Archaeologists examining the nests of bearded vultures recovered an ‘extraordinary’ stash of medieval artefacts ...
Bearded vultures have been revealed as the somewhat surprising curators of natural museums, after scientists investigating centuries-old, abandoned nests discovered that they were packed with a whole ...
Archaeologists in Spain discovered medieval artifacts in bearded vulture nests, including a complete 13th-century esparto ...
Archaeologists find an intact medieval sandal in bearded vulture nests in Spain, preserved for seven centuries on a cliff.
Bearded Vultures are a near threatened species with researchers looking into their nesting habits, which could potentionally ...
Beyond the manufactured relics of our species’ past, archaeologists also catalogued 2,117 bones, 86 hooves, and 43 eggshells.
Equally remarkable was the discovery of a fragment of ochre-painted sheep leather, confirmed through proteomic analysis, dating back 651 years. A basketry fragment from another nest proved to be from ...
A 700-year-old sandal and several other hand-crafted cultural artifacts were found in the breeding nest of a bone-eating ...
In the cliffs of southern Spain sit “ancient nests” built by bone-eating vultures but left abandoned since the birds went locally extinct roughly a century ago. The “well-preserved” nests hid many ...
Researchers found over 200 cultural artifacts within nests of bearded vultures, with the oldest item to date — a woven sandal ...