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| Gods, Graves, Glyphs Weekly Digest #372 Saturday, September 3, 2011 |
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| Agriculture & Animal Husbandry | |
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| Gardens were important to ancient civilizations |
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· 09/01/20/2011 · · 4:50:15 PM PDT · · Posted by Renfield · · 9 replies · · Times and Transcript · · 9-1-2011 · |
We tend to think of garden design as a relatively new vocation. The truth told by archaeological findings not only lays such thoughts to rest, it tells a tale of a rich and ancient heritage of garden design. One such finding shows a garden of Ninevah, in present-day Iraq, that dates back to 650 BC. There are date palms, trees and shrubs of many types. True, an enemy's severed head is seen hanging from one of the trees, but times were different, or are they? They did like their gardens, however. Our vision of ancient Egyptian temples is one of... |
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| Biology & Cryptobiology | |
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| New Wasp Species Discovered in Indonesia Shocks Scientists |
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· 09/01/20/2011 · · 7:22:14 PM PDT · · Posted by nickcarraway · · 28 replies · · Jakarta Globe · · September 01, 2011 · · Lydia Tomkiw · |
An American scientist working with a team of Indonesians scientists has discovered a new giant black warrior wasp species. The wasp will be added to the list of items named after the country's national symbol, the mythical bird Garuda. The insect-eating predator was discovered by Lynn S. Kimsey, a professor of entomology and the director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, while working with 12 scientists from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) during an expedition to the Mekongga Mountains of Sulawesi. Scientists are shocked by the discovery of the insect, with the male... |
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| Microbe, Your Crobe, His Crobe, Her Crobe | |
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| Antibiotic resistance found in ancient bacteria |
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· 08/31/20/2011 · · 12:37:18 PM PDT · · Posted by Boogieman · · 25 replies · · CBC News · · Aug 31, 2011 · · Emily Chung · |
The same genes that make disease-causing bacteria resistant to today's antibiotics have been found in soil bacteria that have remained frozen since woolly mammoths roamed the Earth. "We've shown for the first time that drug resistance is a really old phenomenon and it's part of the natural ecology of the planet," said Gerard Wright, a biochemist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. He led the study that was published online Wednesday in the journal Nature. Wright said this evidence of ancient genes may explain how today's disease-causing bacteria have so quickly become resistant to modern antibiotics. |
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| Epidemics, Pandemics, Plagues, the Sniffles | |
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| Cholera pandemic has a single global source (Bay of Bengal) |
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· 08/31/20/2011 · · 11:27:34 AM PDT · · Posted by decimon · · 8 replies · · BBC · · August 25, 2011 · · Hamish Pritchard · |
A major cholera pandemic has spread in at least three waves from a single global source: the Bay of Bengal.A study in Nature reveals cholera's spread over the last 60 years into Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, continent-hopping on long-haul flights. The research by a team from Cambridge's Sanger Institute showed the infection is evolving, with the newest waves showing antibiotic resistance. A UK expert said it was "a scandal" cholera was still affecting people. Cholera is a bacterial infection of the intestine that causes diarrhoea. It affects 3-5m people annually in 56 countries, killing between100,000 and 150,000. If... |
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| Helix, Make Mine a Double | |
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| Svante Paabo: DNA clues to our inner Neanderthal |
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· 09/03/20/2011 · · 6:15:38 AM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 61 replies · · Daily Exchange · · Wednesday, August 31, 2011 · · Ted Talks (?) · |
Sharing the results of a massive, worldwide study, geneticist Svante Pääbo shows the DNA proof that early humans mated with Neanderthals after we moved out of Africa. (Yes, many of us have Neanderthal DNA.) He also shows how a tiny bone from a baby finger was enough to identify a whole new humanoid species. Svante Pääbo explores human genetic evolution by analyzing DNA extracted from ancient sources, including mummies, an Ice Age hunter and the bone fragments of Neanderthals. |
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| Neandertal / Neanderthal | |
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| Neanderthal survival story revealed in Jersey caves |
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· 08/30/20/2011 · · 8:16:45 PM PDT · · Posted by decimon · · 58 replies · · BBC · · August 29, 2011 · · Becky Evans · |
New investigations at an iconic cave site on the Channel Island of Jersey have led archaeologists to believe the Neanderthals have been widely under-estimated.Neanderthals survived in Europe through a number of ice ages and died out only about 30,000 years ago. The site at La Cotte de St Brelade reveals a near-continuous use of the cave site spanning over a quarter of a million years, suggesting a considerable success story in adapting to a changing climate and landscape, prior to the arrival of Homo sapiens. New investigations at an iconic cave site on the Channel Island of Jersey have led... |
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| Neanderthal skull fragment discovered in Nice |
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· 09/03/20/2011 · · 4:50:34 AM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 16 replies · · Riviera Times · · Wednesday, August 24, 2011 · · unattributed · |
Part of a prehistoric skull, dating back 170,000 years, has been discovered during an archaeological dig in Nice. Experts say the discovery could reveal important clues to the evolution of humans. Students Ludovic Dolez and SÈbastian Lepvraud were working on the excavation site, Lazaret Caves, on 13th August, when they came across the partial remains of a forehead belonging to a Homo Erectus. Paleontologist Marie-Antoinette de Lumley, who has been in charge of excavation at Lazaret since 1961, said the bone is an important find: "It belonged to a nomad hunter, less than 25 years old. He may be able... |
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| Prehistory & Origins | |
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| Humans shaped stone axes 1.8 million years ago, study says |
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· 09/02/20/2011 · · 2:05:06 PM PDT · · Posted by Red Badger · · 33 replies · · PhysOrg · · 08-31-2011 · · Provided by Columbia U · |
A new study suggests that Homo erectus, a precursor to modern humans, was using advanced toolmaking methods in East Africa 1.8 million years ago, at least 300,000 years earlier than previously thought. The study, published this week in Nature, raises new questions about where these tall and slender early humans originated and how they developed sophisticated tool-making technology. Homo erectus appeared about 2 million years ago, and ranged across Asia and Africa before hitting a possible evolutionary dead-end, about 70,000 years ago. Some researchers think Homo erectus evolved in East Africa, where many of the oldest fossils have been found,... |
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| Japan | |
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| Ancient forearm bone from tall man found at archeological site in Okinawa |
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· 09/01/20/2011 · · 8:02:35 PM PDT · · Posted by Palter · · 10 replies · · Mainichi Daily News · · 30 Aug 2011 · |
Researchers have unearthed an ancient forearm bone from the Mabuni Hantabaru archeological site in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, believed to be from a Jomon period male roughly 169 centimeters tall -- much taller than the average for the period. The bone, measuring about 28 centimeters, is believed to be from the late Jomon period, dating back 3,000-4,000 years. The average height of males from the same period is about 158 centimeters. Takayuki Matsushita, honorary head of the Doigahama Site Anthropological Museum in Yamaguchi Prefecture, which conducted a survey of the area, said the find was unusual. "Even on a national scale,... |
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| Megaliths & Archaeoastronomy | |
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| Tomb found at Stonehenge quarry site (Wales) |
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· 09/01/20/2011 · · 9:08:44 AM PDT · · Posted by decimon · · 14 replies · · BBC · · August 31, 2011 · · Louise Ord · |
The tomb for the original builders of Stonehenge could have been unearthed by an excavation at a site in Wales.The Carn Menyn site in the Preseli Hills is where the bluestones used to construct the first stone phase of the henge were quarried in 2300BC. Organic material from the site will be radiocarbon dated, but it is thought any remains have already been removed. Archaeologists believe this could prove a conclusive link between the site and Stonehenge. The remains of a ceremonial monument were found with a bank that appears to have a pair of standing stones embedded in it.... |
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| Scotland Yet | |
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| Scottish treasure trove revealed (Iron Age) |
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· 09/02/20/2011 · · 5:31:05 PM PDT · · Posted by decimon · · 12 replies · · BBC · · September 2, 2011 · · Unknown · |
A hoard of gold Iron Age torcs found near Stirling is among the highlights of the sixth annual Scottish Treasure Trove report.The torcs --which earned the finder a reward of £462,000 --were found in 2009 but reported to the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer last year. Other "outstanding" finds were a gold button unearthed in Perth and Kinross and a Papal Bulla found in Fife. Discoveries were also made in East Lothian and the Scottish Borders. The report covers the period from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011 and details finds dealt with by the remembrancer and... |
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| Dunning Iron Age find shows Roman-Pictish link |
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· 09/01/20/2011 · · 6:35:32 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 26 replies · · BBC News · · August 31st 2011 · · unattributed · |
Archaeologists working near the village of Dunning found an Iron Age broch which has evidence of early contact between the Picts and the Roman Empire. The broch -- a drystone wall structure -- is the first of its kind to be found in the Scottish lowlands for 100 years. Evidence shows that the Roman dwelling was destroyed by fire and then probably reoccupied by a Pictish warlord... Brochs were the preferred residence of the elite during Roman times. The team said the "exquisitely preserved" Dunning example was built at the top of a hill and offers a 360-degree views of... |
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| Ancient Roller Derby | |
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| Archaeologists uncover amphitheatre used to train gladiators near Vienna |
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· 09/01/20/2011 · · 6:43:42 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 11 replies · · Guardian UK · · Tuesday, August 30, 2011 · · Associated Press · |
Archaeologists say they have located and excavated the ruins of a huge amphitheatre used to train gladiators east of Vienna, describing it as a "sensational discovery". They claim that the ruins found through ground radar measurements rival the Colosseum and the Ludus Magnus in Rome in their structure. The Ludus Magnus is the largest of the gladiatorial arenas in the Italian capital, while the Colosseum is the largest amphitheatre ever built in the Roman empire. |
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| Rome & Italy | |
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| The Riddle of Ancient Roman Concrete |
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· 09/02/20/2011 · · 8:15:56 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 40 replies · · Roman Concrete · · 1993-1995 · · David Moore, P.E. · |
A most unusual Roman structure depicting their technical advancement is the Pantheon, a brick faced building that has withstood the ravages of weathering in near perfect condition, sitting magnificently in the business district of Rome. Perhaps its longevity is told by its purpose . . . to honor all gods. Above all, this building humbles the modern engineer not only in its artistic splendor, but also because there are no steel rods to counter the high tensile forces such as we need to hold modern concrete together. Describing this large circular building tells much of the intelligence of its builders;... |
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| The Roman Wars | |
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| Extraordinary pictures of the 2,000 year old underground labyrinth where Jewish rebels hid from Roman soldiers |
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· 09/01/20/2011 · · 6:27:14 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 21 replies · · Daily Mail · · August 31st 2011 · · Rose Parker · |
Cavers crawl along with the complex illuminated by the eerie light from a head torch. The system was once reached through trap doors in Jewish villages,some of which are now archaeological sites, others have been completely destroyed. Today, they may be no more than an indistinct, shoulder-width opening in the ground or hillside. The intrepid may have to crawl, even slither for a few minutes through a pitch-black burrow too cramped for a fully armed Roman legionary. Turns can be so tight cavers may have to back up to a spot where they can flip from head to feet first... |
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| Africa | |
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| Libya's other wealth: Archaeological treasures |
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· 09/03/20/2011 · · 7:56:46 AM PDT · · Posted by MinorityRepublican · · 8 replies · · CNN · · September 3, 2011 · · Libby Lewis · |
(CNN) -- Before Moammar Gadhafi, there were the Phoenicians. And the Greeks. The Romans. The first Arabs. They're a reminder that no civilization -- and no leader -- is forever. The Libyan transitional leaders have a lot to deal with once they stop being rebels, and begin shaping a new Libya: Keeping law and order, setting up a rudimentary government, dealing with money -- and oil. But what about Libya's other wealth? Its archaeological treasures? They are all over the country. In the south, in Acacus, rock paintings 12,000 years old cross an entire mountain range. In the east, the... |
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| Egypt | |
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| Deadly medication?(Pharaoh Hatshepsut) |
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· 08/19/20/2011 · · 7:24:33 AM PDT · · Posted by decimon · · 20 replies · · University of Bonn · · August 19, 2011 · · Unknown · |
Bonn scientists shed light on the dark secret of Queen Hatshepsut's flaconThe corpus delicti is a plain flacon from among the possessions of Pharaoh Hatshepsut, who lived around 1450 B.C., which is on exhibit in the permanent collection of the Egyptian Museum of the University of Bonn. For three and a half millennia, the vessel may have held a deadly secret. This is what the Head of the collection, Michael Hˆveler-M¸ller and Dr. Helmut Wiedenfeld from the university's Pharmacology Institute just discovered. After two years of research it is now clear that the flacon did not hold a perfume; instead,... |
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| Religion of Pieces | |
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| Egypt's Brotherhood Declares War on the Bikini (and the Pyramids too) |
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· 08/28/20/2011 · · 7:48:03 AM PDT · · Posted by Dallas59 · · 55 replies · · JP · · 8/28/20/2011 · |
Sunbathing in Alexandria may soon be a thing of the past, at least if some Egyptian Islamist politicians have their way. clearpxl Egypt's tourism industry has suffered a severe blow since the outburst of anti-regime demonstrations in January. But that did not stop the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, from demanding stricter regulations over what tourists can do and wear while visiting the country. The party is urging officials to ban skimpy swimwear and the consumption of alcohol on Egyptian street |
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| Let's Have Jerusalem | |
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| Leftists in Last-Minute Bid to Halt Ir David Excavations |
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· 08/30/20/2011 · · 2:34:17 PM PDT · · Posted by Eleutheria5 · · 10 replies · · Arutz Sheva · · 30/8/11 · · David Lev · |
A group of 150 archaeologists and students sent a petition Tuesday to Environment Minister Gilad Erdan and Sport and Culture Minister Limor Livnat, asking them to drop their support for a law that formalizes private archaeological digs and research at national parks and historical sites. The petition says that the law would "politicize archaeology in Israel and damage the independence of researchers," and calls for the ministers to oppose the "privatization of archaeology," which, they write, would be the death knell of archaeology in Israel. But supporters of the law said that there were already hundreds of independent and private... |
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| Ancient Autopsies | |
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| 2000-Year-Old Burial Box Could Reveal Location of the Family of Caiaphas |
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· 08/29/20/2011 · · 11:05:43 AM PDT · · Posted by decimon · · 18 replies · · American Friends Tel Aviv U · · August 29, 2011 · · Unknown · |
Rare, detailed inscription is genuine, says a TAU researcherIn Jerusalem and Judah, ancient limestone burial boxes containing skeletal remains -- called ossuaries -- are fairly common archaeological finds from the 1st century BCE to the 1st century AD period. Forgers have also added inscriptions or decorations to fraudulently increase their value. So three years ago, when the Israel Antiquities Authority confiscated an ossuary with a rare inscription from antiquities looters, they turned to Prof. Yuval Goren of Tel Aviv University's Department of Archaeology to authenticate the fascinating discovery. Prof. Goren, who worked in collaboration with Prof. Boaz Zissu from Bar... |
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| Israel Scholars Say Biblical Burial Box Is Genuine |
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· 06/29/20/2011 · · 12:15:46 PM PDT · · Posted by marshmallow · · 21 replies · · AP via Church News · · 6/29/11 · |
JERUSALEM -- Israeli scholars say they have confirmed the authenticity of a 2,000-year-old burial box bearing the name of a relative of the high priest Caiaphas of the New Testament. The ossuary bears an inscription with the name "Miriam daughter of Yeshua son of Caiaphas, priest of Maaziah from Beth Imri." An ossuary is a stone chest used to store bones. Caiaphas was a temple priest and an adversary of Jesus who played a key role in his crucifixion. The Israel Antiquities Authority says the ossuary was seized from tomb robbers three years ago and has since been undergoing analysis.... |
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| Jesus Christ the Man: Does the Physical Evidence Hold Up? |
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· 04/17/20/2011 · · 8:16:00 PM PDT · · Posted by SeekAndFind · · 40 replies · · Live Science · · 04/14/20/2011 · · Natalie Wolchover · |
Jesus Christ may be the most famous man who ever lived. But how do we know he did? Most theological historians, Christian and non-Christian alike, believe that Jesus really did walk the Earth. They draw that conclusion from textual evidence in the Bible, however, rather than from the odd assortment of relics parading as physical evidence in churches all over Europe. That's because, from fragments of text written on bits of parchment to overly abundant chips of wood allegedly salvaged from his crucifix, none of the physical evidence of Jesus' life and death hold up to scientific scrutiny. [Who Was... |
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| BURIAL BOX --Oldest physical evidence for JESUS (Passion thoughts-6) |
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· 03/26/20/2005 · · 2:46:33 AM PST · · Posted by Paul Ciniraj · · 3 replies · · 269+ views · · Baseelia Foundation · · 26th March, 2005 · · Pastor Paul Ciniraj · |
From the news... A limestone burial box, almost 2,000 years old, may provide the oldest archeological record of Jesus of Nazareth. Of interest in the news today, the announcement of an archaeological find of potentially great significance: an ossuary (stone box) bearing the inscription "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus". The practice of transferring bones from expensive tombs into ossuaries existed from around 20 B.C. to 70 A.D., and the inscription on the newly recovered ossuary was in a form of written Aramaic used only between about 10 A.D. and 70 A.D. Other scientific tests affirm the antiquity of... |
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| Faith & Philosophy | |
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| The Major Religions of the World ....Revisited: The Significance of Mecca |
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· 08/29/20/2011 · · 5:03:11 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 64 replies · · Major Religions dot com · · 2008 · · Robert Fawcett · |
It needs to be noted that Arabs had been making the pilgrimage to Mecca-to the enormous granite Ka'aba, the old shrine at the center of the city-for hundreds, possibly thousands of years, before Islam to pay tribute to these 360 gods represented inside the Ka'aba's walls. Muhammad destroyed all but two -- that of the Virgin Mary, and that of Christ. However, even those representations would eventually be banned under Islam's subsequent prohibition of images. This prohibition was not endorsed by the Prophet. Controversies have exploded over images depicting the Prophet Muhammad, namely his depiction as a turbaned terrorist in... |
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| PreColumbian, Clovis & PreClovis | |
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| 'Treasures... of black wood, brilliantly polished': five examples of Taino sculpture |
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· 08/27/20/2011 · · 9:53:51 AM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 18 replies · · Antiquity · · Vol 85:329, 2011 · · Joanna Ostapkowicz et al · |
Five wooden sculptures from the pre-contact Caribbean, long held in museum collections, are here dated and given a context for the first time. The examples studied were made from dense Guaiacum wood, carved, polished and inlaid with shell fastened with resin. Dating the heartwood, sapwood and resins takes key examples of 'Classic' TaÃŒno art back to the tenth century AD, and suggests that some objects were treasured and refurbished over centuries. The authors discuss the symbolic properties of the wood and the long-lived biographies of some iconic sculptures. |
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| Talking leaves & rocks that teach: the archaeological discovery of Sequoyah's oldest written record |
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· 08/27/20/2011 · · 9:48:30 AM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 16 replies · · Antiquity · · Vol 85:329, 2011 · · Rex Weeks & Ken Tankersley · |
The authors investigate the origins of the earliest script of the Cherokees, using inscriptions in the Red Bird River Shelter. Their analysis suggests that the engravings in the cave show the experimental creation of a syllabary (alphabet of signs). This in turn offers support for the historical notion that this writing system was not an ancestral practice preserved through missionaries, but an invention of the early nineteenth century; one that should be credited to the Native American pioneer scholar, Sequoyah. |
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| The Revolution | |
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| Bunker Hill dead may lie under gardens |
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· 03/08/20/2009 · · 11:23:26 AM PDT · · Posted by Pharmboy · · 65 replies · · 2,133+ views · · Boston Globe · · March 8, 2009 · · Brian MacQuarrie · |
In Boston, history is always just below the surface. And in Charlestown, underneath a row of genteel gardens, in the middle of a teeming city, is believed to be a mass grave containing the bones of possibly dozens of British soldiers killed in one of the most important battles in American history. The site, part of the sprawling Bunker Hill battlefield, has been pinpointed by a curator from Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia and a Charlestown historian who are confident they know where the bodies were buried --15 feet underground in what had been a rebel-dug ditch that featured some... |
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| The Civil War | |
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| Scots and the American Civil War |
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· 04/13/20/2011 · · 3:25:29 AM PDT · · Posted by MadMitch · · 64 replies · · The Scotsman · |
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/Scots-and-the-American-Civil.6750042.jp IN May, 1864 a young Glaswegian by the name of Bennet Graham Burley stared at the dark, dirty water rising up through a grille and flooding over the floor of his cell and considered his alternatives, neither of which were good. He could remain in this dank, filthy cell in the Union prison on Pea Patch Island in the middle of the Delaware |
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| Thoroughly Modern Miscellany | |
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| Is this the face of Jack the Ripper? |
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· 08/30/20/2011 · · 7:20:13 PM PDT · · Posted by decimon · · 34 replies · · BBC · · August 30, 2011 · · Dr Xanthe Mallett · |
Jack the Ripper is the world's most famous cold case --the identity of the man who brutally murdered five women in London's East End in autumn 1888 remains a mystery. More than 200 suspects have been named. But to Ripper expert Trevor Marriott, a former murder squad detective, German merchant Carl Feigenbaum is the top suspect. Convicted of murdering his landlady in Manhattan, Feigenbaum died in the electric chair in New York's Sing Sing prison in 1894. His lawyer suspected him of the Ripper murders too. No photos of Feigenbaum exist. So Marriott has produced this new e-fit for... |
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| Is This the Face of Jack The Ripper? |
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· 09/02/20/2011 · · 2:19:19 PM PDT · · Posted by Red Badger · · 18 replies · · Discovery News · · Fri Sep 2, 2011 03:39 PM ET · · Rossella Lorenzi · |
Thin-haired with deep-set grey eyes and a large, red pimpled nose: this is how Jack the Ripper, perhaps the most notorious murderer in history, might have looked, according to new archival research into police documents. Retired British police detective, Trevor Marriott, gathered together evidence and has built a case against Carl Feigenbaum, a 54-year-old German merchant seaman, and made him the top suspect for committing the horrific and notorious murders between August and November 1888. At that time, at least five women in the Whitechapel area in London were found horribly disfigured, often with organs missing. The name Jack the... |
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| Bushranger Ned Kelly's remains found after search by investigators |
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· 08/31/20/2011 · · 4:51:29 PM PDT · · Posted by steveo · · 39 replies · · couriermail.com.au · · 09-01-11 · · unknown · |
THE remains of notorious bushranger Ned Kelly have been found at the former Melbourne prison, Pentridge. An exhaustive 20-month search through historical and genetic records has unearthed one of the most colourful chapters in Australian history, and a man who Attorney-General Robert Clark this morning called "one of the most controversial characters" in our national identity. A DNA sample from Kelly's sister's great grandson, Leigh Oliver, confirmed the remains were those of the bushranger. Doctors and scientists at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine identified the body. Kelly's remains have long been rumoured to be at Pentridge. Attorney General Robert... |
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| Oh So Mysteriouso | |
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| Legendary flower of Buddhist yore blooms at a Mapo convenience store |
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· 09/01/20/2011 · · 2:30:03 PM PDT · · Posted by Winstons Julia · · 33 replies · · CNN · · 09/01/11 · · Staff · |
Korean news outlets are reporting that an udumbara -- a legendary flower in Buddhist literature believed to bloom once every 3,000 years -- has sprouted at a humble Family Mart. Store manager Kim Jong-woo was cleaning when he spotted the 17 tiny flowers growing on the window. He recognized the flowers, he said, from images on television. |
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| Inside the Great Pyramid |
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· 09/06/2011 1:47:37 PM PDT · · Posted by Palter · · 55 replies · · Smithsonian Mag · · 01 Sept 2011 · · Mike Dash · |
The Great Pyramid -- built for the Pharaoh Khufu in about 2570 B.C., sole survivor of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, and still arguably the most mysterious structure on the planet. Photo: Wikicommons There is a story, regrettably apocryphal, about Napoleon and the Great Pyramid. When Bonaparte visited Giza during his Nile expedition of 1798 (it goes), he determined to spend a night alone inside the King's Chamber, the granite-lined vault that lies precisely in the center of the pyramid. This chamber is generally acknowledged as the spot where Khufu, the most powerful ruler of Egypt's Old Kingdom (c.2690-2180 BC),... |
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| The 10 plagues of Egipt is a volcanic winter. Rout of Exodus. |
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· 09/05/2011 6:31:23 AM PDT · · Posted by vasnas · · 97 replies · · myself · · Poltavsky Sasha · |
Reading a skan-original "first printed" of the Ostrozhsky (OstRih) Bible of 1581 y. (see -- Sources), auxiliary I've used traditional Synodal (RST) and Church-slavic (CS) versions. Soon I began to notice a difference of senses in texts of Bibles. Reading, only for the sake of acquaintance with a curiosity, has turned to the most fascinating detective research. The book "Exod", in (RST), (CS), (OstRih), (Torah), and parts of other books, a line by a line -- in parallel, has been read, and the differential table is made. (drafts: bible-exodus.narod.ru) Gradually I linked up other canonical and uncanonical Bibles to comparison... |
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· 09/04/2011 3:08:21 PM PDT · · Posted by Nachum · · 12 replies · · Baltimore Jewish Life · · 9/4/11 · · Alex Joffe · |
Islamist involvement in the revolution does not bode well for Jews and Israel. There are reasons for Jews to view the fall of Muammar Gaddafi with satisfaction: A bizarre and dangerous enemy of the West and Israel is on the verge of defeat, and the Libyan people may be on the threshold of freedom. But, as in Egypt, the second Arab Spring in Libya looks like a mixed blessing. One test will be the manner in which the new government treats the Jews and Israel. Libya is, historically, a place of conquest and revolt. Jews arrived there long before the... |
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| Unique Roman gladiator ruins revealed in Austria. |
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· 09/05/2011 6:50:00 PM PDT · · Posted by Winstons Julia · · 28 replies · · Physorg · · 09/05/11 · · George Jahn · |
The Carnuntum ruins are part of a city of 50,000 people 28 miles (45 kilometers) east of Vienna that flourished about 1,700 years ago, a major military and trade outpost linking the far-flung Roman empire's Asian boundaries to its central and northern European lands. Mapped out by radar, the ruins of the gladiator school remain underground. Yet officials say the find rivals the famous Ludus Magnus -- the largest of the gladiatorial training schools in Rome -- in its structure. And they say the Austrian site is even more detailed than the well-known Roman ruin, down to the remains of... |
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| British Isles | |
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| Roman Remains Found at Charles Street, Dorchester |
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· 09/03/2011 7:26:32 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 16 replies · · Wessex · · Friday, September 2, 2011 · · Jon Milward · |
As the site occupies an area near to the southern edge of the Roman town of Durnovaria it was predicted evidence of Roman town life would be uncovered during the works. The prediction proved correct; immediately below the modern overburden, the remains of Roman houses were uncovered. These buildings were built around 100AD and were orientated according to the town's street plan, which it has been possible to map using evidence from other excavations in Dorchester. These houses were in the vicinity of the southern wall of the Roman town and the public baths. They were well built with stone... |
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| Scotland Yet | |
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| Could this be the oldest pub in Scotland? |
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· 09/07/2011 6:01:08 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 32 replies · · Daily Record · · Monday, September 5, 2011 · · Charlie Gall · |
A historic site's true purpose may have been revealed -- as an Iron Age boozer. Experts believe that 4600 years ago, thirsty natives may have been enjoying a pie and pint at Jarlshof in Shetland. ... And a dozen or so quernstones -- for grinding barley -- indicate it may have served as both a drinking den and a bakery. ... It contains remains dating from 2500 BC up to the 17th century. ... The building has a house next door which has a large souterrain -- which was the equivalent of a Iron Age refrigerator used for storing smoked... |
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| World's oldest malt whisky ($15,000 a bottle) goes on sale |
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· 03/12/2010 7:10:30 AM PST · · Posted by envisio · · 74 replies · · 1,308+ views · · Daily Mail · · 12th March 2010 · · Daily Mail Reporter · |
The world's oldest malt whisky -- costing up to £10,000 a bottle -- went on sale today. The Mortlach 70-year-old Speyside was sampled by a select group of tasters at a ceremony in Edinburgh Castle. Bottles of the rare piece of Scotland's 'liquid history' have now hit the market. Only 54 full-size bottles, costing £10,000 each, and 162 smaller bottles at £2,500 have been made available. The whisky has been released under Gordon and MacPhail's Generations brand. It was filled into its cask on October 15 1938 on the order of John Urquhart, the grandfather of the firm's joint managing... |
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| Megaliths & Archaeoastronomy | |
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| Archaeologists dig at Pillar of Eliseg near Llangollen |
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· 09/07/2011 4:11:56 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 14 replies · · BBC News · · Saturday, September 3, 2011 · · unattributed · |
Archaeologists are launching a new dig to try to unearth the secrets of a 9th Century stone monument on a prehistoric mound. Bangor and Chester university experts will begin excavations at the Pillar of Eliseg near Llangollen, Denbighshire... Last year excavations focussed on the mound, which was identified as an early Bronze Age cairn. It followed on from one in the 18th Century. Professor Nancy Edwards from Bangor University told BBC Radio Wales: "...This year we are going back to the cairn to one particular trench because we discovered evidence last year of the dig into the top of the... |
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| The Vikings | |
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| Ancient Gold Necklace Found in West Fjords |
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· 09/03/2011 10:36:43 AM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 14 replies · · Iceland Review · · Wednesday, August 31, 2011 · · ESA · |
Archeologists and university students recently discovered an ancient gold necklace during an excavation project in Vatnsfjördur in Ísafjardardjúp in the West Fjords, which has been ongoing for the past eight summers. Scientists from different fields participate in the project, along with international university students, ruv.is reports. Vatnsfjˆrdur was settled early in the Settlement Era, which sources state began in the 9th century AD, and later became the site of a manor and a chieftain's residence. Many beautiful objects have been excavated in the course of the project. |
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| Age of Sail | |
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| Caribbean Pirate Life: Tobacco, Ale ... and Fine Pottery |
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· 09/03/2011 11:39:30 AM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 6 replies · · LiveScience · · Thursday, September 1, 2011 · · Owen Jarus · |
From historical records scientists had known that by 1720 these Caribbean pirates occupied a settlement called the "Barcadares," a name derived from the Spanish word for "landing place." Located 15 miles (24 kilometers) up the Belize River, in territory controlled by the Spanish, the site was used as an illegal logwood-cutting operation. The records indicate that a good portion of its occupants were pirates taking a pause from life at sea. Their living conditions were rustic to say the least. There were no houses, and the men slept on raised platforms with a canvas over them to keep the mosquitoes... |
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| Middle Ages & Renaissance | |
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| Henry VIII's Nonsuch Palace rebuilt in miniature |
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· 09/07/2011 5:44:00 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 6 replies · · Past Horizons · · Wednesday, September 7, 2011 · · unattributed · |
That which no equal has in Art or Fame, Britons deservedly do Nonesuch name', translates the comment of a German visitor to Nonsuch in 1568. Nonsuch Palace in Surrey was the greatest piece of dynastic propaganda erected by the English crown before the 19th century. Built by Henry VIII to rival the palaces of the French King, Francis I, Nonsuch no longer survives as it was demolished by a mistress of King Charles II in 1682-90. However, thanks to research carried out over decades by an Oxford professor, a huge model has been unveiled that provides an accurate recreation of... |
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| Not-So-Ancient Autopsies | |
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| Conditions in Nelson's navy uncovered by scientists |
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· 09/03/2011 7:14:51 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 50 replies · · Telegraph · · Saturday, September 3, 2011 · · Nick Collins · |
Sailors in Admiral Nelson's navy were plagued by scurvy, ridden with syphilis and often mutilated by amputations but only a minority were from lowest social class, Oxford University archaeologists have found. An examination of 340 skeletons from three 18th and 19th century Royal Navy graveyards found that a "surprisingly high" proportion suffered from scurvy and infected wounds. The bones, excavated from sites in Greenwich, Gosport and Plymouth, also found that more than six per cent of sailors in Nelson's navy, were amputees, many of whom died as a result of operations that went wrong. But despite uncovering evidence of syphilis,... |
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| Climate | |
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| Antarctica's Meat-Eating Horses, part 2: Unlikely Equestrian Allies |
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· 09/06/2011 7:18:41 PM PDT · · Posted by nickcarraway · · 30 replies · · Explorersweb · · Aug 31, 2011 · |
In part one of 'South Pole Ponies -- The Forgotten Story of Antarctica's Meat-Eating Horses' posted yesterday we met Frederick George Jackson's favorite mare, Brownie, who ate polar bear meat and Socks who en route to the South Pole became the first known horse to consume meat together with a human, Shackleton, demonstrating that both species are omnivores. In this final part CuChullaine O'Reilly shares another piece of little known polar history. "In stark contrast to modern dogma," O'Reilly writes, "which insists that it was a race to the Pole that pitted British man-haulers against more competent Norwegian dog-sledders, there... |
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| Catastrophism & Astronomy | |
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| 800,000 Years of Abrupt Climate Variability: Earth's Climate Is Capable of Very Rapid Transitions |
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· 09/09/2011 7:07:44 AM PDT · · Posted by Salman · · 27 replies · · Science Daily · · Sep. 8, 2011 · · Science Daily staff writer · |
An international team of scientists, led by Dr Stephen Barker of Cardiff University, has produced a prediction of what climate records from Greenland might look like over the last 800,000 years. Drill cores taken from Greenland's vast ice sheets provided the first clue that Earth's climate is capable of very rapid transitions and have led to vigorous scientific investigation into the possible causes of abrupt climate change. |
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| PreColumbian, Clovis & PreClovis | |
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| Prehistoric clay disks found in northwestern Alaska |
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· 09/09/2011 5:56:11 PM PDT · · Posted by decimon · · 24 replies · · Reuters · · September 9, 2011 · · Yereth Rosen · |
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) -- Four decorated clay disks have been discovered at a prehistoric site in Alaska, apparently the first artifacts of their type discovered in the state, the University of Alaska Museum of the North said. The disks were found during a summer expedition in Noatak National Preserve, at a site where archeologists have for decades been studying lakefront pit dwellings that date back 1,000 years, officials at the Fairbanks museum said. > Such prehistoric rock art is extremely rare in interior and northern Alaska, though common in the southwestern part of the United States and other regions, museum... |
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| Agriculture & Animal Husbandry | |
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| 2,000-year-old palace discovered in Mexico |
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· 09/03/2011 11:51:01 AM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 25 replies · · Bioscholar · · Friday, September 2nd, 2011 · · unattributed · |
A team of Mexican specialists discovered remnants of a 2,000-year-old Mayan palace at an archaeological site in the southeastern state of Chiapas. "The discovery constitutes the first architectural evidence of such an early occupation of the ancient Mayan cities of the Upper Usumacinta basin" in the Lacandona Jungle, the National Institute of Anthropology and History said in a statement Wednesday. The project's director, Luis Alberto Martos, said this new discovery was made in a sunken courtyard located in the northern part of the the Plan de Ayutla archaeological site and represents the first evidence of occupation of that area between... |
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| Ancient Autopsies | |
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| Remains of horses and chariots found in 3,000-year-old tomb in China |
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· 09/03/2011 11:45:43 AM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 26 replies · · This is London · · Thursday, September 1, 2011 · · Tariq Tahir · |
Lying side by side, these horses have drawn a chariot in an ancient tomb for the past 3,000 years, which was recently discovered. The equine bones, found in the Chinese city of Luoyang, have remained undisturbed since the early Western Zhou dynasty. Archaeologists believe the 12 horses lying on their sides show the animals were slaughtered before burial, not buried alive. As well as the horses and five chariots, bronzes and ceramics have escaped the clutches of history's grave robbers. Archaeologists are convinced that the perfectly preserved tomb belongs to an official or a scholar of standing, given the pottery,... |
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| Anatolia | |
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| Intact 5th century merchant ship found in Istanbul |
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· 09/03/2011 12:13:20 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 22 replies · · Past Horizons · · Tuesday, August 30, 2011 · |
The excavations started in 2004 at the construction site and reached back 8,500 years into the history of Istanbul. Skeletons, the remains of an early chapel and even footprints, in addition to 35 shipwrecks, have been uncovered by archaeologists so far. The ship was loaded with pickled fry (a type of small fish) and almonds, walnuts, hazels, muskmelon seeds, olives, peaches and pine cones The 15 to 16-metre-long, six-metre-wide shipwreck loaded with dozens of amphorae found last May brings new historical data to life. The amphorae differ from previous finds. It is assumed that the ship was completely buried in... |
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| Prehistory & Origins | |
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| Fossils Raise Questions about Human Ancestry |
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· 09/08/2011 5:12:55 PM PDT · · Posted by redreno · · 26 replies · · Scientific American · · 9/8/2011 · · Ewen Callaway · |
New descriptions of Australopithecus sediba fossils have added to debates about the species' place in the human lineage. Five papers published today in Science describe the skull, pelvis, hands and feet of the ancient hominin unearthed three years ago in South Africa. The papers reveal a curious mix of traits, some found in apes and earlier Australopithecus fossils, and others thought to be unique to Homo erectus -- the tall, thin-boned hominin that emerged around 2 million years ago in eastern Africa and colonized Europe and Asia -- and its descendants, including modern humans. |
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| Neandertal / Neanderthal | |
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| Human ancestors interbred with related species |
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· 09/08/2011 5:17:24 PM PDT · · Posted by Renfield · · 68 replies · · Naturenews · · 09-05-2011 · · Matt Kaplan · |
Our ancestors bred with other species in the Homo genus, according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1. The authors say that up to 2% of the genomes of some modern African populations may originally come from a closely related species. Palaeontologists have long wondered whether modern humans came from a single, genetically isolated population of hominins or whether we are a genetic mix of various hominin species. Last year, an analysis comparing the Neanderthal genome sequence to that of modern H. sapiens showed that some interbreeding did take place between the two... |
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| Australia & the Pacific | |
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| Who's Your Daddy? [ Homo floriensis in Australia ] |
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· 09/08/2011 1:17:07 AM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 17 replies · · Heritage Daily · · Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 · · Sue Carter · |
Following on from the previous article, The First Boat People, we know that Sahul, the original name of Australia during prehistoric times, was settled around 40,000 years ago. Although this date is disputed it is now universally accepted as the most accurate and reliable. But who were these first people and from where did they come? Could humans have developed in Australia at the same time they were developing in Africa? Was there a wave of immigrants or only one founding population? And where does Homo floriensis fit into this picture, if at all? It can quite comfortably be stated... |
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| Dinosaur | |
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| Mummified dinosaur may have outrun T. Rex (Dakota the DinoMummy, a duckbilled Hadrosaur) |
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· 12/02/2007 9:54:16 PM PST · · Posted by NormsRevenge · · 32 replies · · 3,343+ views · · AP on Yahoo · · 12/2/07 · · Randolph E. Schmid · |
WASHINGTON -- One of the most complete dinosaur mummies ever found is revealing secrets locked away for millions of years, bringing researchers as close as they will ever get to touching a live dino. The fossilized duckbilled hadrosaur is so well preserved that scientists have been able to calculate its muscle mass and learn that it was more muscular than thought, probably giving it the ability to outrun predators such as T. rex. While they call it a mummy, the dinosaur is not really preserved like King Tut was. The dinosaur body has been fossilized into stone. Unlike the collections... |
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| Biology & Cryptobiology | |
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| Bigfoot exists -- and I have proof, Alberta guide says |
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· 09/03/2011 7:38:24 PM PDT · · Posted by Perdogg · · 96 replies · · Globe and Mail (Can) · · 09.02.11 · |
A wilderness and ecology guide believes Bigfoots by the dozen could be roaming the wilderness of southern Alberta and parts of British Columbia. Todd Standing says he has photographic proof that such creatures exist after snapping a photo of something in the Banff area with human-like features on its hairy face. |
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| Epidemics, Pandemics, Plagues, the Sniffles | |
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| Black Death Bacterium Identified: Genetic Analysis of Medieval Plague Skeletons... |
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· 09/03/2011 7:46:55 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 36 replies · · ScienceDaily · · Monday, August 29, 2011 · · via AlphaGalileo · |
A team of German and Canadian scientists has shown that today's plague pathogen has been around at least 600 years. The Black Death claimed the lives of one-third of Europeans in just five years from 1348 to 1353. Until recently, it was not certain whether the bacterium Yersinia pestis -- known to cause the plague today -- was responsible for that most deadly outbreak of disease ever. Now, the University of T¸bingen's Institute of Scientific Archaeology and McMaster University in Canada have been able to confirm that Yersinia pestis was behind the great plague... Previous genetic tests indicating that the... |
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| Microbe, Your Crobe, His Crobe, Her Crobe | |
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| Scientists: 1918 Killer Spanish Flu Was a Bird Flu |
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· 10/05/2005 11:20:11 AM PDT · · Posted by stm · · 45 replies · · 1,187+ views · · Fox News · · October 05, 2005 · · Daniel J. DeNoon · |
Scientists who re-created the 1918 Spanish flu say the killer virus was initially a bird flu that learned to infect people. Alarmingly, they find that today's H5N1 bird flu is starting to learn the same tricks. The work involves researchers from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), the CDC, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Jeffery K. Taubenberger, MD, PhD, chief of molecular pathology at the AFIP, is one of the study leaders. |
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| Deadly 1918 Epidemic Linked to Bird Flu, Scientists Say |
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· 10/05/2005 3:21:06 PM PDT · · Posted by neverdem · · 82 replies · · 2,606+ views · · NY Times · · October 5, 2005 · · Gina Kolata · |
Two teams of federal and university scientists announced today that they had resurrected the 1918 influenza virus, the cause of one of history's most deadly epidemics, and had found that unlike the viruses that caused more recent flu pandemics of 1957 and 1968, the 1918 virus was actually a bird flu that jumped directly to humans. The work, being published in the journals Nature and Science, involved getting the complete genetic sequence of the 1918 virus, using techniques of molecular biology to synthesize it, and then using it to infect mice and human lung cells in a specially equipped, secure... |
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| The Great War | |
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| Last veteran of World War One dies at 109 (Scotland) |
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· 11/23/2005 12:24:08 PM PST · · Posted by SittinYonder · · 53 replies · · 2,168+ views · · The Scotsman · · Tue 22 Nov 2005 · · Frank Urquhart · |
Scotland's last surviving veteran of the First World War, and the country's oldest man, died peacefully at a nursing home yesterday aged 109 -- severing the last tangible link between the nation and the 690,235 Scots who served in the Great War. Alfred Anderson was the last of the "Old Contemptibles" -- the British expeditionary force which went to war in 1914 -- and the last surviving witness of the historic Christmas truce when opposing troops declared a brief and unofficial ceasefire to play football and share drinks and cigarettes in the hell of no man's land. Mr Anderson served... |
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| Art Imitates Life | |
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| Amazingly Good Audio of Woodrow Wilson Speaking During 1912 Presidential Campaign |
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· 09/04/2011 2:48:29 PM PDT · · Posted by PJ-Comix · · 30 replies · · class="attrib">Self · · September 4, 2011 · · PJ-Comix · |
Okay, I know that Glenn Beck really hates Woodrow Wilson but let us leave aside the politics to discuss this absolutely amazing AUDIO of Wilson speaking during the 1912 Presidential campaign. Three things really strike me about this audio: 1. Clarity. I can't believe how CLEAR this audio sounds keeping in mind when it was recorded which was 1912. 2. Wilson's speaking voice. I never realized that Wilson's voice was so clear. If he lived today, he could easily be a radio announcer. His voice is that good. 3. Wilson's accent. Although Woodrow Wilson spent his boyhood in the South... |
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| Unsolved Crime | |
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| Kelly skull linked to Jack the Ripper suspect |
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· 09/04/2011 10:39:54 AM PDT · · Posted by Beowulf9 · · 16 replies · · thewest.com.au · · September 2, 2011 · · Malcolm Quekett · |
The skull that sparked a hunt for Ned Kelly's skeleton may belong to a serial killer once arrested in WA and suspected of being Jack the Ripper. An investigation into the identity of the skull began after former Derby farmer Tom Baxter handed it over in 2009, claiming it belonged to Kelly. It has never been revealed how he got the skull, which was stolen from a glass cabinet in the Old Melbourne Gaol in 1978. Heritage Victoria senior archaeologist Jeremy Smith said yesterday that Mr Baxter had claimed the skull came into his possession about a week after it... |
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| Milk, It Does a Body Good | |
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| Did Mozart die of a lack of sunlight? |
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· 09/06/2011 10:18:32 AM PDT · · Posted by billorites · · 36 replies · · Guardian · · August 22, 2011 · · Marc Abrahams · |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has died a hundred deaths, more or less. Here's a new one: darkness. Doctors over the years have resurrected the story of Mozart's death again and again, each time proposing some alternative horrifying medical reason why the 18th century's most celebrated and prolific composer keeled over at age 35. A new monograph suggests that Mozart died from too little sunlight. The researchers give us a simple theory. When exposed to sunlight, people's skin naturally produces vitamin D. Mozart, toward the end of his life, was nearly as nocturnal as a vampire, so his skin probably produced very... |
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| Thoroughly Modern Miscellany | |
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| The Oldest Victorian Toilet in the UK |
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· 01/09/2005 3:43:34 PM PST · · Posted by Brainhose · · 6 replies · · 540+ views · · class="attrib">Today · · Chad Dangling · |
Located on the Isle of Bute off of the Northwest coast of Scotland is the oldest existing Victorian bathroom in the U.K. unfortunately this picture doesn't do it justice because it is all black marble and is very pretty.While I was putting it to its intended use (After visiting the Black Bull Pub) a group of ladies strolled in and started taking pictures. I guess you had to be there. |
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