Remains at Notre Dame Identified as 16th-Century Poet
PARIS, FRANCE—According to a Live Science report, human remains found in a sealed lead coffin beneath the nave of Notre Dame Cathedral have been identified as the French Renaissance poet Joachim du Bellay, who died in 1560 at the age of 37, by scientists led by Éric Crubézy of the University of Toulouse III and the French National Centre for Scientific Research. Examination of the remains revealed signs of bone tuberculosis, chronic meningitis, and frequent horseback riding. “He matches all the criteria…
Neolithic Society Discovered in Morocco
RABAT, MOROCCO—Cosmos Magazine reports that a 5,000-year-old agricultural complex has been identified along the Baht River in Morocco. The site, known as Oued Beht, was discovered during building projects in the 1930s, but it has only recently been investigated by an international team of archaeologists, who found remains of domesticated plants and animals, pottery, stone tools, and deep storage pits. Similar Neolithic pits containing ivory and ostrich eggs have been uncovered in the Iberian Peninsula, indicating that the Iberians had connections…
More Than 300 Geoglyphs Discovered in Peru
LIMA, PERU—The Guardian reports that more than 300 geoglyphs have been discovered near Peru’s Nazca Lines with artificial intelligence (AI) and low-flying drones over a period of just six months. “The use of AI in research has allowed us to map the distribution of geoglyphs more quickly and accurately,” said archaeologist Masato Sakai of Yamagata University. These glyphs depict parrots, cats, monkeys, killer whales, llamas, alpacas, abstract humanoids, and humans holding decapitated heads. The figures measure between about 10 and 20…
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