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Gods, Graves, Glyphs
Weekly Digest #410
Saturday, May 26, 2012 |
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| Central Asia |
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4000-year-old rock art discovered in Mongolia
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· 05/22/2012 5:21:42 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 23 replies ·
· Stone Pages ·
· Saturday, May 12, 2012 ·
· Edited from China Daily · |
Eighteen rock art sites dating back over 4,000 years have been discovered by archaeologists in northern China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The prehistoric art was discovered in the Yinshan Mountains in Urad Middle Banner (an administration division of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region), said Liu Binjie, head of the Cultural Relics Bureau of Urad Middle Banner. The rock art is still clear and Liu added that they are the finest of their kind that have been unearthed so far. Among the carvings, seven faces were exaggerated and monstrous, and have been interpreted as the seven stars of the 'Big Dipper'...
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| Cave Art |
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Bronze Age Facebook
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· 05/21/2012 6:18:05 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Red Badger ·
· 11 replies ·
· http://phys.org ·
· May 21, 2012 ·
· U of Cambridge · |
Large clusters of rock art spanning thousands of years but located at the same site may hold key to detecting massive cultural changes in prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the north. Updating a virtual wall with details of our lives, and checking it to catch up with others, is part of the daily routine for millions. But imagine a prehistoric version -- with a timeline preserved in actual stone encompassing thousands of years, on which our ancestors used symbolic interpretations of animals and events to communicate with distant tribes and their own descendants -- allowing us to trace societal developments in these...
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| Epigraphy & Language |
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Ancient Clay Tablets Recovered from 9/11 Attack Restored and Translated
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· 05/22/2012 1:44:11 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 8 replies ·
· Popular Archaeology ·
· Monday, May 21, 2012 ·
· unattributed · |
They were stored in the basement of the Customs House at 6 World Trade Center... when the building was destroyed by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The ancient, 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets, 302 in all, were looted from a site in southern Iraq sometime before the attacks. They had been confiscated by U.S. customs while they were in the process of being smuggled into Newark, N.J. and then placed temporarily in the basement of the Trade Center... Scholars now know that the tablets resided in an archive near the city of Nippur, the religious capital of Sumeria, and 145...
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Ancient Clay Tablets Recovered from 9/11 Attack Restored and Translated
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· 05/22/2012 1:44:25 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 13 replies ·
· Popular Archaeology ·
· Monday, May 21, 2012 ·
· unattributed · |
They were stored in the basement of the Customs House at 6 World Trade Center... when the building was destroyed by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The ancient, 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets, 302 in all, were looted from a site in southern Iraq sometime before the attacks. They had been confiscated by U.S. customs while they were in the process of being smuggled into Newark, N.J. and then placed temporarily in the basement of the Trade Center... Scholars now know that the tablets resided in an archive near the city of Nippur, the religious capital of Sumeria, and 145...
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| Egypt |
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Astronomers discovered ancient Egyptian observations of a variable star [ Algol ]
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· 05/20/2012 12:29:35 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 15 replies ·
· PhysOrg ·
· May 16, 2012 ·
· U of Helsinki · |
The study of the "Demon star", Algol, made by a research group of the University of Helsinki, Finland, has received both scientific and public attention. The period of the brightness variation of this eclipsing binary star has been connected to good prognoses three millennia ago. This result has raised a lot of discussion and the news has spread widely in the Internet. The Egyptian papyrus Cairo 86637 calendar is probably the oldest preserved historical document of bare eye observations of a variable star. Each day of one Egyptian year was divided into three parts in this calendar. A good or...
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| Ancient Autopsies |
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A Mummy Switcheroo
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· 05/20/2012 4:57:31 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 9 replies ·
· Discovery News ·
· Tuesday, May 15, 2012 ·
· Rossella Lorenzi · |
Min, the ancient Egyptian god of phallus and fertility, might have brought some worldy advantages to his male worshippers, but offered little protection when it came to spiritual life. Researchers at the Mummy Project-Fatebenefratelli hospital in Milan, Italy, established that one of Min's priests at Akhmim, Ankhpakhered, was not resting peacefully in his finely painted sarcophagus. "We discovered that the sarcophagus does not contain the mummy of the priest, but the remains of another man dating between 400 and 100 BC," Egyptologist Sabina Malgora said. According to the researchers, the finding could point to a theft more than 2000 years...
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| Curses *Foiled* Again |
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Black Magic Revealed in Two Ancient Curses
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· 05/23/2012 11:05:52 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Renfield ·
· 23 replies ·
· livescience.com ·
· 5-22-2012 ·
· Owen Jarus · |
At a time when black magic was relatively common, two curses involving snakes were cast, one targeting a senator and the other an animal doctor, says a Spanish researcher who has just deciphered the 1,600-year-old curses. Both curses feature a depiction of a deity, possibly the Greek goddess Hekate, with serpents coming out of her hair, possibly meant to strike at the victims. Both curses contain Greek invocations similar to examples known to call upon Hekate....
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| The Roman Empire |
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ORBIS -- The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
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· 05/22/2012 5:33:56 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 9 replies ·
· Stanford University ·
· May 2012 ·
· Walter Scheidel & Elijah Meeks · |
In the aggregate, our model simulations make it possible to reconfigure conventional maps of the Roman Empire to express the relative cost of transfers from or to a central point as distance. This perspective captures the structural properties of the imperial system as a whole by identifying the relative position of particular elements of the network and illustrating the impact of travel speed and especially transport prices on overall connectivity. Distance cartograms show that due to massive cost differences between aquatic and terrestrial modes of transport, peripheries were far more remote from the center in terms of price than...
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| Thoroughly Modern Miscellany |
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Italy busts eBay looted artefacts ring
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· 05/23/2012 6:42:50 AM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
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· VancouverDesi ·
· May 18, 2012 ·
· AFP str-glr/dt/har · |
Italian police on Friday said they were investigating 70 people for trading thousands of looted archaeological artefacts including ancient coins and vases on Internet auction site eBay. The investigation began when the police found an eBay announcement in 2009 and they tracked down a father and son team of tomb raiders in a village in Calabria in southern Italy who had dug up Byzantine, Greek and Roman burials. Police said in a statement they had seized 16,344 artefacts including bronze and silver coins, rings and ceramic vases, as well as 10 metal detectors. Most of the pieces came from the...
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| Windows on the Past |
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Exploring Pella's Bronze Age Temple Complex
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· 05/24/2012 9:33:23 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
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· Past Horizons ·
· May 2012 ·
· Stephen J. Bourke · |
Pella is located in the eastern foothills of the north Jordan valley, around five kilometres east of the Jordan River in the modern-day Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It overlooks the north/south road that runs up the Jordan Valley, as well as the east/west trade route west down the Jezreel Valley to the coast at Haifa. Verdant agricultural flatlands stretch away to the north of the site, and broken uplands well suited to horticulture rise sharply to the east. The high cone-shaped largely natural hill of Tell Husn dominates the southern approaches to the site. ... The landscape surrounding the main...
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| Let's Have Jerusalem |
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Archaeologists unearth ancient Bethlehem seal
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· 05/23/2012 5:57:37 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SJackson ·
· 22 replies ·
· Fox News ·
· May 23, 2012 · |
Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 2,700-year-old seal that bears the inscription "Bethlehem," the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday, in what experts believe to be the oldest artifact with the name of Jesus' traditional birthplace. The tiny clay seal's existence and age provide vivid evidence that Bethlehem was not just the name of a fabled biblical town, but also a bustling place of trade linked to the nearby city of Jerusalem, archaeologists said. Eli Shukron, the authority's director of excavations, said the find was significant because it is the first time the name "Bethlehem" appears outside of a biblical...
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| Facts In the Ground |
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Archaeologists Explore Ancient Judahite Fortress
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· 05/20/2012 12:45:55 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 11 replies ·
· Popular Archaeology ·
· Sunday, May 20, 2012 ·
· with contributions by Shmuel Browns · |
Azekah was an important strategic Judahite border-stronghold during the turbulent times of the Assyrian and Babylonian invasions, which brought destruction on the kingdoms of Israel and Judah centuries before the time of Christ. The mighty Assyrian king Sennacherib called it "an eagle's nest...with towers that project to the sky like swords". The town continued to play a strategic role hundreds of years later during the Hasmonean period, as was evidenced by the the Bliss/Macalister excavations when they uncovered part of a massive fortress built by the Hasmonean king, John Hyrcanus 1. Now, preliminary surveys conducted by a joint Israel-Germany excavation...
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| Go Tel it on Megiddo |
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Unique Gold Earring Found in Intriguing Collection of Ancient Jewelry at Tel Megiddo
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· 05/22/2012 1:57:26 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 22 replies ·
· American Friends of Tel Aviv U ·
· Monday, May 21, 2012 ·
· Tel Aviv U · |
Researchers from Tel Aviv University have recently discovered a collection of gold and silver jewelry, dated from around 1100 B.C., hidden in a vessel at the archaeological site of Tel Megiddo in the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel. One piece -- a gold earring decorated with molded ibexes, or wild goats -- is "without parallel," they believe. According to Prof. Israel Finkelstein of TAU's Department of Archaeology and Near Eastern Cultures, the vessel was found in 2010, but remained uncleaned while awaiting a molecular analysis of its content. When they were finally able to wash out the dirt, pieces of...
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| Catastrophism & Astronomy |
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Quake reveals day of Jesus' crucifixion, researchers believe
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· 05/24/2012 8:35:52 PM PDT ·
· Posted by caldera599 ·
· 26 replies ·
· MSNBC ·
· 5/24/2012 ·
· Jennifer Viegas · |
Geologists say Jesus, as described in the New Testament, was most likely crucified on Friday, April 3, in the year 33. The latest investigation, reported in International Geology Review, focused on earthquake activity at the Dead Sea, located 13 miles from Jerusalem. The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 27, mentions that an earthquake coincided with the crucifixion: "And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open."
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Historical *Evidence* for the Crucifixion Darkness (Solar Eclipse?)
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· 04/02/2010 9:27:17 AM PDT ·
· Posted by CondoleezzaProtege ·
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· biblehistory.net · |
The first reference found outside of the bible mentioning this darkness which fell over the land during the crucifixion of Christ, comes from a Samaritan historian named Thallus, who wrote around 52 A.D. His work was quoted by another early historian by the name of Julius Africanus who researched the topic of this darkness and wrote the following: "Upon the whole world there came a most fearful darkness. Many rocks were split in two by an earthquake, and many places in Judea and other districts were thrown down. It seems very unreasonable to me that Thallus, in the third book...
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| Oh So Mysteriouso |
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The Ark of the Covenant found burred under a trash pile in Jerusalem.
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· 02/06/2012 5:49:40 AM PST ·
· Posted by kquinn856 ·
· 27 replies ·
· Ron Wyatt ·
· Dec. 22, 2011 ·
· Kevin Quinn · |
They found the Ark of the Covenant where Moses placed the 10 Commandments, in a cave under Golgotha. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior. Who would have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. 1 Tim 2:3-6 Rom 3:28-30 Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes of the...
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| Longer Perspectives |
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Roots of Racism
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· 05/23/2012 2:41:23 PM PDT ·
· Posted by neverdem ·
· 20 replies ·
· Science ·
· 18 May 2012 ·
· Elizabeth Culotta · |
Racial prejudice apparently stems from deep evolutionary roots and a universal tendency to form coalitions and favor our own side. And yet what makes a "group" is mercurial: In experiments, people easily form coalitions based on meaningless traits or preferences -- and then favor others in their "group." Researchers have explored these innate biases and begun to ask why such biases exist. What factors in our evolutionary past have shaped our coalitionary present -- and what, if anything, can we do about it now? Several avenues of research are probing the origins of what many psychologists call in-group love and out-group...
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| Religion of Pieces |
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Mohammed in the "Gospel" of Barnabas - ZOT for the Theologians
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· 07/17/2006 9:05:28 AM PDT ·
· Posted by parakletos ·
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The GREAT PROPHET MOHAMMED was mentioned by name in the forgotten gospel of Barnabas,who was one of the disciples of THE GREAT PROPHET JESUS CHRIST. The gospel is here: www.barnabas.net/ in the aforementioned site,make a search for the word "mohammed". heres a sample: from part 97 Then said the priest: -- How shall the Messiah be called, and what sign shall reveal his coming?' Jesus answered: -- The name of the Messiah is admirable, for God himself gave him the name when he had created his soul, and placed it in a celestial splendour. God said: "Wait Mohammed; for thy sake I...
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Secret £14million Bible in which 'Jesus predicts coming of Prophet Muhammad' unearthed in Turkey
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· 02/29/2012 9:13:30 AM PST ·
· Posted by SeekAndFind ·
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· Daily Mail ·
· 02/28/2012 · |
A secret Bible in which Jesus is believed to predict the coming of the Prophet Muhammad to Earth has sparked serious interest from the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI is claimed to want to see the 1,500-year-old book, which many say is the Gospel of Barnabas, that has been hidden by the Turkish state for the last 12 years. The £14million handwritten gold lettered tome, penned in Jesus' native Aramaic language, is said to contain his early teachings and a prediction of the Prophet's coming. The leather-bound text, written on animal hide, was discovered by Turkish police during an anti-smuggling operation...
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Iran: Discovery will collapse Christianity [Barf Alert}
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· 05/24/2012 8:35:47 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Gamecock ·
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· WND ·
· May 24, 2012 ·
· Reza Kahlili · |
Iran's Basij Press is claiming that a version of the Gospel of Barnabas, found in 2000, will prove that Islam is the final and righteous religion and the revelation will cause the collapse worldwide of Christianity Turkish authorities believe the text could be an authentic version of the Gospel of Barnabas, one of Jesus' apostles and an associate of the apostle Paul. This version of the Barnabas Gospel was written in the 5th or 6th century and it predicted the coming of the Prophet Mohammad and the religion of Islam, the Basij Press claims. The Christian world, it says, denies...
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| Agriculture & Animal Husbandry |
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West Bank barrier threatens villagers' way of life
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· 05/22/2012 3:48:08 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Eleutheria5 ·
· 8 replies ·
· BBC ·
· 10/5/12 · |
Israel is being urged to reroute its controversial West Bank barrier away from the lands of an ancient Palestinian village with a unique agricultural system. The BBC's Wyre Davies visited Battir, whose inhabitants fear their traditional way of life will disappear. In this part of the world, the supply and control of water is a major logistical and political issue. Yet the quaint village of Battir must be one of the luckiest and most blessed communities around - because Battir has water in abundance. For more than 2,000 years, seven natural springs have given life to the village and its...
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| Farty Shades of Green |
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Dublin patron saint's heart stolen from Christ Church Cathedral
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· 03/05/2012 5:43:29 AM PST ·
· Posted by Renfield ·
· 12 replies ·
· BBC News ·
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The preserved heart of Dublin's patron saint has been stolen from the city's Christ Church Cathedral, officials say. The thief would have needed metal cutters to prise open the iron bars protecting the wooden heart-shaped box holding St Laurence O'Toole's heart. Police believe it happened some time between Friday night and about 12.30 GMT on Saturday. "They specifically targeted this, they wanted the heart of St Laurence O'Toole," a church spokeswoman said....
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| Scotland Yet |
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Rare Canna stone's a blessing and a curse [ Scotland ]
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· 05/20/2012 12:25:11 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 5 replies ·
· The Scotsman ·
· Sunday, May 20, 2012 ·
· Emma Cowing · |
An ancient "cursing stone" used by Christian pilgrims more than a thousand years ago to bring harm to their enemies has been discovered on Canna. The round stone with an early Christian cross engraved on it, also known as a "bullaun" stone, is believed to be the first of its type to be found in Scotland, and was discovered by chance in an old graveyard on the island. More commonly found in Ireland, the stones were used by ancient Christian pilgrims, who would turn them either while praying or when laying a curse, and were often to be found on...
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| Paleontology |
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Discovered: The turtle the size of a SmartCar..
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· 05/18/2012 6:35:17 AM PDT ·
· Posted by C19fan ·
· 28 replies ·
· UK Daily Mail ·
· May 18, 2012 ·
· Eddie Wrenn · |
Picture a turtle the size of a Smart car, with a shell large enough to double as a children's pool. Paleontologists from North Carolina State University have found just such a specimen -- the fossilised remains of a 60-million-year-old South American giant that lived in what is now Colombia. The turtle in question is Carbonemys cofrinii, which means 'coal turtle', and it is part of a group of turtles known as pelomedusoides. The specimen's skull measures 24 centimeters, and the shell, which was recovered nearby and is believed to belong to the same animal - measures 172 centimeters, or about...
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They didn't mess with ancient turtle the size of a car
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· 05/19/2012 8:12:59 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Renfield ·
· 10 replies ·
· MSNBC ·
· 5-17-2012 ·
· Jeanna Bryner · |
A turtle the size of a small car once roamed what is now South America 60 million years ago, suggests its fossilized remains. Discovered in a coal mine in Colombia in 2005, the turtle was given the name Carbonemys cofrinii, which means "coal turtle." It wasn't until now that the turtle was examined and described in a scientific journal; the findings are detailed online Thursday in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology. The researchers say C. cofrinii belongs to a group of side-necked turtles known as pelomedusoides. The turtle's skull, roughly the size of an NFL football, was the most complete...
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| Ursa Major |
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Biggest Bear Ever Found -- "It Blew My Mind," Expert Says
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· 05/20/2012 8:01:48 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 22 replies ·
· National Geographic News ·
· February 3, 2011 ·
· Christine Dell'Amore · |
There's a new titleholder for the biggest, baddest bear ever found. A prehistoric South American giant short-faced bear tipped the scales at up to 3,500 pounds (1,600 kilograms) and towered at least 11 feet (3.4 meters) standing up, according to a new study. The previous heavyweight was a North American giant short-faced bear -- a related extinct species -- that weighed up to 2,500 pounds (1,134 kilograms). The largest bear on record in modern times was a 2,200-pound (998-kilogram) polar bear shot in Alaska in the 19th century. The South American giant short-faced bear roamed its namesake continent about 500,000...
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| Biology & Cryptobiology |
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Bigfoot and Yeti DNA Study Gets Serious
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· 05/22/2012 6:44:00 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Theoria ·
· 47 replies ·
· LiveScience ·
· 22 May 2012 ·
· Jeanna Bryner · |
A new university-backed project aims to investigate cryptic species such as the yeti whose existence is unproven, through genetic testing. Researchers from Oxford University and the Lausanne Museum of Zoology are asking anyone with a collection of cryptozoological material to submit descriptions of it. The researchers will then ask for hair and other samples for genetic identification. "I'm challenging and inviting the cryptozoologists to come up with the evidence instead of complaining that science is rejecting what they have to say," said geneticist Bryan Sykes of the University of Oxford. While Sykes doesn't expect to find solid evidence of a...
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| Prehistory & Origins |
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Preview: Were mermaids aquatic apes?
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· 05/23/2012 3:28:13 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Theoria ·
· 28 replies ·
· Fox News ·
· 22 May 2012 ·
· Hollie McKay · |
In the two-hour CGI Special "Mermaids: The Body Found," Animal Planet dives deep into the idea that mermaids may have been real, and, even better -- related to humans! "It's a very radical theory on human evolution, but we have approached an age-old myth and really chased its origins," Animal Planet honcho Charlie Foley told FOX411's Pop Tarts column. "It has been compiled in a way that is very compelling, making us think that mermaids might not just be mythical creatures." The show unravels mysterious underwater sound recordings and presents a bone-chilling argument for the Aquatic Ape Theory, which suggests...
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| Sunken Civilizations |
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Atlantis: The Evidence [ Thera, Crete, the usual modern myths ]
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· 05/20/2012 5:46:36 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 59 replies ·
· Watchumentary ·
· January 1st, 2011 ·
· BBC, Timewatch, Natalie Maynes, Bettany Hughes · |
In this Timewatch special, historian Bettany Hughes unravels one of the most intriguing mysteries of all time. She presents a series of geological, archaeological and historical clues to show that the legend of Atlantis was inspired by a real historical event -- the greatest natural disaster of the ancient world. She is tracing the origins of the Atlantis myth and presenting evidence that the Thera eruption inspired Plato's account of the mystical land. 2,400 years ago Greek philosopher Plato wrote of an ancient island civilization of unparalleled wealth and splendor, which was struck by earthquakes and floods and was swallowed...
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Suppressed By Scholars: Twin Ancient Cultures On Opposite Sides Of The Pacific
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· 05/19/2012 8:28:22 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Renfield ·
· 34 replies ·
· Frontiers of Anthropology ·
· 5-14-2012 ·
· Dale Drinnon · |
One of the greatest archaeological riddles -- and one of the grossest academic omissions -- of our time is the untold story of the parallel ruins left by two seemingly unrelated ancient civilizations: the ancient Mayans on one side of the Pacific Ocean and the ancient Balinese on the other. The mysterious and unexplained similarities in their architecture, iconography, and religion are so striking and profound that the Mayans and Balinese seem to have been twin civilizations -- as if children of the same parent. Yet, incredibly, this mystery is not only being ignored by American scholars, it's being suppressed. What does archaeology have to do...
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| Australia & the Pacific |
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Thousands of rubber ducks to land on British shores after 15 year journey(E Pacific to N Atlantic)
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· 06/28/2007 7:57:54 PM PDT ·
· Posted by TigerLikesRooster ·
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· Daily Mail ·
· 06/27/07 ·
· Ben Clerkin · |
They were toys destined only to bob up and down in nothing bigger than a child's bath - but so far they have floated halfway around the world. The armada of 29,000 plastic yellow ducks, blue turtles and green frogs broke free from a cargo ship 15 years ago. Since then they have travelled 17,000 miles, floating over the site where the Titanic sank, landing in Hawaii and even spending years...
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Rubber Duckies to Help Track Speed of Melting Glaciers
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· 11/23/2008 1:47:48 AM PST ·
· Posted by JoeProBono ·
· 28 replies ·
· 533+ views ·
· foxnews · |
Challenged to probe under Greenland's glaciers, NASA robotics expert Alberto Behar wondered what mechanism might endure sub-zero cold, the pressure of mile-thick ice and currents that sometimes exceed the flow rate of Niagara Falls. As Dr. Behar at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory soon discovered, though, there isn't much money for global-warming experiments in Greenland... Unfazed, he thought of one device that might survive such extremes at a cost his field expedition could readily afford -- a two-dollar rubber duck. Each duck was imprinted with an e-mail address and, in three languages, the offer of a reward.
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| PreColumbian, Clovis & PreClovis |
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Prehistoric Texans May Have Been First Humans in U.S.
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· 03/24/2011 5:55:11 PM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 50 replies ·
· Live Science ·
· March 24, 2011 ·
· Unknown · |
Humans camped by the shores of a small creek in Texas possibly even before the Clovis society, classically regarded as the first human inhabitants of the Americas, settled in the West. The site, located in central Texas on the bank of Buttermilk Creek, has produced almost 16,000 artifacts, including stone chips and blade-like objects, in soil dating up to 15,500 years old, more than 2,000 years before the first evidence of Clovis culture. Many of the items are flakes from cutting or sharpening of tools, but the research team also found about 50 tools, including several cutting surfaces -- including...
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| Helix, Make Mine a Double |
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Spectacular Tomb Containing More Than 80 Individuals Discovered in Peru
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· 05/24/2012 8:28:44 AM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 6 replies ·
· ScienceDaily ·
· May 22, 2012 ·
· AlphaGalileo · |
A team of archaeologists from the UniversitÈ libre de Bruxelles (ULB) has discovered a spectacular tomb containing more than eighty individuals of different ages. This discovery -- provisionally dated to around 1000 years ago -- was made at the site of Pachacamac, which is currently under review for UNESCO World Heritage status. Pachacamac, situated on the Pacific coast about thirty kilometres from Lima, is one of the largest Prehispanic sites in South America... It was here -- directly in front of the Temple of Pachacamac -- that the most important discovery was made. A scatter of later period burials was...
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| Middle Ages & Renaissance |
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Archeologists to Study Pre-Settlement Hut in Iceland
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· 05/22/2012 1:52:27 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 5 replies ·
· Iceland Review ·
· Sunday, May 20, 2012 ·
· ESA · |
The first archeological research in Iceland this year will begin at Hafnir in Reykjanes, southwest Iceland, on Monday. Archeologists will continue their study of a hut which may originate from 770-880 AD, the latter part of the Iron Age, and predate the historical settlement of Iceland in 874. Excavation has been ongoing in the area around the hut, which has been given the name Vogur, with intermission since 2003, Frattabla reports. Last summer archeologist Bjarni F. Einarsson revealed that carbon age analysis indicated that the hut may have been constructed in the aforementioned period, which garnered considerable attention. Archeologists now...
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| Age of Sail |
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Flinders finds clues to early Dutch postal system
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· 05/19/2012 3:40:11 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 7 replies ·
· PhysOrg ·
· May 17, 2012 ·
· Flinders U · |
Ancient maritime inscriptions dating back to the early 1600s have been found on the coast of Madagascar by Flinders University researchers. The team of researchers, including Flinders archaeology research associate Mark Polzer and Jane Fyfe, a PhD candidate and rock art specialist from the University of Western Australia, discovered the messages carved into rock outcrops and boulders on an island in the Bay of Antongil, on the northeast corner of Madagascar. While some of the inscriptions were originally found in the 1920s, researchers have always believed there were no more than a dozen "postal stones". Dr. van Duivenvoorde said the...
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| Early America |
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Government by Gentry in Colonial Virginia
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· 05/20/2012 11:17:50 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Jacquerie ·
· 11 replies ·
· class="attrib">1958 ·
· Daniel J. Boorstin · |
It would be a great mistake to assume that the cozy, aristocratic character of Virginia society had nothing to do with its civic virtues. Only a perverse hindsight has made the political institutions of colonial Virginia a leveling democracy in embryo. When George Washington feared for the preservation of self government and the rights of Englishmen, it was the political customs of mid-18th century Virginia that he must have had in mind, for he knew no others. Those customs were the representative institutions of a Virginia-bred aristocracy, whose peculiarly aristocratic virtues nourished American representative government at its roots. And those...
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| The Revolution |
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Like namesake, Dublin park rises to little fanfare [new Ohio RevWar Memorial]
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· 05/21/2012 9:22:26 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Pharmboy ·
· 13 replies ·
· AP via Columbus Dispatch ·
· May 21, 2012 ·
· Lisa Cornwell · |
Land awarded to a Polish freedom fighter more than 200 years ago by a grateful United States has been turned into a park bearing the name of the man who spent his life championing liberty and equality in America and Poland. The 36-acre Thaddeus Kosciuszko Park in Dublin, which opened this month, was part of a grant of 500 acres awarded by Congress for Kosciuszko's contributions as a military engineer and Continental Army colonel during the Revolutionary War. Alex Storozynski, president and executive director of the Kosciuszko Foundation based in New York, said Kosciuszko was ahead of his time in...
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| Underwater Archaeology |
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Underwater archaeologists searching for lost village [ Empire, Michigan ]
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· 05/19/2012 3:34:18 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 23 replies ·
· UpNorthLive.com ·
· Friday, May 18, 2012 ·
· Lauren Amstutz · |
A group of underwater archaeologists are preparing for a project off the shores of Empire. The goal is to discover clues about the village's booming history, a history that currently lies several feet below Lake Michigan. The action will begin on June 8th, when a team of divers will employ the latest electronic and underwater sonar technology to find evidence of a once thriving lumber town. More than 100 years ago, the small village of Empire boasted one of the largest hardwood millis in the state of Michigan. Dave Taghon, with the Empire Museum built a scale model of the...
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