Scientists have finally solved the mystery behind the Pazyryk rug, considered to be the world’s oldest carpet dating back to the 5th century B.C., after almost three decades of research. Researchers, including Professor Dr. Karl Meblinger from the Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology at FAU, and x-ray microscopy experts Dr. Andreas Späth and Prof. Dr. […]
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he historic Silk Road city of Nishapur, which is located in eastern Iran, was a place of political importance and a prosperous center of arts, crafts, philosophy and trade in medieval times. But the city still sustains its fame today thanks to the master of arts and sciences it raised in the past: Omar Khayyam
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Pakistan’s oldest Buddhist temple was found in the country’s northwestern part by Italian archaeologists. The remains of the temple date back to 300 B.C. The discovery in the town of Swat comes from an archaeological site where the remains of a Hindu temple were found last year, said Abdul Samad Khan, regional chief archaeologist. “It
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researchers have found a golden earring that is presumably from the Middle East and dates back to the 11th century in Denmark, according to an announcement by the National Museum of Denmark. The piece of jewelry was discovered by Frants Fugl Vestergaard, with the help of a metal detector, in a field in West Jutland.
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The headline may be a little misleading in its search for comedic effect, but it is a great day for researchers – and for any curious soles – as Egypt has “digitally unwrapped” the mummy of famed Pharaoh Amenhotep I, revealing its secrets for the first time since it was discovered in 1881 without disturbing
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An exquisitely preserved dinosaur embryo thought to date back at least 66 million years ago that was preparing to hatch from its egg just like a chicken was discovered in China, scientists announced Tuesday. The fossil was discovered in Ganzhou, southern China and belonged to a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur, which the researchers dubbed
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Amosaic made by a freed slave to thank God for his emancipation was unearthed during the excavation at the 6th-century Church of the Holy Apostles in southern Hatay province. The Church of the Holy Apostles was found in an orange grove in the Arpaçiftlik neighborhood by Mehmet Keleş in 2007. After Keleş recognized historical artifacts while planting
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World’s oldest university The world’s oldest university is not in Europe, as most people would assume; it is in Morocco and was founded by a Muslim woman over two centuries before its more widely known predecessors When thinking of the oldest universities in the world, probably the first ones that come to most people’s minds
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The reign of Sultan Murad IV, known as the conqueror of Baghdad, is notable for halting the prevailing lawlessness and rebelliousness while restoring the authority of the state Mighty sovereigns of Ottoman throne: Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Murad IV, the 17th of the Ottoman sultans and the 82nd caliph of the Muslims, was the son of Sultan
The latest archeological excavations at the historical site of the 9,000-year-old Amida Mound in southeastern Turkey’s Diyarbakır province have revealed new findings that shed light on the history of the region. This year’s excavations at the site were recently completed, with archaeologists unearthing several 800-year-old marble pieces adorning the Artuqid Palace, the seat of the Diyarbakır branch
