Built over 4,000 years ago:
"China's ancient water pipe networks show they were a communal effort with no evidence of a centralized state authority"
#China #archaeology #RespectForTheAncestors @histodons
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-china-ancient-pipe-networks-communal.html
#china #archaeology #RespectfortheAncestors
Exciting new things from the teams investigating the Antikythera site, were the astonishing Antikythera mechanism was discovered.
#Antikythera #RespectForTheAncestors @histodons
https://www.unige.ch/medias/en/2023/nouvelles-decouvertes-sur-lepave-danticythere
#Antikythera #RespectfortheAncestors
"Oregon archaeologists have found evidence suggesting humans occupied the Rimrock Draw Rockshelter outside of Riley, Oregon more than 18,000 years ago."
#RespectfortheAncestors #oregon #archaeology
"Neanderthal cave engravings identified as oldest known, more than 57,000 years old"
#RespectfortheAncestors #neanderthal #CaveArt @histodons
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-neanderthal-cave-engravings-oldest-years.html
#RespectfortheAncestors #Neanderthal #caveart
"Virgil quote found on fragment of Roman jar unearthed in Spain"
#RespectfortheAncestors #virgil #sPAIN
"Ancient humans traveled half the world to Asia before main migration out of Africa
Discovery deep in Laotian cave shows humans voyaged out of Africa by at least 68,000 years ago"
#RespectfortheAncestors #evolution
"First hominin muscle reconstruction shows 3.2 million-year-old 'Lucy' could stand as erect as we do"
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-hominin-muscle-reconstruction-million-year-old-lucy.html
"Researchers discover 12,000-year-old flutes made from bird bones"
#RespectfortheAncestors @histodons
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-prehistoric-instruments-levant.html
"Greek island temple complex reveals ‘countless’ offerings left by ancient worshippers"
"Claim of ancient burials shakes up human evolution story, sparks debate"
#RespectfortheAncestors #naledi #burial
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/06/05/homo-naledi-burial/
#RespectfortheAncestors #naledi #burial
"2,700-year-old petroglyphs depicting people, ships and animals discovered in Sweden"
#RespectfortheAncestors #sweden
"Use of Fire in Europe Pushed Back 50,000 Years"
#RespectfortheAncestors #archeology
https://www.hw.ac.uk/news/articles/2023/humans-were-making-fires-at-least-250-000.htm
#RespectfortheAncestors #archeology
"5,400-year-old tomb discovered in Spain perfectly captures the summer solstice"
#RespectfortheAncestors #sPAIN #megalithic #Astronomy
"Oldest architectural plans detail mysterious desert megastructures"
#RespectfortheAncestors @histodons #archeology
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-oldest-architectural-mysterious-megastructures.html
#RespectfortheAncestors #archeology
"New study: Surprising diversity of ethnic groups in the US Virgin Islands before Columbus"
#RespectfortheAncestors @histodons
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-diversity-ethnic-groups-virgin-islands.html
"1st-century Buddha statue from ancient Egypt indicates Buddhists lived there in Roman times"
#buddhism #egypt #romanempire #RespectfortheAncestors
"Examining why Indigenous 'Spirit medicine' principles must be a priority in psychedelic research"
#psychedelics #RespectfortheAncestors
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-05-indigenous-spirit-medicine-principles-priority.html
#psychedelics #RespectfortheAncestors
"Stone tools reflect three waves of migration of the earliest Homo sapiens into Europe"
#RespectfortheAncestors #archeology
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-stone-tools-migration-earliest-homo.html
#RespectfortheAncestors #archeology
"Handaxes from the period of the first human migration out of Africa, circular burial chambers, a collection of rock engravings, and the Arabian Stonehenge. Unique findings are being reported by an international team led by the Institute of Archaeology of the CAS in Prague"
#RespectfortheAncestors #Oman #archeology
https://www.avcr.cz/en/news-archive/Czech-archaeologists-unearth-unique-finds-in-Oman/
#RespectfortheAncestors #oman #archeology
"1,800-year-old mask likely used in farm festivals found in Osaka"
#Japan #Osaka #RespectfortheAncestors #archeology @histodons
#japan #Osaka #RespectfortheAncestors #archeology