Articles Tagged “Ancient”
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Ancient Water Secrets at Royal Garden Dig
Ancient gardens are the stuff of legend, from the Garden of Eden to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with Heidelberg University in Germany, have uncovered an ancient…
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Ancient Egyptian Cosmetics: ‘Magical’ Makeup May Have Been Medicine for Eye Disease
There’s more to the eye makeup that gave Queen Nefertiti and other ancient Egyptian royals those stupendous gazes and legendary beauty than meets the eye. Scientists in France are reporting that the alluring eye makeup…
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HIV’s Ancestors May Have Plagued First Mammals
The retroviruses which gave rise to HIV have been battling it out with mammal immune systems since mammals first evolved around 100 million years ago – about 85 million years earlier than previously thought, scientists…
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Ancients Engineered Sophisticated Machines
Move over, Archimedes. A researcher at Harvard University is finding that ancient Greek craftsmen were able to engineer sophisticated machines without necessarily understanding the mathematical theory behind their construction. Recent analysis of technical treatises and…
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Smallpox Evolved Earlier Than Believed, According To Molecular Clock Analysis
Smallpox is older than thought, according to results of a new technique reported in the Sept. 24 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and…
