material wasn’t new at all: it had been written since the 4th century. Bowen read to a contemporary audience a selection of jokes taken from…...
Daorson, the Illyrian capital of the mysterious Daorsi that Rome did not protect despite more than a century of demonstrated loyalty
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (786+ words) Here, however, it was not Greeks who lived, but an Illyrian tribe that remained almost unknown until a century ago: the Daorsi. Their capital, Daorson, was for two and a half centuries the most powerful city in the Neretva basin,…...
Women Also Organized Banquets: Epigraphy Reveals the Leading Role of Females in Public Celebrations in Roman Hispania
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (1157+ words) A study analyzes 36 Latin inscriptions demonstrating that elite women financed and actively participated in public banquets, challenging the traditional view that relegated them to a secondary role. The central hypothesis of this study, writes the author, is that women’s participation…...
The Sons of Míl: The Science Behind the Irish Legend That Traces the Origins of the Celts to Northern Spain
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (961+ words) In 2006, an Oxford geneticist analyzed the DNA of more than 10,000 inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland and reached a conclusion that sounded like a myth: a large part of their ancestors had crossed the sea from the Iberian Peninsula. Almost…...
A Linear A Inscription Found on the Island of Crete Reveals a Minoan Ritual and the Name of a God Predating Dionysus
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (1213+ words) A stone table discovered at the sanctuary on Mount Juktas contains one of the most complete ritual formulas in the Linear A script, and its translation points to a cult shared between two sacred mountains. A small object made of…...
Origin of Life Would Not Have Been Favored Solely by Fortuitous Circumstances: Scientists Discover Early Earth’s Volcanic Rocks Contained Reactive Phosphorus
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (650+ words) A study published in Nature Communications reveals that the igneous rocks of the Earth’s primordial crust contained highly reactive forms of phosphorus, such as phosphite and pyrophosphate, capable of driving prebiotic chemistry continuously for millions of years. However, this very…...
A Huge Roman Dolium and a Possible Late Antique Shipwreck Discovered on the Seafloor of Elba Island
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (735+ words) The waters surrounding Elba Island have once again yielded evidence of its millennia-old past. A dolium from the Roman era and a presumed shipwreck, still under study, have been located on the seabed of the Tuscan Archipelago during the underwater…...
The Foundations of the Lost Hospedería of the Catholic Monarchs Found in Guadalupe
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (369+ words) A survey in the western courtyard of the Extremaduran monastery uncovers the base of the arcade and part of the original paving of the lost 15th-century cloister. Excavations carried out during the past month of July in the monumental complex…...
Epipaleolithic
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (60+ words) La Brújula Verde A team of archaeologists has discovered in northern Turkey a settlement of hunter-gatherers who lived in the Koskarlı cave approximately 14,000 years ago. The remains found during the first excavation campaign, conducted in 2024, confirm that the site was…...
A Group of Hunter-Gatherers Survived the Younger Dryas 14,000 Years Ago in a Cave in Northern Türkiye
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (1189+ words) Excavations in the Koskarlı Cave, in the Black Sea region, provide the first evidence of human occupation from the Epipaleolithic in this area. A team of archaeologists has discovered in northern Turkey a settlement of hunter-gatherers who lived in the…...