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Gods, Graves, Glyphs ^ | 7/17/2004 | various

Posted on 07/16/2004 11:27:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv


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Welcome to the 314th issue. I'd like to thank everyone who sent FReepmail this week, you've been very kind and helpful.

I'm not certain that I've thanked martin_fierro for my recent use (or abuse?) of his cool little deranged batboy NG cover I've had to use since the server problems deep-sixed the flag graphics on FR, so thank you! And as always, thanks to all who posted interesting topics and/or pinged me to them.

FReeper dware has joined FReeper mainepatsfan in contributions of Civil War topics, and while I don't usually ping them, I do like to add them to the catalog.

A few weeks back we had a sort of emphasis on the Roman Empire; last week we wound up with an emphasis on the Trojan War. This week I'm pretty sure (since I'm writing this before editing anything) that the emphasis was on PreColumbian America. This is unusual, because by and large, NAGPRA and CFAO (Clovis-First-And-Only) has been the one-two punch that has knocked cold any kind of meaningful archaeology in the United States. IMO the CFAO has been on the way out for some time, but NAGPRA is going to eventually destroy it, so for a little while resistance has stiffened.

Once the CFAO a-holes have themselves stiffened, IOW once the bastards are dead, archaeology may get interesting again. A century ago Hrdlicka and his gang of jackbooted thugs (actually I think he wore chaps) basically destroyed free inquiry (there are of course those who disagree with that, because they are one of his followers) and delayed the acceptance of a Viking period in North America, as well as any other navigators prior to 1492. Hrdlicka was an anthropological precursor to the USSR's Lysenko in biology. There remains a curious resistance to the very idea of the well-documented Viking presence during the Medieval Warming period. It doesn't help that the new Lysenkos who push the political agenda of the global warming fraud have tried to rewrite history regarding the MW.

Lately on FR, a week hasn't gone by when some troll hasn't called me an idiot, socialist, atheist, RINO, Bushbot, etc etc. I figure that if I can get a job in one of those mini-banks (which deals in fiat money you know, and is part of the Federal Reserve, which is run by the Bildebergers, TLC, Elders of Sion, and the Rothchilds) that is located in a Walmart, while somehow simultaneously becoming a Mormon (or ex-Mormon), Catholic (or ex-Catholic), Jew (or ex-Jew), and/or Romney supporter (or ex-Romney supporter) I'll pretty much have cornered the entire marketplace of non-ideas that sometimes intrudes around here. I won't become a gay ex-abortionist, that's where I draw the line.

I've found an effective antidote to the emotional poison spewed by such trolls -- I've begun watching "Curb Your Enthusiasm", as I have all seven seasons on DVD, and didn't pay much for them. Larry David's the unreconstructed liberal comic who gave us "Seinfeld", not that there's anything wrong with that. As you know, the real-life Larry was cuckolded when his wife did the dirty with (brace yourselves for the visual) Al Gore. He's also a Jew, which means he's pretty much a criminal to the skinhead residue around here.

Anyway, have a great weekend, and a great week! I've got laundry to do, then I'm going to see "Inception" at the IMAX! Uh-oh, Leonardo DiCaprio mindreading in a movie? 'Civ must be an atheist socialist RINO!
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1,141 posted on 07/24/2010 6:21:28 AM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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Thanks, Civ, for an atheist socialist Lysenko-denouncing RINO bushbot fan of Larry David you do good work.


1,142 posted on 07/24/2010 8:43:16 PM PDT by Pelham (There is no "close the border first". Deport illegals now.)
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To: SunkenCiv
If only FReepers would obey one simple rule.


1,143 posted on 07/26/2010 3:57:11 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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Gods, Graves, Glyphs
Weekly Digest #315
Saturday, July 31, 2010

Catastrophism & Astronomy

 GoogleEarth searcher finds pristine impact crater in Egypt

· 07/23/2010 9:11:02 PM PDT ·
· Posted by cogitator ·
· 30 replies ·
· Space.com ·
· July 22, 2010 ·
· Clara Moskowitz ·
The header link goes to the article on space.com. Basic story is that an Italian guy who sounds like a hobbyist (former curator of a science museum) found the feature while tooling around on GoogleEarth. Since it's in the remote desert, it's hardly changed since impact -- even has ejecta rays. There's a problem here; most models indicate that an object the likely size of this object should disintegrate in the atmosphere. This one obviously didn't. Abstract in Science magazine (you'd have to pay to read the whole thing) The Kamil Crater in Egypt Fresh crater in Egypt -- increases...

Egypt

 Greece. They found the palace belonging to one of the Heroes of the Iliad?

· 07/30/2010 3:23:35 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 5 replies ·
· Terra Antiquae 'blog ·
· March 2006 ·
· Jose Luis Santos Fernandez ·
Foto: (1) The central palace complex from a 3,200-year-old settlement on the island of Salamis, near Athens, Greece, is shown in an undated handout picture provided by excavator Yiannis Lolos. Lolos said on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 that he believes he has found the seat of the mythical King Ajax of Salamis, one of the heroes of the Trojan War. The hilltop site overlooks a small natural harbor. (AP Photo) (2) Hieroglyphs spelling the name of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II appear at the bottom of a bronze piece from an ancient mail shirt, in this undated handout picture provided by...

Roman Empire

 Roman villa found in Welsh 'military zone'

· 07/27/2010 7:15:05 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 17 replies ·
· Telegraph UK ·
· Monday, July 26, 2010 ·
· Richard Alleyne ·
The Roman control over Britain stretched even further than first thought, the discovery of a new villa suggests. Archaeologists have discovered a 4th Century villa near Aberystwyth, the first time they have found evidence of Roman occupation of North and mid Wales. Findings indicate Abermagwr had all the trappings of villas found further south, including a slate roof and glazed windows. The villa is likely to have belonged to a wealthy landowner, with pottery and coin finds on the site indicating occupation in the late 3rd and early 4th Centuries AD. It was roofed with local slates, which were cut...


 Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Nero

· 10/01/2001 3:52:20 PM PDT ·
· Posted by A.J.Armitage ·
· 63 replies · 1,323+ views ·
· Ancient History Sourcebook ·
· Suetonius ·
I. OF the Domitian family two branches have acquired distinction, the Calvini and the Ahenobarbi. The latter have as the founder of their race and the origin of their surname Lucius Domitius, to whom, as he was returning from the country, there once appeared twin youths of more than mortal majesty, so it is said, and bade him carry to the Senate and People the news of a victory which was as yet unknown. And as a token of their divinity it is said that they stroked his cheeks and turned his black beard to a ruddy hue, like that ...

Prehistory and Origins

 The Thunderstone Mystery

· 07/29/2010 7:16:56 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 24 replies ·
· University of Stavanger ·
· June 14, 2010 ·
· Siri Pedersen ·
What's a Stone Age axe doing in an Iron Age tomb? The archaeologists Olle Hemdorff at the University of Stavanger's Museum of Archaeology and Eva Thäte are researching older objects in younger graves. They have found a pattern."If one finds something once, it's accidental. If it is found twice, it's puzzling. If found thrice, there is a pattern", the archaeologists Olle Hemdorff and Eva Thäte say. In 2005 the archaeologists investigated a grave at Avaldsnes in Karmøy in southwestern Norway, supposed to be from the late Iron Age, i.e. from 600 to 1000 AD. Avaldsnes is rich in archeological finds....

Helix, Make Mine a Double

 Ötzi's secrets about to be revealed

· 07/27/2010 6:38:37 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 27 replies ·
· AlphaGalileo ·
· Tuesday, July 27, 2010 ·
· European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano ·
Experts from three institutions have pooled their skills in order to map Ötzi's entire genetic make-up: Albert Zink, Head of the EURAC Institute for Mummies and the iceman, together with Carsten Pusch, from the Institute of Human Genetics at the University of Tübingen and Andreas Keller from the bio-technological firm "febit" in Heidelberg. Together they have reached a historic moment in the study of the 5,000 year old mummy. The two scientists, Zink and Pusch, have been working together for some time and recently published, in collaboration with the Egyptian team led by Zahi Hawass, the latest findings on the...

Megaliths and Archaeoastronomy

 Secret of Delphi Found in Ancient Text

· 07/25/2010 5:49:29 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 35 replies ·
· Alun Salt 'blog ·
· 28th of February, 2006 ·
· Alun Salt ·
Researchers at the University of Leicester have unravelled a 2,700 year old mystery concerning The Oracle of Delphi -- by consulting an ancient farmer's manual. The researchers from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History sought to explain how people from across Greece came to consult with the Oracle... on a particular day of the year even though there was no common calendar... celestial signs observed by farmers could also have determined the rituals associated with Apollo Delphinios. Postgraduate student Alun Salt said: ..."I was playing around with a planisphere while suffering from insomnia. This is when I noticed that...

Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

 Ancient DNA identifies donkey ancestors, people who domesticated them

· 07/28/2010 11:21:12 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 18 replies ·
· University of Florida ·
· July 28, 2010 ·
· Unknown ·
Genetic investigators say the partnership between people and the ancestors of today's donkeys was sealed not by monarchs trying to establish kingdoms, but by mobile, pastoral people who had to recruit animals to help them survive the harsh Saharan landscape in northern Africa more than 5,000 years ago. The findings, reported today by an international research team in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, paint a surprising picture of what small, isolated groups of people were able to accomplish when confronted with unpredictable storms and expanding desert. "It says those early people were quite innovative, more so than many people...

Biology and Cryptobiology

 Capturing the world's oldest living things

· 07/27/2010 7:53:21 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Daffynition ·
· 28 replies ·
· CNN ·
· July 26 2010 ·
· Dean Irvine ·
Rachel Sussman is a time traveler. For the last few years, the American photographer has journeyed across the globe on a mission to bring back images of the world's oldest living organisms. In her ongoing project, Sussman has traveled to the primal landscapes of southern Greenland, the timeless high-altitude Andean deserts of South America and even under the ocean. "[The project] is a celebration and record of our past, a call to action now, and also a barometer of our future," she told CNN. Sussman began her time-traveling trips in 2004 while visiting the island of Yakushima in Japan to...

Paleontology

 Four-legged Creatures Emerged Earlier than Thought

· 01/09/2010 10:05:58 AM PST ·
· Posted by null and void ·
· 28 replies · 518+ views ·
· Scientific Computing ·
· 1/9/10 ·
· Raphael G. Satter ·
The water-dwelling ancestors of modern-day mammals, reptiles and birds emerged onto land millions of years earlier than previously believed, researchers report. A set of fossilized footprints show that the first tetrapods -- a term applied to any four-footed animal with a spine -- were treading open ground 397 million years ago, well before scientists thought they existed. An expert unconnected with the research said the find would force experts to reconsider a critical period in evolution when sea-based vertebrates took their first steps toward becoming dinosaurs, mammals and -- eventually -- human beings. "It blows the whole story out of the water, so to speak," said Jenny...

Rodents of Unusual Size

 Remains of Earth's largest rat discovered in cave

· 07/26/2010 7:56:07 AM PDT ·
· Posted by TigerLikesRooster ·
· 58 replies ·
· Telegraph ·
· 07/26/10 ·
· Bonnie Malkin ·
Remains of Earth's largest rat discovered in cave The remains of the largest rat to ever roam the Earth have been discovered in a remote cave in East Timor. Bonnie Malkin in Sydney Published: 12:35PM BST 26 Jul 2010 The huge rodent, which died out about 2,000 years ago, was three times as big as its modern cousins and weighed more than 13lbs, about the same as a small dog. Australian archaeologists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) found the bones of the giant rat alongside 11 new species of rat, eight of which weighed more than...

Entomology

 Giant Fossil Cockroach Found

· 11/07/2001 10:25:05 AM PST ·
· Posted by meandog ·
· 56 replies · 1,530+ views ·
· Drudge ·
UPI -- Scientists Wednesday said they had discovered the largest fossil cockroach ever found -- a giant bug more than 3 inches long that lived 300 million years ago, some 55 million years before the first dinosaurs roamed the earth. The extraordinarily well-preserved insect was discovered along with hundreds of fossils of other animals and plants in a coal mine in northeastern Ohio nicknamed "the 7-11 mine" due to its location between Ohio state routes 7 and 11. The researchers said they hope this treasure trove will help scientists better understand ancient life and how ...

Africa

 Footprint Fossils Analyzed for Ancient Human Gait

· 07/27/2010 7:05:17 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 13 replies ·
· Scientific American Observations ·
· Thursday, July 22, 2010 ·
· Zahra Hirji ·
Out in the Kenyan desert, a trail of extremely old footprints are etched into sedimentary rock -- a memory of early humans and how they moved... around 1.5 million years ago, these are the oldest footprints that look like those made by modern humans. A team of scientists, including Brian Richmond from George Washington University, discovered these precious fossilized prints in dried mud in 2009... “A fossilized footprint is basically fossilized behavior," Richmond said. 'It shows you what the individual did 1.5 million years ago that instant in time." And what do those prints tell Richmond? "Sure enough, they were...

Underwater Archaeaology

 Chinese archaeologists' African quest for sunken ship of Ming admiral [Moslem, of course]

· 07/27/2010 6:11:29 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 12 replies ·
· Guardian.co.uk ·
· Sunday, July 25, 2010 ·
· Xan Rice in Nairobi ·
A team of 11 Chinese archaeologists will arrive in Kenya tomorrow to begin the search for an ancient shipwreck and other evidence of commerce with China dating back to the early 15th century. The three-year, £2m joint project will centre around the tourist towns of Lamu and Malindi and should shed light on a largely unknown part of both countries' histories. The sunken ship is believed to have been part of a mighty armada commanded by Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He, who reached Malindi in 1418. According to Kenyan lore, reportedly backed by recent DNA testing, a handful of survivors...

Faith and Philosophy

 Mysterious Church And Palace From 1st Millennium AD Discovered In Sudan

· 04/25/2008 6:46:51 PM PDT ·
· Posted by blam ·
· 19 replies · 454+ views ·
· Naukapl.pap ·
· 4-12-2008 ·
· Warsaw U Centre ·
Mysterious church and palace from the beginning of the 1st millennium A.D. discovered by Polish archaeologists in Sudan Archaeological site in Selib -- At the beginning of this year, archaeologists from Warsaw University, headed by Dr Bogdan Surawski discovered the remains of an Early Christian church and an even older palace. "During research in the area of Selib, a village located on the right bank of the Nile, between the 4th and 3rd cataract, the remains of a building erected on the plan of a huge rectangle were found. It soon turned out that this was one of the most unique churches...

Let's Have Jerusalem

 Returning to the Temple Mount

· 06/14/2002 5:10:39 PM PDT ·
· Posted by xzins ·
· 16 replies · 157+ views ·
· CBN ·
· June 13, 2002 ·
· John Waage ·
In the current conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, the Temple Mount is dangerous property. CBN.com -- JERUSALEM -- Officials in Jerusalem say Israel may soon allow Jews and Christians to return to the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism. Security forces closed the Temple Mount to Christians and Jews after Palestinian riots at the site launched the current Intifada more than 20 months ago. This latest move to reopen it is bound to be controversial. For Jews, the Temple Mount is the place where their forefathers built a house for the Lord, and where Abraham had prepared to sacrifice...

Religion of Pieces

 Muslims Dig Under Temple Mount, Don't Want Jews Digging Nearby

· 02/16/2007 8:22:33 PM PST ·
· Posted by CutePuppy ·
· 22 replies · 980+ views ·
· Cybercast News Service ·
· February 16, 2007 ·
· Julie Stahl ·
Muslims Dig Under Temple Mount, Don't Want Jews Digging Nearby By Julie Stahl CNSNews.com Jerusalem Bureau Chief February 16, 2007 Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) -- Amid an ongoing storm over an Israeli archeological excavation near Jerusalem's Temple Mount, a top Islamic official declared Thursday that all digging in the city should be stopped -- but an Israeli archeologist pointed out that the biggest excavation in the entire area has been carried out by Muslims, unauthorized, underneath the Mount itself. Reacting to an Israeli dig near the Temple Mount, Islamic and Arab leaders have accused Israel of carrying out work that would endanger...

The Philistines

 Philistine Temple Ruins Uncovered in Goliath's Hometown

· 07/30/2010 11:33:38 AM PDT ·
· Posted by SeekAndFind ·
· 25 replies ·
· Arutz Sheva ( Israel National News) ·
· 07/30/2010 ·
· Hana Levi Julian ·
Bar Ilan University archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of a Philistine temple in the ancient city of Gath, home of the Biblical Goliath, buried in one of the largest tels (ancient ruin mounds) in Israel. The temple and a number of ritual items dating back to the 10th century BCE were discovered at Tel Tsafit (Tell es-Safit/Gath) by Professor Aren Maeir of BIU's Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology and his international team. The tel is located about halfway between Ashkelon and Jerusalem, near Kiryat Gat along the southern coastal plain. "Interestingly, the architectural design of...


 Mourning Goliath: An Editorial from the Philistine Times

· 03/25/2009 1:00:30 PM PDT ·
· Posted by AJKauf ·
· 3 replies · 567+ views ·
· Pajamas Media ·
· March 25 ·
· David Solway ·
A recent archeological discovery of a large basalt stone at Tel-es-Safi in Judah, dating from the middle of the 9th century B.C., contains what appears to be an editorial from the Philistine Times. Known as the Moabite Stone II, it has been translated from the Phoenician by Avraham Klein and Nasim Shephelah. *** Today is a day of mourning. We lament the passing of our hero and champion, Goliath of the holy city of Gath, on the bloody field of Shocoth. He was a man worthy of a great people, admired for his valor, innocence, and willingness to die in...

Anatolia

 Road built over 3000-year-old tumulus in eastern Turkey

· 07/27/2010 6:20:52 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 6 replies ·
· Hurriyet Daily News ·
· Tuesday, July 27, 2010 ·
· Dogan News Agency ·
The paving over of a 3,000-year-old tumulus, a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave, in the eastern city of Van has prompted an outcry from the Provincial Culture and Tourism Directorate. Stating that the road was unnecessarily built, officials said: "We have halted the work on the road. The road and asphalt will be removed and the tumulus will be rehabilitated." Before the road was built by the municipality, the directorate had planned to start archaeological work in the historical tumulus, which dates from the Urartu period, along with work in the historical Van Castle. "A road...

Elam, Persia, Parthia, Iran

 An Ancient Subterranean Secret Complex Discovered in Hamadan Province

· 07/27/2010 6:29:22 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 15 replies ·
· Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies ·
· Tuesday, July 27, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
An ancient network of secret tunnels and dwellings has been discovered in Hamedan Province.The Iranian province lies in an elevated region, with the 'Alvand' mountains, running from the north west to the south west. The discovered complex is located near the village of Arzanfud, 25 kilometres southeast of the provincial capital-city of Hamedan... The complex is comprised of 25 rooms connected to each other by several tunnels, had been excavated beneath a stone mound extending deep into the earth at a depth of 4 to 6 meters. The complex is believed to have been used by habitants as a shelter...

India

 Ancient gold coins unearthed [India]

· 07/25/2010 6:33:27 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Palter ·
· 29 replies ·
· The Hindu ·
· The Hindu ·
The coins, each weighing 400 milligrams, have markings in UrduAncient gold coins were unearthed at Kottamalam village near Kadambur block in Sathyamangalam taluk on Sunday.A villager stumbled upon an earthen pot containing the coins numbering 744 when he was cleaning his piece of land along with wife and two grand daughters near his house. It was said that the people in the village shared the treasure.On hearing the information, Village Administrative Officer alerted the Sathyamangalam Tahsildar. Along with a team of police personnel, the revenue officials rushed to the village and took possession of the coins, each weighed around 400...

Dinosaurs

 TX: Rock-solid proof? (Fossil find may point to ID)

· 08/01/2008 3:47:08 AM PDT ·
· Posted by yankeedame ·
· 53 replies · 558+ views ·
· Mineral Wells Index ·
· July 28, 2008 ·
· David May ·
Rock-solid proof? July 28, 2008 09:49 am -- By David May editor@mineralwellsindex.com A slab of North Texas limestone is on track to rock the world, with its two imbedded footprints poised to make a huge impression in scientific and religious circles. The estimated 140-pound stone was recovered in July 2000 from the bank of a creek that feeds the Paluxy River near Glen Rose, Texas, located about 53 miles south of Fort Worth. The find was made just outside Dinosaur Valley State Park, a popular destination for tourists known for its well-preserved dinosaur tracks and other fossils. The limestone contains...

Oh So Mysteriouso

 Archaeologists Uncover John the Baptist Relics in Bulgaria's Sozopol

· 07/30/2010 5:11:37 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Palter ·
· 8 replies ·
· Sofia News Agency ·
· 29 July 2010 ·
· Sofia News Agency ·
Parts of St. John the Baptist's relics might have been discovered during archaeological excavations in Bulgaria's southern Black Sea town of Sozopol, report Bulgarian media. Archaeologists investigating the Sv. Ivan (St. John) island off Sozopol have found an exquisite reliquary -- a relic urn -- built in the altar of an ancient church bearing the name of St. John the Baptist The reliquary has the shape of a sarcophagus and is dated end of 4th / beginning of 5th c. AD. It was discovered by the team of Prof. Kazimir Popkonstantinov. The church's name, as well as the fact that...

Longer Perspectives

 Chantier Médiéval de Guédelon ... A castle in the making

· 07/26/2010 8:33:59 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Daffynition ·
· 39 replies ·
· Guedelon.fr ·
· July 26 2010 ·
· unknown ·
Deep in secluded woodland, an abandoned quarry reveals a landscape seemingly untouched since the dawn of the last millennium. Out of this wood and stone, using 13th century building techniques, a castle is being created.

Middle Ages and Renaissance

 Solving the 800-year mystery of Pisa's Leaning Tower

· 07/29/2010 3:50:42 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Daffynition ·
· 23 replies ·
· The Telegraph ·
· 28 Jul 2010 ·
· Alastair Smart ·
Professor John Burland has spent the last two decades striving to save -- and understand -- the Leaning Tower of Pisa. After defying gravity, Italian bureaucracy and accusations of corruption, it seems he's finally cracked the case. [snip] Via his data analysis, Burland unlocked the 800-year mystery as to why the tower leans south not north: namely, a fluctuating water-table on the upper layer of silt. By a quirk of local geography, Pisa's water-table rose higher on the tower's north side, often reaching within one foot in rainy season, and this gave the tower an annual ratchet southward. Armed with...

British Isles

 Who was the man behind the diaries, Samuel Pepys?

· 07/24/2010 4:42:50 AM PDT ·
· Posted by csvset ·
· 9 replies ·
· BBC ·
· 22 July 2010 ·
· Trevor Timpson ·
It is 350 years since one of the UK's most famous diarists put pen to paper. But what was Samuel Pepys really like? And why did this modest clerk become so celebrated? A new home for a new man in a new age -- on 11 July 1660, a clerk, obscure but already on the way up, was moving into a house.His new home, in Seething Lane near the Tower of London, came with his new job at the Navy Board. Samuel Pepys had been lucky. His patron had been involved with the restoration of the monarch, Charles II, from...

Early America

 Today In History July 30,1676 Bacon's Rebellion

· 07/30/2010 4:58:56 PM PDT ·
· Posted by mdittmar ·
· 5 replies ·
· various ·
· 7/30/10 ·
· Nathaniel Bacon ·
In Virginia in 1676 Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion. This is the manifesto of that effort. It expresses many of the reform objectives that would later be further developed and bring about the American Revolution. Bacon's Declaration in the Name of the People July 30,1676 The Declaration of the People. For haveing upon specious pretences of publiqe works raised greate unjust taxes upon the Comonality for the advancement of private favorites and other sinister ends, but noe visible effects in any measure adequate, For not haveing dureing this long time of his Gouvernement in any measure advanced this hopefull Colony...

The Revolution

 Mystery Mason 'Jewels' Made By Revere?

· 07/24/2010 8:01:27 PM PDT ·
· Posted by sig226 ·
· 42 replies ·
· WCVBTV Boston ·
Masons found a full set of silver Masonic jewels stashed in the attic of Corinthian Lodge AF&AM in Concord, Massachusetts. The link goes to a news video. They say the set is handmade and 200 years old. The jewels are worn by the various officers of each lodge. They are literally a badge of office. Paul Revere was the orginal Master of Corinthian Lodge, and, of course, a silversmith. If these were made by him, they would be quite a treasure. Mystery Mason 'Jewels' Made By Revere?

The Civil War

 Democrats attack Republican state convention

· 07/30/2010 4:06:21 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Michael Zak ·
· 10 replies ·
· Grand Old Partisan ·
· July 30, 2010 ·
· Michael Zak ·
On this day in 1866, a mob of Democrats, led by the Democrat sheriff, attacked the racially-integrated state convention of the Louisiana Republican Party, meeting in New Orleans. Democrats killed 40 delegates, all African-Americans, and wounded at least 150. When the survivors appealed to the Democrat President, Andrew Johnson, for protection, he blamed the violence on Republicans for holding the convention. Revulsion at this Democrat savagery contributed to the GOP's landslide victory in the mid-term elections that November.


 2010 Elections: Raising the Red Tide in Alabama

· 07/26/2010 6:56:44 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Kaslin ·
· 13 replies ·
· Townhall.com ·
· July 26, 2010 ·
· Ben Cannatti and Ford O'Connell ·
If you're not from Alabama, it might surprise you to know that Democrats control both branches of the state legislature -- currently by a margin of 5 seats in the senate and 15 seats in the larger house chamber. If you're a Republican from Alabama, it probably infuriates you that the Democrats have held a majority in both houses since Ulysses S. Grant was President. The Alabama Republican Party is pushing hard to make 2010 the year that the tide turns in the Alabama State House (we'll leave it to Coach Saban to direct the Tide on the gridiron). Coordinating...


 This Day in Civil War History July 24th, 1864 2nd Battle of Kernstown

· 07/24/2010 6:07:02 AM PDT ·
· Posted by mainepatsfan ·
· 3 replies ·
· History.com ·
Jul 24, 1864: Battle of Kernstown, Virginia Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops under General George Crook to keep the Shenandoah Valley clear of Yankees. On June 13, 1864, General Robert E. Lee sent Early north from Petersburg to clear the Shenandoah of Union troops and relieve pressure on his own beleaguered force. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia had been pinned in Petersburg after a bloody six-week campaign with General Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Potomac. The campaign mimicked that of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's in 1862, when the Confederates successfully relieved pressure on Richmond and held...


 This Day in Civil War History July 28th, 1864 Battle of Ezra Church begins

· 07/28/2010 4:51:04 AM PDT ·
· Posted by mainepatsfan ·
· 9 replies ·
· History.com ·
Jul 28, 1864: Battle of Ezra Church begins On this day, Confederates under General John Bell Hood make a third attempt to break General William T. Sherman's hold on Atlanta. Like the first two, this attack failed, destroying the Confederate Army of Tennessee's offensive capabilities. Hood had replaced Joseph Johnston as commander of the Army of Tennessee on July 18, 1864, because Johnston had failed to keep Sherman away from Atlanta. Upon assuming command of the army, Hood quickly scrapped Johnston's defensive strategy and attacked Sherman, first on July 20 at Peachtree Creek, and then on July 22 at the...

Climate

 Canadians discover long-lost ship "fundamental' to arctic sovereignty

· 07/28/2010 4:54:40 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Squawk 8888 ·
· 12 replies ·
· National Post ·
· July 28, 2010 ·
· Don Martin ·
MERCY BAY, N.W.T. ï The ship whose crew discovered Canada's Northwest Passage has been found 155 years after it was abandoned and disappeared in this isolated Arctic bay, a historic find and one that may help bolster Canadian claims to Arctic sovereignty. The wreck of HMS Investigator was detected in shallow water within days of Parks Canada archeologists launching an ambitious search for the 422-ton ship from a chilly tent encampment on the Beaufort Sea shoreline. "It's sitting upright in silt; the three masts have been removed, probably by ice," said Ifan Thomas, Parks Canada's superintendent of the western Arctic...


 Ship lost for more than 150 years is recovered

· 07/28/2010 5:53:50 PM PDT ·
· Posted by dware ·
· 19 replies ·
· AP via Yahoo ·
· 07/28/2010 ·
· AP via Yahoo ·
TORONTO -- Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and which was lost in the search for the doomed expedition of Sir John Franklin, the head of the team said Wednesday.

Thoroughly Modern Miscellany

 More than Chinese Americans came to Angel Island

· 07/24/2010 8:34:42 PM PDT ·
· Posted by nickcarraway ·
· 4 replies ·
· San Francisco Chronicle ·
· Saturday, July 24, 2010 ·
· Charlie Wells ·
Fleeing Nazi-occupied Austria, Elfriede "Alice" Edelstein and her mother boarded a boat with 100 other Jewish refugees and headed across the sea in 1940. Yet when they reached the U.S. coast, the two women were greeted not by Lady Liberty's golden torch but rather by San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. They had taken the long way to America. The Edelsteins' story, along with many others, is chronicled in Erika Lee and Judy Yung's forthcoming "Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America" from Oxford University Press. The book, available later this summer, is billed as the most comprehensive history of Angel Island's...


 Could Change Be Opportunity For Jim Thorpe, Pa?

· 07/26/2010 8:32:59 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Tribune7 ·
· 21 replies ·
· BillLawrenceOnline.Com ·
· 7-26-10 ·
Sunday's New York Times' sports section carried a large story on the continuing saga of Jack Thorpe's attempts to bring the bones of his father back to his home state of Oklahoma from his grave in Jim Thorpe, Pa. The Pennsylvania sports legend was buried in 1953 in the small borough that is the Carbon County seat after his wife, Patricia, who was Thorpe's third wife and Jack's stepmother, became angered at Oklahoma's refusal to erect a monument to her husband. The Pennsylvania boroughs of Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk were merging and offered to not just do so...

The Great War

 The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and
  Germany's Bid for World Power, 1898-1919 [book review]

· 07/25/2010 12:23:24 AM PDT ·
· Posted by casuist ·
· 24 replies ·
· Abu Dhabi's The National ·
· July 23, 2010 ·
· Matthew Price ·
[...] Though it had been convulsed by internal disputes, the Ottoman Empire was still a formidable power in 1914. But, as so often happens in history, a wrong bet had profound historical consequences. That bet was the alliance with Germany that brought the Turks into the war on the side of the Central Powers. It was a fateful decision. Prodded by the Kaiser (the allure of German marks also helped) the Turkish regime went to war against its historical enemy, Russia. This, in itself, was not an absurd wager. However, the German end of the bargain was an altogether different...

World War Eleven

 Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943

· 07/28/2010 4:29:50 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Teflonic ·
· 35 replies ·
· Denver Post ·
· 7/26/10 ·
· PLOG ·
These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America's rural and small town populations. The photographs are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color.

Epigraphy and Language

 Lost in Translation

· 07/23/2010 7:16:55 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Palter ·
· 41 replies ·
· WSJ ·
· 24 July 2010 ·
· Lera Boroditsky ·
New cognitive research suggests that language profoundly influences the way people see the world; a different sense of blame in Japanese and Spanish Do the languages we speak shape the way we think? Do they merely express thoughts, or do the structures in languages (without our knowledge or consent) shape the very thoughts we wish to express? Take "Humpty Dumpty sat on a..." Even this snippet of a nursery rhyme reveals how much languages can differ from one another. In English, we have to mark the verb for tense; in this case, we say "sat" rather than "sit." In Indonesian...

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The movie "Inception" was pretty okay. It's not great cinema or anything, and I find it difficult to believe that it would be viable as the wellspring of a series of sequels, but was entertaining and did a decent job of suspending disbelief in order to tell an inherently implausible story while making maximum use of CGI a la the Matrix series or Crouching Tiger HIdden Dragon.

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PreColumbian, Clovis, and PreClovis

 Tunnel found under ancient city [ Teotihuacan ]

· 08/06/2010 6:23:01 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 22 replies ·
· Denver Post ·
· August 4, 2010 ·
· Denver Post wire services ·
A long-sealed tunnel has been found under the ruins of this ancient city, and chambers that seem to branch off it may hold the tombs of some of the city's early rulers, archaeologists said Tuesday. Experts say the social structure of Teotihuacan remains a mystery after nearly 100 years of exploration at the site, best known for the towering Pyramids of the Moon and the Sun.

The Mayans

 Bowls of Human Fingers and Teeth Found in Mayan Tomb

· 08/05/2010 8:56:07 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Mikey_1962 ·
· 31 replies ·
· Fox News ·
· 8-5-10 ·
· FOX ·
A well-preserved tomb believed to be the final resting place of an ancient Mayan king has been discovered in Guatemala, scientists announced last week. The 1,600-year-old tomb was discovered on May 29 beneath the El Diablo pyramid in the city of El Zotz. It is packed with of carvings, ceramics, textiles, and the bones of six children, who might have been sacrificed at the time of the king's death. However, much more work is needed before the scientists can piece together all the clues about the tomb's owner. "We still have a great deal of work to do," said Stephen...

Faith and Philosophy

 Ancient Stone Monument to Napi Discovered on Canadian Prairies [Blackfoot]

· 08/01/2010 7:01:22 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 28 replies · 3+ views ·
· Heritage Key ·
· Thursday, July 28, 2010 ·
· owenjarus ·
A stone effigy monument, in the shape of a Blackfoot creator god named Napi, has been discovered in southern Alberta -- south of the Red Deer River near the hamlet of Finnegan. The Blackfoot are a people that have inhabited the prairies since ancient times. The effigy dates to somewhere between AD 1000 and AD 1500. It would have been constructed before the time of European contact. Napi is a deity credited with creating the Blackfoot people and the landscape they inhabit. "According to Blackfoot tradition he's like the creator," said archaeologist Meaghan Porter, who investigated the site. She said...

Navigation

 Neolithic stone network found on Orkney

· 08/06/2010 8:54:49 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 15 replies ·
· scotsman.com ·
· August 3, 2010 ·
· Lucinda Cameron ·
Archaeologists revealed today that they have discovered the first evidence in the UK of stonework painted with a pattern, suggesting Neolithic people enjoyed decorating. It comes a week after the researchers, working at the Brodgar peninsula on Orkney, found plain painted stones thought to be around 5,000 years old at the spot. The site... is between the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar. The latest discovery, made late yesterday afternoon, is a stone with a zigzag chevron pattern in red pigment... Nick Card, of the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (Orca), said... "There has been evidence at some...

Iberia

 Archaeologists Discover 2,400-Year-Old Weapons and Tools in Valencia

· 08/01/2010 6:54:18 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 11 replies · 7+ views ·
· ArtDaily ·
· Thursday, July 29, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
The hilt of an eagle-shaped sword dated from 4th Century B.C. and made of iron is pointed at by one one of the archaeologists working at an excavation in the site of La Bastida de les Alcusses in Moixent, Valencia, during its presentation at Archeological Museum of Valencia, Spain 28 July 2010. Five sets of iron weapons belonging to Iberian warriors, and dated from 4th B.C. were found at the site of Bastida de Les Alcusses two weeks ago and presented, among others, by director of Prehistory Museum of Valencia, Helena Bonet (not seen) on 28 July 2010. EPA/MANUEL BRUQUE....

The Etruscans

 New findings from ancient tomb in Italy

· 08/06/2010 8:48:39 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 15 replies ·
· UPI ·
· Thursday, August 5, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
A royal tomb in an Etruscan necropolis in central Italy has yielded fresh archaeological finds during a summer dig, researchers say. Tarquinia, one of the richest Etruscan sites in the Lazio region of Italy, is home to dozens of tombs, but researchers were only recently given permission to excavate the "Queen's Tomb" in detail, ANSA reported. Dating to the mid-seventh century B.C., the crypt is thought to have been a royal burial site although no remains have ever been found. Researchers uncovering the crypt say they are finding images and decorations found in other contemporary cultures, suggesting the ancient city...

Roman Empire

 Bulgarian Archaeologists Discover Ancient Winery

· 08/06/2010 6:51:52 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 11 replies ·
· Novinite ·
· Thursday, August 5, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
The "winery" consisted of two stone buildings connected with an wooden passage. One of the buildings was filled up with grapes, which was then pressed with large rectangular stones. According to the archaeological team, similar wineries have been found the Caucasus, the Crimean Peninsula, Serbia, Israel. Yotov... said the last such "winery" was found in Israel at the beginning of 2009, and is believed to have been the largest in the Byzantine Empire. Yotov thinks the winery of the fortress near Byala was part of a monastery... The fortress near Byala is located on an area of 38-40 decares, and...

Catastrophism & Astronomy

 Reading the Writing on Pompeii's Walls

· 08/01/2010 12:30:43 PM PDT ·
· Posted by markomalley ·
· 42 replies · 3+ views ·
· Smithstonian ·
· 7/27/2010 ·
· Kristin Ohlson ·
Rebecca Benefiel stepped into the tiny dark room on the first floor of the House of Maius Castricius. Mosquitoes whined. Huge moths flapped around her head. And -- much higher on the ick meter -- her flashlight revealed a desiccated corpse that looked as if it was struggling to rise from the floor. Nonetheless, she moved closer to the walls and searched for aberrations in the stucco. She soon found what she was looking for: a string of names and a cluster of numbers, part of the vibrant graffiti chitchat carried on by the citizens of Pompeii before Mount Vesuvius erupted in...

British Isles

 Experts uncover second Roman fort on city site

· 08/01/2010 6:43:33 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 7 replies · 4+ views ·
· This Is Exeter ·
· Friday, July 30, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
Exeter archaeologists believe they have found a second Roman fort on a development site in the city. As the Echo has already reported, a team of city archaeologists has unearthed a previously unknown fort on the site of the former St Loye's campus off Topsham Road. Archaeologists said the original discovery was set to rewrite Exeter's early history. Now the excavations have revealed what the experts believe could be a second fort, built on top of the first... Suspicions that there was a fort on the site arose three years ago during trial trenching. Excavations before the site was developed...

Climate

 When the Sea Saved Humanity ( Preview )

· 08/06/2010 6:41:18 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 49 replies ·
· Scientific American ·
· August 2010 ·
· Curtis W. Marean ·
At some point between 195,000 and 123,000 years ago, the population size of Homo sapiens plummeted, thanks to cold, dry climate conditions that left much of our ancestors' African homeland uninhabitable. Everyone alive today is descended from a group of people from a single region who survived this catastrophe... ...studies of the DNA of modern-day people indicate that, once upon a time, our ancestors did in fact undergo a dramatic population decline. Although scientists lack a precise timeline for the origin and near extinction of our species, we can surmise from the fossil record that our forebears arose throughout Africa...

Neandertal / Neanderthal

 Neanderthal's Cozy Bedroom Unearthed

· 08/06/2010 4:19:00 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 52 replies ·
· Discovery News ·
· Friday, August 6, 2010 ·
· Jennifer Viegas ·
Anthropologists have unearthed the remains of an apparent Neanderthal cave sleeping chamber, complete with a hearth and nearby grass beds that might have once been covered with animal fur. Neanderthals inhabited the cozy Late Pleistocene room, located within Esquilleu Cave in Cantabria, Spain, anywhere between 53,000 to 39,000 years ago... Living the ultimate clean and literally green lifestyle, the Neanderthals appear to have constructed new beds out of grass every so often, using the old bedding material to help fuel the hearth... Cabanes, a researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science's Kimmel Center for Archaeological Research, added that these hearth-side...

Helix, Make Mine a Double

 A Genetic Testing Dupe?

· 07/28/2010 3:49:26 PM PDT ·
· Posted by neverdem ·
· 11 replies · 4+ views ·
· Reason ·
· July 27, 2010 ·
· Ronald Bailey ·
The government says I am being misled by useless information about my genes. I disagree. "Misleading and of little or no practical use to consumers" is the way that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) described the results of direct-to-consumer genetic screening tests in a report unveiled last week. To reach this damning conclusion, the GAO sent in genetic samples from five people for testing by four leading direct-to-consumer testing companies. For each donor the GAO sent two DNA samples, one sample using the person's actual profile and one using a fictitious profile. Although the testing companies were not identified in...


 Critics point to flaws in longevity study

· 08/01/2010 11:04:59 PM PDT ·
· Posted by neverdem ·
· 11 replies · 3+ views ·
· Science News ·
· July 31st, 2010 ·
· Tina Hesman Saey ·
Questions have focused on the analytic platform used to find about 150 genetic variations linked to longevity Just like the fountain of youth, a study that purported to find genetic secrets to longevity may be a myth, critics say. Researchers led by Thomas Perls and Paola Sebastiani from Boston University reported July 1 in an online publication in Science that they had identified 150 genetic markers that distinguish centenarians from people with average life spans with 77 percent accuracy. Almost immediately the study came under fire because of a technical flaw. Most of the controversy stems from the devices used...

Pages

 Kindle Wi-Fi: Has Amazon won the e-reader war?

· 08/01/2010 5:07:35 AM PDT ·
· Posted by C19fan ·
· 69 replies · 9+ views ·
· Christian Science Monitor ·
· July 30, 2010 ·
· Matthew Shaer ·
If you believe the buzz around the Web today, the Amazon Kindle Wi-Fi -- a sleek, graphite-colored e-reader priced at $139 -- is the best electronic reading device ever. Over at PC World, for instance, Jared Newman declares that "Amazon's new Kindle spells doom for other e-readers." His logic is simple: The Kindle Wi-Fi undercuts the price on devices such as the Borders Kobo and brings the fully-featured e-reader to a reasonable price-point.

Elam, Persia, Parthia, Iran

 Extracts of Cyrus Cylinder found in China

· 08/03/2010 4:41:39 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Palter ·
· 18 replies · 44+ views ·
· The Art Newspaper ·
· 02 Aug 2010 ·
· Martin Bailey ·
British Museum curator has identified cuneiform text inscribed on horse bones Two fossilised horse bones with cuneiform inscriptions have been found in China, carved with extracts from the Cyrus Cylinder. They were initially dismissed as fakes because of the improbability of ancient Persian texts turning up in Beijing. But following new research, British Museum (BM) specialist Irving Finkel is now convinced of their authenticity. This discovery looks set to transform our knowledge about what is arguably the most important surviving cuneiform text, written in the world's earliest script. Dating from 539BC, the Cyrus Cylinder was ceremonially buried in the walls...

Fertile Crescent

 Ancient treasure rises from Berlin rubble

· 08/06/2010 3:18:13 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 15 replies ·
· AFP via Google News ·
· Tuesday, August 3, 2010 ·
· Francis Curta ·
A century after it was first discovered in the Syrian desert and nearly 70 years after its bombed and broken shards were dumped into crates and buried anew in the cellars of Berlin's Pergamon Museum, the story of its salvation is itself an unlikely tale. "We have reconstructed more than 90 percent of the artifacts from the Tell Halaf museum," said German archaeologist and restoration manager Lutz Martin, 56. "Of the 27,000 pieces, there are only 2,000 left over" that could not be fitted back, he added... "The whole museum reached temperatures of over 1,000 degrees (centigrade) and then...

Prehistory and Origins

 500,000 year old cranium found at Atapuerca, Burgos

· 08/01/2010 6:48:19 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 33 replies · 11+ views ·
· Typically Spanish ·
· July 28, 2010 ·
· h.b. ·
It is the second complete cranium to be found at the site A 500,000 year old complete cranium has been recovered from the Atapuerca side at Sima de los Huesos de Atapuerca in Burgos. It's the second complete cranium to be found at the site which shows the presence of Homo Antecessor in the region. Sources at the Atapuerca Foundation say that once the practical entire cranium has been recovered the meticulous reconstruction of the bones will be undertaken during the winter. The first cranium to be found at the site, known as Craneo 5 is now on display...

Panspermia

 Origins, Evolution, and Distribution of Life in the Cosmos: Panspermia, Genetics, Microbes, ...

· 08/01/2010 2:46:04 PM PDT ·
· Posted by LibWhacker ·
· 24 replies · 9+ views ·
· Journal of Cosmology ·
· May 2010 ·
· Rhawn Joseph & Rudolf Schild ·
Life originated in a nebular cloud, over 10 billion years ago, but may have had multiple origins in multiple locations, including in galaxies older than the Milky Way. Multiple origins could account for the different domains of life: archae, bacteria, eukaryotes. The first steps toward life may have been achieved when self-replicating nano-particles initially comprised of a mixture of carbon, calcium, oxygen, hydrogen, phosphorus, sugars, and other elements and gasses were combined and radiated, forming a nucleus around which a lipid-like permeable membrane was established, and within which DNA-bases were laddered together with phosphates and sugars; a process which may...

Flood, Here Comes the Flood

 The End of Eden: The Comet That Changed Civilization

· 10/08/2007 11:47:23 PM PDT ·
· Posted by doug from upland ·
· 109 replies · 3,545+ views ·
· amazon ·
· Oct. 8, 2007 ·
Editorial Reviews Review Allen West, coauthor of The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes : "Graham Phillips argues persuasively that Earth encountered a massive comet 3,500 years ago around the time of the Exodus from Egypt. The object appeared twenty times larger than the full moon and was by far the largest comet sighting ever recorded by ancient historians. The worldwide consequences for mankind were devastating. Our own scientific research confirms that the author's theory is completely credible." Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince, authors of The Templar Revelation and The Sion Revelation : "an extraordinary tour de force . . . "...

Religion of Pieces

 Exclusive: Arabs Faking Graves to Grab Jerusalem Land

· 08/05/2010 9:16:07 PM PDT ·
· Posted by citizenredstater9271 ·
· 9 replies ·
· Israel National News ·
· Gil Ronen, Chezki Ezra, Shimon Cohe ·
In the heart of Jerusalem, dozens of new tombs are being added to an ancient cemetery, but no one is buried beneath them. Jewish observers and sources in the Jerusalem Municipality say the pretend-graves are simply a Muslim project for grabbing land. The Mamilla Cemetery is located on the outskirts of Jerusalem's Independence Park (Gan HaAtzmaut), between Agron and Hillel Streets. It is an ancient Muslim cemetery containing several dozen graves, which has been in a state of severe disrepair for more than a century, despite being under the supervision of the Muslim Waqf. In recent days, however, there has...


 Short History of Islam in India (Youtube)

· 08/05/2010 5:29:22 AM PDT ·
· Posted by wendy1946 ·
· 11 replies ·
· Youtube ·
On Youtube in two parts: Part 1.Part 2. The basic problem seems to be the question of whether or not our planet can tolerate or accommodate a religion which sanctions the kinds of conduct which these films depict.


 Waqf Bulldozers on Temple Mount May Be Destroying Jewish History

· 07/31/2010 2:04:01 AM PDT ·
· Posted by citizenredstater9271 ·
· 13 replies · 3+ views ·
· Israel National News ·
· July 28, 2010 ·
· Eli Stutz ·
Jewish residents report that Waqf works at the Dome of the Rock have restarted 'under cover', likely destroying Jewish archaeological artifacts. Arnon Segal, a resident on the Beit Hoshen neighborhood on the Mount of Olives, told Arutz-7 that there have been changes in the area recently. "We are seven families who have lived here for four and a half years, and we have the privilege to watch over the Temple Mount from a unique angle. Unfortunately, the sights we have seen in the past two weeks have caused us great frustration."


 A Treasured Nation

· 08/05/2010 7:22:23 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Zionist Conspirator ·
· 10 replies ·
· Manhigut Yehudit ·
· 8/5/'10 ·
· Moshe Feiglin ·
And when G-d your G-d will bring you to the Land to which you come to inherit it, and you shall give the blessing on Mt. Grizim and the curse on Mt. Eval. (From this week's Torah portion, Re'eh, Deuteronomy 11:29) Professor Adam Zartal finished his archeology studies before the Yom Kippur War and soon began his research of the Biblical inheritance of Menashe. In the days after the Six Day War it was still possible to roam freely in the area, and the kibbutznik from Ein Shemer enlisted volunteers to comb the area - meter by meter - in...

The Philistines

 Rare Bronze Horned-Bracelet, 3,500 Years Old, Found in Israel

· 08/06/2010 3:56:48 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 26 replies ·
· ArtDaily ·
· Wednesday, August 4, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
According to Karen Covello-Paran, director of the excavation on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, "We discovered a wide rare bracelet made of bronze. The ancient bracelet, which is extraordinarily well preserved, is decorated with engravings and the top of it is adorned with a horned structure. At that time horns were the symbol of the storm-god and they represented power, fertility and law. The person who could afford such a bracelet was apparently very well off financially, and it probably belonged to the village ruler. It is interesting to note that in the artwork of neighboring lands gods and...

Epigraphy and Language

 Hebrew U. archeologists find Patriarchs-era tablet

· 07/31/2010 6:26:07 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus ·
· 200 replies · 10+ views ·
· Jerusalem Post ·
· 27 July 2010 ·
· Judy Siegel ·
A document written on two cuneiform tablets around the time of the patriarch Abraham, containing a law code in a style and language similar to parts of the famous Code of Hammurabi, has been discovered for the first time in an Israeli archeological dig. The code, dating from the Middle Bronze Age in the 18th and 17th centuries BCE, was found at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's excavations this summer at Hazor National Park in the North. However, it has not yet been determined whether the document was written at Hazor -- where a school for scribes was located in...

Tried to Get a Date

 Reading the Zip Codes of 3,500-Year-Old Letters

· 08/06/2010 3:31:46 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 10 replies ·
· AFTAU ·
· Thursday, August 5, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
...by adapting an off-the-shelf portable x-ray lab tool that analyzes the composition of chemicals, Prof. Yuval Goren of Tel Aviv University's Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations can reveal hidden information about a tablet's composition without damaging the precious ancient find itself. These x-rays reveal the soil and clay composition of a tablet or artefact, to help determine its precise origin. But Prof. Goren's process, based on x-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry, can go much further. Over the years, he has collected extensive data through physical "destructive" sampling of artefacts. By comparing this data to readouts produced by the...

The Dead Sea Scrolls

 Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery Solved?

· 08/02/2010 11:27:04 AM PDT ·
· Posted by SeekAndFind ·
· 28 replies · 12+ views ·
· National Geographic ·
· 08/02/2010 ·
· Kher Than ·
The recent decoding of a cryptic cup, the excavation of ancient Jerusalem tunnels, and other archaeological detective work may help solve one of the great biblical mysteries: Who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? The new clues hint that the scrolls, which include some of the oldest known biblical documents, may have been the textual treasures of several groups, hidden away during wartime -- and may even be "the great treasure from the Jerusalem Temple," which held the Ark of the Covenant, according to the Bible. The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered more than 60 years ago in seaside caves near an ancient...

Let's Have Jerusalem

 The Messianic Seal of the Church in Jerusalem

· 07/31/2010 8:48:20 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Amerisrael ·
· 21 replies · 3+ views ·
· threemacs.org ·
"This symbol represents a recent discovery in terms of how the early church identified itself... whether you see 1, 2, or 3 symbols may depend on whether you have discernment in your identity as a Gentile believer in the Jewish Messiah..." [Key excerpts]: "You see, God has made ONE NEW MAN from TWO distinct parts.... Jewish and Gentile believers in ONE BODY of MESSIAH.. "Many in the Church today feel that 'we Gentiles' as the Church have somehow replaced national Israel and the Jewish people in terms of the covenant promises of God... and this has in turn affected how...

Faith and Philosophy

 Archaeologists Uncover John the Baptist Relics in Bulgaria's Sozopol - Report

· 07/31/2010 2:22:05 PM PDT ·
· Posted by markomalley ·
· 11 replies · 13+ views ·
· Sofia News Agency ·
· 7/29/2010 ·
St. John the Baptist. Detail from an icon at Gračanica monastery in Kosovo. Image by Pravoslavieto.com Parts of St. John the Baptist's relics might have been discovered during archaeological excavations in Bulgaria's southern Black Sea town of Sozopol, report Bulgarian media.Archaeologists investigating the Sv. Ivan (St. John) island off Sozopol have found an exquisite reliquary -- a relic urn -- built in the altar of an ancient church bearing the name of St. John the Baptist The reliquary has the shape of a sarcophagus and is dated end of 4th - beginning of 5th c. AD. It was discovered...

Longer Perspectives

 Was Today's Poverty Determined in 1000 B.C.? (yes, partially)

· 08/02/2010 3:00:32 PM PDT ·
· Posted by reaganaut1 ·
· 62 replies · 37+ views ·
· New York Times ·
· August 2, 2010 ·
· Catherine Rampell ·
The recent finding that economic success in life is largely determined by what you learned in kindergarten has proven contentious (at least among our readers). So what if I told you that economic success was instead determined by what your ancestors did more than a millennium ago? That is one implication of a provocative new study by Diego Comin, William Easterly (known for his skepticism of foreign aid programs) and Erick Gong. The study gathered crude information on the state of technological development in various parts of the world in 1000 B.C.; around the birth of Jesus; and in A.D....

Middle Ages and Renaissance

 Enlightened and Enriched

· 08/04/2010 8:55:56 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Lorianne ·
· 12 replies ·
· City Journal ·
· Summer 2010 ·
· Joel Mokyr ·
We owe our modern prosperity to Enlightenment ideas. Was the Enlightenment a Good Thing? At first blush, the question sounds almost sacrilegious. The eighteenth-century Enlightenment, after all, taught us to be democratic and to believe in human rights, tolerance, freedom of expression, and many other values that are still revered, if not always practiced, in modern societies. On the other hand, historians question whether the Enlightenment actually led to brotherhood and equality (it did not, of course), and even freedom, its third objective, was achieved only partially and late. Some have even suggested that its ideas of human "improvement"...

The Revolution

 The Revolution Comes to Life in "Yorktown", Starting Aug. 6 in NYC

· 08/06/2010 9:22:26 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Pharmboy ·
· 17 replies ·
· Playbill ·
· 06 Aug 2010 ·
· Thomas Peter ·
Yorktown, a play set on the eve of the battle that ended the Revolutionary War, gets its world premiere at the June Havoc Theatre in Manhattan Aug. 6-28. Written by Robert Manns, the play is directed by Eric C. Dente and features a cast including Andrew Kaempfer, Jenny Strassburg, James Knight, Gregory Jones and Chloe Rose, with Tom O'Neill, Robbie Baum, Tommy Nelms and Jason Gray. Drama Garden produces the play. According to press notes, "In a field house overlooking the Colonial Army at the decisive battle of the American Revolution, two great generals and their wives devote themselves to...

The General

 Today In History August 1,1794 The Whiskey Insurrection

· 08/01/2010 3:44:55 PM PDT ·
· Posted by mdittmar ·
· 25 replies · 9+ views ·
· various ·
· August 1,2010 ·
· various ·
Considered as one of the most important events in America's early history, the Whiskey Rebellion began on March 3, 1791, when the U.S. Congress in Philadelphia passed a federal excise tax of seven cents per gallon on whiskey in an effort to pay off debts incurred by the Revolutionary War. While most Americans at that time felt negatively toward taxation, the intrepid farmers of Western Pennsylvania proved outright hostile to the idea. Why Western Pennsylvania?Because it was too difficult and costly to transport grain crops over the mountainous roads to larger Eastern markets, many frontier farmers converted their grain to...

The Civil War

 On this day in 1846, Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress

· 08/04/2010 7:15:37 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Michael Zak ·
· 12 replies ·
· Grand Old Partisan ·
· August 4, 2010 ·
· Michael Zak ·
On this day in 1846, Abraham Lincoln defeated his Democrat opponent to win a term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He had agreed with his Whig Party supporters that he would not run for re-election. Not until 1864 did congressional elections take place all on the same day, "the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November." The presidential election of 1848 was the first in which people from each state voted for President simultaneously, on that same day. Nowadays, socialists have tainted the word "progressive," but it is a fair assessment that in its day the Whig Party...


 Thomas Haughey, assassinated Republican congressman from Alabama

· 07/31/2010 8:44:55 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Michael Zak ·
· 5 replies ·
· Grand Old Partisan ·
· July 31, 2010 ·
· Michael Zak ·
On this day in 1869, Rep. Thomas Haughey (R-AL) was shot while giving a campaign speech. He died five days later. Born in Scotland, Haughey moved to the United States at the age of fifteen and became a doctor. He lived in the hill country of northern Alabama, which became a Unionist stronghold during the Civil War. He served as regimental surgeon of the 3rd U.S. Tennessee Infantry. In 1867, he was a delegate to the Alabama constitutional convention. The following year, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Underwater Archaeaology

 10 years on, mystery of Confederate sub remains

· 08/06/2010 12:57:20 PM PDT ·
· Posted by JoeProBono ·
· 15 replies ·
· hosted. ·
· Aug 6 ·
· Bruce Smith ·
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- A decade after the raising of the Confederate submarine Hunley off the South Carolina coast, the cause of the sinking of the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship remains a mystery. But scientists are edging closer. On Friday, scientists announced one of the final steps that should help explain what happened after the hand-cranked sub and its eight-man crew rammed a spar with a powder charge into the Union blockade ship Housatonic off Charleston in February, 1864.....

How The West Was Won

 NM gov meets with lawman Pat Garrett's descendants

· 08/04/2010 1:32:54 PM PDT ·
· Posted by JoeProBono ·
· 33 replies ·
· AP ·
· Aug 4 ·
· Barry Massey ·
Descendants of frontier lawman Pat Garrett personally delivered a message to New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson that they're opposed to a posthumous pardon for outlaw Billy the Kid, who was killed by Garrett nearly 130 years ago.

World War Eleven

 Son of Pilot Who Dropped A-Bomb Opposes Plan to Send U.S. Delegation to Hiroshima Ceremony

· 08/04/2010 12:45:04 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Stoat ·
· 76 replies ·
· Fox News ·
· August 4, 2010 ·
· Joshua Rhett Miller ·
EXCLUSIVE: †The son of the U.S. Air Force pilot who dropped the first atomic bomb in the history of warfare says the Obama administration's decision to send a U.S. delegation to a ceremony in Japan to mark the 65th anniversary of the attack on Hiroshima is an "unsaid apology" and appears to be an attempt to "rewrite history." James Tibbets, son of Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., says Friday's visit to Hiroshima by U.S. Ambassador John Roos is an act of contrition that his late father would never have approved. "It's an unsaid apology," Tibbets, 66, told FoxNews.com...

Thoroughly Modern Miscellany

 Mallory and Irvine: Did extreme weather cause their disappearance?

· 08/02/2010 4:59:11 PM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 10 replies · 1+ views ·
· Wiley-Blackwell ·
· August 2, 2010 ·
· Unknown ·
Research considers role of weather in historic Everest tragedyTheir legend has inspired generations of mountaineers since their ill-fated attempt to climb Everest over 80 years ago, and now a team of scientists believe they have discovered another important part of the puzzle as to why George Mallory and Andrew Irvine never returned from their pioneering expedition. The research, published in Weather, explores the unsolved mystery and uses newly uncovered historical data collected during their expedition to suggest that extreme weather may have contributed to their disappearance. George Mallory and Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine disappeared during their historic 1924 attempt to reach...

Biology and Cryptobiology

 The New Nessie? Mystery 'Sea Creature' Spotted Off British Coast

· 08/02/2010 9:49:31 PM PDT ·
· Posted by nickcarraway ·
· 14 replies · 4+ views ·
· Daily Mail ·
· 7/31/2010 ·
Cynics may dismiss it as just a piece of driftwood or a trick of the light. But a photograph showing what appears to be a long-necked sea creature has got marine experts scratching their heads. The 'animal' was snapped stalking a shoal of fish just 30 yards off the British coast. The fish were apparently so terrified they beached themselves just seconds later. The creature was spotted off the Devon coast at Saltern Cove, Paignton, by locals who reported a sighting of what they thought was a turtle. But pictures taken by one of the baffled witnesses, Gill Pearce, reveal...

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Catastrophism & Astronomy

 Arctic rocks shed light on ancient Earth's inner workings

· 08/12/2010 4:26:56 PM PDT ·
· Posted by ConservativeStatement ·
· 11 replies ·
· Los Angeles Times ·
· August 12, 2010 ·
· Amina Khan ·
Geochemists studying Arctic rocks say they have found evidence of ancient rock from the interior of the Earth that is nearly as old as the planet itself. Such material gives scientists an idea of what the mineral structure of the inner Earth used to look like billions of years ago and may force them to adjust their theories about the evolution of the planet's structure over the eons, said Matthew Jackson, a geochemist at Boston University and lead author of the paper.

Flood, Here Comes the Flood

 Gondwana Supercontinent Underwent Massive Shift During Cambrian Explosion

· 08/11/2010 5:32:45 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 50 replies ·
· Yale University ·
· August 10, 2010 ·
· Unknown ·
New Haven, Conn. -- The Gondwana supercontinent underwent a 60-degree rotation across Earth's surface during the Early Cambrian period, according to new evidence uncovered by a team of Yale University geologists. Gondwana made up the southern half of Pangaea, the giant supercontinent that constituted the Earth's landmass before it broke up into the separate continents we see today. The study, which appears in the August issue of the journal Geology, has implications for the environmental conditions that existed at a crucial period in Earth's evolutionary history called the Cambrian explosion, when most of the major groups of complex animals rapidly...

Crazy Circles

 An ancient Earth like ours (is ours)

· 08/10/2010 5:30:41 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 22 replies ·
· U of Leicester ·
· August 9, 2010 ·
· Unknown ·
Geologists reconstruct the Earth's climate belts between 460 and 445 million years ago -- An international team of scientists including Mark Williams and Jan Zalasiewicz of the Geology Department of the University of Leicester, and led by Dr. Thijs Vandenbroucke, formerly of Leicester and now at the University of Lille 1 (France), has reconstructed the Earth's climate belts of the late Ordovician Period, between 460 and 445 million years ago. The findings have been published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA -- and show that these ancient climate belts were surprisingly like those of the...

Climate

 Hotter-burning sun warming the planet

· 08/09/2010 5:24:08 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SaraJohnson ·
· 58 replies ·
· Wastington Times ·
· 7/18/10 ·
· Staff ·
The sun is burning hotter than usual, offering a possible explanation for global warming that needs to be weighed when proceeding with expensive efforts to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, Swiss and German scientists say.

British Isles

 Stone Age remains are Britain's earliest house

· 08/10/2010 10:26:34 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 19 replies ·
· U of Manchester ·
· August 10, 2010 ·
· Unknown ·
Archaeologists working on Stone Age remains at a site in North Yorkshire say it contains Britain's earliest surviving house.The team from the Universities of Manchester and York reveal today that the home dates to at least 8,500 BC - when Britain was part of continental Europe. The research has been made possible by a grant from the Natural Environment Research Council, early excavation funding from the British Academy, and from English Heritage who are about to schedule the site as a National Monument . The Vale of Pickering Research Trust has also provided support for the excavation works. The research...

Scotland Yet

 Ancient language mystery deepens (Scotland)

· 08/11/2010 2:35:32 PM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 73 replies ·
· BBC ·
· August 10, 2010 ·
· Victoria Gill ·
A linguistic mystery has arisen surrounding symbol-inscribed stones in Scotland that predate the formation of the country itself.The stones are believed to have been carved by members of an ancient people known as the Picts, who thrived in what is now Scotland from the 4th to the 9th Centuries. These symbols, researchers say, are probably "words" rather than images. But their conclusions have raised criticism from some linguists. The research team, led by Professor Rob Lee from Exeter University in the UK, examined symbols on more than 200 carved stones. They used a mathematical method to quantify patterns contained within...

Biology and Cryptobiology

 Traces of Red Panda Found in Tennessee

· 08/12/2010 9:55:51 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Palter ·
· 19 replies ·
· AOL News ·
· 10 Aug 2010 ·
· Lee Speigel ·
It has the face of a giant panda bear and the body of a small raccoon. This unusual, cuddly-looking animal is the red panda, and until recently, was only believed to be native to the mountains of Nepal, Burma and China. Now, according to recent fossil findings, it appears the enigmatic red cousin to the black-and-white panda once roamed the long-ago forests of Tennessee. Red pandas currently live in various zoos around America, captivating the public and causing children to beg their parents to buy them one as a household pet. And if you happen to visit the Washington County...


 Salamander's egg surprise: Algae enjoy symbiotic relationship with embryos

· 08/10/2010 12:27:42 AM PDT ·
· Posted by neverdem ·
· 26 replies ·
· Nature News ·
· 4 August 2010 ·
· Anna Petherick ·
Scientists have stumbled across the first example of a photosynthetic organism living inside a vertebrate's cells. The discovery is a surprise because the adaptive immune systems of vertebrates generally destroy foreign biological material. In this case, however, a symbiotic alga seems to be surviving unchallenged -- and might be giving its host a solar-powered metabolic boost. Algae cohabit with salamander embryos in their eggs -- and inside their cells. [T. Levin/Photolibrary.com] The embryos of the spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) have long been known to enjoy a mutualistic relationship with the single-celled alga Oophila amblystomatis. The salamanders' viridescent eggs are coloured by...


 Dodo flew to its grave

· 03/01/2002 8:55:03 AM PST ·
· Posted by Oxylus ·
· 26 replies · 1,898+ views ·
· Nature ·
· March 1, 2002 ·
· John Whitfield ·
Ancestors of the flightless figurehead of extinction island-hopped. The flightless dodo's ungainly shape hid an island-hopping past, say researchers. DNA from the extinct bird has revealed its place in the pigeon family tree, and suggests how it came to end up on its home, and graveyard, the island of Mauritius. The dodo's strange appearance led to centuries of wrangling over its ancestry. "It's the figurehead of extinction, yet little is known about its evolution," says zoologist Alan Cooper of the University of Oxford. Cooper and his colleagues extracted DNA from museum specimens, including the one in Oxford that was the ...


 ROM scientists move toward resurrecting Auk

· 03/07/2002 9:29:48 AM PST ·
· Posted by Oxylus ·
· 6 replies · 124+ views ·
· National Post via Ottawa Citizen ·
· March 7, 2002 ·
· Randy Boswell ·
Scientists at the Royal Ontario Museum are slowly but successfully piecing together the genetic blueprint of the Great Auk from the scattered remains of a bird whose extinction at the hand of man in the first half of the 19th century has made it the tragic figure of Canadian nature. In a project aimed at tracing the Great Auk's evolutionary history and establishing its relationship to several living species of birds, the researchers are also taking the first steps toward a tantalizing possibility: the complete mapping of an extinct animal's genome and its resurrection through cloning. ''Technically it's possible,'' said ...

Helix, Make Mine a Double

 Dangerous bacterium hosts genetic remnant
  of life's distant past (RNA can do)

· 08/12/2010 4:22:51 PM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 8 replies ·
· Yale University ·
· August 12, 2010 ·
· Unknown ·
Within a dangerous stomach bacterium, Yale University researchers have discovered an ancient but functioning genetic remnant from a time before DNA existed, they report in the August 13 issue of the journal Science. To the surprise of researchers, this RNA complex seems to play a critical role in the ability of the organism to infect human cells, a job carried out almost exclusively by proteins produced from DNA's instruction manual. "What these cells are doing is using ancient RNA technology to control modern gene expression," said Ron Breaker, the Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at...

Prehistory and Origins

 Flat-faced hominid skulls from China

· 08/12/2010 4:58:56 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 25 replies ·
· Science Frontiers #83 ·
· Sep-Oct 1992 ·
· William R. Corliss ·
The "African Eve" theory of human evolution was given much play in the media a few years back. According to the "African" view, modern humans arose exclusively in Africa and, about 100,000 years ago, expanded rapidly from there into Europe and Asia, displacing "lesser" hominids. Unfortunately, the DNA studies that stimulated this conjecture have been found to be flawed. And now new fossil testimony casts further doubt. In 1989 and 1990, near the Han River, in China's Hube Province, anthropologists found hominid skulls with the characteristic flat faces of modern humans. These skulls seem to be about 350,000 years old....

Egypt

 Nefertiti & the Aten in Colour!
  16K Amarna Art Talatat blocks in Luxor w/Original Pigment Preserved

· 08/10/2010 8:53:12 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 16 replies ·
· Heritage Key ·
· Mondat, August 9, 2010 ·
· Owen Jarus ·
Talatat blocks were used by the pharaoh Akhenaten nearly 3,400 years ago. They were constructed in a standardized size -- 55 cm x 25 cm x 25 cm. This standardization probably would have made it easier for temples to be built. The blocks are in a storage area in Luxor. Almost all of them are decorated. Back in antiquity each block would have been part of a larger scene. Another key find is that the Aten, the sun disc which the pharaoh Akhenaten focussed Egyptian religion around, radiates light in two colours. "We have red sun rays and yellow sun...

Epigraphy and Language

 Israel Finds Rare 2,200-Year-Old Gold Coin

· 08/11/2010 5:21:36 PM PDT ·
· Posted by BlackVeil ·
· 36 replies ·
· NPR ·
· 11 Aug 2010 ·
· anon ·
Archaeologists say they have uncovered the heaviest and most valuable gold coin ever found in Israel. The 2,200-year-old coin weighs an ounce (28 grams) and was found at the Tel Kedesh site near the Lebanon border on June 22, according to Wednesday's statement from the antiquities authority. It said this coin is six times the weight of most others from that era. Donald Ariel, head of the antiquities authority coin department, said the coin dates back to the rule of the Iraq-based Seleucid Empire, though it was minted by the rival Egyptian Ptolemies. Ariel said the coin's image may represent...

Armenia

 Tigranakert: An Armenian Odyssey

· 08/10/2010 8:28:16 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 11 replies ·
· Archaeology Channel ·
· August 2010 ·
· Rick Pettigrew ·
This documentary chronicles the discovery of an ancient Armenian city built by Tigran the Great (140-55 BC) in the First Century BC. Founded as the new capital of the Armenian Empire with the intention of securing a central position inside the borders of the growing empire, it was built on territory traditionally Armenian but claimed today by both Armenia and Azerbaijan. Under the rule of Tigran the Great, the Armenian Empire extended from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean and became, for a short time, the strongest state east of the Roman Empire.

Anatolia

 Obsidian used as ancient scalpel found in Turkey's Samsun

· 08/10/2010 7:59:47 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 30 replies ·
· Hurriyet ·
· Monday, August 9, 2010 ·
· Anatolia News Agency ·
A piece of obsidian (volcanic glass) dating back 4,000 years and believed to have been used as a scalpel for surgery has been unearthed during excavations carried out in the Black Sea province of Samsun. Speaking to the Anatolia news agency, Professor Önder Bilgi, the chairman of the excavations, said that the work in the ruins of the Ekiztepe village in Samsun's Bafra district had begun in 1974. "During this year's excavations, which started July 15, we discovered a piece of obsidian that was used as a scalpel in surgeries. Obsidian beds are generally situated in the Central Anatolian region...

The Medes & Urartu

 US-Azerbaijani archaeological expedition discovers new findings in Nakhchivan

· 08/10/2010 7:39:50 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 6 replies ·
· News.AZ ·
· Monday, August 9, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
The ceramic samples of the Khojaly-Gedabey culture were found during the archeological digs in the ancient settlement Oglangala in the Sharur region of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. 'The digs held in Oglangala fortress city revealed the residuals of ancient buildings, including a big palace dating to the period of the ancient states of Midia and Atropatena, ancient graves, a number of other samples of material culture', said Veli Bakhshaliyev, one of the leaders of the expedition, organized by the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Nakhchivan Department of the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan in cooperation with...

The Carians

 Illegal excavation reveals an important discovery

· 08/10/2010 8:08:21 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 6 replies ·
· Hurriyet ·
· Sunday, August 8, 2010 ·
· Dogan News Agency ·
The Tourism and Culture Ministry started a research investigation into an illegal excavation which took place in the Zeus Karios area in Milas, Bodrum. The illegal excavation revealed the large tomb stone of King Hekataios. The tomb stone was made in 390 B.C. and it is said that the discovery is one of the most important archeological discovery in modern times. Speaking after the research, Undersecretariat of Culture and Tourism Ministry Özgar Özarslan said: "The discovery revealed that the tomb stone belongs to Hekataios's father Mausolos. Mausolos was the satrap of Karia." The tomb stone is thought to have been...

The Thracians

 Ancient temple unearthed in western Turkey [ Heraion-Teikhos ]

· 08/10/2010 8:04:11 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 13 replies ·
· Hurriyet ·
· Monday, August 9, 2010 ·
· Anatolia News Agency ·
Ongoing excavations at the Heraion-Teikhos ancient city in the western province of Tekirdag have unearthed a temple at the city's acropolis. The temple, belonging to the ancient Thracian civilization, was thought to have disappeared in a fire that occurred in 2 BC. The continuing work at the temple has revealed many interesting artworks thus far, the excavation chairwoman says... The ongoing excavations in the pantheon of the ancient city of Heraion-Teikhos... started this year at the beginning of August, according to the excavation chairwoman, Professor Nese Atik from Ahi Evran University's archaeology department... She said that they were working to...

The Phoenicians

 Syrian Archaeologists: Discovery of Cemetery Building
  Casts Light on Phoenician Religious Traditions

· 08/10/2010 8:21:34 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 10 replies ·
· Global Arab Network ·
· Sunday, August 8, 2010 ·
· Haifa Fadi ·
A religious cemetery building with carvings dating back to the 6th and 5th centuries BC was unearthed in the Phoenician city of Amrit in Tartous, say Syrian Archaeologists. Director of Archaeological Excavations and Studies Michel Maqdisi said the building consists of a facade that has two entrances engraved on a 2 meter high huge stone surface. The facade to the eastern side is skillfully carved with symbolic decorations similar to what we find on the Phoenician tombstones or those dated to 1000 BC, he added. "The symbolically carved decorations and the nature of architectural formation of the building, as well...

Roman Empire

 Survey shows up Roman remains near Cockermouth and Papcastle

· 08/08/2010 5:48:08 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 28 replies ·
· Times and Star UK ·
· Thursday, August 5, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
An archaeological survey has revealed new evidence of a Romano-British settlement in Papcastle and Cockermouth. A six-week survey of land alongside the River Derwent was carried out by Grampus Heritage after the floods revealed bits of Roman pottery. The survey started in June and was funded by Bassenthwaite Reflections. Project manager Mark Graham said the geophysical survey had revealed that the settlement was much larger than previously thought and had unveiled one on the south side of the river which includes buildings, a road, ditched enclosure and an iron working site. A large Roman building was also discovered on the...

India

 A city bigger than Athens? [ Sisupalgarh, India ]

· 08/08/2010 5:51:42 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 19 replies ·
· Times of India ·
· Saturday, August 7, 2010 ·
· Sandeep Mishra ·
Just outside Bhubaneswar, around 2,000 years ago, stood one of old India's biggest cities. When they chanced upon Sisupalgarh, excavators could only gape in astonishment at its modern ways. Sisupalgarh sounds like a happening settlement by historic standards: a sprawling urban settlement that housed 20,000-25,000 people, street-linking gateways, pillared meeting halls, water storage systems and disposable vessels for daily use. In one of the richest hauls for archaeologists in the country in recent times, a 12-member Indo-American expert team discovered the remains of a city from the early historic period in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar two years ago. ...Explaining the...


 Drowned Indian city could be world's oldest

· 01/18/2002 9:59:20 AM PST ·
· Posted by Oxylus ·
· 25 replies · 304+ views ·
· New Scientist ·
· 18 January 02 ·
· Emma Young ·
Evidence of an ancient "lost river civilisation" has been uncovered off the west coast of India, the country's minister for science and technology has announced. Local archaeologists claim the find could push back currently accepted dates of the emergence of the world's first cities. Underwater archaeologists at the National Institute of Ocean Technology first detected signs of an ancient submerged settlement in the Gulf of Cambray, off Gujarat, in May 2001. They have now conducted further acoustic imaging surveys and have carbon dated one of the finds. The acoustic imaging has identified a nine-kilometre-long stretch of what was once a ...

Navigation

 Ancient traders suffered boom and bust

· 01/07/2002 11:53:33 AM PST ·
· Posted by Oxylus ·
· 8 replies · 1+ views ·
· Nature ·
· January 7, 2002 ·
· John Whitfield ·
Ancient traders suffered boom and bust Alexander the Great's death plunged Babylon into economic turmoil. Ancient Babylonian trading markets were as volatile as our own, says an economic historian. Prices of agricultural goods in the city fluctuated hugely, and the death of Alexander the Great triggered two decades of economic instability1. Babylon's main temple employed scribes to record the city's business. They noted on clay tablets how much barley, dates, mustard, cardamom, sesame and wool one shekel of silver - just under 8.5 grams - would buy. Peter Temin, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

Africa

 History of tools pushed back 1m years

· 08/12/2010 1:47:05 AM PDT ·
· Posted by bruinbirdman ·
· 24 replies ·
· Financial Times ·
· 8/11/2010 ·
· Clive Cookson ·
Scientists have pushed back the history of human tools by almost 1m years, with the discovery in Ethiopia of animal bones that were butchered 3.4m years ago with sharp stones. An international team found tool marks on two bones, excavated at Dikika only 200 metres from where the celebrated child's skeleton dubbed "Lucy's baby" was excavated 10 years ago. The study is published in the journal Nature. The researchers, led by Zeresenay Alemseged of the California Academy of Sciences, believe that tools were used by the hominid species Australopithecus afarensis, to which Lucy's daughter and the original Lucy (discovered in...

Agriculture & Animal Husbandry

 Digs may throw more light on ancient wine production [ Malta ]

· 08/10/2010 8:15:09 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 6 replies ·
· Times of Malta ·
· Friday, August 6th, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
The excavation being carried out at Tal-Log'g'a in Mg'arr ix-Xini. An archaeological site being excavated at Mg'arr ix-Xini has further enforced the notion that viticulture and wine production have been an important part of the Maltese economy since the Classical period. The excavation site, at Tal-Log'g'a, is in a field next to where two troughs dug into the rock were found and is believed to have been used for grape pressing. The field is being excavated in a bid to shed more light on the troughs' use. Some 15 sets of troughs have been found in Mg'arr ix-Xini valley to...

Longer Perspectives

 Anger plays key role in human cooperation

· 01/09/2002 10:44:36 AM PST ·
· Posted by Oxylus ·
· 2 replies · 1+ views ·
· New Scientist ·
· January 2, 2002 ·
· Anil Ananthaswamy ·
Itπs not love, affection or even blatant self-interest that binds human societies together - it's anger, according to Swiss researchers. They made the unsettling discovery while trying to fathom what makes people cooperate. Traditional explanations, such as kinship and reciprocal altruism, rely on genetic relationships or self-interest. These work for animals, but fail for humans because people cooperate with strangers they may never meet again, and when the pay-off is not obvious. Such cooperation can be explained if punishment of freeloaders or "free-riders" - those who do not contribute to a group but benefit from it - is taken into ...

How The West Was Won

 Judge dismisses lawsuit over Geronimo's remains

· 08/10/2010 8:37:57 AM PDT ·
· Posted by JoeProBono ·
· 25 replies ·
· Hosted AP ·
· Aug 10 ·
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by descendants of the Apache warrior Geronimo, who claimed some of his remains were stolen in 1918 by a Yale University secret society. The lawsuit was filed last year in Washington by 20 descendants who want to rebury Geronimo near his New Mexico birthplace......

The Revolution

 The Secret History of the World

· 08/10/2010 5:55:16 PM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 8 replies ·
· Belmont Club ·
· August 10, 2010 ·
· Richard Fernandez ·
One of the most common question successful revolutionaries ask themselves afterward is "what have I done?' During their retirement John Adams and Thomas Jefferson grappled with the question of what actually happened during the Revolution. Jefferson's answer was that no one could ever describe it. "Nobody; except merely it's external facts. All it's councils -- which are the life and soul of history must be forever unknown." Adam's memorable response was to question whether the Revolution happened when people thought it did. Their exchange frames the great debates of today in the most striking form. Where is this crisis leading?...

The General

 I have to announce to you the death of the great and good General Washington

· 08/08/2010 3:19:08 PM PDT ·
· Posted by barmag25 ·
· 46 replies ·
· Providence Journal ·
· Dec. 15, 1799 ·
· Tobias Lear ·
"It is with inexpressible grief, that I have to announce to you the death of the great and good General Washington. He died last evening, between 10 and 11 o'clock, after a short illness of about 24 hours. His disorder was an inflammatory sore throat, which proceeded from a cold, of which he made but little complaint on Friday..."

Early America

 $1 Coin, Now Worth $1.2 Million, Was Hoarded in 1794

· 08/11/2010 4:37:41 PM PDT ·
· Posted by nickcarraway ·
· 13 replies ·
· Christian Science Monitor ·
· August 10, 2010 ·
· Laurent Belsie ·
$1 coin: Americans have hoarded $1 coins since the early years of the Republic. The first silver dollars minted by the US government in 1794 are rare, so rare that one of them sold for more than $1.2 million this weekend at a Boston auction. And there's a reason for their scarcity: Even back in the first years of the Republic, people hoarded dollar coins rather than spend them. The story goes that on Oct. 15, 1794, chief coiner Henry Voigt coined 1,758 of the silver dollars and delivered them to David Rittenhouse, director of the US Mint, according to...


 Today In History -- August 10,1831
  The first American flag to be named "Old Glory."

· 08/10/2010 4:44:25 PM PDT ·
· Posted by mdittmar ·
· 2 replies ·
· various ·
· August 10,2010 ·
· various ·
"Old Glory" William Driver of Salem, Massachusetts, is the first to use the term "Old Glory" in connection with the American flag, when he gives that name to a large flag aboard his ship, the Charles Daggett. The flag was made in 1824 for Captain William Driver, who flew it on his ship twice around the world and displayed it regularly on patriotic occasions and holidays. Originally bearing twenty-four stars, the worn and tattered flag was remade in 1861 with thirty-four stars, plus a white anchor to signify Driver's years at sea. When the Civil War began and Tennessee, where...

The Civil War

 This Day In Civil War History August 10th, 1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek

· 08/10/2010 3:51:02 AM PDT ·
· Posted by mainepatsfan ·
· 16 replies ·
· History.com ·
Aug 10, 1861: Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri The struggle for Missouri erupts with the Battle of Wilson's Creek, where a motley band of raw Confederates defeat a Union force in the southwestern section of the state. Union General Nathaniel Lyon, who commanded a Union force of 6,400 soldiers near Springfield, Missouri, was up against two Rebel forces commanded by Generals Sterling Price and Ben McCulloch. Although the Confederates were poorly equipped and trained at this early stage of the war, Price and McCulloch had a combined force nearly twice the size of Lyon's. But the impetuous Union commander did...

Thoroughly Modern Miscellany

 Today In History -- August 8 -- Nixon Resigns

· 08/08/2010 4:44:39 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Jerrybob ·
· 14 replies ·
· 8-8-10 ·
· self ·
Another piece of history. "Our long national nightmare is over..."

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1,150 posted on 08/14/2010 4:36:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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Welcome to the 317th issue. I'm doing most of this Thursday night, because I've got a life (alright, who said 'for a change'?) and want to actually go do some things on Friday and Saturday, instead of sitting on my record-setting, uh, chair. The topics were killer again this week, but there will be more next week because so many of this week's went into the to-do pile, and some of the topics in this issue emerged, dusty but serviceable, from the FRchives.

Many thanks to all for the vast amount of topic-posting that went on this week without my having to lift a finger. I mean, besides my usual middle one.

Wednesday night around here was a lot of fun, everyone seemed in a great mood, better than I'd seen in a long while. Then Thursday night it was back to the moonlit castle with torches and pitchforks.

Regardless, have a great weekend!

Stuff that doesn't necessarily make it to GGG here on FR gets shared here: and there's also this one: Both of those require joining up, but are freebies. The FB acc't I've got is for GGG topic gathering, I generally do this on my lunch hour. Those can include stuff that can't be used on FR, so it's often worth a look. Lost FReepers is a place to run to and relax, particularly when FR is down and Yahoo (let's face facts) just sucks.
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1,151 posted on 08/14/2010 4:39:06 AM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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Thanks for the ((((PING )))).

btw, you have NO idea of how close to home this is:

I'm doing most of this Thursday night, because I've got a life (alright, who said 'for a change'?) and want to actually go do some things on Friday and Saturday, instead of sitting on my record-setting, uh, chair.

I work on my computer from home. And just because of that some 'twits' get the idea that since I'm home all the time, I 'work' all the time. At one point after working 35 days straight(1) I actually had to (cough) 'remind' someone that, HEY I HAVE A LIFE!

(1) It might have been 38, I was gettin wacky at that point.

have a nice weekend.

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Ah, but guess what I’m doing now?!? :’)

I’ve got some upgrades to install, and then plan to take a walk {the crowd gasps} and maybe do something else useful. But first, I have to nab the finished edit of the GGG digest off the flash drive and replace the nearly-finished draft on the hard drive...


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Weekly Digest #318
Saturday, August 21, 2010

Let's Have Jerusalem

 Amazing Find Near the Dead Sea [ Petra Drachma coins, Bar Kochba revolt ]

· 08/15/2010 9:54:01 AM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 20 replies ·
· Netscape.com ·
· August 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
When Israeli archaeologists began excavating caves near the Dead Sea, they found a real treasure: nine rare silver coins that are believed to date back to a failed Jewish rebellion against the Romans in the second century A.D... archaeological finds relating to the three-year rebellion are rare, and these coins help tell the story of the families that Shimon Bar Kochba led into the caves of the Judean Desert at the end of the second Jewish uprising against the Romans to escape brutal repression -- a move that resulted in their exile... Only 2,000 such coins are known to exist,...


 Bar-Kochba Treasure Discovered in Judean Hills

· 09/09/2009 8:55:54 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Nachum ·
· 5 replies · 531+ views ·
· Israel National News ·
· 9/9/09 ·
· Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu ·
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.

The Phoenicians

 Ancient Phoenician City 'Relocated' [ Aüza was Aziris? ]

· 08/15/2010 11:35:45 AM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 8 replies ·
· LiveScience ·
· Wednesday, August 11, 2010 ·
· Clara Moskowitz ·
"This is simply a matter of making a suggestion of where the place is actually to be located on a map," Boardman told LiveScience. "Too many people have wanted to put it much too far away." Where previous historians have thought this outpost was probably far to the west, beyond Carthage in Tunisia (the northernmost country in Africa), Boardman submits that Aüza lies at a site known as Aziris nearer Egypt and Phoenicia, the home base of the Phoenicians centered on modern-day Israel and Lebanon. Aüza was a port city used to give the Phoenicians a foothold on the continent...

Agriculture & Animal Husbandry

 Top food was olives in time of the ancient mariner

· 08/15/2010 10:35:46 AM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 41 replies ·
· al-Reuters ·
· Thursday, August 12, 2010 ·
· Michele Kambas ·
· ed by Paul Casciato ·
A huge quantity of olive stones on an ancient shipwreck more than 2,000 years old has provided valuable insight into the diet of sailors in the ancient world, researchers in Cyprus said Thursday. The shipwreck, dating from around 400 B.C. and laden mainly with wine amphorae from the Aegean island of Chios and other north Aegean islands, was discovered deep under the sea off Cyprus's southern coast. Excavation on the site, which started in November 2007, has determined that the ship was a merchant vessel of the late classical period. "An interesting piece of evidence that gives us information on...

Navigation

 Ancient Shipwrecks Found Off Central Italy's Coast

· 08/15/2010 12:57:37 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 9 replies ·
· Voice of America ·
· Friday the 13th, August 2010 ·
· Sabina Castelfranco ·
A team of marine archeologists using sonar scanners has discovered new underwater treasures in the Italian seas. Trading vessels dating from the first century BC to the 5th through 7th centuries AD were found in the waters of the Pontine Islands. Their cargoes were found to be intact. Italian culture authorities and the Aurora Trust, a U.S. foundation which promotes underwater exploration in the Mediterranean, discovered four shipwrecks resting on the seabed. The discovery was made in a beautiful stretch of sea off the tiny rock of Zannone, part of the Pontine Islands in central Italy. After the discovery, the...

Greece

 Ultraviolet light reveals how ancient Greek statues really looked [Amazing Tech!]

· 08/20/2010 12:31:24 PM PDT ·
· Posted by James C. Bennett ·
· 74 replies ·
· Gizmodo ·
· 20 August, 2010 ·
· Gizmodo ·
Original Greek statues were brightly painted, but after thousands of years, those paints have worn away. Find out how shining a light on the statues can be that's required to see them the way they were thousands of years ago.Although it seems impossible to think that anything could be left to discover after thousands of years of wind, sun, sand, and art students, finding the long lost patterns on a piece of ancient Greek sculpture can be as easy as shining a lamp on it. A technique called 'raking light' has been used to analyze art for a long...

Alexander the Great

 Dura-Europos: Crossroad of Cultures: A Lost Civilization of the Ancient Middle East

· 08/15/2010 11:54:01 AM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 2 replies ·
· Archaeology ·
· Wednesday, August 11, 2010 ·
· Carly Silver ·
In 1920, British soldiers digging trenches near the Euphrates River came across ancient wall paintings. In the sands of eastern Syria, they uncovered the remains of the ancient town of Dura-Europos. Located on the Euphrates River, the long-buried settlement was ruled successively by the Macedonians, Parthians, and Romans until its destruction in A.D. 256. Today, the site is known for its buildings, including the world's oldest church, one of the earliest synagogues ever found, and numerous Greco-Roman temples. Covering about 180 acres, Dura-Europos was founded around 300 B.C... Dura's location was ideal because it was both defensible and near a...

Megaliths & Archaeoastronomy

 Europe's prehistoric tombs built in bursts

· 08/15/2010 10:48:30 AM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 10 replies ·
· USA Today ·
· Wednesday, August 11, 2010 ·
· Dan Vergano ·
link only, no excerpt, no posting the graphic, no slouching, no nothing, no kidding.

Middle Ages & Renaissance

 Archaeologists say Hartlington Stones in Yorkshire Dales were Medieval furnaces

· 08/15/2010 10:40:15 AM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 6 replies ·
· Culture 24 UK ·
· Wednesday, August 11, 2010 ·
· Ben Miller ·
The Hartlington Stones, which were discovered in 1896 on a village green near Burnsall, were thought to have been used as part of a corn drying kiln, an important agricultural device used in the Medieval and post-Medieval periods to ripen corn for harvesting or dry crops before they were ground into flour. Investigators were forced to revisit the stones after experts from the National Park Authority found clear differences between their appearance and the formation of another kiln in nearby Kilnsey. The team is currently toying with the idea that it might have been a communal bread oven says Dr...

British Isles

 Major buildings find at Roman fortress of Caerleon

· 08/15/2010 11:05:10 AM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 11 replies ·
· BBC ·
· Wednesday, August 11, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
Archaeologists have discovered several large buildings at the fortress of Caerleon in south Wales, one of Britain's best known Roman sites. The major discovery was made by chance by students learning to use geophysical equipment. Cardiff University's Peter Guest said the find was "totally unexpected"... Caerleon (Isca), which dates from AD 75, is one of three permanent legionary fortresses in the UK, and was used for 200 years. The others at Chester and York - are mostly buried and difficult to excavate... The students were using the geophysical equipment in fields outside the Roman fortress - an area that was...

Roman Empire

 Did Boudica live near Norwich? (Celtic Anglo Alert)

· 08/20/2010 7:56:20 AM PDT ·
· Posted by sodpoodle ·
· 2 replies ·
· Eastern Daily Press, UK ·
· August 19, 2010 ·
· Dan Grimmer ·
Archaeologists are set to unearth further secrets of a Roman town on the outskirts of Norwich - and are hoping to discover evidence linking the settlemt to East Anglia's Iceni queen Boudica. Channel 4's Time Team will be filming the excavations at Caistor St Edmund, which are the first within the Roman walls of the site for 75 years. The Roman town of Venta Icenorum lies beneath the fields at the site but historians believe it might have been built on top of a previous Iceni settlement - perhaps even the home of the warrior queen Boudica.


 Largest Ancient Roman Canal Ever Built Discovered at Site of Italian Sea Port

· 08/14/2010 11:58:15 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ·
· 15 replies ·
· Associated Content ·
· August 02, 2010 ·
· Mark Whittington ·
Archeologists have discovereed an ancient Roman canal, theme of the Romans, connecting the town of Portus, on the mouth of the Tiber River, to the river town of Ostia. According to the Telegraph: "Scholars discovered the 100-yard-wide (90-metre-wide) canal at Portus, the ancient maritime port through which goods from all over the Empire were shipped to Rome for more than 400 years.

Epigraphy and Language

 Oldest Ainu-Japanese dictionary found at temple

· 08/15/2010 1:55:56 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Palter ·
· 13 replies ·
· Mainichi Daily News ·
· 04 Aug 2010 ·
· Mainichi Daily News ·
The oldest Ainu-Japanese dictionary created by a Buddhist monk over 300 years ago has been discovered at a temple here. The ancient document containing Ainu-Japanese glossary was found at Fumon-ji Temple in Fukui's Minamiyama-cho district. It was created by local Buddhist monk Kunen in 1704 when he visited Ezo -- the present Hokkaido Prefecture and home to Ainu people -- during his pilgrimage around the country. It is the oldest Ainu-Japanese glossary among those whose published year is understood. "It contains a wide variety and number of vocabulary. Few ancient documents written in Ainu are available today, and it is...

Dinosaurs

 Ancient "Terror Bird" Used Powerful Beak to Jab Like Boxer

· 08/19/2010 11:01:02 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 12 replies ·
· National Science Foundation ·
· August 18, 2010 ·
· Unknown ·
The ancient "terror bird" Andalgalornis couldn't fly, but it used its unusually large, rigid skull -- coupled with a hawk-like hooked beak -- in a fighting strategy reminiscent of boxer Muhammad Ali. The agile creature repeatedly attacked and retreated, landing well-targeted, hatchet-like jabs to take down its prey, according to results of a new study published this week in the journal PLoS ONE. The study is the first detailed look at the predatory style of a member of an extinct group of large, flightless birds known scientifically as Phorusrhacids but popularly labeled "terror birds" because of their fearsome skull and often imposing size. Terror...

Biology and Cryptobiology

 'Zombie ants' controlled by parasitic fungus for 48m years

· 08/17/2010 7:17:15 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Cardhu ·
· 43 replies ·
· Guardian ·
· August 18th 2010 ·
· Ian Sample ·
Earliest evidence of fungus that takes over ants' behaviour for its own ends found by scientists. The oldest evidence of a fungus that turns ants into zombies and makes them stagger to their death has been uncovered by scientists. The gruesome hallmark of the fungus's handiwork was found on the leaves of plants that grew in Messel, near Darmstadt in Germany, 48m years ago. The finding shows that parasitic fungi evolved the ability to control the creatures they infect in the distant past, even before the rise of the Himalayas. The fungus, which is alive and well in forests today,...

Catastrophism & Astronomy

 Woolly mammoth extinction 'not linked to humans'

· 08/18/2010 11:32:29 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 61 replies ·
· BBC ·
· August 17, 2010 ·
· Pallab Ghosh ·
Woolly mammoths died out because of dwindling grasslands - rather than being hunted to extinction by humans, according to a Durham University study.After the coldest phase of the last ice age 21,000 years ago, the research revealed, there was a dramatic decline in pasture on which the mammoths fed. The woolly mammoth was once commonplace across many parts of Europe. It retreated to northern Siberia about 14,000 years ago, where it finally died out approximately 4,000 years ago.

Prehistory and Origins

 Geologists revisit the Great Oxygenation Event

· 08/19/2010 1:54:18 PM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 20 replies ·
· Washington University in St. Louis ·
· August 17, 2010 ·
· Diana Lutz ·
In "The Sign of the Four" Sherlock Holmes tells Watson he has written a monograph on 140 forms of cigar-, cigarette-, and pipe-tobacco, "with colored plates illustrating the difference in the ash." He finds the ash invaluable for the identification of miscreants who happen to smoke during the commission of a crime. But Sherlock Holmes and his cigarette ash and pipe dottle don't have a patch on geologists and the "redox proxies" from which they deduce chemical conditions early in Earth's history. Redox proxies, such as the ratio of chromium isotopes in banded iron formations or the ratio of isotopes...

Australia & the Pacific

 Fossils of Earliest Animal Life Possibly Discovered (650 million years old)

· 08/17/2010 7:38:36 PM PDT ·
· Posted by NormsRevenge ·
· 21 replies ·
· LiveScience.com ·
· 8/17/10 ·
· Jeanne Bryner ·
Fossils of what could be the oldest animal bodies have been discovered in Australia, pushing back the clock on when animal life first appeared on Earth to at least 70 million years earlier than previously thought. The results suggest that primitive sponge-like creatures lived in ocean reefs about 650 million years ago. Digital images of the fossils suggest the animals were about a centimeter in size (the width of your small fingertip) and had irregularly shaped bodies with a network of internal canals. The shelly fossils, found beneath a 635 million-year-old glacial deposit in South Australia, represent the earliest evidence...

Helix, Make Mine a Double

 Not Your Father's Genome

· 01/15/2008 7:55:39 PM PST ·
· Posted by neverdem ·
· 26 replies · 119+ views ·
· familypracticenews.com ·
· 1 January 2008 ·
· Greg Feero, M.D., PH.D. ·
Dr. FeerO is a family physician with a doctorate in human genetics from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a senior adviser for genomic medicine in the Office of the Director at the National Human Genome Research Institute. Our understanding of the genome is changing rapidly and drastically. For starters, the Human Genome Project has revealed that humans are, on a numerical basis, genetically less complex than a mustard plant (Arabidopsis). In fact, our genome contains between 20,000 and 25,000 sequences suggestive of "genes" encoding proteins, whereas Arabidopsis contains about 27,000. If that doesn't make much sense to you, don't...

Oh So Mysteriouso

 Ancient tools intrigue author

· 08/18/2010 1:27:31 PM PDT ·
· Posted by rosettasister ·
· 41 replies ·
· Commercial-News ·
· August 15, 2010 ·
· Mary Wicoff ·
The ancient Egyptian toolboxes didn't have precise, sophisticated measuring instruments like we have today -- or did they? Christopher Dunn examines that question in his new book, "Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt: Advanced Engineering in the Temples of the Pharaohs." Dunn has made nine trips to Egypt since 1986, and each time he's amazed at the precision of the columns, tunnels and statues. He brushes aside conventional thinking, and suggests the ancient Egyptians used highly refined tools and mega-machines. "There's more going on here than meets the eye," he said. A manufacturing engineer by trade, Dunn works as human resources...

Thoroughly Modern Miscellany

 Shroud of Turin description in Sermon from 944AD Constantinople!

· 01/21/2004 3:27:17 AM PST ·
· Posted by Swordmaker ·
· 27 replies · 3,745+ views ·
· www.Shroud.com ·
· August 15, 944 AD ·
· Translated January 2004 ·
· Mark Guscin ·
· Gregory Referendarius,
 Archdeacon of Hagia Sophia ·
A ". . . second paper is titled, "The Sermon of Gregory Referendarius, (PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)" by Mark Guscin, a man familiar to many of you as the editor of the British Society for the Turin Shroud (BSTS) Newsletter. In this extremely important and just completed paper, Mark, an expert linguist and historian, translates (from the original Greek) the sermon given by Gregory Referendarius in 944. The sermon was pronounced on the occasion of the arrival of the Image of Edessa in Constantinople and was translated into English from the only known surviving manuscript of the sermon,...

Faith & Philosophy

 Paintings and Water Found at The Prison Where St. Peter Was Believed to Have Been Held

· 08/14/2010 5:53:58 AM PDT ·
· Posted by marshmallow ·
· 10 replies ·
· Rome Reports ·
· 8/10/10 ·
These damp walls surrounded those held prisoner by the emperor of Rome -- people considered enemies of the state. According to tradition, two of the most famous held there were the apostles Saints Peter and Paul. The Mamertino jail has reopened its doors after a year of restoration work which has helped reveal some of its secrets. Archaeologists discovered that this place has a circular shape and that it was also a place of worship. Patricia Fortini: "For the first time proof has been found showing that the Tullianum was a place of worship - certainly from the Archaic Age,...

Early America

 Today In History;August 18,1587,
  first English child born in the New World,Virginia Dare

· 08/18/2010 6:47:17 PM PDT ·
· Posted by mdittmar ·
· 14 replies ·
· Various ·
· August 18,2010 ·
· Various ·
Aside from the circumstances of her birth, Virginia Dare's life remains a mystery.Virginia Dare's parents, Ellinor and Ananias Dare, were among 150 English colonists who sailed for Virginia in May, 1587, under the sponsorship of Sir Walter Raleigh. The 120 settlers landed in Virginia in July, 1587, at Roanoke Island, rather than the intended Chesapeake Bay target. Less than a month after landing, Ellinor Dare, who was daughter of the colonist's Governor John White, gave birth to Virginia Dare. Baby Virginia's grandfather, Gov. White, left for England on August 27, when she was nine days old, to seek help and...


 Ship buried in 18th century unearthed at WTC site

· 07/14/2010 8:19:59 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Lorianne ·
· 35 replies · 1+ views ·
· Democrat Herald (Albany) ·
Workers excavating at the World Trade Center site have unearthed the 32-foot-long hull of a ship likely buried in the 18th century. Archeologists say the vessel probably was used along with other debris to fill in land to extend lower Manhattan into the Hudson River. Archeologists Molly McDonald and A. Michael Pappalardo were at the site of the Sept. 11 attacks on Tuesday morning when workers uncovered the artifacts. They call the find significant but say more study is needed to determine the age of the ship. The two archeologists work for AKRF, a firm hired to document artifacts discovered...


 Boat From 1700s Found At World Trade Centre

· 07/15/2010 12:31:59 PM PDT ·
· Posted by the scotsman ·
· 23 replies · 1+ views ·
· Sky News ·
· 15th July 2010 ·
· Sky News ·
'Archaeologists working at the World Trade Centre site in New York have found the remains of a wooden ship apparently buried there more than 200 years ago. The remains of the 30ft length of a wood-hulled vessel were found when workers excavating the site, where a new World Trade Centre is being built, hit a row of wood timbers, The New York Times reported.'

Not So Ancient Autopsies/b>

 Old Irish bones may yield murderous secrets in Pa.

· 08/17/2010 8:28:24 AM PDT ·
· Posted by afraidfortherepublic ·
· 22 replies ·
· Tampa Bay Online ·
· 8-16-10 ·
· Kathy Matheson ·
Online: http://www.duffyscutproject.com Malvern, PA -- Young and strapping, the 57 Irish immigrants began grueling work in the summer of 1832 on the Philadelphia and Columbia railroad. Within weeks, all were dead of cholera. Or were they murdered? Two skulls unearthed at a probable mass grave near Philadelphia this month showed signs of violence, including a possible bullet hole. Another pair of skulls found earlier at the woodsy site also displayed traumas, seeming to confirm the suspicions of two historians leading the archaeological dig. "This was much more than a cholera epidemic," William Watson said. Watson, chairman of the history department...

The Revolution

 Revolutionary find near Yorktown

· 08/15/2010 7:36:07 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Pharmboy ·
· 32 replies ·
· Virginia Gazette ·
· August 14, 2010 ·
· Amanda Kerr ·
A digital sonar image of a different vessel on the floor of the York River. Shipwreck may date to 1781 siege YORK -- Two years ago a sonar company in Gloucester was testing equipment in the York River when the crew hit the jackpot: an uncharted shipwreck on the river bottom. "That was quite a surprise," said David Hazzard, an archaeologist with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. The area where the ship was found is well-documented. There have previously been nine documented shipwrecks in the York River associated with the Revolutionary War and the Siege at Yorktown. Seven ships...

The Civil War

 Georgia archaeologists find Confederate POW camp

· 08/18/2010 1:35:41 PM PDT ·
· Posted by wagglebee ·
· 29 replies ·
· Yahoo News ·
· 8/18/10 ·
· Russ Bynum/AP ·
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Preserved for nearly 150 years, perhaps by its own obscurity, a short-lived Confederate prison camp began yielding treasures from the Civil War almost as soon as archeologists began searching for it in southeastern Georgia. They found a corroded bronze buckle used to fasten tourniquets during amputations, a makeshift tobacco pipe with teeth marks in the stem, and a picture frame folded and kept after the daguerreotype it held was lost. Georgia officials say the discoveries, announced Wednesday, were made by a 36-year-old graduate student at Georgia Southern University who set out to find Camp Lawton for his...

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Gods Graves Glyphs Digest #318 20100821
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Welcome to the mere 28 topics of the 318th issue.

We've all seen the bad news by now, because I've pinged all lists to the topic about it. John started his last topic on the 16th, just one post, his last FR post. FReeper, fighter, and GGG'er. Go to God. I got to some of the skipped topics from the previous week, mostly on a very active session Sunday or Monday, but again this week there were plenty in Archaeologica that I never got around to posting, except on FB. Many thanks to all for the great GGG topics you posted this week! Anyway, here's a sample of stuff that could easily be pinged if only someone would post it -- along with the quick-and-easy link to bring up the actual posting screen. :') Stuff that doesn't necessarily make it to GGG here on FR still gets shared:
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Gods, Graves, Glyphs
Weekly Digest #319
Saturday, August 28, 2010

Alexander the Great

 Hellenism's agent of revival in Afghanistan

· 08/27/2010 10:10:17 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 8 replies ·
· ANA-MPA ·
· August 27, 2010 ·
· Unknown ·
ANA-MPA/Alexander the Great's achievements were one of his favorite childhood tales, whereas ancient Greece and classical antiquity piqued his curiosity from a very young age. His fascination with Hellenic civilisation, in fact, took Omar Sultan all the way to the University of Thessaloniki to study the classics and archaeology. Decades later the classically-educated Sultan serves his native Afghanistan as Central Asian country's deputy culture minister. As fate would have it, Sultan was also a student researcher on the team assembled by noted 20th century Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos to excavate the ancient site of Vergina - which the Andronikos' team...

Let's Have Jerusalem

 Analysis of Ashkenazi Jewish genomes reveals diversity, history

· 08/26/2010 11:39:53 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 16 replies ·
· Emory University ·
· August 26, 2010 ·
· Quinn Eastman ·
Through genomic analysis, researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have shown that the Ashkenazi Jewish population is genetically more diverse than people of European descent, despite previous assumptions that Ashkenazi Jews have been an isolated population. In addition, analyses of disease-related genes of higher prevalence in the Ashkenazi Jewish population indicate that only a minority of traits show signs of positive selection, suggesting that most have arisen through random genetic drift. The results are published online this week in the early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Investigators in the laboratory of Stephen Warren, PhD,...

PreColumbian, Clovis, & PreClovis

 Goshen looks to buy land for cemetery, and to protect mysterious tunnel

· 08/28/2010 5:00:14 AM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 25 replies ·
· the Gazette ·
· Thursday, August 26, 2010 ·
· Rebecca Everett ·
Mysterious tunnel The tunnel that exists on the 2-acre lot is a well-like shaft 3.5 feet in diameter that descends 14 feet straight down, and then extends in two tunnels that are tall enough to stand upright in. One of those tunnels extends 16.5 feet north before it ends in a cave-in, while the other tunnel runs south for 62 feet before it also caved in. The walls, ceiling and floor of the tunnels are all lined with large stones, some as big as 5 feet in length. Excavations were conducted in 1972 and 1980 to determine the age...


 Experts call discovery a 'most unusual find'

· 08/28/2010 5:12:02 AM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 14 replies ·
· Georgetown SC Times ·
· Tuesday, August 24, 2010 ·
· Kelly Marshall Fuller ·
The search for the true nature of the object has taken Bertrand, a history buff, to archaeologists in Charleston and Mount Pleasant. Many other archaeologists also weighed in Tuesday on the question of what the object could be. "I've been in archaeology in South Carolina for nearly 30 years and have never seen one before, if that means anything," said researcher Carl Steen. The object has a hole in the top and bottom and appears to fit on a necklace, stick or a fishing net. It is about the size of an egg and has a hollowed out back. It...

Epigraphy and Language

 "Lost" Language Found on Back of 400-Year-Old Letter [ Peru ]

· 08/27/2010 7:38:28 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 11 replies ·
· National Geographic News ·
· Friday, August 27, 2010 ·
· Brian Handwerk ·
...The early 17th-century author had translated Spanish numbers -- uno, dos, tres -- and Arabic numerals into a mysterious language never seen by modern scholars... ...said project leader Jeffrey Quilter... The newfound native language may have borrowed from Quechua, a language still spoken by indigenous peoples of Peru... But it was clearly a unique tongue, and likely one of two known only by the mention of their names in contemporary texts: Quingnam and Pescadora -- "language of the fishers." Some scholars suggest the two are in fact the same tongue that had been misidentified as distinct languages by early Spanish...


 Village high in the Andes protects ancient Inca puzzle

· 08/25/2010 5:25:05 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 27 replies ·
· New York Times ·
· Saturday, August 21, 2010 ·
· Simon Romero ·
· contribs by Andrea Zarate ·
Archaeologists say the Incas, brought down by the Spanish conquest, used khipus -- strands of cords made from the hair of animals such as llamas or alpacas -- as an alternative to writing... San CristÛbal de Rapaz, a village 13,000 feet above sea level... isolation has allowed it to guard an enduring archaeological mystery: a collection of khipus, the cryptic woven knots that may explain how the Incas -- in contrast to contemporaries in the Ottoman Empire and China's Ming dynasty -- ruled a vast, administratively complex empire without a written language. Archaeologists say the Incas, brought down by the...

The Mayans

 Mayan pool in the rainforest (Yucatan)

· 08/26/2010 10:00:05 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 18 replies ·
· University of Bonn ·
· August 26, 2010 ·
· Unknown ·
Bonn archaeologists find huge artificial lake with a ceramic-lined floorSince 2009, researchers from Bonn and Mexico have been systematically uncovering and mapping the old walls of Uxul, a Mayan city. "In the process, we also came across two, about 100 m square water reservoirs," explained Iken Paap, who directs the project with Professor Dr. Nikolai Grube and the Mexican archaeologist Antonio Benavides Castillo. Such monster pools, which are also known from other Mayan cities, are called "aguadas." Similar to present-day water towers, they served to store drinking water. But the people of Uxul seem to have thought of a particularly...

Diet & Cuisine

 What the locals ate 10,000 years ago (Utah)

· 08/23/2010 2:31:44 PM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 25 replies ·
· Brigham Young University ·
· August 23, 2010 ·
· Unknown ·
If you had a dinner invitation in Utah's Escalante Valley almost 10,000 years ago, you would have come just in time to try a new menu item: mush cooked from the flour of milled sage brush seeds. After five summers of meticulous excavation, Brigham Young University archaeologists are beginning to publish what they've learned from the "North Creek Shelter." It's the oldest known site occupied by humans in the southern half of Utah and one of only three such archaeological sites state-wide that date so far back in time. BYU anthropologist Joel Janetski led a group of students that earned...

Navigation

 Archaeological findings throw light on trade links with south-east Asia

· 08/23/2010 5:00:42 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 15 replies ·
· DNA India ·
· Monday, August 23, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
Several archaeological materials excavated from various sites in Thailand have been found to be "stunningly" similar to ones found in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh throwing light on trade with south east Asian countries centuries ago, a senior Archaeologist said. Many materials including seals used by Kings, beads, and pottery with brahmi inscriptions were of Indian origin and these could be assigned to second-third century AD, D.Dayalan, superintending archaeologist, Temple Research Project, New Delhi, told PTI. "Quite interesting among the findings is a gold plaque with brahmi letters.The letter found on the plaque like "ti" (in looped form) is found...

India

 How science discovered the historical Krishna

· 08/27/2010 8:00:01 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 23 replies ·
· Indian Weekender ·
· Thursday, August 26, 2010 ·
· Rakesh Krishnan Simha ·
"The sea, which had been beating against the shores, suddenly broke the boundary that was imposed on it by nature. The sea rushed into the city. It coursed through the streets of the beautiful city. The sea covered up everything in the city. Arjuna saw the beautiful buildings becoming submerged one by one. He took a last look at the mansion of Krishna. In a matter of a few moments it was all over. The sea had now become as placid as a lake. There was no trace of the beautiful city, which had been the favourite haunt of all...

Megaliths & Archaeoastronomy

 Acoustic archaeology: The secret sounds of Stonehenge

· 08/27/2010 7:51:42 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 16 replies ·
· New Scientist ·
· Friday, August 27, 2010 ·
· Trevor Cox ·
...The popping of a balloon is not the standard or best way to measure an impulse response, but more sophisticated equipment was not allowed at Stonehenge. At a full-size replica of the monument at Maryhill, Washington state, however, Bruno and Rupert were able to use powerful loudspeakers and special test signals to get more accurate results. Maryhill also has the advantage that it is complete, whereas some of the stones of Stonehenge have fallen or disappeared over the years. That makes a noticeable difference to the drum sounds convolved with Maryhill's impulse response: the more complete stone circle makes the...


 Bronze Age henge found in Hertfordshire

· 08/25/2010 5:35:52 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 9 replies ·
· BBC ·
· Tuesday, August 24, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
...near Letchworth. Archaeologists have found a circular area about 50 metres wide surrounded by a bank at Stapleton's Field in Norton. North Herts Archaeology Officer, Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews said: "Henges are quite rare with only 60 known in the UK, so this is a significant find. It's interesting as the only other henge known locally is on Western Hills, which is visible from the site we are working on." ...The archaeologists are able to date the henge because of pottery they found which is associated with the Bronze Age... Henges are only known to occur in Britain and Northern Ireland. They...

Catastrophism & Astronomy

 Nebra sky disk discarded because of volcanic ash, scientists say By Aug 23, 2010, 15:49 GMT

· 08/23/2010 4:41:32 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 36 replies ·
· Deutsche Presse-Agentur ·
· Monday, August 23, 2010 ·
· Thomas Schoene ·
A catastrophic volcanic eruption spewing huge clouds of ash about 3,600 years ago was behind the burial of the Nebra sky disk, one of the most spectacular archaeological finds in recent years, according to scientists at Mainz and Halle-Wittenberg universities in Germany. The 3,600-year-old disk, discovered in 1999 near the town of Nebra in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, is the oldest known representation of the night sky. It is thought by some to have been used as an astronomical clock to determine when to add a thirteenth month synchronising the lunar calendar with the solar year. The disk...


 Spooky Finds In German Archaeological Digs

· 09/26/2002 4:23:38 PM PDT ·
· Posted by blam ·
· 26 replies · 494+ views ·
· IOL ·
· 9-25-2002 ·
Spooky finds in German archaeological dig September 25 2002 at 07:44PM Nebra, Germany - Archaeologists offered a first glimpse on Wednesday of a lost culture's holy site atop a German peak, and confirmed it as the source of the world's oldest map of the heavens. The exact location has been kept secret for weeks, amid fears that treasure-seekers would move in and disturb Bronze Age remains. The site is atop the Mittelberg, a 252m hill in the Ziegelroda Forest, 180km south-west of Berlin. Adding a spooky touch is the discovery that, seen from the Mittelberg, the sun sets every June...

The Trojan War

 Greek Archaeologists Claim They Discovered Odysseus' Palace

· 08/25/2010 5:05:13 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 24 replies ·
· Novinite ·
· August 24, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
Greek archaeologists have claimed they have found the palace of Odysseus during excavations on the Ithaca island in the Ionian Sea. On Tuesday, the archaeologist, Thanasis Papadopulos, who has been leading the excavation team on Odysseus' home island for 16 years, said that he knew the right place of the remains since 2006. "We found the ruins of a three-level palace with a staircase carved into the rock," Papadopulos said, adding that they also found a well, dating back to 13th century BC, when the Trojan War is believed to have taken place. According to the archaeologist, the discoveries are...

Greece

 Inscriptions found in ancient Pompeipolis city in Turkey

· 08/23/2010 5:09:13 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 15 replies ·
· World Bulletin ·
· Monday, August 23, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
Prof. Dr. Christian Marek... said that according to inscriptions, Roman emperors also participated in these festivals, most of which were religious. Marek said several competitions, shows and plays had been held within the scope of these festivals which had been started by Roman Emperor Alexander Severus... The antique city of Pompeipolis is situated in the county of Taskopru of the province of Kastamonu. According to the historical records, the Romans after winning the battle against Mitridates. Pontus Pilate and his army in the northern valley of Gökirmak in 64 B.C. settled in this region. The Roman commander Pompeius built a city out of scratch on Zimbilli Hill and called the city Pompeipolis...


 Apollon's twin perhaps

· 08/26/2010 6:41:22 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 11 replies ·
· Altinkum Voices ·
· Saturday, August 21, 2010 ·
· editors ·
German archaeologists are looking at a new find which could suggest a second temple close to the Temple of Apollo. They have extended their excavations away from Apollon and have discovered a wall which they consider to be part of another temple -- maybe that the Temple is for Artemis -- the twin of Apollon. Representative of Ministry of Culture and Tourism Ferhan Büyükyörük said: "An illegal dig was done in the area previously, which revealed the remains of a wall. "The excavations team is searching this year to see if there is more to the wall and if it...

Censing Your Needs

 Did ancient coffee houses lay the groundwork for modern consumerism?

· 08/24/2010 12:08:34 PM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 20 replies ·
· U of Chicago Press Journals ·
· August 24, 2010 ·
· Unknown ·
If you think that your favorite coffee shop is a great gathering place for discussion, you should have been around in the Ottoman Empire starting in the 1550s. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines the role of coffee houses in the evolution of the consumer. Authors Emineg¸l Karababa (University of Exeter, Exeter, UK) and G¸liz Ger (Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey) dug wide and deep into the history of coffeehouses in the early modern Ottoman Empire and found they offered their patrons a lot more than coffee. They found that patrons engaged in gambling, taking drugs, meeting...

The Phoenicians

 'Extraordinary finds' at ancient Idalion

· 08/25/2010 5:39:04 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 10 replies ·
· Cyprus Mail ·
· August 24, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
Ancient Cypriots were worshippers, not only of the Greek gods and goddesses, but also of faceless male and female deities, latest finds at the Idalion site have revealed... ancient Cypriots borrowed religious symbols from many nations to represent their own native gods... "With the removal of several years of accumulated rain wash, extraordinary vessels were revealed sitting on what appeared to be the last used floor of the sanctuary. These finds indicate that the sanctuary was in use until the first century BC. The cluster of whole vessels on a floor covered with mud brick detritus may indicate that the...

The Vikings

 'Sensational' Discovery -- Archeologists Find Gateway to the Viking Empire

· 08/27/2010 9:57:10 PM PDT ·
· Posted by LibWhacker ·
· 16 replies ·
· Spiegel ·
· 8/27/10 ·
· Matthias Schulz ·
For a century, archeologists have been looking for a gate through a wall built by the Vikings in northern Europe. This summer, it was found. Researchers now believe the extensive barrier was built to protect an important trading route.Their attacks out of nowhere in rapid longboats have led many to call Vikings the inventors of the Blitzkrieg. "Like wild hornets," reads an ancient description, the Vikings would plunder monasteries and entire cities from Ireland to Spain. The fact that the Vikings, who have since found their place as droll comic book characters, were also avid masons is slightly less well...

Ancient Autopsies

 Oetzi, the Iceman, was ceremonially buried: archaeologist

· 08/27/2010 7:04:38 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 14 replies ·
· PhysOrg ·
· August 26, 2010 ·
· AFP ·
The 5,300-year-old "Iceman", may not have died at the site in the Italian Alps where he was found 19 years ago, but was only ceremonially buried there, according to a new theory revealed on Thursday. Oetzi, the 5,300-year-old "Iceman", may not have died at the site in the Italian Alps where he was found 19 years ago, but was only ceremonially buried there, according to a new theory revealed on Thursday. Until now, archaeologists thought Oetzi, whose mummified corpse was discovered in a high mountain pass in the Oetztal Alps in 1991, died at that spot from wounds he had...

Biology & Cryptobiology

 True causes for extinction of cave bear revealed

· 08/24/2010 6:46:14 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 66 replies ·
· FECYT ·
· August 24, 2010 ·
· Unknown ·
The cave bear started to become extinct in Europe 24,000 years ago, but until now the cause was unknown. An international team of scientists has analysed mitochondrial DNA sequences from 17 new fossil samples, and compared these with the modern brown bear. The results show that the decline of the cave bear started 50,000 years ago, and was caused more by human expansion than by climate change. "The decline in the genetic diversity of the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) began around 50,000 years ago, much earlier than previously suggested, at a time when no major climate change was taking place,...

Climate

 New study shows how giant tortoises, alligators thrived in High Arctic 50 million years ago

· 08/24/2010 12:27:24 PM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 16 replies ·
· University of Colorado at Boulder ·
· August 24, 2010 ·
· Unknown ·
A new study of the High Arctic climate roughly 50 million years ago led by the University of Colorado at Boulder helps to explain how ancient alligators and giant tortoises were able to thrive on Ellesmere Island well above the Arctic Circle, even as they endured six months of darkness each year. The new study, which looked at temperatures during the early Eocene period 52 to 53 million years ago, also has implications for the impacts of future climate change as Arctic temperatures continue to rise, said University of Colorado at Boulder Associate Professor Jaelyn Eberle of the department of...

Dinosaurs

 Double meteorite strike 'caused dinosaur extinction'

· 08/27/2010 12:05:19 PM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 23 replies ·
· BBC ·
· Howard Falcon-Lang ·
The dinosaurs were wiped out 65 million years ago by at least two meteorite impacts, rather than a single strike, a new study suggests.Previously, scientists had identified a huge impact crater in the Gulf of Mexico as the event that spelled doom for the dinosaurs. Now evidence for a second impact in the Ukraine has been uncovered. This raises the possibility that the Earth may have been bombarded by a whole shower of meteorites. The new findings are published in the journal Geology by a team lead by Professor David Jolley of Aberdeen University. When first proposed in 1980, the...

Paleontology

 Ancient "Terror Bird" Used Powerful Beak to Jab Like Boxer

· 08/19/2010 11:01:02 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 15 replies ·
· National Science Foundation ·
· August 18, 2010 ·
· Unknown ·
The ancient "terror bird" Andalgalornis couldn't fly, but it used its unusually large, rigid skull--coupled with a hawk-like hooked beak--in a fighting strategy reminiscent of boxer Muhammad Ali. The agile creature repeatedly attacked and retreated, landing well-targeted, hatchet-like jabs to take down its prey, according to results of a new study published this week in the journal PLoS ONE. The study is the first detailed look at the predatory style of a member of an extinct group of large, flightless birds known scientifically as Phorusrhacids but popularly labeled "terror birds" because of their fearsome skull and often imposing size. Terror...

Egypt

 Egypt discovers 3,500-year-old oasis trading post

· 08/25/2010 10:46:42 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 7 replies ·
· Associated Press ·
· August 25, 2010 ·
· PAUL SCHEMM ·
CAIRO -- Egypt's antiquities department announced Wednesday the discovery of a 3,500-year-old settlement in a desert oasis, showing the existence of vibrant desert trade routes that stretched from the Mediterranean down into Sudan from the early days of the Egyptian civilization. The ancient routes stretched from the Darfur region in Sudan through the oases and the Nile Valley up to the ancient Palestine and Syria, with long caravans of donkeys bringing wines, luxury goods and wealth along with them. It would at least be 1,000 years before the camel made its appearance.


 The Lost City: A discovery in the desert could rewrite the history of ancient Egypt

· 08/28/2010 4:55:35 AM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 12 replies ·
· Yale Alumni Magazine ·
· September/October 2010 ·
· Heather Pringle ·
...in 1992, a young American graduate student, John Coleman Darnell, and his wife and fellow graduate student, Deborah, decided to take a very different tack. The couple began trekking ancient desert roads and caravan tracks along what they called "the final frontier of Egyptology." Today, John Darnell, an Egyptologist in Yale's Near Eastern Languages and Civilization department, and his team have succeeded in doing what most Egyptologists merely dream of: discovering a lost pharaonic city of administrative buildings, military housing, small industries, and artisan workshops. Says Darnell, of a find that promises to rewrite a major chapter in ancient Egyptian...

Roman Empire

 Dig unearths insight into life before the Romans [ Isle of Wight ]

· 08/25/2010 5:30:47 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 40 replies ·
· Isle of Wight County Press Online ·
· Saturday, August 21, 2010 ·
· Jon Moreno ·
The third phase of the Big Dig at Brading Roman Villa may well have been one of the toughest excavations eminent archaeologist Sir Barry Cunliffe had ever undertaken but it has yielded some treasures and a greater understanding of Brading's history up to its Roman occupation. With the three-week dig ending [Friday], Sir Barry's team has unearthed, over the past two weeks, numerous pottery remains, ranging from pieces of amphorae to a tray for sifting sea water to extract salt. The discovery of a second century BC saucepan became the earliest evidence of occupation on the site, pushing its history...


 Swords clanging, tourists learn gladiator skills in Rome

· 08/27/2010 8:09:39 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 22 replies ·
· AFP via Google ·
· Thursday, August 26, 2010 ·
· Francoise Kadri ·
Two American tourists, kitted out in glinting helmets and handsome tunics, grapple with each other, swords clanging, as if their very lives depend on it... Just a stone's throw from the Colosseum, on the ancient Appian Way leading from the Eternal City to Brindisi, they boarded the time machine of the Rome Historical Group (GSR) and whiled away an entire afternoon in the Rome of 2,000 years ago... Like the 140 other members of the association of history buffs, Hermes -- who sells real estate during the week -- became a gladiator trainer because of his "passion for Rome. Being...


 Turkish dam will bury ancient Roman city

· 08/27/2010 3:12:13 PM PDT ·
· Posted by markomalley ·
· 15 replies ·
· UPI ·
· 8/27/2010 ·
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- An ancient city in Turkey's Aegean area will be covered with sand instead of silt and clay then inundated with reservoir water from a new dam, officials say. Environmentalists say the decision to use sand to cover the ancient city of Alliaonoi will mean the ultimate destruction of an architectural treasure, Hurriet Daily News reported Friday.Despite efforts by environmentalists, a Turkish preservation board said sand would be used to cover the city before waters from the Yortanli Dam flood the region.The Allianoi Initiative, spearheading a legal fight against the construction of the dam, objected to...


 Walk the Streets of Roman Pompeii On Google Maps/Earth

· 08/25/2010 6:01:09 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Dallas59 ·
· 11 replies ·
· Google Maps ·
· 8/25/2010 ·
· Google ·


 24 August 410: the date it all went wrong for Rome?

· 08/24/2010 3:47:47 PM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 31 replies ·
· BBC ·
· August 24, 2010 ·
· David Willey ·
Tuesday marks the 1,600th anniversary of one of the turning points of European history - the first sack of Imperial Rome by an army of Visigoths, northern European barbarian tribesmen, led by a general called Alaric. It was the first time in 800 years that Rome had been successfully invaded. The event had reverberations around the Mediterranean. Jerome, an early Christian Church Father, in a letter to a friend from Bethlehem - where he happened to be living - wrote that he burst into tears upon hearing the news. "My voice sticks in my throat, and, as I dictate, sobs...

British Isles

 Did Boudica live near Norwich? (Celtic Anglo Alert)

· 08/20/2010 7:56:20 AM PDT ·
· Posted by sodpoodle ·
· 12 replies ·
· Eastern Daily Press, UK ·
· August 19, 2010 ·
· Dan Grimmer ·
Archaeologists are set to unearth further secrets of a Roman town on the outskirts of Norwich - and are hoping to discover evidence linking the settlemt to East Anglia's Iceni queen Boudica. Channel 4's Time Team will be filming the excavations at Caistor St Edmund, which are the first within the Roman walls of the site for 75 years. The Roman town of Venta Icenorum lies beneath the fields at the site but historians believe it might have been built on top of a previous Iceni settlement - perhaps even the home of the warrior queen Boudica.

Prehistory and Origins

 Oldest evidence of arrows found

· 08/26/2010 9:42:23 AM PDT ·
· Posted by JoeProBono ·
· 17 replies ·
· bbc ·
· 26 August 2010 ·
· Victoria Gill ·
Researchers in South Africa have revealed the earliest direct evidence of human-made arrows. The scientists unearthed 64,000 year-old "stone points", which they say were probably arrow heads. Closer inspection of the ancient weapons revealed remnants of blood and bone that provided clues about how they were used. The team reports its findings in the journal Antiquity. The arrow heads were excavated from layers of ancient sediment in Sibudu Cave in South Africa. During the excavation, led by Professor Lyn Wadley from the University of the Witwatersrand, the team dug through layers deposited up to 100,000 years ago.


 Solar System older than thought

· 08/22/2010 6:45:51 PM PDT ·
· Posted by NormsRevenge ·
· 53 replies ·
· AFP on Yahoo ·
· 8/22/10 ·
· AFP ·
PARIS (AFP) -- The Solar System could be nearly two million years older than thought, according to a study published on Sunday by the journal Nature Geoscience. The evidence comes from a 1.49-kilo (3.2-pound) meteorite, found in the Moroccan desert in 2004, that contains a "relict" mineral, which is one of the oldest solid materials formed after the birth of the Sun. ... As a result, the Solar System is likely to be between 300,000 and 1.9 million years older than previous estimates, ..

Faith & Philosophy

 Creation Museum Creates Discomfort For Some Visitors

· 08/23/2010 4:50:49 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 22 replies ·
· LiveScience ·
· August 18, 2010 ·
· Stephanie Pappas ·
...a new analysis argues that for people already alienated by religious fundamentalism, the museum can be a painful reminder of discrimination and isolation. The study, presented Sunday at the American Sociological Association meeting in Atlanta, took place over three in-depth visits to the museum over a year and a half. Bernadette Barton, a professor of sociology at Morehead State University in Kentucky, toured exhibits, attended museum lectures, observed museum guests and led a student field trip to the museum. In her analysis, she argues that despite the museum's mission to reach out to believers and skeptics alike, the Creation Museum...

Middle Ages & Renaissance

 Discovery of ancient cave paintings in Petra stuns art scholars

· 08/21/2010 11:41:07 PM PDT ·
· Posted by smokingfrog ·
· 35 replies ·
· guardian.co.uk ·
· 22 Aug 2010 ·
· Dalya Alberge ·
Spectacular 2,000-year-old Hellenistic-style wall paintings have been revealed at the world heritage site of Petra through the expertise of British conservation specialists. The paintings, in a cave complex, had been obscured by centuries of black soot, smoke and greasy substances, as well as graffiti. Experts from the Courtauld Institute in London have now removed the black grime, uncovering paintings whose "exceptional" artistic quality and sheer beauty are said to be superior even to some of the better Roman paintings at Herculaneum that were inspired by Hellenistic art. Virtually no Hellenistic paintings survive today, and fragments only hint at antiquity's lost...

Pages

 10 Questions with 'The Closing of the Muslim Mind' author Robert R. Reilly

· 08/23/2010 1:19:46 PM PDT ·
· Posted by ventanax5 ·
· 12 replies ·
· Daily Caller ·
· Robert R. Reilly ·
1) Why did you write the book? I was fascinated by Bernard Lewis' book What Went Wrong, in which he chronicles the decline of the Muslim world. I wanted to find out why it went wrong. And, like most Americans, I was galvanized by 9/11 and wanted to search more deeply into the wellsprings of violence in Islam. Since 9/11, I was also working professionally in the area of the Middle East, most particularly on Iraq for the Defense Department. After years of study and work, I concluded that the Islamism we see today is a spiritual pathology based on...

Religion of Pieces

 Early Nation of Islam documents found in Detroit

· 08/27/2010 5:26:00 PM PDT ·
· Posted by markomalley ·
· 13 replies ·
· Chicago Tribune ·
· 8/27/2010 ·
More than 1,000 documents, including some dating to the beginning of the Nation of Islam, were found in the attic of a home in Detroit, the city where the secretive movement started 80 years ago, a lawyer said. Attorney Gregory Reed unveiled some documents, letters and a booklet Thursday at a Detroit mosque, including a rare 1933 signature of Nation of Islam founder W.D. Fard. Reed said the well-preserved documents detail the early structure and teachings of the group founded on the ideals of black nationalism. "Very few have seen the internal workings of how [the Nation of Islam] was...

Helix, Make Mine a Double

 'Zombie' DNA Can Wake Up, Cause Disease

· 08/23/2010 1:45:21 PM PDT ·
· Posted by The Comedian ·
· 21 replies ·
· Newser ·
· Aug 20, 2010 ·
· Nick McMaster ·
Geneticists have found the culprit causing a common form of muscular dystrophy -- zombie DNA. Sort of. They've discovered that long-inactive genes -- so-called junk DNA lying dormant in the human genome for thousands of years -- "can rise from the dead like zombies" and cause trouble, explains Gina Kolata in the New York Times. This is the first time they've witnessed the feat, which they spell out in the journal Science.

Epidemics, Pandemics, Plagues, the Sniffles

 Grandfather's ghost story leads to mysterious mass grave

· 08/24/2010 3:45:40 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SueRae ·
· 20 replies ·
· CNN ·
· 08/24/2010 ·
· Meghan Rafferty ·
Malvern, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- "This is a mass grave," Bill Watson said as he led the way through the thick Pennsylvania woods in a suburb about 30 miles from Philadelphia. "Duffy's Cut," as it's now called, is a short walk from a suburban cul-de-sac in Malvern, an affluent town off the fabled Main Line. Twin brothers Bill and Frank Watson believe 57 Irish immigrants met violent deaths there after a cholera epidemic struck in 1832. They suspect foul play. "This is a murder mystery from 178 years ago, and it's finally coming to the light of day," Frank Watson said....

The Framers

 The Catholic Signer

· 08/22/2010 4:23:54 AM PDT ·
· Posted by GonzoII ·
· 13 replies ·
· American Catholic ·
· Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 ·
Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime & pure, [and] which denounces against the wicked eternal misery, and [which] insured to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments. Charles Carroll of Carrollton, letter to James McHenry, November 4, 1800. Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the sole Catholic signer of the Declaration Independence, was an endlessly fascinating man. He led the fight for Catholic civil rights in Maryland and the new nation. A...

The Revolution

 Today In History; August 23,1775 Proclamation,by The King, for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition

· 08/22/2010 5:14:13 PM PDT ·
· Posted by mdittmar ·
· 4 replies ·
· various ·
· August 22,2010 ·
· King George III ·
In 1761, fifteen years before the United States of America burst onto the world stage with the Declaration of Independence, the American colonists were loyal British subjects who celebrated the coronation of their new King, George III. The colonies that stretched from present-day Maine to Georgia were distinctly English in character although they had been settled by Scots, Welsh, Irish, Dutch, Swedes, Finns, Africans, French, Germans, and Swiss, as well as English.As English men and women, the American colonists were heirs to the thirteenth-century English document, the Magna Carta, which established the principles that no one is above the law...

The Civil War

 How the Worst President Ever Ended Up on a Controverisal New Coin (James Buchanan)

· 08/21/2010 7:17:45 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Colonel Kangaroo ·
· 701 replies ·
· AOL News ·
· 8-19-2010 ·
· Alex Eichler ·
Today, the U.S. Treasury released a $1 coin commemorating former President James Buchanan. And people aren't happy about it. To understand why, some background is helpful. In 2007, thanks to a bill promoted by then-Senator John Sununu of New Hampshire, the Treasury began minting $1 coins with the likenesses of former Presidents, starting with George Washington. The coins -- which have been appearing ever since, featuring a new President every three months -- are meant to improve use and circulation of America's dollar coins, which are often seen as an awkward misfit among currency, neither fish nor fowl. Sununu's initiative...

Spanish-American War

 The USS Olympia Vs. Stimulus Signs And Yankees

· 08/24/2010 11:24:59 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Tribune7 ·
· 8 replies ·
· BillLawrenceOnline.Com ·
· 8-24-10 ·
Historical apathy is threatening to do what the Spanish Navy could not and that is send the USS Olympia to a watery grave. The cruiser which is berthed at Penns Landing in Philadelphia was the flagship of Admiral Dewey's fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898 during the Spanish American War and from which he uttered the famous command "You May Fire When You Are Ready, Gridley" It is the oldest steel-hulled ship afloat, and is an important record of 19th century transitional technology.

The Great War

 WW1 Canadian History Tour

· 08/20/2010 12:49:01 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Little Bill ·
· 14 replies ·
· Self ·
· 8/20/2001 ·
· self ·
I was doing a Family History Tour on those of my family that served in the Canadian Army in WW1. My Grand Father admitted that he was drunk when he enlisted when the war broke out, fishing, booze and being 22 had something to do with it. My Great Uncle Leo enlisted in the New Foundland Regiment a bit later but he was Canadian from PEI. New FoundLand was Empire, kind of curious about the process.


 The Empire That Was Russia; The Prokudin-Gorskii Photographic Record Recreated

· 08/21/2010 3:47:01 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Daffynition ·
· 21 replies ·
· Library of Congress ·
· August 21, 2010 ·
· unknown ·
Photographer to the Tsar: Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-GorskiiThe photographs of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) offer a vivid portrait of a lost world--the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I and the coming revolution. His subjects ranged from the medieval churches and monasteries of old Russia, to the railroads and factories of an emerging industrial power, to the daily life and work of Russia's diverse population. In the early 1900s Prokudin-Gorskii formulated an ambitious plan for a photographic survey of the Russian Empire that won the support of Tsar Nicholas II. Between 1909-1912, and again in 1915, he completed surveys...

Thoroughly Modern Miscellany

 Museum Acquires Storied Trove of Performances by Jazz Greats

· 08/20/2010 10:51:11 AM PDT ·
· Posted by a fool in paradise ·
· 16 replies ·
· NY Times ·
· LARRY ROHTER ·
For decades jazz cognoscenti have talked reverently of "the Savory Collection." Recorded from radio broadcasts in the late 1930s by an audio engineer named William Savory... only a handful of people had ever heard even the smallest fraction of that music, adding to its mystique. After 70 years that wait has now ended. This year the National Jazz Museum in Harlem acquired the entire set of nearly 1,000 discs, made at the height of the swing era, and has begun digitizing recordings of inspired performances by Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Bunny Berigan,...

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Epigraphy and Language

 Who Really Invented the Alphabet -- Illiterate Miners or Educated Sophisticates?

· 08/31/2010 7:45:38 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 31 replies ·
· Biblical Archaeology Review ·
· August 2010 ·
· Anson F. Rainey & Orly Goldwasser ·
In a landmark article in the March/April 2010 issue of BAR, Orly Goldwasser, professor of Egyptology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, explained how the very first alphabet, from which all other alphabets developed, was invented by illiterate Canaanite miners in the turquoise mines of Serabit el-Khadem in the Sinai peninsula. Inspired by Egyptian pictorial hieroglyphs and a desire to articulate their own thoughts in writing, these Canaanites created 22 alphabetic acrophonetic signs scratched into the rock that could express their entire language. But Goldwasser did not convince everyone. Anson Rainey, emeritus professor of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures and Semitic...

Australia & the Pacific

 Archaeological Study Shows Human Activity May Have Boosted Shellfish Size

· 08/31/2010 5:49:20 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 14 replies ·
· North Carolina State University ·
· Tuesday, August 31, 2010 ·
· Dr. Scott Fitzpatr[i]ck ·
In a counter-intuitive finding, new research from North Carolina State University shows that a species of shellfish widely consumed in the Pacific over the past 3,000 years has actually increased in size, despite -- and possibly because of -- increased human activity in the area. "What we've found indicates that human activity does not necessarily mean that there is going to be a negative impact on a species -- even a species that people relied on as a major food source," says Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick, associate professor of sociology and anthropology at NC State and co-author of the study. "The...

Agriculture & Animal Husbandry

 Ancient brewers tapped antibiotic secrets (beer arts)

· 09/02/2010 8:10:50 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 23 replies ·
· Emory University ·
· August 30, 2010 ·
· eScienceCommons ·
A chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Nubians shows that they were regularly consuming tetracycline, most likely in their beer. The finding is the strongest evidence yet that the art of making antibiotics, which officially dates to the discovery of penicillin in 1928, was common practice nearly 2,000 years ago. The research, led by Emory anthropologist George Armelagos and medicinal chemist Mark Nelson of Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. "We tend to associate drugs that cure diseases with modern medicine," Armelagos says. "But it's becoming increasingly clear that this prehistoric population was...

Diet & Cuisine

 Did the Ancient Israelites Drink Beer?

· 09/02/2010 6:53:45 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 55 replies ·
· BAR 36:05 ·
· Sep/Oct 2010 ·
· Michael M. Homan ·
Ancient Israelites, with the possible exception of a few teetotaling Nazirites and their moms, proudly drank beer -- and lots of it. Men, women and even children of all social classes drank it. Its consumption in ancient Israel was encouraged, sanctioned and intimately linked with their religion. Even Yahweh, according to the Hebrew Bible, consumed at least half a hin of beer (approximately 2 liters, or a six-pack) per day through the cultic ritual of libation, and he drank even more on the Sabbath (Numbers 28:7-10). People who were sad were advised to drink beer to temporarily erase their troubles...

Let's Have Jerusalem

 Jordan Unearths 3,000-Year-Old Iron Age Temple

· 09/01/2010 5:25:08 PM PDT ·
· Posted by markomalley ·
· 16 replies ·
· ABC ·
· 9/1/2010 ·
Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple with a trove of figurines of ancient deities and circular clay vessels used for religious rituals, officials said Wednesday. The head of the Jordanian Antiquities Department, Ziad al-Saad, said the sanctuary dates to the eighth century B.C. and was discovered at Khirbat 'Ataroz near the town of Mabada, some 20 miles (32 kilometers) southwest of the capital Amman. He said the complex boasts a main room that measures 388 square feet (36 square meters), as well as two antechambers and an open courtyard. The sanctuary and its artifacts -- hewn...

Epidemics, Pandemics, Plagues, the Sniffles

 Gluten linked to schizophrenia & type 1 diabetes

· 05/04/2009 7:31:49 PM PDT ·
· Posted by MetaThought ·
· 48 replies · 1,862+ views ·
· stv.tv ·
· 27 April 2009 ·
Scientists study affect of gluten on mental health -- Scottish scientists believe that gluten-rich foods could help trigger schizophrenia in people with a genetic predisposition to the condition. The researchers at the prospective University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) are looking at the links between schizophrenia and diabetes. The two studies undertaken by geneticist Dr Jun Wei and his team in Inverness are to be funded by £300,000 from the Schizophrenia Association of Great Britain. The first project is to explore...

Climate

 Carnivore Species Shrank During Global Warming Event

· 08/31/2010 10:12:05 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Frenchtown Dan ·
· 23 replies ·
· Science Daily ·
· 08/31/2010 ·
· Science Daily ·
A new University of Florida study indicates extinct carnivorous mammals shrank in size during a global warming event that occurred 55 million years ago.The study, scheduled to appear in the December print edition of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution and now available online, describes a new species that evolved to half the size of its ancestors during this period of global warming. The hyena-like animal, Palaeonictis wingi, evolved from the size of a bear to the size of a coyote during a 200,000-year period when Earth's average temperature increased about 15 degrees Fahrenheit. Following this global warming event, Earth's temperature...

Catastrophism & Astronomy

 Mammoth-killing space blast 'off the hook'

· 08/31/2010 7:48:40 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 19 replies ·
· BBC ·
· August 31, 2010 ·
· Jonathan Amos ·
The theory that the great beasts living in North America 13,000 years ago were killed off by a space impact can now be discounted, a new study claims.Mammoths, giant bears, big cats and the like disappeared rapidly from the fossil record, and a comet or asteroid strike was seen as a possible culprit. But tiny diamonds said to have been created in the collision have been misinterpreted, a US-UK team says. Without these diamonds, the theory falls, the group tells PNAS journal. "This was really the last pillar for this theory and I think it's time now everyone moved on,"...

Biology & Cryptobiology

 Charles Darwin's ecological experiment on Ascension isle

· 09/01/2010 8:45:53 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 13 replies ·
· BBC ·
· September 1, 2010 ·
· Howard Falcon-Lang ·
A lonely island in the middle of the South Atlantic conceals Charles Darwin's best-kept secret. Two hundred years ago, Ascension Island was a barren volcanic edifice. Today, its peaks are covered by lush tropical "cloud forest". What happened in the interim is the amazing story of how the architect of evolution, Kew Gardens and the Royal Navy conspired to build a fully functioning, but totally artificial ecosystem. By a bizarre twist, this great imperial experiment may hold the key to the future colonization of Mars. The tiny tropical island of Ascension isn't easy it find. It is marooned in the ocean,...

Prehistory and Origins

 Palaeolithic cutlery 400 000-200 000 years ago: tiny meat-cutting tools from Qesem Cave, Israel

· 08/31/2010 6:53:27 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 23 replies ·
· Antiquity ·
· September 2010 ·
· Ran Barkai et al ·
Minuscule flakes made from recycled flint were identified at the late Lower Palaeolithic site of Qesem Cave in Israel (Figure 1), dated to 400-200 thousand years ago (kya) (Barkai et al. 2003; Gopher et al. In press). Our ongoing research at this exceptionally well-preserved site indicates that it was repeatedly occupied by early hominins, ancestral to Homo sapiens and/or Neanderthals (Hershkovitz et al. In press), who left ample evidence of their lifestyle. Our analysis of the tiny flakes (Figure 2) suggests that they were used to cut meat. The occupants of Qesem Cave produced innovative flint tools, and in particular...

Ancient Autopsies

 Remains of Ancient Feast to Honor Dead Shaman Discovered (Israel)

· 08/30/2010 4:38:51 PM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 6 replies ·
· Live Science ·
· August 30, 2010 ·
· Charles Q. Choi ·
Prehistoric leftovers of a feast 12,000 years ago at an apparent shaman's gravesite have been unearthed in what is now Israel. Archaeologists say the ritual might be the first clear evidence of feasting in early humans, a sign of the kinds of increasingly complex societies that proved crucial to the dawn of agriculture. In a cave above a creek in the Galilee region of northern Israel, scientists discovered the body of a petite, elderly, disabled woman, most probably a shaman, in 2005. As they continued to excavate, they found the woman apparently was intentionally laid to rest in a specially...

Faith & Philosophy

 Bull-Killer, Sun Lord [ Mithras in the Roman Empire ]

· 08/30/2010 7:13:52 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 25 replies ·
· Archaeology Magazine ·
· August 24, 2010 ·
· Carly Silver ·
Foreign religions grew rapidly in the 1st-century A.D. Roman Empire, including worship of Jesus Christ, the Egyptian goddess Isis, and an eastern sun god, Mithras. Of the religions that expanded rapidly in the 1st-century Roman Empire, worship of Mithras was particularly popular among Roman soldiers, who spread his cult during their far-flung travels... Mithras's temples, called Mithraea, are the best archaeological evidence of the god's worship, and most of them featured a characteristic depiction of Mithras slaying a bull, a scene called the tauroctony... In the later Roman Empire, Mithras blended in with another sun god, Sol Invictus, the "unconquered...

Roman Empire

 Highest-Paid Athlete Hailed From Ancient Rome

· 09/02/2010 12:07:51 PM PDT ·
· Posted by wagglebee ·
· 38 replies ·
· Discovery News ·
· 9/1/10 ·
· Rossella Lorenzi ·
Ultra millionaire sponsorship deals such as those signed by sprinter Usain Bolt, motorcycle racer Valentino Rossi and tennis player Maria Sharapova, are just peanuts compared to the personal fortune amassed by a second century A.D. Roman racer, according to an estimate published in the historical magazine Lapham's Quarterly.According to Peter Struck, associate professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, an illiterate charioteer named Gaius Appuleius Diocles earned "the staggering sum" of 35,863,120 sesterces (ancient Roman coins) in prize money.Recorded in a monumental inscription erected in 146 A.D., the figure eclipses the fortunes of all modern sport stars,...

Roman Britain

 Rare Roman lantern found in field near Sudbury

· 09/02/2010 4:58:14 PM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 15 replies ·
· BBC ·
· September 2, 2010 ·
· Unknown ·
A metal detecting enthusiast has found what is believed to be the only intact Roman lantern made out of bronze ever discovered in Britain.Danny Mills, 21, made the find in a field near Sudbury in Suffolk. The area was dotted with plush Roman villas and country estates in the second century. The object, described as a rare example of Roman craftsmanship, has been donated to Ipswich Museum where it is now on display. In the autumn of 2009, Mr Mills, a metal detector user, found a large bronze object whilst metal detecting in a field near Sudbury. He immediately reported...

British Isles

 London Stone shrouded in mystery and myths

· 09/03/2010 10:11:28 PM PDT ·
· Posted by thecodont ·
· 9 replies ·
· Los Angeles Times ·
· September 3, 2010 ·
· Henry Chu ·
Reporting from London -- It isn't much to look at: a gray lump of rock behind an ugly metal grill, attached to an even uglier building. You have to crouch down to see it, and its admittedly modest (or maybe nonexistent) charm can seem trifling compared with the glories of St. Paul's Cathedral or Westminster Abbey. Unloved and neglected, lost in the shadows of gleaming bank towers and the bustle of a city hard at work, the London Stone gets short shrift from the tourist hordes and even Londoners themselves. But it's one of the city's most ancient and storied...

Greece

 Sacred spring found in Stratonikeia ancient city in Turkey

· 08/30/2010 8:37:44 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 6 replies ·
· World Bulletin Net ·
· Friday, August 27, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
The head of the excavation team, Professor Ahmet Tirpan, told reporters on Friday that they had unearthed a sacred spring, providing water to the sacred fountain in the ancient city of Stratonikeia in Yatagan town of the western province of Mugla. The archaic city of Stratonikeia was established in the 3rd century BC. The acropolis of the city is at the top of a mountain in the south. In 1993, the archaeological excavation and the restoration works were re-started under the control of the Mugla Museum Directorate and the consultancy of an architect-archeologist Ahmet Tirpan.

Underwater Archaeology

 Recovering bubbly in Baltic Sea, divers find beer (200+ years old)

· 09/03/2010 2:51:37 AM PDT ·
· Posted by markomalley ·
· 12 replies ·
· AP ·
· 9/2/2010 ·
STOCKHOLM -- Divers who found what's believed to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne say they have also discovered two-centuries-old bottles of beer at a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea. Bjorn Haggblom, a spokesman for the researchers, says they found a handful of beer bottles this week while salvaging champagne discovered near the Aland Islands in July. He said researchers who tried drops of the dark, foamy liquid liked the taste of it.

PreColumbian, Clovis, & PreClovis

 Archaeology Dig In Columbia Yields 5,000 Year Old Artifacts

· 08/30/2010 7:45:42 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 7 replies ·
· WDAF-TV, Kansas City, MO ·
· late August 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
The dig is taking place where this house, razed in 1929 to make way for the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, once stood. It was the home of Samuel Blunston, an influential settler, and was some 200 years old when demolished. The land now is known as Rotary Park in Columbia. An archaeological dig in Lancaster County uncovering an ancient past from our area. Led by the Von Hess Foundation -- the dig is focusing around Rotary Park in Columbia. Archaeologists say they have uncovered many unexpected artifacts... from spears to arrow heads and other relics -- which may be evidence of an early American...

Helix, Make Mine a Double

 Mexican Archaeologists Extract 10,000 Year-Old Skeleton from Flooded Cave in Quintana Roo

· 08/31/2010 6:05:12 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 40 replies ·
· Art Daily ·
· Tuesday, August 31, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
One of the earliest human skeletons of America, which belonged to a person that lived more than 10,000 years ago, in the Ice Age, was recovered by Mexican specialists from a flooded cave in Quintana Roo. The information it has lodged for centuries will reveal new data regarding the settlement of the Americas. The Young Man of Chan Hol, as the skeleton is known among the scientific community, due to the slight tooth wear it presents, which indicates an early age, is the fourth of our earliest ancestors found in the American Continent, and has been studied as part of...

The Mayans

 Mexico's Anthropology Specialists Identify Name of Maya Ruler

· 08/30/2010 8:00:43 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 20 replies ·
· Art Daily ·
· Friday, August 27, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
Tonina Lords Mentioned in Inscriptions: Nicknamed "Reptile Head", he ruled near 514 AD: Apparently the name of a bird (Kohkaj?) is combined.K'inich? Sawan B'ahlam Yaxuun Tihl, nicknamed "Sotz' Choj", ruled near 568 AD.Chak B'alu'n Chaahk, died near 589 AD.K'inich B'ahlam Chapaht, ruled since 615 AD and was contemporary of K'inich Janaahb' Pakal, the famous Palenque lord.Yuhkno'm? Wahywal? , defeated and probably sacrificed by Palenque in 687 AD.K'inich B'aaknal Chaak, the most powerful lord of Tonina, was enthroned in 688 AD. He defeated Palenque and its allies in at least 3 military campaigns.K'inich Chuwaaj? K'ahk' used the title of "Young Prince"...

Peru & the Andes

 Nasca Lines may be giant map of underground water sources

· 08/30/2010 7:50:21 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 26 replies ·
· Andina ·
· Friday, August 27, 2010 ·
· unattributed ·
American researcher David Johnson has advanced a theory that Nasca Lines may be related to water. He thinks that the geoglyphs may be a giant map of the underground water sources traced on the land. The Nasca Lines are located in the Peruvian desert, about 200 miles south of Lima. The assortment of perfectly-straight lines lies in an area measuring 37 miles long and 1-mile wide... While looking for sources of water, he noticed that ancient aqueducts, called puquios, seemed to be connected with some of the lines... Johnson gave each figure a meaning: the trapezoids always point to a...

The Civil War

 Democrats expel African-American state legislators

· 09/03/2010 10:48:38 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Michael Zak ·
· 8 replies ·
· Grand Old Partisan ·
· September 3, 2010 ·
· Michael Zak ·
On this day in 1868, the Democrat majority expelled all 28 African-Americans from the Georgia state legislature. The ousted legislators, all Republicans, had offended the neo-Confederate establishment by supporting the civil rights of emancipated slaves. Henry Turner (R-GA), an AME bishop and state legislator, was one of the most influential African-Americans in the 19th century. In his last speech before being expelled, he said:

World War Eleven

 Japan Surrenders - This day in History, September 2, 1945

· 09/02/2010 8:46:42 AM PDT ·
· Posted by abb ·
· 44 replies ·
· History.com ·
· September 2, 1945 ·
· Staff ·
Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. By the summer of 1945, the defeat of Japan was a foregone conclusion. The Japanese navy and air force were destroyed. The Allied naval blockade of Japan and intensive bombing of Japanese cities had left the country and its economy devastated. At the end of June, the Americans captured Okinawa, a Japanese island from which the Allies could launch an invasion of the main Japanese home islands. U.S. General Douglas MacArthur was put in charge of the invasion, which was...


 The Merchant Marine

· 09/04/2010 4:55:23 AM PDT ·
· Posted by GonzoII ·
· 5 replies ·
· American Catholic ·
· September 4th, 2010 ·
Something for the weekend. It seems appropriate for this Labor Day Weekend to recall some of the unsung heroes of World War II, the Merchant Marine. Along with their British colleagues in the Merchant Service, and the merchant fleets of the other allied nations, the Merchant Marine manned the merchant vessels that delivered supplies and troops through the war torn waters of the Atlantic and Pacific. Technically civilians, one out of 26 merchant mariners died in action during the war, giving them a higher fatality rate than any of the armed services. Members of the merchant marine were often jeered...

Longer Perspectives

 Why Did They Kill Off Geography????

· 09/02/2010 2:37:28 PM PDT ·
· Posted by BruceDeitrickPrice ·
· 70 replies ·
· RantRave.com ·
· Aug 4, 2010 ·
· Bruce Deitrick Price ·
I confess -- I had never heard the phrase "the Queen of the Sciences" until a few months ago. Even when I read it, it made no sense. They seemed to be talking about geography. What was all this??? Apparently, the wise and scholarly had much more respect for geography a thousand years ago than we do now. Once you start thinking about this decline -- from Queen to corpse -- you gain new insight into how radical (in the worst sense) our Education Establishment is. These people never saw a fact they didn't want to drop overboard in a deep part of the ocean. So...

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