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Oldest Traces of Alcoholic Drinks in Northeastern Poland Found in 4,500-Year-Old Ritual Vessels
A few broken pots from northeastern Poland have preserved a surprisingly vivid trace of prehistoric life: the remains of fermented alcoholic drinks consumed around 4,500 years ago. Researchers from the University of Warsaw and Lodz University of Technology identified chemical residues inside ceramic fragments from Supraśl in the Northern Podlasie Lowland and Skrzeszew in the…
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Roman Tool Discovered in Czech Republic May Reveal How Legionary Chainmail Was Made
A small iron plate, punctured with a precise sequence of holes, may hold the key to how Roman craftsmen produced one of the empire’s most recognizable forms of armor. Discovered in the Czech Republic, the object appears to have been used to draw metal wires—an essential step in the production of Roman chainmail. Archaeologists believe…
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Northern Suns in Mycenaean Gold: How European Solar Symbols Reached a Greek Island
A pair of modest-looking gold ornaments from Mycenaean graves on the Ionian island of Kefalonia has opened an unexpectedly wide window onto the connected world of the Late Bronze Age. According to a new study published in the European Journal of Archaeology, the solar symbols embossed on these objects did not originate in the Aegean…