[blam]

"For example, contrary to a common belief that rural civilisations were experiencing economic and social decline from the mid-6th century, the team found evidence of widespread prosperity including many settlements and large quantities of pottery."

The beginning of the worldwide Dark Ages.

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[TexasTransplant]

>>>>"The beginning of the worldwide Dark Ages"<<<<

I'll see your Dark Ages and raise you a Global Cooling...

TT

[Mike Darancette]

130,000 YA? WTF.

[Westlander]

'ancient human settlements dating back 130,000 years in Syria'

And they still haven't advanced.

[SunkenCiv]

from the archives:

Satellites Uncover Ancient Mideast Road Networks
by John Noble Wilford

An analysis of some photographs reveals tracks of roads leading from known ruins of ancient cities far out into the hinterlands. The tracks, radiating like spokes of a wheel, define the extent of a city's reach to distant farmlands and neighboring settlements. Other pictures show the roads linking city to city over a vast network extending from ancient Aleppo in western Syria to Nineveh, near modern Mosul in northern Iraq.

Satellite Photographs Reveal Ancient Road System
Feb 17, 2003

Previously, archaeologists had drawn straight lines between major settlements, supposing a road system connected them, but not knowing its exact location. Now, rather than connecting the dots in an abstract way, they are able to see where the roads were and how they meandered between settlements. The information also shows that the most important towns were those with the most roadways leading to them. The recent Oriental Institute work in northeastern Syria is based on two sites, Tell Brak and Tell Hamoukar, both of which emerge as communities of some importance in the third millennium B.C. The satellite images show that Tell Hamoukar–the site of a continuing Oriental Institute expedition -- was a more important site than scholars had previously thought.

Nile River Tombs Exposed
by Rossella Lorenzi
Discovery News Brief

Using satellite data, researchers from Tokai University located 38 points where the remains of the lost pyramids of three Egyptian kings -- Menkauhor, Neferkare and Ity -- could be buried. "It was impossible to verify all 38 points, because most of them were under military control or within the concession areas of other archaeological teams. Anyway, I think it is possible to find unknown pyramids, though they must be collapsed or unfinished," says Masahiro Etaya of Tokai University. "The eyes in the sky promise more discoveries. I think microwave remote sensing data could be a powerful tool in the future," says Etaya.

Space Shuttle Helps Unearth Scotland's Past
by Andrew Bridges

Using radar images acquired by the Space Shuttle Endeavour, a team of University of Edinburgh researchers reports it has pinpointed a network of medieval roads crisscrossing the Scottish island of Islay. The roads, which may link castles, mines and ports on the island, could provide further insight into its early medieval past, when Viking invaders known as the Lords of the Isles controlled much of the Irish Sea.

Discovering Archaeology
by Toshibumi Sakata, Masahiro Etaya,
Sakuji Yoshimura, Jiro Kondo,
and So Hasegawa
page 2

It is reasonable to suppose that, despite some 200 years of archaeological explorations, some pyramids remain to be discovered in the area, since the tombs of at least three kings — Menkauhor (of the fifth dynasty), Neferkare (seventh to eighth dynasty), and Ity (ninth to tenth dynasty) — have never been found. If we can find these pyramids in their original state, the purpose and manner of construction and other lingering questions might be answered.

[SunkenCiv]

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[FarRightFanatic]

"could have been made by either Neanderthals"

I think Syria is still inhabited by Neanderthals.

[Sam Cree]

bttt

[MHGinTN]

Uh, I don't think this makes a lot of sense: "... Early Islamic pottery factories and a hilltop complex of megalithic tombs."

[Dustbunny]

AUSTRALIAN researchers studying declassified spy satellite images have found widespread remains of ancient human settlements dating back 130,000 years in Syria.

How do they know they date back 130,000 years??

[RightWhale]

What is the oldest trace of agriculture? 130,000 BC would be hunting/gathering still, wouldn't it?

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Prehistoric terrorist training camps.

[monkeyshine]

I say with 100% certainty that there was no Islamic Pottery being made in Syrian 130,000 years ago.

[Openurmind]

I really want to see this article. But the link goes to the general courier home page that does not have the article, or it has been removed from the courier.

[ThanhPhero]

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/694010/posts

Check this one out