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Nearly 2,000 years ago, someone used a hollowed-out piece of bone as a container for storing hundreds of poisonous seeds.  Archaeologists found the carved-out animal femur, or thigh bone, which likely came from a goat or sheep, at Houten-Castellum, a rural Roman -period settlement in what is now the Netherlands. Prior to this discovery in 2017, there had been no physical evidence of this plant being used by people in the Roman Empire, according to a statement.  The tiny seeds come from the black he NBA ne ( Hyoscyamus niger ), a highly poisonous plant from the nightshade family. He NBA ne has long been prized for its medicinal properties and hallucinogenic effects, according to a new study, published in the April issue of the journal Antiquity .   Researchers have found similar seeds scattered at archaeologist sites across Europe dating back to 5500 B.C. However, it's often challenging to determine whether the presence of black henbane at these sites indicates i...

Pterosaur parents reproduced more like turtles than birds, according to a new study of a fossilized mother and her egg. The discovery is also the first to allow researchers to conclusively tell the sex of a pterosaur. The fossils were found next to each other in China’s Liaoning Province, once the site of an ancient lake. They appear to belong to a species of pterosaur called Darwinopterus (picture), which lived about 160 million years ago. Scientists think the adult was an expectant pterosaur mother that somehow broke her left wing, causing her to fall into the lake and drown. The body sank to the bottom and eventually expelled the egg. “During the decay process, you get a buildup of gases and pressure inside the carcass, and that tends to expel things out,” said study co-author David Unwin, a paleontologist at the University of Leicester in the U.K. The egg “didn’t go very far. It just came out of the body and sat there.” In addition to the associated egg, the fossil has a...

Home Archaeology Αncient Egyptian ‘city of the deаd’ discovery reveals ‘elite’ mummies Αncient Egyptian ‘city of the deаd’ discovery reveals ‘elite’ mummies Archaeology Maria Maria November 23, 2022 0 Comment Α пew Ьᴜгіаɩ chamber oп the Ьottom of a commυпal Ьᴜгіаɩ shaft was ᴜпeагtһed iп 2018, dυriпg exhilaratioп work carried oᴜt by the Egyptiaп-Germaп team of the Uпiversity of Tübiпgeп, operatiпg iп Saqqara with a 30-meter deeр coппectioп to the mυmmificatioп workshop discovered aloпg with a large tomЬ complex with five Ьᴜгіаɩ chambers iп 2018. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/ncient-egyptian-city-of-the-de-d-discovery-reveals-elite-mummies-TheFOXposts-1557.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Archaeology Post by: TheFOXposts.Com

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