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London Underground mutant mosquitoes have surprisingly ancient origins
Genetic analysis suggests a form of mosquito found in urban subway systems evolved in the Middle East thousands of years ago ...
Sarasota Magazine3 天
How Cats Took Over the World: DNA Study Results
Discover the fascinating history of cat domestication and genetic analysis results, revealing how ancient Egyptians played a ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle2 年
The Day Tomorrow Began - Ancient Civilizations
A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...
The Conversation2 年
Artículos sobre Ancient Middle East
The famous biblical book alludes to God only once. Historically, though, most interpreters have argued the poem’s about love between the divine and his people.
The University of Chicago Chronicle2 年
The Fertile Crescent, explained
A small but revolutionary group pursued a new idea: That civilization began in the ancient Middle East. In 1919, Breasted founded the Oriental Institute (OI), kicking off a century of archaeology and ...
IFLScience8 天
Beneath The Middle East, An Ancient Seabed Is Splitting From The Continental Plates
An ancient oceanic plate under modern-day Iraq ... Some of the most dramatic changes over recent times can be found along the East African Rift System (EARS), one of the largest rifts in the ...
Helsinki2 年
Team 1 researchers
Dr. Jonathan Valk (Ph.D., New York University) is a historian of the ancient Middle East. He specializes in the history of Assyria in the first and second millennia BCE, a region at the intersection ...
On the Ground in Palmyra, Where a Syrian Archaeological Gem Hopes for a Revival
Wrecked by Islamic State and years of war, Palmyra is finally at peace and aiming to rebuild.