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Raknehaugen May Not Be a Royal Burial After All—Study Points to Catastrophic Origin
Raknehaugen, one of the largest prehistoric mounds in Scandinavia, has long been interpreted as the burial place of a powerful Iron Age elite. Yet despite more than a century of excavation, no confirmed grave has ever been identified within the monument in Norway. A new study suggests that this enormous structure may not have been…
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New Study: Climate Change May Have Played a Role in the Fall of the Roman Empire
An international research team has uncovered new evidence regarding the “Late Antique Little Ice Age,” a 6th-century climate crisis that may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire. The collaborative study, involving scientists from the University of Southampton, Queen’s University Canada, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, focused on unusual rocks found on…