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EuropeNº 2026·101 October 2026NewStar Wars on Papyrus: Why Scientists Baked Their Own Herculaneum Scrolls to Help Read the Real OnesNew study shows lead-spiked ink on replica carbonized scrolls glows up to 25 times brighter under X-rays, offering a way to find Herculaneum scrolls most likely to be read9 min read
Europe28 Sept 2026Before 'Back to Sleep': Why Flat-Headed Babies Aren't Just a Modern Problem9 min readEurope15 Sept 2026A Fleet Hiding in Plain Sight: Laser Scans Find 23 New Ships on a Cypriot Temple Wall8 min readEurope7 Sept 2026The 'Vampire' Woman of Pień: Why Did a 17th-Century Town Fear This Teenage Girl?8 min readEurope25 Aug 2026Built on Small Backs: How Child Labour Left Its Mark on Dutch Skeletons7 min read
Europe18 Aug 2026Necklace of the Dead: Archaeologists Discover a Neolithic Pendant, and It Was Made From a Human Tooth7 min readEurope12 Aug 2026The Bones Everyone Ignored: How Tiny Fragments Revealed Neanderthal Bone Tools in Romania7 min readEurope12 Aug 2026Left in the Arctic: How an Abandoned Fossil Turned Out to Be a Giant Predator7 min readEurope6 Aug 2026The Mystery of Brading Roman Villa: Evidence of a Late Roman Massacre?7 min readEurope30 Jul 2026Buried in a Toilet: The Two Byzantine Babies That Ended Up in a Latrine Drain8 min readEurope22 Jul 2026Ancient Giants: What Happened to Portugal's Enormous Brown Bears?7 min read