Solar storms, ice cores and nuns’ teeth: the new science of history
May 03, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
Advances in fields such as spectrometry and gene sequencing are unleashing torrents of new data about the ancient world – and could offer answers to questions we never even knew to ask. By Jacob Mikanowski. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod