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Radar satellites and underground electrical scans just pulled Saite-period mudbrick walls and a cache of religious amulets from beneath the Nile Delta mud at ancient Buto, a site abandoned for 1,500 years before someone rebuilt it. #Egyptology #ArchaeologicalScience #NileDelta https://www.anthropology.net/p/beneath-the-mud-at-buto-satellite

3️⃣ Method involves minimally destructive sampling - a huge advantage over traditional approaches. The technique extracted and identified sex-linked peptides from third molars with surprising consistency. #palaeoproteomics #archaeologicalscience A 'why did I not think of that moment?' 🤔