See it →Metal detectorist unearths ancient gold item — and stuns experts in Germany ... For example, an enclosure from the Iron Age was later used by the Romans to build a large lime kiln, according ...

Made from Tigris River mud mixed with straw, chaff, or animal dung, the brick exemplified ancient building practices. Unlike modern kiln-fired bricks, these sun-dried versions preserved biological ...

The key to this preservation, she explains, lies in the very methods of brick-making. Modern bricks, baked in high-temperature kilns, obliterate any biological content. In contrast, ancient bricks ...

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