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Byzantine Ballista Bolts from the 11th Century Found at the Manzikert Site, Used in the Siege Prior to the 1071 Battle

The systematic excavations that have been underway since 2020 in the plain of Manzikert (in Turkish Malazgirt), in eastern Anatolia, have provided a new set of material evidence that makes it possible to better understand the military operations carried out around the fortress during the second half of the 11th century. Turkey’s Minister of Culture […]

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Last European Hunter-Gatherers Colonized Central Mediterranean Islands Before the Advent of Agriculture

The publication in the journal PNAS Nexus of new evidence from Malta has shaken the foundations of what was believed about the maritime capabilities of the last hunter-gatherers in Europe. The discovery that the central Mediterranean islands were colonized before the invention of agriculture directly contradicts decades of established conceptions, which placed the development of […]

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