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| Gods, Graves, Glyphs Weekly Digest #373 Saturday, September 10, 2011 |
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| Egypt | |
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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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| Oh So Mysteriouso | |
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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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| Let's Have Jerusalem | |
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| Libya and the Jews |
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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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| Roman Empire | |
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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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I’m going out of town this evening, won’t be back until sometime late Saturday, or possibly Sunday afternoon. Soooo, the Digest will be a day late, but I’ll be the one a dollar short. ;’)
Have a great weekend, all!
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| Gods, Graves, Glyphs Weekly Digest #374 Saturday, September 17, 2011 |
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| Visible Only From Above, Mystifying 'Nazca Lines' Discovered in Mideast |
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· 09/14/2011 10:09:47 AM PDT · · Posted by Palter · · 44 replies · · LiveScience · · 14 Sept 2011 · · Owen Jarus · |
They stretch from Syria to Saudi Arabia, can be seen from the air but not the ground, and are virtually unknown to the public. They are the Middle East's own version of the Nazca Lines -- ancient "geolyphs," or drawings, that span deserts in southern Peru -- and now, thanks to new satellite-mapping technologies, and an aerial photography program in Jordan, researchers are discovering more of them than ever before. They number well into the thousands. Referred to by archaeologists as "wheels," these stone structures have a wide variety of designs, with a common one being a circle with spokes... |
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| Mideast riddle: Strange stone structures caught on camera |
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· 09/17/2011 3:24:59 PM PDT · · Posted by NYer · · 55 replies · · CBS · · September 15, 2011 · · Owen Jarus · |
Giant stone structures in the Azraq Oasis in Jordan They stretch from Syria to Saudi Arabia, can be seen from the air but not the ground, and are virtually unknown to the public. They are the Middle East's own version of the Nazca Lines -- ancient "geolyphs," or drawings, that span deserts in southern Peru -- and now, thanks to new satellite-mapping technologies, and an aerial photography program in Jordan, researchers are discovering more of them than ever before. They number well into the thousands. Referred to by archaeologists as "wheels," these stone structures have a wide variety of... |
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| Dig therapy for injured soldiers on Salisbury Plain |
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· 09/13/2011 5:07:31 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 18 replies · · BBC News · · Thursday, September 8, 2011 · · unattributed · |
Injured soldiers from Gloucestershire-based 1st Battalion The Rifles, who have returned from front line duties in Afghanistan, are helping with an archaeological dig on Salisbury Plain. The project is designed to help them recover from battlefield injuries, including combat stress. |
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| Noah's Ark Found? Company Claims Commercial Satellite Has Picture Proof |
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· 04/26/2004 7:13:00 AM PDT · · Posted by Brett66 · · 87 replies · · 1,561+ views · · Space.com · · April 26, 2004 · · Space.com · |
Satellite photos of Mount Aratat, Turkey taken by commercial imaging satellite company Digital Globe released today are said to contain proof of the existence of the biblical Noah's Ark. The images, revealed at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. (see right), are said to reveal a man-made structure at the site where the Bible states the vessel came to rest. The claim was made by Daniel P. McGivern, president of Shamrock -- The Trinity Corporation, who according to a press release has been... |
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| Forgotten archaeological gems: The ancient turquoise mines of South Sinai |
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· 09/11/2011 7:33:22 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 12 replies · · Al-Masry Al-Youm · · Saturday, September 10, 2011 · · Fatma Keshk · |
Sinai is often referred to in Arabic as "Ard Al-Fayrouz" (the land of turquoise) after its ancient Egyptian name "Ta Mefkat" or "Khetyou Mefkat", which means turquoise terraces. Minerals were of great use in ancient times -- for making royal jewelry and divine offerings, and more importantly for mummy ornaments and amulets, encouraging pharaohs since the Early Dynastic Period (ca. 3050-2890 BC) to send mining expeditions to extract turquoise and copper from South Sinai. Wadi Maghara, Wadi Kharig, Bir Nasb and Serabit al-Khadem were among the premium mining spots in antiquity... The archaeological sites of Southern Sinai relay aspects of... |
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| Oh So Mysteriouso | |
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| National Geographic October Issue Includes Close-up of Beast/Sphinx Map of Middle East |
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· 09/13/2002 8:26:16 PM PDT · · Posted by Thinkin' Gal · · 71 replies · · 2,092+ views · · NGM · · October 2002 · · TG; KJB; misc. · · 13 September 2002 · · TG · |
Tonight I was admiring the sharp satellite topographical map of the Middle East included in the new October issue. Then I flipped it over to see what was printed on the other side. It is a typical map, but much more zoomed in than the usual ME maps. It is cropped almost in the same manner as the ME beast/sphinx map image which I have been posting here for a couple of years. The title of the NG map is "Heart of the Middle East". Click above map link for reference. Sinai ("thorny") = crownJordan = head and long neck... |
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| Bulgarian Archaeology Finds Said to Rewrite History of Black Sea Sailing |
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· 09/14/2011 2:56:24 AM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 21 replies · · Novinite · · Monday, September 12, 2011 · · Sofia News Agency · |
Massive ancient stone anchors were found by divers participating in an archaeological expedition near the southern Bulgarian Black Sea town of Sozopol. The expedition, led by deputy director of Bulgaria's National Historical Museum Dr Ivan Hristov, found the precious artifacts west of the Sts. Cyricus and Julitta island. The 200-kg beautifully ornamented anchors have two holes in them -- one for the anchor rope and another one for a wooden stick. They were used for 150-200-ton ships that transported mainly wheat, but also dried and salted fish, skins, timber and metals from what now is Bulgaria's coast. The anchors' shape... |
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| Age of Sail | |
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| Franklin expedition: Will we ever know what happened? |
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· 09/08/2011 8:49:19 PM PDT · · Posted by decimon · · 20 replies · · BBC · · September 8, 2011 · · Kate Dailey · |
Canadian explorers have drawn a blank in the latest hunt for the remains of Captain Sir John Franklin's fatal expedition, 160 years after he took his crew of 129 men deep into the Arctic.In 1845, Capt Franklin, an officer in the British Royal Navy, took two ships and 129 men towards the Northwest Territories in an attempt to map the Northwest Passage, a route that would allow sailors to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the icy Arctic circle. Stocked with provisions that could last for seven years, and outfitted with the latest technology and experienced men, the... |
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| Biology & Cryptobiology | |
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| Dingoes originated in China 18,000 years ago |
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· 09/13/2011 6:47:28 PM PDT · · Posted by Palter · · 22 replies · · Australian Geographic · · 13 Sept 2011 · · Natalie Muller · |
The dingo came to Australia via southern China, and much earlier than previously thought, says new research. THE DINGO (Canis lupus dingo) first appeared in Australia's archaeological records in 3500-year-old rock paintings in the Pilbara region of WA, but the new evidence suggests they were roaming Australia long before that. DNA samples from domestic Asian dog species and the Australian dingo have shed light on how the iconic canine arrived on Australian soil. According to a study by an international research team, genetic data shows the dingo may have originated in southern China, travelling through mainland southeast Asia and Indonesia to... |
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| Pictish beast intrigues Highland archaeologists |
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· 09/14/2011 11:42:04 AM PDT · · Posted by decimon · · 19 replies · · BBC · · September 14, 2011 · · Steven McKenzie · |
A Pictish symbol stone built into the wall of a Highland farm building has been recorded by archaeologists.The markings show a beast, crescent, comb and mirror. Archaeologist Cait McCullagh said it was a mystery how it had taken until this year for the stone to be officially recorded. She said it also suggested that more Pictish stones have still to be documented on the Black Isle where the beast was recorded. Ms McCullagh, the co-founder and director of Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (Arch), said the symbol stones probably dated from the 5th to 7th centuries AD. She said... |
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| Neandertal / Neanderthal | |
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| Neanderthals ate shellfish 150,000 years ago: study |
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· 09/15/2011 7:42:53 AM PDT · · Posted by Red Badger · · 51 replies · · http://www.physorg.com · · 09-15-2011 · · Staff · |
Neanderthal cavemen supped on shellfish on the Costa del Sol 150,000 years ago, punching a hole in the theory that modern humans alone ate brain-boosting seafood so long ago, a new study shows. The discovery in a cave near Torremolinos in southern Spain was about 100,000 years older than the previous earliest evidence of Neanderthals consuming seafood, scientists said. Researchers unearthed the evidence when examining stone tools and the remains of shells in the Bajondillo Cave, they said in a study published online in the Public Library of Science. There, they discovered many charred shellfish -- mostly mussel shells --... |
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| Study reveals 'oldest jewellery' |
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· 06/22/2006 5:28:15 PM PDT · · Posted by Jedi Master Pikachu · · 7 replies · · 267+ views · · BBC · · June 22, 2006 · · Paul Rincon · |
The earliest known pieces of jewellery made by modern humans have been identified by scientists. The three shell beads are between 90,000 and 100,000 years old, according to an international research team. Two of the ancient beads come from Skhul Cave on the slopes of Mount Carmel in Israel. The other comes from the site of Oued Djebbana in Algeria. The finds, which pre-date other ancient examples by 25,000 years, are described in the US journal Science. The pea-sized items all have similar holes which would have allowed them to be strung together into a necklace or bracelet, the... |
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| Look Back in Amber | |
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| 'Dinofuzz' Found in Canadian Amber |
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· 09/15/2011 10:55:17 AM PDT · · Posted by Renfield · · 16 replies · · Sciencemag.org · · 9-15-2011 · · Sid Perkins · |
Fluffy structures trapped in thumbnail-sized bits of ancient amber may represent some of the earliest evolutionary experiments leading to feathers, according to a new study. These filaments of "dinofuzz" are so well preserved that they even provide hints of color, the researchers say. The oldest bird, Archaeopteryx, lived in what is now Germany about 150 million years ago, and the oldest known feathered dinosaur, Anchiornis huxleyi, lived in northeastern China between 151 million and 161 million years ago. Both creatures had modern-style feathers, each of which had a central shaft; barbs, which made up the feather's vane; and substructures called... |
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| Dinosaur | |
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| Newborn Dinosaur Discovered in Maryland |
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· 09/14/2011 8:49:08 AM PDT · · Posted by Pharmboy · · 13 replies · · Johns Hopkins · · 09/12/2011 · · Ray Stanford · |
Fossil of the baby nodosaur. No, this isn't Jurassic Park. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with help from an amateur fossil hunter in College Park, Md., have described the fossil of an armored dinosaur hatchling. It is the youngest nodosaur ever discovered, and a founder of a new genus and species that lived approximately 110 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous Era. Nodosaurs have been found in diverse locations worldwide, but they've rarely been found in the United States. The findings are published in the September 9 issue of the Journal of Paleontology. "Now we... |
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| Mammoth Told Me... | |
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| Woolly mammoth's secrets for shrugging off cold points toward new artificial blood for humans |
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· 09/14/2011 8:55:20 AM PDT · · Posted by decimon · · 15 replies · · American Chemical Society · · September 14, 2011 · · Unknown · |
The blood from woolly mammoths -- those extinct elephant-like creatures that roamed the Earth in pre-historic times -- is helping scientists develop new blood products for modern medical procedures that involve reducing patients' body temperature. The report appears in ACS' journal Biochemistry. Chien Ho and colleagues note that woolly mammoth ancestors initially evolved in warm climates, where African and Asian elephants live now, but migrated to the cold regions of Eurasia 1.2 million -- 2.0 million years ago in the Pleistocene ice age. They adapted to their new environment by growing thick, "woolly" fur and smaller ears, which helped conserve heat, and possibly by... |
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| Middle Ages & Renaissance | |
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| Following Napoleon's trail on Elba |
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· 09/14/2011 3:41:18 PM PDT · · Posted by decimon · · 9 replies · · BBC · · September 14, 2011 · · Leif Pettersen · |
> Elba has been inhabited since the Iron Age. Ligurian tribes were followed by Etruscans and then Greeks. A rotating cast of residents, refugees and pirates made appearances in subsequent centuries including the Pax Romana, bands of North African raiders, the Spanish and Cosimo I de' Medici, who in the mid-16th Century founded and fortified the port town of Cosmopolis, today's Portoferraio. But none of these occupants did more in so little time as France's all time greatest military mastermind and badboy, Napoleon Bonaparte. Though the Emperor escaped less than a year after being "banished" to Elba (the penal equivalent... |
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| World War Eleven | |
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| Family: 400-Year-Old Painting Stolen By Nazis |
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· 09/10/2011 3:28:18 PM PDT · · Posted by nickcarraway · · 23 replies · · WFTV · · September 9, 2011 · |
A 400-year-old painting of Christ is at the center of an investigation. The painting is at a museum in Tallahassee, but it's believed to have been stolen from its original owners by Nazi soldiers. The grandchildren of a Jewish man claim the painting was stolen from their grandfather in the 1930s, and now they want it back. The CEO of the museum got a call from the U.S. district attorney about the artwork. "She had information that indicated that it had been alleged that there was a family who claimed to have prior ownership of the painting and it had... |
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| Religion of Pieces | |
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| The First Palestinian State (2003 article, very relevant) |
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· 09/14/2011 6:39:07 PM PDT · · Posted by PRePublic · · 7 replies · · Americans for a Safe Israel · · December 9, 2003 · · E. Winston · |
Oh. You didn't know there was a First Palestinian State? It's not necessary to go back to 1964 when, with Egypt's help, Yassir Arafat formed up the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) --with the sole intent of engaging in Terror for the purpose of conquering the Jewish State, with the assistance of all the Arab/Muslim nations. Those goals of the PLO have NOT changed. (1) Arafat was elected Chairman of the PLO in 1969.But, Arafat and his... |
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| Thoroughly Modern Miscellany | |
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| The Corruption of Science in America |
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· 09/13/2011 2:43:26 PM PDT · · Posted by ForGod'sSake · · 32 replies · · sott.net · · August 30, 2011 · · J. Marvin Herndon · |
Truth is the pillar of civilization. The word 'truth' occurs 224 times in the King James Version of the Holy Bible; witnesses testifying in American courts and before the United States Congress must swear to tell the truth; and, laws and civil codes require truth in advertising and in business practices, to list just a few examples. The purpose of science is to discover the true nature of Earth and Universe and to convey that knowledge truthfully to people everywhere. Science gives birth to technology that makes our lives easier and better. Science improves our health and enables us to... |
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| Longer Perspectives | |
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| Are Women Genetically Wired To Dislike Math & Science? |
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· 09/15/2011 8:54:32 PM PDT · · Posted by nickcarraway · · 57 replies · · YourTango · · 9/14/2011 · · Jessica Cruel · |
A study found that when it comes to career choices, men prefer things and women prefer people.If you thought it was sexist to assume that girls aren't good at science, maybe you should think again (though stereotypes are dangerous and there are certainly many, many exceptions). A recent study in the journal Hormones and Behavior found that genetics play a key role in the career choices we make. In short, men become astronauts and women prefer nursing because of our biological nature, not environmental factors. In our society, males are more likely to work in fields dealing with "things" like... |
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