archaeology news for Oct 16-23

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Now, thanks to advances in technology and a growing trend toward collaboration across academic disciplines, the identity of the Goucher figure — and that of a companion specimen in the collection, the so-called Cohen mummy — has come into sharper focus.

A team of researchers based at Hopkins has generated detailed portraits of the long-deceased figures, giving visitors the rare chance to come face to face with human beings who walked the earth about 2,300 years ago.

Meet the Egyptian dead thanks to mummy facial reconstruction

"Our study shows that dogs and humans have an intertwined story—dogs followed humans during this migration across Europe,” said Morgane Ollivier of the University of Rennes. The dogs are thought to have helped their human companions with the herding of sheep, goats, and pigs during the trip, and then mixed with European dogs upon their arrival."

DNA Study Suggests Dogs Migrated With Early Farmers