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- Turkey new signature 200-lira note (B305g) reported introduced 05.04.2024Like B303e, but new signatures (Karahan/Akçay). 300-dpi scans requested. Courtesy of Ralf Faust....
- Turkey new signature 50-lira note (B303f) reported introduced 05.04.2024Like B303e, but new signatures (Erkan/Karahan). 300-dpi scans requested. Courtesy of Ralf Faust....
- Paraguay new sig/date (2023) 2,000-guaraní note (B846e) confirmedLike B846d, but new signatures (Insfrán/Cantero) and new date (2023). Prefix E. Courtesy of Kai Hwong ...
- Bangladesh new date (2023) 500-taka note (B353p) confirmedLike B353o, but new date (2023). Courtesy of Peter Mosselberger (Bank Note Museum)....
- Honduras new sig/date (07.04.2022) 2-lempira note (B345e) confirmedLike B345d, but new signatures (Santos/Ávila/Moncada), new date (20 DE JUNIO DE 2019), and new printer imprint (PWPW S.A.). Courtesy of Alex Zlotin....
- Uganda new date (2024) 50,000-shilling note (B159g) confirmedLike B159f, but new date (2024). Courtesy of Andrew Roberts....
- Iraq new sig/date (2023) 25,000-dinar note (B356g) confirmedLike B356f, but new signature (Al-Alaq) and new date (2023). Courtesy of Alex Zlotin....
- Nicaragua new date (26.01.2022) 10-córdoba note (B506c) confirmedLike B506b, but new date (26 DE ENERO DE 2022). Courtesy of Alex Zlotin and Flavio Jose Garcia Polanco....
- Canada new signature 100-dollar note (B375e) confirmedLike B375d, but new signatures (Rogers/Macklem). Courtesy of Davenport Banknotes (www.davenport-banknotes.com)....
- Ukraine new 50-hryvnia numismatic product (BNP813a) confirmed introduced on 23.02.2024This note—entitled “Unity Save the World”—commemorates the “invincibility of the Ukrainian people in their fight for freedom and European values, consolidation of the Ukrainian society to defend its territorial integrity, as well as unity of the democratic world in the face of the russian aggression.” It was issued on the...
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- Part of an 18th-Century Water System Found in ScotlandEAST RENFREWSHIRE, SCOTLAND—According to a report in The Glasgow Times, a circular structure made of blonde sandstone was uncovered during a construction project in Barrhead, which is located in west-central Scotland. The eighteenth-century structure is thought to have been part of a gravitational system to provide fresh water to the...
- Islamic-Era Sword Identified in SpainVALENCIA, SPAIN—Newsweek reports that a sword discovered in 1994 in a historic section of Valencia has been dated to the tenth century A.D. by the Archaeology Service of the Valencia City Council (SIAM) through analysis of the sediment layers at the site. Islamic rule of the Iberian Peninsula began in...
- Gweagal Spears Repatriated to AustraliaCAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Gweagal spears, a collection made up of one hunting spear and three fishing spears that were taken from the Gweagal people of Kamay in 1770 by James Cook, have been repatriated to the La Perouse Aboriginal Community. Cook, a British naval lieutenant...
- Charred Scroll From Herculaneum Read With AINAPLES, ITALY—Graziano Ranocchia of the University of Pisa and his colleagues have used infrared and ultraviolet optical imaging, thermal imaging, tomography, and artificial intelligence to decipher text on pieces of charred papyrus recovered from Herculaneum, a Roman town destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, according to...
- Rare Turtle Statue Found in AngkorSIEM REAP, CAMBODIA—A rare sandstone sculpture of a turtle has been found at Bayon Temple in the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap, according to a report in The Phnom Penh Post. The Bayon temple was built in the late twelfth and early thirteenth century A.D. during the reign of...
- Teotihuacan's Pyramids Damaged By Ancient EarthquakesMADRID, SPAIN—A new study of pyramids at the ancient city of Teotihuacan by a team of Spanish geologists has documented damage to the structures caused by five devastating megathrust earthquakes that hit the site between about A.D. 100 and 600, Live Science reports. At its height, the population of Teotihuacan,...
- Sacred Spring Unearthed Beneath Roman Ruins in FrancePARIS, FRANCE—According to a Live Science report, near the village of Chamborêt north of the French city of Limoges, archaeologists have uncovered a freshwater spring likely dating to between 4,500 and 6,000 years ago below the remnants of a Roman-era pool. The Roman ruins, which date to the third century A.D., probably...
- “Porcelain Gallbladder” Identified in MississippiJACKSON, MISSISSIPPI—According to an Atlas Obscura report, a “porcelain gallbladder” has been identified among a woman's 100-year-old bones exhumed from the cemetery at the site of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, which operated from 1855 to 1935. A porcelain gallbladder forms through calcium build-up in the wall of the organ,...
- 18th-Century Foundation Uncovered at Colonial WilliamsburgWILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA—The foundation of an eighteenth-century house was uncovered during an excavation at Colonial Williamsburg, according to a WAVY report. The Colin G. and Nancy N. Campbell Archaeology Center is scheduled to be built on the site. Archaeologist Jack Gary of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation said that the house had...
- Miniature Portrait of Alexander the Great Found in DenmarkRINGSTED, DENMARK—Live Science reports that a miniature bronze alloy fitting bearing a portrait of Alexander the Great was discovered on an island in Denmark by a pair of metal detectorists who were conducting a survey. Alexander the Great succeeded his father as the king of Macedon and eventually created a...
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- Did Vesuvius bury the home of the first Roman emperor?A group of archaeologists, led by researchers from the University of Tokyo, announce the discovery of a part of a Roman villa built before the middle of the first century. This villa, near the town of Nola in southwestern Italy's Campania region, was found beneath a more recent, but still...
- Researchers reconstruct landscapes that greeted the first humans in Australia around 65,000 years agoSeventy thousand years ago, the sea level was much lower than today. Australia, along with New Guinea and Tasmania, formed a connected landmass known as Sahul. Around this time—approximately 65,000 years ago—the first humans arrived in Sahul, a place previously devoid of any hominin species....
- New rock art discoveries in Eastern Sudan tell a tale of ancient cattle, the 'green Sahara' and climate catastropheThe hyper-arid desert of Eastern Sudan, the Atbai Desert, seems like an unlikely place to find evidence of ancient cattle herders. But in this dry environment, my new research has found rock art over 4,000 years old that depicts cattle....
- Gender-nonconforming ancient Romans found refuge in community dedicated to goddess CybeleA Vatican declaration, the "Infinite Dignity," has brought renewed attention to how religions define and interpret gender and gender roles....
- Archaeologists unearth top half of statue of Ramesses IIA team co-led by a CU Boulder classics researcher has unearthed the upper portion of a huge, ancient pharaonic statue whose lower half was discovered in 1930; Ramesses II was immortalized in Percy Bysshe Shelly's "Ozymandias."...
- The story of the first Alor people adapting to climate change 43,000 years agoAs humans, our greatest evolutionary advantage has always been our ability to adapt and innovate. When people first reached the expanded coastline of Southeast Asia around 65,000 years ago, and faced the sea crossings necessary to continue east into the islands of the Wallacean archipelago (the migration of Homo sapiens...
- Social change may explain decline in genetic diversity of the Y chromosome at the end of the Neolithic periodThe emergence in the Neolithic of patrilineal social systems, in which children are affiliated with their father's lineage, may explain a spectacular decline in the genetic diversity of the Y chromosome observed worldwide between 3,000 and 5,000 years ago....
- Scientists use ancient DNA, historical context to unravel kinship, social practices of Avar societyA multidisciplinary research team led by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has combined ancient DNA data with a clear archaeological, anthropological and historical context to reconstruct the social dynamics of Avar-period steppe descent populations that settled in Europe's Carpathian Basin in the 6th century....
- Stonehenge may have aligned with the moon as well as the sunWhen it comes to its connection to the sky, Stonehenge is best known for its solar alignments. Every midsummer's night tens of thousands of people gather at Stonehenge to celebrate and witness the rising sun in alignment with the Heel stone standing outside of the circle. Six months later a...
- Five things our research uncovered when we recreated 16th century beer (and barrels)It's true that our 16th-century ancestors drank much more than Irish people do today. But why they did so and what their beer was like are questions shrouded in myth. The authors were part of a team who set out to find some answers....
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- Did Vesuvius bury the home of the first Roman emperor?A group of archaeologists, led by researchers from the University of Tokyo, announce the discovery of a part of a Roman villa built before the middle of the first century. This villa, near the town of Nola in southwestern Italy's Campania region, was found beneath a more recent, but still...
- Researchers reconstruct landscapes that greeted the first humans in Australia around 65,000 years agoSeventy thousand years ago, the sea level was much lower than today. Australia, along with New Guinea and Tasmania, formed a connected landmass known as Sahul. Around this time—approximately 65,000 years ago—the first humans arrived in Sahul, a place previously devoid of any hominin species....
- New rock art discoveries in Eastern Sudan tell a tale of ancient cattle, the 'green Sahara' and climate catastropheThe hyper-arid desert of Eastern Sudan, the Atbai Desert, seems like an unlikely place to find evidence of ancient cattle herders. But in this dry environment, my new research has found rock art over 4,000 years old that depicts cattle....
- Gender-nonconforming ancient Romans found refuge in community dedicated to goddess CybeleA Vatican declaration, the "Infinite Dignity," has brought renewed attention to how religions define and interpret gender and gender roles....
- Archaeologists unearth top half of statue of Ramesses IIA team co-led by a CU Boulder classics researcher has unearthed the upper portion of a huge, ancient pharaonic statue whose lower half was discovered in 1930; Ramesses II was immortalized in Percy Bysshe Shelly's "Ozymandias."...
- The story of the first Alor people adapting to climate change 43,000 years agoAs humans, our greatest evolutionary advantage has always been our ability to adapt and innovate. When people first reached the expanded coastline of Southeast Asia around 65,000 years ago, and faced the sea crossings necessary to continue east into the islands of the Wallacean archipelago (the migration of Homo sapiens...
- Social change may explain decline in genetic diversity of the Y chromosome at the end of the Neolithic periodThe emergence in the Neolithic of patrilineal social systems, in which children are affiliated with their father's lineage, may explain a spectacular decline in the genetic diversity of the Y chromosome observed worldwide between 3,000 and 5,000 years ago....
- Scientists use ancient DNA, historical context to unravel kinship, social practices of Avar societyA multidisciplinary research team led by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has combined ancient DNA data with a clear archaeological, anthropological and historical context to reconstruct the social dynamics of Avar-period steppe descent populations that settled in Europe's Carpathian Basin in the 6th century....
- Stonehenge may have aligned with the moon as well as the sunWhen it comes to its connection to the sky, Stonehenge is best known for its solar alignments. Every midsummer's night tens of thousands of people gather at Stonehenge to celebrate and witness the rising sun in alignment with the Heel stone standing outside of the circle. Six months later a...
- Five things our research uncovered when we recreated 16th century beer (and barrels)It's true that our 16th-century ancestors drank much more than Irish people do today. But why they did so and what their beer was like are questions shrouded in myth. The authors were part of a team who set out to find some answers....
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