A new study suggests the magnificent medieval Book of Kells may not have been made on Iona but at Portmahomack, a Pictish monastery in eastern Scotland, where decorated stone carvings closely match its ornate letters, challenging long-held beliefs about its origin.

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New study finds shocked quartz at 3 Clovis sites, bolstering the Younger Dryas comet-airburst theory. Researchers argue the blasts ~12.8k yrs ago helped wipe out mammoths & Clovis culture via fire, soot, and an “impact winter.” #Archaeology #Archeology #History #megafauna #Clovis

Twenty years ago, Kathleen Martínez walked away from law. Today, her search for Cleopatra’s tomb led to a newly discovered port beneath the waters of Taposiris Magna in Egypt.

#history #Cleopatra #archeology #archaeology

Photo: Louis le Grand, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Hobby metal-detectorists in Poland, searching for German V-2 rockets, unexpectedly found a stash of early medieval artifacts: coins, silver, and a gold necklace ~1,800 years old.

#history #treasure #metaldetector

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Today the ABA’s Women Trailblazers Project released Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s oral history, offering firsthand insights on gender equality cases, Supreme Court dynamics, and legal strategy—an essential new source for scholars of constitutional and institutional history.

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