Fragments of Sappho's poetry, though not "Midnight Poem," transcribed in the second century BCE. (credit: Bodleian Library, Oxford)
The poet Sappho was so celebrated in the ancient world that the Roman Empire was still producing statues and paintings of her centuries after her death. Her work was organized into nine books of lyric poetry in the...
The discovery of multiple stellar populations — formed at different times — in several young star clusters adds to the debate on the nature and origin of such populations in globular clusters from the early Universe. See Letter p.502
Nature 529 473 doi: 10.1038/529473a
The discovery of multiple stellar populations — formed at different times — in several young star clusters adds to the debate on the nature and origin of such populations in globular clusters from the early Universe. See Letter p.502
Nature 529 473 doi: 10.1038/529473a
Here you can see an obsidian bladelet embedded in the victim's skull on the left side. (credit: Marta Mirazon Lahr)
Depending on your perspective, it was a war or just a violent encounter between two groups. Left in the shallow waters of a lagoon in Nataruk, Kenya, the victims' skeletons were preserved for 10,000 years in the positions they held...
