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Ancient DNA from Roman frontier graves shows newcomers mixed with families already there

Communities sharing similar burial customs were not always organized in the same way.
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How ancient Europeans saw the world : vision, patterns, and the shaping of the mind in prehistoric times / Peter S. Wells

Of monsters and flowers -- Seeing and shaping objects -- The visual worlds of early Europe -- Frame, focus, visualization -- Pottery : the visual ecology of the everyday -- Attraction and enchantment ...
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A farmer son’s routine field dig led to strange patterns, which are rewriting what experts knew about Roman Britain

A routine field work on an agricultural field in Rutland, England became one of the most outstanding findings related to Roman history made by British archaeologists in recent years. The finding of ...
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Parallel scaling of elite wealth in ancient Roman and modern cities with implications for understanding urban inequality

Rapid urbanization and rising inequality are pressing global concerns, yet inequality is an ancient trait of city life that may be intrinsically connected to urbanism itself. Here we investigate how ...