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  1. Super spannende Rezension zu einem Buch, das erstmals die Geschichte Skandinaviens als Region am Rande des Imperiums rekonstruiert. Man erfährt die coolsten Dinge & wird schlauer was Methodologie für so prä-schreibende Kulturen angeht. Und ja: Eisbären im Kolosseum.
    #history #antiquity #prehistory #scandinavia #romanempire #books #Review

    lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/mi

  2. The First Pandemic? Scientists Find 214 Ancient Pathogens In Prehistoric DNA

    Shutterstock Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague. The findings show zoonotic diseases began spreading around 6,500 years ago, likely triggered by farming and animal domestication. These ancient infections may still influence us today, and help guide the vaccines of tomorrow…….Continue reading…. By: University of Copenhagen – The Faculty of Health and Medical […]

    onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026

  3. 📢 #CfP: “Failing Male Bodies. #Body, #Gender, and #Masculinities in the Medieval West (4th-15th Centuries)”
    📍 GHIP, 28–29 January 2027

    What reconfigurations of gender identities did mutilation and, more broadly, the failings of the male body give rise to between Late #Antiquity and the end of the #MiddleAges?

    📅 Proposals should be sent before 1 July 2026.
    FR/EN/DE • Publication planned.

    ➡️ More information: dhi-paris.fr/fr/actualites/pag

    #Histodons #Paris #DHIP

  4. Bea Szeifert and others, Tracing genetic connections of ancient Hungarians to the 6th–14th century populations of the Volga-Ural region, Human Molecular Genetics, Volume 31, Issue 19, 1 October 2022, Pages 3266–3280, doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddac106 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #Science #Archaeogenomics #History #Histodon #Histodons #Ancient #Antiquity #Language #Languages #Population #Genetics #Genomics #Biology #Europe #Hungary #Academia #Academic #Academics @science @biology @antiquidons