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Child Graves Near Lake Baikal Reveal Plague’s Deadly Reach 5,500 Years Ago
A prehistoric Lake Baikal plague outbreak is no longer just a theory drawn from scattered graves. Ancient DNA from children buried near the Angara River in southeastern Siberia shows that Yersinia pestis was killing hunter-gatherer communities around 5,500 years ago, long before the Black Death or the first cities usually linked to epidemic disease. Three…
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2,500-Year-Old Jaw Surgery in Siberia Reveals Iron Age Prosthetic Technique
High in the frozen mountains of the Altai, where winds carve across the Ukok Plateau, a woman survived what should have been a fatal injury. Two and a half millennia later, modern CT imaging has revealed how. Researchers from Novosibirsk State University have identified what may be the earliest documented case of temporomandibular joint (TMJ)…
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Ancient Tashtyk Funerary Mask Reconstructed with AI in Moscow
Researchers at Moscow’s State Historical Museum, working with technology experts from a leading innovation center, have digitally reconstructed a rare funerary mask of the Tashtyk culture from southern Siberia. Using 3D scanning, AI-based modeling, and advanced restoration tools, the team recreated missing elements of the centuries-old artifact, offering the public a striking glimpse into the…