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Radiocarbon Dating

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Science: Radiocarbon dating of bone samples from pits beneath the St

St. Victor Petroglyph Site Dates 2,100 Years

Radiocarbon dating of bone samples from pits beneath the St. Victor petroglyph cliff in Saskatchewan yields dates of A.D. 900 and 120 B.C...

2026-08-26
Chinese archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known evidence of brass production in East Asia, dating back to the...

Earliest Brass Production Found in Ancient Chinese Workshop

Chinese archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known evidence of brass production in East Asia, dating back to the ninth and tenth centuries, at a...

2026-08-19
Archaeologists in China have discovered a well-preserved alcoholic beverage in a bronze vessel from a cemetery near the...

2,300-Year-Old Alcoholic Beverage Found in Ancient Chinese Cemetery

Archaeologists in China have discovered a well-preserved alcoholic beverage in a bronze vessel from a cemetery near the Great Wall, dating back to...

2026-08-18
Archaeologists have discovered a necropolis in the eastern Nile Delta, containing burials dating from the Predynastic...

Nile Delta Necropolis Used for Thousands of Years

Archaeologists have discovered a necropolis in the eastern Nile Delta, containing burials dating from the Predynastic period through the Greco-Roman...

2026-08-16