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Lazy man's version of Digest #16. Not a lot got posted this week for some reason. ;') And I don't have the time today.

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Ancient Amazon Settlements Uncovered ^
Posted by aruanan
On News/Activism ^ 09/18/2003 7:38:01 PM PDT · 7 replies · 96+ views

Science--AP ^ | Thu Sep 18, 7:26 PM ET | PAUL RECER, AP Science Writer

Ancient Amazon Settlements Uncovered Thu Sep 18, 7:26 PM ET Add Science - AP to My Yahoo! By PAUL RECER, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON - The Amazon River basin was not all a pristine, untouched wilderness before Columbus came to the Americas, as was once believed. Researchers have uncovered clusters of extensive settlements linked by wide roads with other communities and surrounded by agricultural developments. The researchers, including some descendants of pre-Columbian tribes that lived along the Amazon, have found evidence of densely settled, well-organized communities with roads, moats and bridges in the Upper Xingu part of the vast...

Ancient writing found in Turkmenistan ^
Posted by SunkenCiv
On Bloggers & Personal ^ 11/01/2004 10:24:57 PM PST · 28 replies · 45+ views

BBC ^ | Tuesday, 15 May, 2001, 05:57 GMT 06:57 UK | staff

A previously unknown civilisation was using writing in Central Asia 4,000 years ago, hundreds of years before Chinese writing developed, archaeologists have discovered... The discovery suggests that Central Asia had a civilisation comparable with that of Mesopotamia and ancient Iran as far back as the Bronze Age, University of Pennsylvania archaeologist Fredrik Hiebert told the BBC... It is not known what the people of the civilisation called themselves, so researchers have dubbed the society the Bactria Margiana Archaeology Complex (B-Mac), after the ancient Greek names for the two regions it covers.

'Earliest Writing' Found In China ^
Posted by blam
On News/Activism ^ 04/18/2003 9:35:03 AM PDT · 27 replies · 109+ views

BBC ^ | 4-17-2003 | Paul Rincon

'Earliest writing' found in China By Paul Rincon BBC Science First attempt at writing .. on a tortoise shell Signs carved into 8,600-year-old tortoise shells found in China may be the earliest written words, say archaeologists. The symbols were written down in the late Stone Age, or Neolithic Age. They predate the earliest recorded writings from Mesopotamia - in what is now Iraq - by more than 2,000 years. The archaeologists say they bear similarities to written characters used thousands of years later during the Shang dynasty, which lasted from 1700-1100 BC. But the discovery has already generated controversy, with...

An origin of new world agriculture in coastal Ecuador (12,000 BP) ^
Posted by vannrox
On News/Activism ^ 02/14/2003 1:34:27 PM PST · 9 replies · 163+ views

Eureka ^ | Public release date: 13-Feb-2003 | Dr. Dolores Piperno

Contact: Dr. Dolores Pipernopipernod@tivoli.si.edu 011-507-212-8101Smithsonian Institution An origin of new world agriculture in coastal Ecuador New archaeological evidence points to an independent origin of agriculture in coastal Ecuador 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Suddenly, the remains of larger squash plants appear in the record. The Las Vegas site, described by Dolores Piperno of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and Karen Stothert, University of Texas at Austin in the February 14th issue of Science, may predate plant domestication sites in the Mesoamerican highlands. The fertile and amazingly diverse lowland tropics seem like a likely place for agriculture to develop. But...

Submerged Himachal Temples To Be Relocated ^
Posted by blam
On News/Activism ^ 11/05/2004 2:33:48 PM PST · 53+ views

New Kerala.com/India News ^ | 11-5-2004

Submerged Himachal temples to be relocated: [India News]: Shimla, Nov 5 : Eight medieval temples in Himachal Pradesh that have been lying submerged inside a lake for decades will now be relocated by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The 15th century Nagara style temples in Bilaspur town, 90 km from here, have been lying submerged under the Gobind Sagar Lake, the backwards of the Bhakra hydro project built nearly four decades ago. The tops of some of these stone temples are visible when the water level drops in summer. "We have approached the ASI to transplant these temples as...

Traces Of An Ancient Settlement Found On Dry Botton Of Aral (Sea) ^
Posted by blam
On News/Activism ^ 11/05/2004 2:26:18 PM PST · 14 replies · 410+ views

Kasinform ^ | 11-5-2004

Traces of an ancient settlement found on the dry bottom of the Aral Kyzylorda. November 5. KAZINFORM. The scientists of the Institute of Archeology named after Alkey Margulan found some traces of an ancient town on the dry bottom of the Aral Sea. The area of the town amounts to about 6 ha and goes back to the 13-14 centuries, i.e. the epoch of the Golden Horde. As a result of archeological researches there have also been found the relics of different workshops, windmills and storehouses for ceramic articles and the burial ground where the noble representatives of that...

Women See Scarlet, Men See Red ^
Posted by blam
On News/Activism ^ 11/03/2004 3:34:16 PM PST · 74 replies · 1,270+ views

ABC Net/Discover News ^ | 8-4-2004 | Jennifer Viegas

Women see scarlet, men see red Jennifer Viegas Discovery News Wednesday, 4 August 2004 The world may appear a more colourful place to women, according to a new study that finds many women perceive a greater range of colours than men, particularly shades of red. The U.S. study, which analysed DNA from populations around the world, is published in the September issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics. How men and women see the world appears to relate to evolution and how our early ancestors found food. Men were likely to have been surveying the landscape for prey to...

Gods, Graves, Glyphs
Weekly Digest #17

Ancient Europe

Decision Due On Hill Of Tara Motorway (Archaeology) ^

Posted by blam
On News/Activism ^ 11/11/2004 4:10:37 PM PST · 15 replies · 254+ views

The Guardian (UK)y | 11-11-2004 | Angelique Chrisafis
Decision due on Hill of Tara motorway Archaeologists say 'heart and soul of Ireland' is threatened Angelique Chrisafis, Ireland correspondent Thursday November 11, 2004 The Guardian (UK) It is Ireland's most sacred stretch of earth and one of the most important ancient landscapes in Europe. The Hill of Tara, with its passage tomb, earthworks and prehistorical burial mounds, is the mythical and ceremonial capital of Ireland, dating back 4,000 years. But now the landscape in county Meath, north-west of Dublin, is the subject of a campaign to save it from what one archaeologist has called the "worst case of state-sponsored...

Pompeii Pottery May Rewrite History ^

Posted by blam
On News/Activism ^ 11/08/2004 11:40:27 AM PST · 15 replies · 602+ views

ABC Net | 11-8-2004 | Heather Catchpole
Pompeii pottery may rewrite history Heather Catchpole ABC Science Online Monday, 8 November 2004 A broken plate is one of the pieces in the puzzle of how ancient cultures traded (Image: Jaye Pont) Archaeologists may need to change their view of Pompeii's role in trade and commerce, after a ceramics expert's recent discovery. Australian researcher Jaye Pont from the Museum of Ancient Cultures at Sydney's Macquarie University says people who lived in Pompeii bought their pottery locally and didn't import it. Pont said the find could "make waves" among archaeologists looking at trade in the Mediterranean. And she said researchers...

Ancient Egypt

Scientists Wrap Up Old Mystery (Archaeology) ^

Posted by blam
On News/Activism ^ 11/09/2004 2:36:57 PM PST · 25 replies · 1,020+ views

Housron Chronicle | 11-8-2004 | Eric Burger
Nov. 8, 2004, 10:57PM Scientists wrap up old mystery Mummies' tar provides a link to ancient trade routes By ERIC BERGER Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle RESOURCES Historians have long known that Egyptians used tar to seal mummies during the embalming process. What wasn't known until now is where the tar came from. Thanks to work by some Texas geochemists, however, scientists are now answering this millennia-old mystery. The Middle East is, of course, littered with natural oil seeps, in which tar and other black deposits bubble up from oil beneath the surface. Within each oil seep, however, the tar has a...

Epigraphy and Language

Basques ^

Posted by Ptarmigan
On General/Chat ^ 11/06/2004 10:36:31 PM PST · 14 replies · 175+ views

Basques people, better known as Euskalduna in their language. Basque is the only language in Europe that is not Indo-European in origin. The origins of Basque is a mystery. Some linguists believe it is related to Armenian, Etruscan, Finnish, Hungarian, Indians tribes of America, Ainu, and even the language of lost Atlantis. Basque seems to show some characteristics of Caucasian languages and Armenian. Some scientists believe Ainu and Basque are related to each other. Some even think Basques are directly related to Cro-Magnon humans. Basques live in northern Spain and southern France. Prominent Basques are Louis Daguerre, the inventor of...

Burushaski ^

Posted by Ptarmigan
On General/Chat ^ 11/06/2004 10:34:09 PM PST · 5 replies · 94+ views

Burushaski is a language spoken in northern Pakistan and Kashmir. It is spoken by 40,000 to 50,000 people. It has no known relatives and some believe it maybe a remnant of a prehistoric language. Burushaski is like Ainu and Basque, language isolate with no known relatives. Language Museum Burushaski: An Extraordinary Language in the Karakoram MountainsWikipedia-Burushaski

LINGUISTICS: Early Date for the Birth of Indo-European Languages ^

Posted by Lessismore
On News/Activism ^ 11/28/2003 10:24:23 AM PST · 32 replies · 184+ views

Science Magazine | 2003-11-28 | Michael Balter
Ever since British jurist Sir William Jones noted in 1786 that there are marked similarities between diverse languages such as Greek, Sanskrit, and Celtic, linguists have assumed that most of the languages of Europe and the Indian subcontinent derive from a single ancient tongue. But researchers have fiercely debated just when and where this mother tongue was first spoken. Now a bold new study asserts that the common root of the 144 so-called Indo-European languages, which also include English and all the Germanic, Slavic, and Romance languages, is very ancient indeed. In this week's issue of Nature, evolutionary biologist Russell...

PreColumbian, Clovis, PreClovis

2004: Top (Archaeological) Finds On Bolivian Highlands ^

Posted by blam
On News/Activism ^ 11/07/2004 5:39:09 PM PST · 41 replies · 591+ views

Helsinki University | 11-7-2004
2004: Top finds on Bolivian highlandsFinnish scientists discovered the most significant relics of antiquity in recent Bolivian history. In the excavations on Pariti Island in Lake Titicaca, in the highlands of Bolivia, the historical-archaeological research team of the University of Helsinki discovered a ritual offering site with well-preserved pieces of ceramics. The find adds substantially to what is known about the Tiwanaku culture, which flourished before the Incas and for which the island was probably an important religious site. ìThe dig contained approximately 300 kilograms of deliberately broken ritual ceramics, which, according to radiocarbon dating, have been buried sometime between...

Kenosha Dig Points to Europe as Origin of First Americans ^

Posted by afraidfortherepublic
On News/Activism ^ 03/04/2002 12:05:29 PM PST · 86 replies · 477+ views

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 3-4-02 | John Fauber
A contentious theory that the first Americans came here from Europe - not Asia - is challenging a century-old consensus among archaeologists, and a dig in Kenosha County is part of the evidence. The two leading proponents of the Europe theory admit that many scientists reject their contention, instead holding fast to the long-established belief that the first Americans arrived from Siberia via a now-submerged land bridge across the Bering Sea to Alaska. The first of the Europe-to-North America treks probably took place at the height of the last Ice Age more than 18,000 years ago, said Dennis Stanford, ...

Leif Erikson Day, October 9, 2004 ^

Posted by U.S. Resident
On News/Activism ^ 10/10/2004 3:14:20 PM PDT · 42 replies · 1,037+ views

The White House | October 7, 2004 | By the President of the United States of America
Leif Erikson Day, 2004 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation More than 1,000 years ago, Leif Erikson led his crew on a journey across the Atlantic, becoming the first European known to have set foot on North American soil. Every October, we honor this courageous Viking explorer, his historic voyage, and the rich heritage of Nordic Americans. Immigrants from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden and their descendants have made great contributions to our Nation in the fields of business, politics, the arts, education, agriculture, and other areas. Nordic Americans have also made a significant...

The Mandans ^

Posted by Ptarmigan
On General/Chat ^ 11/06/2004 11:04:33 AM PST · 15 replies · 159+ views

The Mandans were an Indian tribe that lived in the Midwest, present day western North Dakota. The Mandans were different from other Indian tribes when White explorers encoutered them. Instead of the red skin and black hair, the Mandans had blonde or red hair, blue eyes, and light skin. Some spoke Welsh. The Mandans gladly welcomed the White explorers. It is believed they came from a Welsh settlement in the Ohio River Valley, which was first established in the mid 14th century, about 300 years before the first White settlers came to America. Madoc a Welsh prince is though to...

Let's Have Jerusalem!

Majdel Tarshish (Roman Remains - 50 km from Beirut) ^

Posted by SunkenCiv
On Bloggers & Personal ^ 11/06/2004 8:32:02 PM PST · 5 replies · 66+ views

Ikama Lebanon | 2003 | staff
Majdel Tarshish used to be a station for the retinue of passengers on their way to Metn-Bekaa. The Romans paved roads to cross it, linking, thus, the seaside with the inner plains. They are especially evident in "Bourj Al-Hamam", (tower of pigeons). Majdel Tarshish was a well fortressed castle in time of invasions that raided down the Bekaa. Rocky sarcophaguses of the Roman era bear witness to that glorious age.

San Antonio, Texas: Bible & Archaeology Fest VI ^

Posted by SunkenCiv
On News/Activism ^ 11/12/2004 10:52:46 PM PST · 2 replies · 1+ view

Biblical Archaeological Society | 2004 | editors
Join Us November 19-21, 2004... The Biblical Archaeology Society offers you a fabulous opportunity to learn more in three days than you ever thought possible! Choose your own program from a roster of world-famous teachers who will gather in San Antonio for the annual meetings of Bible and archaeology scholars. Interact with other interesting people who share your desire to learn. Special events include a plenary session and a banquet. Hear what these eminent scholars have to say about the latest discoveries relating to the New Testament and the Hebrew Bible.

Asia

Ruins Of Manichean Center Discovered In West Azerbaijan ^

Posted by blam
On News/Activism ^ 11/08/2004 11:52:36 AM PST · 18 replies · 448+ views

Tehran Times | 11-8-2004
Ruins of Manichean center discovered in West Azerbaijan Tehran Times Culture Desk TEHRAN (MNA) ñ- The ruins of what is believed to be the center of Mani (216-276 C.E.), the founder of Manicheanism, was discovered during the seventh stage of excavations at the ancient site of Qalaychi Hill in West Azerbaijan Province which began last month. Experts used to believe that Hasanlu Mound was the major early Manichean center, but the recent excavation seems to prove otherwise. An inscription found at Qalaychi Hill last year showed that Qalaychi Hill, not Hasanlu Mound, was probably Maniís early center. After the most...

Origins and Prehistory

Chimps are not like humans - much greater genetic differences than expected ^

Posted by tallhappy
On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2004 12:36:58 PM PDT · 1,008 replies · 358+ views

BioMed Centra - The Scientist | 5-27-04 | Cathy Holding
†May†27, 2004 Chimps are not like humans Whole-chromosome comparison reveals much greater genetic differences than expected | By Cathy Holding The vigorous debate on how different chimpanzees are from humans is fuelled by new data in this week's Nature, as the International Chimpanzee Chromosome 22 Consortium reports that 83% of chimpanzee chromosome 22 proteins are different from their human counterparts.The difference is "much more complicated that we initially imagined or speculated," Yoshiyuki Sakaki, who headed the consortium, told The Scientist. "Our group completed the human chromosome 21 sequence about 3 years ago," Sakaki, director of the RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center,...

Gene Study Identifies 5 Main Human Populations ^

Posted by Pharmboy
On News/Activism ^ 12/21/2002 3:54:34 AM PST · 201 replies · 400+ views

New York Times | 12-20-02 | Nicholas Wade
Scientists studying the DNA of 52 human groups from around the world have concluded that people belong to five principal groups corresponding to the major geographical regions of the world: Africa, Europe, Asia, Melanesia and the Americas. The study, based on scans of the whole human genome, is the most thorough to look for patterns corresponding to major geographical regions. These regions broadly correspond with popular notions of race, the researchers said in interviews. The researchers did not analyze genes but rather short segments of DNA known as markers, similar to those used in DNA fingerprinting tests, that have no...

Medieval Black Death Was Probably Not Bubonic Plague ^

Posted by Gladwin
On News/Activism ^ 04/15/2002 11:36:11 AM PDT · 70 replies · 118+ views

Science Daily | Posted 4/15/2002 | Penn State
The Black Death of the 1300s was probably not the modern disease known as bubonic plague, according to a team of anthropologists studying on these 14th century epidemics. ìAlthough on the surface, seem to have been similar, we are not convinced that the epidemic in the 14th century and the present day bubonic plague are the same,î says Dr. James Wood, professor of anthropology and demography at Penn State. ìOld descriptions of disease symptoms are usually too non-specific to be a reliable basis for diagnosis.î The researchers note that it was the symptom of lymphatic swelling that led 19th century...

Shar-Peis, Huskies Are Closest to Wolves ^

Posted by Junior
On News/Activism ^ 05/20/2004 12:11:18 PM PDT · 112 replies · 383+ views

Science - AP | 2004-05-20 | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
WASHINGTON - The tail-wagging, stick-fetching family pooch may be more closely related to Lassie, Rin Tin Tin or even White Fang than its human companions think. While dogs have about 99 percent of their genes in common, a few very distinct genetic differences separate them into some 400 breeds known worldwide. Comparing dog genes to wolves, researchers found that a group of ancient dog types split off first. Later the majority of canines evolved into three other clusters of dog variants ó hunters, herders and guard dogs ó largely as a result of breeding programs developed over the last several...

Thoroughly Modern Miscellany

DNA Tests to Be Performed on Mozart Skull ^

Posted by uglybiker
On News/Activism ^ 11/12/2004 8:00:28 PM PST · 36 replies · 598+ views

AP via Yahoo News | By SUSANNA LOOF, Associated Press Writer
VIENNA, Austria - DNA tests could soon solve a century-old mystery ó whether a skull held by the International Mozarteum Foundation is that of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Archaeologists have opened a grave in Salzburg thought to contain the remains of Mozart's father and other relatives. Experts plan to compare the remains' genetic material with the foundation's skull to determine if it belonged to the famed Austrian composer. Mozart died in 1791 and was buried in a pauper's grave at Vienna's St. Marxer Cemetery. The location of the grave was initially unknown, but its likely location was determined in 1855. The...

Historic Beer Discovery ^

Posted by Willie Green
On News/Activism ^ 11/10/2004 5:00:03 PM PST · 66 replies · 1,793+ views

ABC -- WPVI.com | 11/10/2004 | The Associated Press
MILWAUKEE-November 10, 2004 ó When Pabst Brewing Co. abruptly closed its headquarters here in 1996, the owner and its workers left behind a treasure trove of relics dating back to the brewer's 1844 origin. A yellowed visitors' registry and vintage photographs uncovered in a basement storage area of the former brewing complex provide a link to the rich heritage of Pabst, once the nation's largest brewer. A calendar on the wall in one corporate office is still turned to December 1996, when the brewing era came to a halt at the 22-acre complex. Dusty ornaments hang on an artificial balsam...

Lady Eleanor Talbot

Posted by SunkenCiv
On General/Chat10/24/2004 8:31:05 PM PDT · 7 replies · 63+ views

Fact-Index.com | prior to today | Wikipedia
No records survive of the meeting of the Parliamentary lords on June 9, 1483, where Stillington is said to have presented the evidence of the pre-contract, including documents and other witnesses. The Duke of Buckingham is supposed to have told Morton afterwards that he had believed that evidence when he saw it but had later changed his mind. When Henry VII of England came to the throne, he ordered all documents relating to the case to be destroyed, as well as the act of parliament by which Richard was enabled to claim the throne; so efficiently were his orders carried...

Newly declassified MI5 files finally tell the truth of Rudolf Hess's 1941 flight ^

Posted by Ahriman
On General/Chat ^ 11/08/2004 7:56:09 PM PST · 5 replies · 159+ views

The Scotsman | Nov. 9, 2004 | Edward Black
It was one of the most bizarre episodes of the Second World War. When Hitlerís deputy, Rudolf Hess, landed by parachute in 1941 near the estate of the Duke of Hamilton in Lanarkshire, it raised the question of whether British intelligence or members of the aristocracy were trying to broker a secret peace deal with the Nazis. But recently declassified MI5 files shed more light on Hessís mysterious flight to Scotland, and finally prove the conspiracy theories to be unfounded, according to the dukeís son, Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, the Lothians MSP. The Conservative peer said yesterday that the new MI5...

Not Out of Africa: How Afrocentrism Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History ^

Posted by Destro
On News/Activism ^ 09/25/2002 12:09:36 AM PDT · 99 replies · 345+ views

historyplace.com | 1996 | Mary Lefkowitz
Not Out of AfricaWas Greek Culture Stolen from Africa? Modern Myth vs. Ancient History Excerpted from her book: Not Out of Africa: How Afrocentrism Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History Why I wrote the book In the fall of 1991 I was asked to write a review-article for The New Republic about Martin Bernal's Black Athena and its relation to the Afrocentrist movement. The assignment literally changed my life. Once I began to work on the article I realized that here was a subject that needed all the attention, and more, that I could give to it. Although...

Ping List Envy---How big is your Ping List? ^

Posted by PJ-Comix
On General/Chat ^ 11/12/2004 9:31:12 AM PST · 328 replies · 1,323+ views

PJ-Comix | November 12, 2004 | PJ-Comix
Over the past couple of months, my DUmmie FUnnies PING List has grown very rapidly until it now numbers 252 Freepers. Okay, so how big is your Ping List? Maybe I'm suffering from Ping List Envy but I have to know how big the other Ping Lists are.

end of digest #17 20041113

Gods, Graves, Glyphs Weekly Digest #17
Ancient Europe
Decision Due On Hill Of Tara Motorway (Archaeology) ^
	Posted by blam On News/Activism ^ 11/11/2004 4:10:37 PM PST · 15 replies · 254+ views The Guardian (UK)y \| 11-11-2004 \| Angelique Chrisafis Decision due on Hill of Tara motorway Archaeologists say 'heart and soul of Ireland' is threatened Angelique Chrisafis, Ireland correspondent Thursday November 11, 2004 The Guardian (UK) It is Ireland's most sacred stretch of earth and one of the most important ancient landscapes in Europe. The Hill of Tara, with its passage tomb, earthworks and prehistorical burial mounds, is the mythical and ceremonial capital of Ireland, dating back 4,000 years. But now the landscape in county Meath, north-west of Dublin, is the subject of a campaign to save it from what one archaeologist has called the "worst case of state-sponsored...

Pompeii Pottery May Rewrite History ^
	Posted by blam On News/Activism ^ 11/08/2004 11:40:27 AM PST · 15 replies · 602+ views ABC Net \| 11-8-2004 \| Heather Catchpole Pompeii pottery may rewrite history Heather Catchpole ABC Science Online Monday, 8 November 2004 A broken plate is one of the pieces in the puzzle of how ancient cultures traded (Image: Jaye Pont) Archaeologists may need to change their view of Pompeii's role in trade and commerce, after a ceramics expert's recent discovery. Australian researcher Jaye Pont from the Museum of Ancient Cultures at Sydney's Macquarie University says people who lived in Pompeii bought their pottery locally and didn't import it. Pont said the find could "make waves" among archaeologists looking at trade in the Mediterranean. And she said researchers...
Ancient Egypt
Scientists Wrap Up Old Mystery (Archaeology) ^
	Posted by blam On News/Activism ^ 11/09/2004 2:36:57 PM PST · 25 replies · 1,020+ views Housron Chronicle \| 11-8-2004 \| Eric Burger Nov. 8, 2004, 10:57PM Scientists wrap up old mystery Mummies' tar provides a link to ancient trade routes By ERIC BERGER Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle RESOURCES Historians have long known that Egyptians used tar to seal mummies during the embalming process. What wasn't known until now is where the tar came from. Thanks to work by some Texas geochemists, however, scientists are now answering this millennia-old mystery. The Middle East is, of course, littered with natural oil seeps, in which tar and other black deposits bubble up from oil beneath the surface. Within each oil seep, however, the tar has a...
Epigraphy and Language
Basques ^
	Posted by Ptarmigan On General/Chat ^ 11/06/2004 10:36:31 PM PST · 14 replies · 175+ views Basques people, better known as Euskalduna in their language. Basque is the only language in Europe that is not Indo-European in origin. The origins of Basque is a mystery. Some linguists believe it is related to Armenian, Etruscan, Finnish, Hungarian, Indians tribes of America, Ainu, and even the language of lost Atlantis. Basque seems to show some characteristics of Caucasian languages and Armenian. Some scientists believe Ainu and Basque are related to each other. Some even think Basques are directly related to Cro-Magnon humans. Basques live in northern Spain and southern France. Prominent Basques are Louis Daguerre, the inventor of...

Burushaski ^
	Posted by Ptarmigan On General/Chat ^ 11/06/2004 10:34:09 PM PST · 5 replies · 94+ views Burushaski is a language spoken in northern Pakistan and Kashmir. It is spoken by 40,000 to 50,000 people. It has no known relatives and some believe it maybe a remnant of a prehistoric language. Burushaski is like Ainu and Basque, language isolate with no known relatives. Language Museum Burushaski: An Extraordinary Language in the Karakoram MountainsWikipedia-Burushaski

LINGUISTICS: Early Date for the Birth of Indo-European Languages ^
	Posted by Lessismore On News/Activism ^ 11/28/2003 10:24:23 AM PST · 32 replies · 184+ views Science Magazine \| 2003-11-28 \| Michael Balter Ever since British jurist Sir William Jones noted in 1786 that there are marked similarities between diverse languages such as Greek, Sanskrit, and Celtic, linguists have assumed that most of the languages of Europe and the Indian subcontinent derive from a single ancient tongue. But researchers have fiercely debated just when and where this mother tongue was first spoken. Now a bold new study asserts that the common root of the 144 so-called Indo-European languages, which also include English and all the Germanic, Slavic, and Romance languages, is very ancient indeed. In this week's issue of Nature, evolutionary biologist Russell...
PreColumbian, Clovis, PreClovis
2004: Top (Archaeological) Finds On Bolivian Highlands ^
	Posted by blam On News/Activism ^ 11/07/2004 5:39:09 PM PST · 41 replies · 591+ views Helsinki University \| 11-7-2004 2004: Top finds on Bolivian highlandsFinnish scientists discovered the most significant relics of antiquity in recent Bolivian history. In the excavations on Pariti Island in Lake Titicaca, in the highlands of Bolivia, the historical-archaeological research team of the University of Helsinki discovered a ritual offering site with well-preserved pieces of ceramics. The find adds substantially to what is known about the Tiwanaku culture, which flourished before the Incas and for which the island was probably an important religious site. ìThe dig contained approximately 300 kilograms of deliberately broken ritual ceramics, which, according to radiocarbon dating, have been buried sometime between...

Kenosha Dig Points to Europe as Origin of First Americans ^
	Posted by afraidfortherepublic On News/Activism ^ 03/04/2002 12:05:29 PM PST · 86 replies · 477+ views Milwaukee Journal Sentinel \| 3-4-02 \| John Fauber A contentious theory that the first Americans came here from Europe - not Asia - is challenging a century-old consensus among archaeologists, and a dig in Kenosha County is part of the evidence. The two leading proponents of the Europe theory admit that many scientists reject their contention, instead holding fast to the long-established belief that the first Americans arrived from Siberia via a now-submerged land bridge across the Bering Sea to Alaska. The first of the Europe-to-North America treks probably took place at the height of the last Ice Age more than 18,000 years ago, said Dennis Stanford, ...

Leif Erikson Day, October 9, 2004 ^
	Posted by U.S. Resident On News/Activism ^ 10/10/2004 3:14:20 PM PDT · 42 replies · 1,037+ views The White House \| October 7, 2004 \| By the President of the United States of America Leif Erikson Day, 2004 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation More than 1,000 years ago, Leif Erikson led his crew on a journey across the Atlantic, becoming the first European known to have set foot on North American soil. Every October, we honor this courageous Viking explorer, his historic voyage, and the rich heritage of Nordic Americans. Immigrants from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden and their descendants have made great contributions to our Nation in the fields of business, politics, the arts, education, agriculture, and other areas. Nordic Americans have also made a significant...

The Mandans ^
	Posted by Ptarmigan On General/Chat ^ 11/06/2004 11:04:33 AM PST · 15 replies · 159+ views The Mandans were an Indian tribe that lived in the Midwest, present day western North Dakota. The Mandans were different from other Indian tribes when White explorers encoutered them. Instead of the red skin and black hair, the Mandans had blonde or red hair, blue eyes, and light skin. Some spoke Welsh. The Mandans gladly welcomed the White explorers. It is believed they came from a Welsh settlement in the Ohio River Valley, which was first established in the mid 14th century, about 300 years before the first White settlers came to America. Madoc a Welsh prince is though to...
Let's Have Jerusalem!
Majdel Tarshish (Roman Remains - 50 km from Beirut) ^
	Posted by SunkenCiv On Bloggers & Personal ^ 11/06/2004 8:32:02 PM PST · 5 replies · 66+ views Ikama Lebanon \| 2003 \| staff Majdel Tarshish used to be a station for the retinue of passengers on their way to Metn-Bekaa. The Romans paved roads to cross it, linking, thus, the seaside with the inner plains. They are especially evident in "Bourj Al-Hamam", (tower of pigeons). Majdel Tarshish was a well fortressed castle in time of invasions that raided down the Bekaa. Rocky sarcophaguses of the Roman era bear witness to that glorious age.

San Antonio, Texas: Bible & Archaeology Fest VI ^
	Posted by SunkenCiv On News/Activism ^ 11/12/2004 10:52:46 PM PST · 2 replies · 1+ view Biblical Archaeological Society \| 2004 \| editors Join Us November 19-21, 2004... The Biblical Archaeology Society offers you a fabulous opportunity to learn more in three days than you ever thought possible! Choose your own program from a roster of world-famous teachers who will gather in San Antonio for the annual meetings of Bible and archaeology scholars. Interact with other interesting people who share your desire to learn. Special events include a plenary session and a banquet. Hear what these eminent scholars have to say about the latest discoveries relating to the New Testament and the Hebrew Bible.
Asia
Ruins Of Manichean Center Discovered In West Azerbaijan ^
	Posted by blam On News/Activism ^ 11/08/2004 11:52:36 AM PST · 18 replies · 448+ views Tehran Times \| 11-8-2004 Ruins of Manichean center discovered in West Azerbaijan Tehran Times Culture Desk TEHRAN (MNA) ñ- The ruins of what is believed to be the center of Mani (216-276 C.E.), the founder of Manicheanism, was discovered during the seventh stage of excavations at the ancient site of Qalaychi Hill in West Azerbaijan Province which began last month. Experts used to believe that Hasanlu Mound was the major early Manichean center, but the recent excavation seems to prove otherwise. An inscription found at Qalaychi Hill last year showed that Qalaychi Hill, not Hasanlu Mound, was probably Maniís early center. After the most...
Origins and Prehistory
Chimps are not like humans - much greater genetic differences than expected ^
	Posted by tallhappy On News/Activism ^ 06/10/2004 12:36:58 PM PDT · 1,008 replies · 358+ views BioMed Centra - The Scientist \| 5-27-04 \| Cathy Holding †May†27, 2004 Chimps are not like humans Whole-chromosome comparison reveals much greater genetic differences than expected \| By Cathy Holding The vigorous debate on how different chimpanzees are from humans is fuelled by new data in this week's Nature, as the International Chimpanzee Chromosome 22 Consortium reports that 83% of chimpanzee chromosome 22 proteins are different from their human counterparts.The difference is "much more complicated that we initially imagined or speculated," Yoshiyuki Sakaki, who headed the consortium, told The Scientist. "Our group completed the human chromosome 21 sequence about 3 years ago," Sakaki, director of the RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center,...

Gene Study Identifies 5 Main Human Populations ^
	Posted by Pharmboy On News/Activism ^ 12/21/2002 3:54:34 AM PST · 201 replies · 400+ views New York Times \| 12-20-02 \| Nicholas Wade Scientists studying the DNA of 52 human groups from around the world have concluded that people belong to five principal groups corresponding to the major geographical regions of the world: Africa, Europe, Asia, Melanesia and the Americas. The study, based on scans of the whole human genome, is the most thorough to look for patterns corresponding to major geographical regions. These regions broadly correspond with popular notions of race, the researchers said in interviews. The researchers did not analyze genes but rather short segments of DNA known as markers, similar to those used in DNA fingerprinting tests, that have no...


Medieval Black Death Was Probably Not Bubonic Plague ^
	Posted by Gladwin On News/Activism ^ 04/15/2002 11:36:11 AM PDT · 70 replies · 118+ views Science Daily \| Posted 4/15/2002 \| Penn State The Black Death of the 1300s was probably not the modern disease known as bubonic plague, according to a team of anthropologists studying on these 14th century epidemics. ìAlthough on the surface, seem to have been similar, we are not convinced that the epidemic in the 14th century and the present day bubonic plague are the same,î says Dr. James Wood, professor of anthropology and demography at Penn State. ìOld descriptions of disease symptoms are usually too non-specific to be a reliable basis for diagnosis.î The researchers note that it was the symptom of lymphatic swelling that led 19th century...

Shar-Peis, Huskies Are Closest to Wolves ^
	Posted by Junior On News/Activism ^ 05/20/2004 12:11:18 PM PDT · 112 replies · 383+ views Science - AP \| 2004-05-20 \| RANDOLPH E. SCHMID WASHINGTON - The tail-wagging, stick-fetching family pooch may be more closely related to Lassie, Rin Tin Tin or even White Fang than its human companions think. While dogs have about 99 percent of their genes in common, a few very distinct genetic differences separate them into some 400 breeds known worldwide. Comparing dog genes to wolves, researchers found that a group of ancient dog types split off first. Later the majority of canines evolved into three other clusters of dog variants ó hunters, herders and guard dogs ó largely as a result of breeding programs developed over the last several...
Thoroughly Modern Miscellany
DNA Tests to Be Performed on Mozart Skull ^
	Posted by uglybiker On News/Activism ^ 11/12/2004 8:00:28 PM PST · 36 replies · 598+ views AP via Yahoo News \| By SUSANNA LOOF, Associated Press Writer VIENNA, Austria - DNA tests could soon solve a century-old mystery ó whether a skull held by the International Mozarteum Foundation is that of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Archaeologists have opened a grave in Salzburg thought to contain the remains of Mozart's father and other relatives. Experts plan to compare the remains' genetic material with the foundation's skull to determine if it belonged to the famed Austrian composer. Mozart died in 1791 and was buried in a pauper's grave at Vienna's St. Marxer Cemetery. The location of the grave was initially unknown, but its likely location was determined in 1855. The...

Historic Beer Discovery ^
	Posted by Willie Green On News/Activism ^ 11/10/2004 5:00:03 PM PST · 66 replies · 1,793+ views ABC -- WPVI.com \| 11/10/2004 \| The Associated Press MILWAUKEE-November 10, 2004 ó When Pabst Brewing Co. abruptly closed its headquarters here in 1996, the owner and its workers left behind a treasure trove of relics dating back to the brewer's 1844 origin. A yellowed visitors' registry and vintage photographs uncovered in a basement storage area of the former brewing complex provide a link to the rich heritage of Pabst, once the nation's largest brewer. A calendar on the wall in one corporate office is still turned to December 1996, when the brewing era came to a halt at the 22-acre complex. Dusty ornaments hang on an artificial balsam...

Lady Eleanor Talbot
	Posted by SunkenCiv On General/Chat10/24/2004 8:31:05 PM PDT · 7 replies · 63+ views Fact-Index.com \| prior to today \| Wikipedia No records survive of the meeting of the Parliamentary lords on June 9, 1483, where Stillington is said to have presented the evidence of the pre-contract, including documents and other witnesses. The Duke of Buckingham is supposed to have told Morton afterwards that he had believed that evidence when he saw it but had later changed his mind. When Henry VII of England came to the throne, he ordered all documents relating to the case to be destroyed, as well as the act of parliament by which Richard was enabled to claim the throne; so efficiently were his orders carried...

Newly declassified MI5 files finally tell the truth of Rudolf Hess's 1941 flight ^
	Posted by Ahriman On General/Chat ^ 11/08/2004 7:56:09 PM PST · 5 replies · 159+ views The Scotsman \| Nov. 9, 2004 \| Edward Black It was one of the most bizarre episodes of the Second World War. When Hitlerís deputy, Rudolf Hess, landed by parachute in 1941 near the estate of the Duke of Hamilton in Lanarkshire, it raised the question of whether British intelligence or members of the aristocracy were trying to broker a secret peace deal with the Nazis. But recently declassified MI5 files shed more light on Hessís mysterious flight to Scotland, and finally prove the conspiracy theories to be unfounded, according to the dukeís son, Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, the Lothians MSP. The Conservative peer said yesterday that the new MI5...

Not Out of Africa: How Afrocentrism Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History ^
	Posted by Destro On News/Activism ^ 09/25/2002 12:09:36 AM PDT · 99 replies · 345+ views historyplace.com \| 1996 \| Mary Lefkowitz Not Out of AfricaWas Greek Culture Stolen from Africa? Modern Myth vs. Ancient History Excerpted from her book: Not Out of Africa: How Afrocentrism Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History Why I wrote the book In the fall of 1991 I was asked to write a review-article for The New Republic about Martin Bernal's Black Athena and its relation to the Afrocentrist movement. The assignment literally changed my life. Once I began to work on the article I realized that here was a subject that needed all the attention, and more, that I could give to it. Although...

Ping List Envy---How big is your Ping List? ^
	Posted by PJ-Comix On General/Chat ^ 11/12/2004 9:31:12 AM PST · 328 replies · 1,323+ views PJ-Comix \| November 12, 2004 \| PJ-Comix Over the past couple of months, my DUmmie FUnnies PING List has grown very rapidly until it now numbers 252 Freepers. Okay, so how big is your Ping List? Maybe I'm suffering from Ping List Envy but I have to know how big the other Ping Lists are.
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