http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/discovered/ en-us Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:59:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399307/posts LAS VEGAS, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently some rare and unreleased John Lennon recordings were discovered in a vault. These recordings were taped on August 19, 1980. They were done separately from the mysteriously missing video footage that was filmed at what is believed to be John Lennon's last recording session with his band prior to his death. Even more incredible, these recordings have never been released until now. The Journal of Business http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399307/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:59:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386092/posts Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) city ruins have been discovered in Wuyuan County, Hetao Plain, China's Inner Mongolia. It's said that the scale of the city ruins is rarely seen in Hetao Plain. The city ruins are located in Taal Town of Wuyuan County, Bayannaoer City in China's Inner Mongolia and once covered with grassland. The city wall was about 2 km long and 1 km wide and is made up of compressed earth. The east wall is 2 meters high and remarkably preserved, while, the south wall has already collapsed and is now a road base 80 centimeters high... People's Daily Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386092/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:02:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2362784/posts The ancient footprints of the artisans who built a stunning 1,700-year-old mosaic floor in Lod were discovered recently, when conservators from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) were in the process of detaching the huge work of art from the ground. As the conservation experts worked on the plaster bedding to be done before detaching the mosaic, they were surprised to notice there were ancient foot and sandal prints beneath it. Clearly, the builders that had worked on the floor sometimes wore their sandals, and sometimes worked in their bare feet... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2362784/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:54:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336082/posts The largest-ever known number of coins from the time of Bar-Kochba, the Jewish leader against Roman invaders, has been discovered in the Judean Hills by cave researchers from Hebrew and Bar-Ilan Universities. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336082/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:55:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252874/posts A newly found primordial blob may represent the most massive object ever discovered in the early universe, researchers announced today. The gas cloud, spotted from 12.9 billion light-years away, could signal the earliest stages of galaxy formation back when the universe was just 800 million years old. "I have never heard about any [similar] objects that could be resolved at this distance," said Masami Ouchi, a researcher at the Carnegie Institution in Pasadena, Calif. "It's kind of record-breaking." A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion kilometers). An object 12.9 billion light-years... Space.com on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252874/posts#comment Sun, 17 May 2009 22:52:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102054/posts (IsraelNN.com) Saudi Arabia-funded textbooks distributed in American schools teach that Muslims discovered America and that Jesus was a Palestinian, according to repot by the Institute for Jewish and Community Research. Anti-Zionist propaganda is prominent in the books that were written at Middle East centers at universities, including Harvard, which received a $20 million donation from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal in 2005. The textbooks, distributed in all 50 states in the U.S., also teach that the Almighty revealed the Koran to the Muslim prophet Mohammed and that Jewish civilization contributed "very little" to the arts and sciences. arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102054/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:20:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2088901/posts As if the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy weren't vexing enough, another baffling cosmic puzzle has been discovered. Patches of matter in the universe seem to be moving at very high speeds and in a uniform direction that can't be explained by any of the known gravitational forces in the observable universe. Astronomers are calling the phenomenon "dark flow." The stuff that's pulling this matter must be outside the observable universe, researchers conclude. When scientists talk about the observable universe, they don't just mean as far out as the eye, or even the most powerful telescope, can see.... Space.com on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2088901/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:46:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1999897/posts MADRID (AFP) - Spanish astronomers Wednesday announced the discovery of the smallest planet discovered to date outside the solar system, located 30 light years from earth. The planet, "GJ 436T", was detected through a new technique which "will allow us to discover in less than 10 years the first planet resembling earth in terms of mass and orbit," said Ignasi Ribas of Spain's CSIC scientific research institute. It was discovered by a team led by Ribas through its gravitational pull on other planets already discovered around the same star in the constellation of Leo. "GJ 436T" has a mass five... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1999897/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:50:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999740/posts Italy: Plague victims discovered after 1500 years Rome, 10 April (AKI) - The remains of hundreds of victims, believed to have been killed in a plague that swept Italy 1500 years ago, have been found south of Rome. The bodies of men, women and children were found in Castro dei Volsci, in the region of Lazio, during excavations carried out by Lazio archaeological office. News of the extraordinary discovery was reported in the magazine, "Archeologia Viva". The victims are believed to have been victims of the Justinian Plague, a pandemic that killed as many as 100 million people around the... Adnkronos http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999740/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:16:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1990075/posts LUXOR, Egypt (AFP) - Egyptian and European archeologists on Saturday announced they had discovered a giant statue of an ancient pharaonic queen on the spectacular south Egypt site of the Colossi of Memnon. The statue represents Queen Tiy, the wife of 18th dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep III, and stands 3.62 metres high (almost 12 feet). It was discovered around the site of the massive Colossi of Memnon twin statues that command the road to Luxor's famed Valley of the Kings. Two sphinx representing Tiy and Amenhotep III as well as 10 statues in black granite of the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet, who... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1990075/posts#comment Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:48:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989037/posts New Babylonian town found Azzaman, March 19, 2008 Iraqi archaeologists have discovered a new Babylonian town 180 kilometers south of Baghdad. The head archaeologist Mohammed Yahya said the town is more than 20,000 square meters in area and includes administrative quarters, temples and other buildings of “magnificent and splendid design” Yahya, who is the head of the provincial Antiquities Department in the Province of Diwaniya, where the new Babylonian town was discovered, said he still lacks evidence on the town’s ancient name. The locals call it Shamiya after a provincial district nearby, he said. “We have dug up a sectional... Azzaman.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989037/posts#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:48:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954291/posts State wildlife officials say a destructive species known as the zebra mussel has been discovered in California for the first time. Department of Fish and Game spokeswoman Alexia Retallack says a fisherman found the mollusks while fishing in the San Justo Reservoir in San Benito County. Lab tests conducted Monday confirmed that the creatures were zebra mussels, which are known to clog water pipes and boat engines and alter the chemistry of marine ecosystems. State officials plan to conduct further surveys to determine the extent of the infestation and develop a plan to stop its spread. They're asking fishermen and... AP on Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954291/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:41:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940515/posts Researchers in a remote jungle in Indonesia have discovered a giant rat - five times the size of a typical city rat - and a tiny possum that are apparently new to science. Unearthing new species of mammals in the 21st century is very rare. The discoveries by a team of American and Indonesian scientists are being studied further to confirm their status. The animals were found in the Foja mountains rainforest in eastern Papua province in a June expedition, said US-based Conservation International, which organised the trip along with the Indonesian Institute of Science. "The giant rat is about... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940515/posts#comment Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:06:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934591/posts Rare Maya "Death Vase" Discovered Blake de Pastino National Geographic News Updated December 4, 2007 An extremely rare and intricately carved "death vase" has been discovered in the 1,400-year-old grave of an elite figure with ties to the Maya Empire, scientists say. The vase is the first of its kind to be found in modern times, and its contents are opening a window onto ancient rituals of ancestor worship that included food offerings, chocolate enemas, and hallucinations induced by vomiting, experts say. Archaeologists discovered the vase along with parts of a human skeleton while excavating a small "palace" in northwestern... National Geographic News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934591/posts#comment Tue, 4 Dec 2007 18:29:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925824/posts NEW YORK - Sixty-five years after an American P-38 fighter plane ran out of gas and crash-landed on a beach in Wales, the long-forgotten World War II relic has emerged from the surf and sand where it lay buried. Beach strollers, sunbathers and swimmers often frolicked within a few yards of the aircraft, unaware of its existence until last summer, when unusual weather caused the sand to shift and erode. The revelation of the Lockheed "Lightning" fighter, with its distinctive twin-boom design, has stirred interest in British aviation circles and among officials of the country's aircraft museums, ready to reclaim... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925824/posts#comment Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:27:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1897910/posts MANILA (AFP) - A new species of flying fox or fruit bat has been discovered on an island south of Manila, it was reported Monday. The orange-coloured bat with a distinctive white-stripped face was discovered in a protected wildlife area on Mindoro Island, the Philippine Star newspaper said quoting the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The discovery was a result of joint research between the University of Kansas' Biodiversity Research Center and a team from the Comparative Biogeography and Conservation of Philippine Vertebrates (CBCPV), the paper said. Known as the Mindoro Stripe-Faced Fruitbat for its striking facial features... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1897910/posts#comment Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:57:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888954/posts 1.5 tons of ancient coins discovered in north China + - 21:20, August 30, 2007 A cellar containing 1.5 tons of ancient coins, including some 2,000-year-old ones, have been discovered by a villager in Changzi County, north China's Shanxi Province. The man in Qianwanhu village discovered the cellar with some 10,000 coins, ranging from 3 cm to 1 cm in diameter, on Aug. 23 when he was digging a channel to place pipes for tap water, said Li Lin, an official of the Changzi Center of Cultural Heritage and Tourism. The "money cellar" was 1.5 meters under the earth, with... People's Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888954/posts#comment Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:11:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885029/posts KINGSTON LACY RELICS OFFER INSIGHT INTO ANCIENT EGYPT By 24 Hour Museum Staff 22/08/2007 In total, 212 ostraka have been discovered at Kingston Lacey, of which 175 bear identifiable texts. © NTPL A crate of ancient Egyptian relics discovered at a National Trust property has turned out to be a large collection of inscribed pottery sherds known as 'ostraka', used by scribes to write a variety of notes and messages. Among the pieces, found during work in the cellars of Kingston Lacy in Dorset are over one hundred tax receipts given by officials for poll tax, mortgages and income tax,... 24 Hour Museum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885029/posts#comment Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:57:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870451/posts Massive Egyptian fort discovered Mon, 23 Jul 2007 Egypt announced on Sunday the discovery of the largest-ever military city from the Pharaonic period on the edge of the Sinai desert, part of a series of forts that stretched to the Gaza border. "The three forts are part of a string of 11 castles that made up the Horus military road that went from Suez all the way to the city of Rafah on the Egyptian-Palestinian border and dates to the 18th and 19th dynasties (1560-1081 BC)," antiquities supreme Zahi Hawwas said in a statement. Teams have been digging in the... iAfrica http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870451/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:51:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863803/posts Major Buddhist site comes to light Tuesday July 10 2007 14:16 IST VIJAYAWADA: A chance digging by mulberry farmers in agricultural lands have uncovered major Buddhist architectural finds in Kanthamanenivarigudem of West Godavari district. Two ancient sites are not only seen as prototypes of the present-day temples, but they have also provided the first-ever proof of the existence of another major Buddhist sect apart from the hitherto known Mahayana, Hinayana and Vajrayana sects. Interestingly, the new finds are just 2 km away from the famous Second Century rock-cut Buddhist caves of Guntupalli or Jilakarragudem in West Godavari, known as the... New India Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863803/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:52:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858482/posts Orpheus Tomb Discovered? Updated on: 29.06.2007, 17:51 Published on: 29.06.2007, 17:46 Author: Olga Yoncheva Orpheus sanctuary in Rhodope mountains is with thousand years older than the Egyptian pyramids. The sensational discovery was made by an archaeological expedition which investigated the temple of the Thracians near the village of Tatul, informed BNT. The scientists found 6000-year old buildings with preserved tools made of semi-precious stones, crockery, animal remains. According to the archaeologists now it can be claimed that this is the Tomb of Orpheus, which has been visited of thousands of pilgrims from around the antique world. The sanctuary is one... News.bg http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858482/posts#comment Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:27:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1846478/posts The most distant black hole ever found is nearly 13 billion light-years from Earth, astronomers announced today. The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope spotted the bright burst of light the black hole created as it sucked up nearby gas, heating it and causing it to glow very brightly in what's known as a quasar. The distance to the quasar, which sits in the constellation Pisces, was determined by measuring the amount of redshift in the lines of the quasar's spectrum, or prism of light. Because light is "redshifted" to longer wavelengths as an object moves away from an observer, the higher the redshift,... Space.com on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1846478/posts#comment Thu, 7 Jun 2007 16:37:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1841094/posts NEW DELHI - An Indian zoologist said Monday he has found a new species of limbless lizard in a forested area in the country's east. "Preliminary scientific study reveals that the lizard belongs to the genus Sepsophis," said Sushil Kumar Dutta, who led a team of researchers from "Vasundhra," a non-governmental organization, and the North Orissa University. The newly found 7-inch long lizard looks like a scaly, small snake, Dutta said. "It prefers to live in a cool retreat, soft soil and below stones." "The lizard is new to science and is an important discovery. It is not found anywhere... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1841094/posts#comment Mon, 28 May 2007 22:02:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836390/posts North America's oldest conifer tree and some ancient scorpion parts are among the fossil treasures found in a newly discovered cave in Illinois. The new discovery also unearthed fossils of plants that may be new to science and revealed evidence of prehistoric forest fires. Scientists date the specimens to nearly 315 million years ago, according to initial findings presented last month at the regional meeting of the Geological Society of America in Lawrence, Kan. "I've never seen anything like this before," said Roy Plotnick, a paleontologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago who discovered the cave with students on... Yahoo | LiveScience http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836390/posts#comment Sat, 19 May 2007 18:36:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1835914/posts • Cave off limits to public as research continues • ‘It will add to our knowledge’What’s described as “a significant new cave” has been discovered within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in the Central Valley. The discovery was made in August 2006 by four researchers affiliated with the Cave Research Foundation but made public only this week by the National Park Service. The cave has been named Ursa Minor for the Little Dipper constellation. The cave features large passages and rooms – many of which are more than 50 feet wide – and beautiful cave formations, the NPS says.... Central Valley Business Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1835914/posts#comment Fri, 18 May 2007 19:19:04 GMT