Gods, Graves, Glyphs
Weekly Digest #72
Saturday, December 3, 2005
Get Medieval
Radar Pinpoints Tomb Of King Edward The Confessor
Posted by blam
On News/Activism 12/01/2005 6:10:40 PM PST · 45 replies · 1,100+ views
The Telegraph (UK) | 12-2-2005 | Jonathan Petre
Radar pinpoints tomb of King Edward the Confessor By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent (Filed: 02/12/2005) The ancient tomb of Edward the Confessor, one of the most revered of British saints, has been discovered under Westminster Abbey 1,000 years after his birth. The original burial chamber of the Anglo-Saxon king, who died in 1066, months before the invasion of William the Conqueror, was revealed by archaeologists using the latest radar technology. The existence of a number of royal tombs dating back to the 13th and 14th century was also discovered beneath the abbey, the venue for nearly all coronations since 1066....
Oh So Mysteriouso
Shadowplay: The Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of William Shakespeare
Posted by theFIRMbss
On News/Activism 10/30/2005 2:38:07 PM PST · 51 replies · 858+ views
Amazon | May 10, 2005) | Clare Asquith
A revelatory new look at how Shakespeare secretly addressed the most profound political issues of his day, and how his plays embody a hidden history of England. In 16th century England many loyal subjects to the crown were asked to make a terrible choice: to follow their monarch or their God. The era was one of unprecedented authoritarianism: England, it seemed, had become a police state, fearful of threats from abroad and plotters at home. This age of terror was also the era of the greatest creative genius the world has ever known: William Shakespeare. How, then, could such a...
Thoroughly Modern Miscellany
Researchers to look into Victorian historical 'truths'
Posted by SunkenCiv
On General/Chat 11/27/2005 7:51:07 AM PST · 13 replies · 212+ views
Guardian | Friday November 25, 2005 | Polly Curtis
In 1880 when the Victorians discovered Tutankhamun's predecessor Akhenaten, they interpreted their findings to show that the Egyptians were conservative - they emphasised how they rejected the old gods and discovered one god, as well as values of truth and beauty, respectability and honour. It was some contrast to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in the 1920s which led to a glamorous reinvention of Egypt as glittery and exotic and brutal, like something out of a Hollywood film.
British Isles
Ancient Hill's Holes To Be Filled (Silbury)
Posted by blam
On News/Activism 11/29/2005 3:09:00 PM PST · 13 replies · 323+ views
BBC | 11-29-2005
Ancient hill's holes to be filled Silbury Hill dates back to the Neolithic period Plans to stabilise the ancient Silbury Hill mound in Wiltshire have been unveiled by English Heritage. The man-made monument, believed to date to the Neolithic period, developed a hole at the top five years ago after the collapse of infilling in a shaft. There are proposals to remove an inadequate backfill from this and other cavities and replace it with chalk. English Heritage said it would preserve the long-term stability of the hill while minimising further damage. Surveys have confirmed that the overall structure is stable,...
Mel Gibson To Produce 'Boudicca' Film Epic
Posted by Hal1950
On News/Activism 04/28/2004 9:29:31 AM PDT · 163 replies · 1,046+ views
NewsScotsman | 28 April 2004 | Mark Sage
Flush from the success of The Passion Of The Christ, Mel Gibson is looking back in time once again ñ to produce an epic about Boudicca, who led Britain against Roman conquerors. Dubbed "Braveheart with a bra", the film will chronicle Boudicca's rise from peasant girl to a military leader who united the Celtic tribes of Britain. Gibson's production company, Icon, appears keen to cash in on further historical tales, after The Passion netted hundreds of millions of pounds at the box office. The film will be directed by Gavin O'Connor who told the Hollywood trade paper Variety: "What drew...
Ancient Rome
Ancient Prison Cells Unearthed In Tiberias Dig
Posted by blam
On News/Activism 11/28/2005 11:27:50 AM PST · 19 replies · 684+ views
Haaretz | 11-28-2005 | Eli Ashkenazi
An Antiques Authority worker climbing out of one of the recently discovered prison cells in Tiberias. (Yaron Kaminsky) Last update - 02:16 28/11/2005 Ancient prison cells unearthed in Tiberias dig By Eli Ashkenazi A bit of what prisoners suffered in ancient times can be seen as of yesterday at the archaeological dig in the old city of Tiberias. Excavations of the basilica compound in the eastern part of the old city recently unearthed two small chambers believed to have served as holding cells for prisoners awaiting trial. If today's custody conditions at police stations elicit complaints from detainees and defense...
Ancient Roman Anchors Found in Israel
Posted by NormsRevenge
On News/Activism 11/28/2005 6:31:14 PM PST · 31 replies · 917+ views
AP on Yahoo | 11/28/05 | AP - Jerusalem
JERUSALEM - Ancient wooden anchors preserved by natural salt for more than 2,000 years have been discovered on the receding shores of the Dead Sea, Israel TV reported Monday. Archaeologist David Mevorach told the TV station that one anchor dated back 2,500 years - the oldest ever found. Another anchor was 2,000 years old, he said. They were built from acacia wood for Roman ships, he said. The Dead Sea, with no outlet, has a high concentration of salt. "The salt and the lack of oxygen in the water preserved them in a special way, including the ropes that were...
Ancient Roman Anchors Found in Israel
Posted by xcamel
On General/Chat 11/29/2005 6:14:09 PM PST · 6 replies · 33+ views
Newsday/AP | November 28, 2005, 9:23 PM EST | Associated Press
JERUSALEM -- Ancient wooden anchors preserved by natural salt for more than 2,000 years have been discovered on the receding shores of the Dead Sea, Israel TV reported Monday. Archaeologist David Mevorach told the TV station that one anchor dated back 2,500 years -- the oldest ever found. Another anchor was 2,000 years old, he said. They were built from acacia wood for Roman ships, he said. The Dead Sea, with no outlet, has a high concentration of salt. "The salt and the lack of oxygen in the water preserved them in a special way, including the ropes that were...
Off the beaten path in Ostia
Posted by yonif
On News/Activism 08/08/2003 11:51:20 AM PDT · 2 replies · 78+ views
Jerusalem Post | Aug. 7, 2003 | Barbara Sofer
Visitors to the archeological remains of the ancient port town of Ostia, near Rome, purchase a map of the site. On the map key, the last two numbers, 67 and 68, correspond to a synagogue and a large private home. A shift in the Tiber left Ostia of little interest after the fourth century. Consequently, it is well-preserved. As we walk along the millennia-old stone-paved paths, it is easy to visualize the port with its sophisticated bath complexes, busy marketplaces, pagan temples, taverns, bakeries, schools and lavish homes. The talmudic report of Judah's praise for Roman ingenuity, "how becoming are...
Roman 'motorway' secrets unveiled
Posted by SunkenCiv
On General/Chat 11/29/2005 8:55:41 AM PST · 4 replies · 59+ views
icWales | Jul 28 2005 | staff
Stretching 535 miles across modern-day Albania, Macedonia and Greece, the stone-paved road made the going easy for charioteers, soldiers and other travellers. It was up to 30 feet wide in places and was dotted with safety features, inns and service stations... Built between 146 and 120 B.C. under the supervision of the top Roman official in Macedonia, proconsul Gaius Egnatius, the highway ran from the Adriatic coast in what is now Albania to modern Turkey, giving Rome quick access to the eastern provinces of its empire. Ancient engineers did such a good job that the Via Egnatia remained in use...
Romans Faced Head-To-Head Battle (Lice)
Posted by blam
On News/Activism 03/30/2004 6:34:09 PM PST · 23 replies · 136+ views
BBC | 3-31-2004
Romans faced head-to-head battle Head lice were common among Roman soldiers in Cumbria A new exhibition in Cumbria has revealed that Roman foot soldiers faced a battle of a different kind against a microscopic foe. The Romans, sent to the northern front of the empire and Hadrian's Wall, came head to head with lice. A new display of items from an excavation outside Carlisle Castle includes a soldier's comb with a fully intact, three-millimetre-long louse. Archaeologists say the louse is around 2,000 years old. The dig was part of Carlisle City Council's Gateway City Millennium Project which took place between...
Let's Have Jerusalem
Seal with image of Jesus found in Tiberias
Posted by Cecily
On News/Activism 11/28/2005 5:10:51 PM PST · 63 replies · 1,833+ views
YNet News | November 28, 2005 | David Hacohen
A lead seal from the sixth century depicting Jesus was recently discovered in excavations by the Antiquities Authority in the Old City of Tiberias. The other side of the seal has a cross with an abbreviation of the name "Christos." This is the first time a seal with the image of Jesus has been discovered in excavations in Tiberias. A number of similar seals have been found in Caesaria, which in ancient times was the capital of the province.
A Dig Into Jerusalem's Past Fuels Present-Day Debates [Palace of King David Found]
Posted by West Coast Conservative
On News/Activism 12/02/2005 8:43:25 AM PST · 21 replies · 767+ views
Washington Post | December 2, 2005 | Scott Wilson
Down the slope from the Old City's Dung Gate, rows of thick stone walls, shards of pottery and other remains of an expansive ancient building are being exhumed from a dusty pit. The site is on a narrow terrace at the edge of the Kidron Valley, which sheers away from the Old City walls, in a cliffside area the Bible describes as the seat of the kings of ancient Israel. What is taking shape in the rocky earth, marked by centuries of conquest and development, is as contested as the neighborhood of Arabs and Jews encircling the excavation. But the...
Ancient Europe
Unearthing Bulgaria's Golden Age
Posted by blam
On News/Activism 12/02/2005 10:21:42 AM PST · 17 replies · 587+ views
Financial Times | 12-2-2005 | Nicholas Glass
Unearthing Bulgaria's Golden Age By Nicholas Glass Published: December 2 2005 15:09 December 2 2005 15:09 There was nothing unusual about the village shop in the depths of the countryside, 75 miles east of Sofia. What astonished the young archaeologists wanting cigarettes was the shopkeeper's jewellery. Her necklace and earrings were exquisite: the beads so small and perfectly worked that her customers assumed they were modern, the gold of a high carat. But how could a shopkeeper afford such trinkets in a country where the average monthly salary is £100? The archaeologists didn't know it but the shopkeeper's jewellery was...
Ancient Greece
Prehistoric (Farming) Settlements Found In Greece
Posted by blam
On News/Activism 11/29/2005 2:50:30 PM PST · 5 replies · 152+ views
Boston.com | 11-28-2005
Prehistoric settlements found in Greece November 28, 2005 ATHENS, Greece --Archaeologists in northern Greece have uncovered traces of two prehistoric farming settlements dating back as early as 6,000 B.C., the Culture Ministry said Monday. Alerts The first site, located on a plot earmarked for coal mining by Greece's Public Power Corporation, yielded five human burials, as well as artifacts including clay figurines of humans and animals, sealstones, pottery and stone tools. The ministry said the one-acre site near Ptolemaida, some 330 miles northwest of Athens, had been inhabited for a short period during the early Neolithic era -- between 6000...
Prehistoric settlements found in Greece
Posted by SunkenCiv
On General/Chat 11/29/2005 3:42:27 PM PST · 5 replies · 79+ views
Boston Globe | November 28, 2005 | AP
Archaeologists in northern Greece have uncovered traces of two prehistoric farming settlements dating back as early as 6,000 B.C... The first site, located on a plot earmarked for coal mining by Greece's Public Power Corporation, yielded five human burials, as well as artifacts including clay figurines of humans and animals, sealstones, pottery and stone tools... [T]he one-acre site near Ptolemaida, some 330 miles northwest of Athens, had been inhabited for a short period during the early Neolithic era -- between 6000 and 5500 B.C... Some 25 Neolithic settlements have been discovered in the area... [A] second, smaller site, also dating...
Elam, Persia, Parthia, Iran
First Samples Of Prehistoric Flint Stones Discovered In Iran
Posted by blam
On News/Activism 11/27/2005 2:55:59 PM PST · 30 replies · 499+ views
Payvand | 11-27-2005
11/27/05 First Samples of Prehistoric Flint Stones Discovered in Iran The first samples of flint stones in Iran belonging to 9000 years ago have been identified in Yeri City historical site. Tehran, 27 November 2005 (CHN) -- The third season of archaeological excavations in the historical site of Yeri City in Ardabil province resulted in the discovery of 9000-year-old flint stones. It is the first time that traces of flint stones from pre-historic periods of Iran have been discovered. During the Neolithic epoch, due to the increase of temperature, environmental circumstances provided human beings with greater food resources. Within this...
Discovery Of 30 Ovens And Silos Behind Shian Dam (Iran)
Posted by blam
On News/Activism 12/01/2005 2:21:22 PM PST · 12 replies · 524+ views
CHN | 12-1-2005
12/1/2005 1:43:00 PM Discovery of 30 Ovens and Silos behind Shian DamLatest archaeological excavations behind Shian Dam led to the discovery of 30 silos and ovens belonging to the Sassanid era. Tehran, 1 December 2005 (CHN) -- The archaeological excavations at the back of Shian Dam in Kermanshah province resulted in the finding of 30 silos and ovens dating back to the Sassanid era. Archaeologists believe that they should have belonged to the nomads of the region some 2000 years ago. Previous to this, a big fire temple, which is supposed to be one of the biggest fire temples belonging...
A Rush to Excavate Ancient Iranian Sites
Posted by nuconvert
On News/Activism 11/30/2005 7:46:06 PM PST · 7 replies · 283+ views
N.Y.Times | Nov. 27, 2005
A Rush to Excavate Ancient Iranian Sites NAZILA FATHI November 27, 2005 TEHRAN, Nov. 26 - Archaeologists from around the world have been rushing to excavate scores of newly identified ancient sites in southern Iran before the area is flooded by a new dam. Iran has been planning for a decade to build the Sivand Dam in Fars Province, between the ruins of the ancient Persian cities of Persepolis and Pasargadae. But the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization knew little about the broader region until three years ago, when archaeologists identified 129 potentially important sites in the region that will be...
Asia
Ancient Tomb Of Exiled Korean King Found In Japan
Posted by blam
On News/Activism 12/02/2005 9:52:18 AM PST · 8 replies · 296+ views
Chosun.com | 12-2-2005
Ancient Tomb of Exiled Korean King Found in Japan An education board in Japan°Øs Nara Prefecture said Thursday it has discovered a luxurious tomb most likely that of a king from Korea°Øs ancient Baekje kingdom who went into exile in the island country. The tomb is in the ancient Kazumayama burial grounds, often referred to as "the kings' ravine," which house many royal tombs including Takamatsuzuka. It is a stone chamber built with flagstone-like bricks in the Baekje style, and judging from the earthenware excavated from it is likely to have built in 660-670 B.C., the Asukamura Education Board said....
PreColumbian, Clovis, and PreClovis
Alleged 40,000-Year-Old Human Footprints In Mexico Much, Much Older Than Thought
Posted by blam
On News/Activism 11/30/2005 11:24:19 AM PST · 75 replies · 1,682+ views
Eureka Alert/UC-Berkeley | 11-30-2005 | Robert Sanders
Contact: Robert Sanders rsanders@berkeley.edu 510-643-6998 University of California - Berkeley Alleged 40,000-year-old human footprints in Mexico much, much older than thought Berkeley -- Alleged footprints of early Americans found in volcanic rock in Mexico are either extremely old - more than 1 million years older than other evidence of human presence in the Western Hemisphere - or not footprints at all, according to a new analysis published this week in Nature. The study was conducted by geologists at the Berkeley Geochronology Center and the University of California, Berkeley, as part of an investigative team of geologists and anthropologists from the...
When did the horse get to America? Did the Native Americans Really Have the Horse Before Columbus?
Posted by SunkenCiv
On General/Chat 11/29/2005 8:24:25 PM PST · 56 replies · 510+ views
Yuri Kuchinsky's web pages | circa 1998 | Yuri Kuchinsky
...As I mentioned before, many Native Americans believe that horse was in America many centuries before Columbus. Pony Boy gives one of such traditional narratives in his book, although, it needs to be noted, he generally tends to support the mainstream academic view of horse history in America. Here's a picture of a very unusual "Przewalski horse". This wild horse is still found in Mongolia. It is so different, it has 66 chromosomes as compared to the 64 that we find in all other horses. This is a very primitive kind of horse, the one probably quite similar to what...
Peru plans to sue Yale for artifacts
Posted by xcamel
On News/Activism 12/01/2005 5:30:09 PM PST · 3 replies · 111+ views
AP/Boston Globe | December 1, 2005 | By Rick Vecchio, Associated Press
Seeks to retrieve relics taken from Machu Picchu LIMA -- Peru is preparing a lawsuit against Yale University to retrieve artifacts taken nearly a century ago from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, a Peruvian cultural official said yesterday. Peru in recent years has held discussions with Yale seeking the return of nearly 5,000 artifacts, including ceramics and human bones that explorer Hiram Bingham dug up during three expeditions to Machu Picchu in 1911, 1912 and 1914.
Peru to Sue Yale to Regain Artifacts
Posted by wagglebee
On News/Activism 12/01/2005 6:41:25 PM PST · 23 replies · 262+ views
The Ledger | 11/30/05 | RICK VECCHIO/AP
LIMA, Peru Peru is preparing a lawsuit against Yale University to retrieve artifacts taken nearly a century ago from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, a government official said Wednesday. Peru has held discussions in recent years with Yale seeking the return of nearly 5,000 artifacts, including ceramics and human bones that explorer Hiram Bingham dug up during three expeditions to Machu Picchu in 1911, 1912 and 1914. "Yale considers the collection university property, given the amount of time it has been there," said Luis Guillermo Lumbreras, chief of Peru's National Institute of Culture, in an interview with The Associated...
Prehistory and Origins
Scientists discover Neolithic wine-making
Posted by SunkenCiv
On General/Chat 11/29/2005 3:38:40 PM PST · 21 replies · 144+ views
UNLV Rebel Yell | 11/28/2005 | Lora Griffin
The discovery that Stone Age humans were interested in growing fruit and developing fermentation processes provides many clues into the lifestyle of early Homo sapiens. The production of wine requires a relatively "stable base of operations," McGovern stated. His research suggests that these early Near East and Egyptian communities would have been more permanent cultures with a stable food supply and domesticated animals and plants. With this abundance of food came the need for containers that were durable and made from a material that was easily pliable-like clay. The porous structure of these clay vessels is what has made it...
Biology and Cryptobiology
Ancient sea spider fossils discovered in volcanic ash
Posted by SunkenCiv
On General/Chat 11/27/2005 10:08:56 PM PST · 8 replies · 97+ views
Innovations Report | October 22, 2004 | Yale University via Janet Rettig Emanuel of EurekAlert!
Volcanic ash that encased and preserved sea life in the Silurian age 425 million years ago near Herefordshire, UK has yielded fossils of an ancient sea spider, or pycnogonid, one of the most unusual types of arthropod in the seas today... "This is the earliest adult fossil example, and it is preserved in extraordinary detail," said author Derek Briggs, professor of geology and geophysics, and Director of the Yale Institute of Biospheric Studies. "Volcanic ash that trapped ancient sea life in this location rapidly encased the creatures making a concrete-like cast of the bodies. The cavity later filled in with...
Archaeopteryx Fossil Had Dinosaur Feet
Posted by Pharmboy
On News/Activism 12/01/2005 11:43:46 AM PST · 220 replies · 2,457+ views
AP | 12-1-05 | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer
This image provided by the journal Science shows the skeleton, with wing and tail feather impressions, of the tenth specimen of the first known bird, Archaeopteryx, in ventral view. The new specimen provides important details on the feet and skull of these birds and strengthens the widely but not universally accepted argument that modern birds arose from theropod dinosaurs. (AP Photo/Science) A new analysis of Archaeopteryx, the earliest known birdlike animal, shows it had feet like dinosaurs - a finding that adds weight to the belief that the birds frequenting backyard feeders today are descendants of mighty ancient carnivores....
Catastrophism and Astronomy
Geology Picture of the Week, October 9-15, 2005: Lonar Crater, India
Posted by cogitator
On General/Chat 10/12/2005 7:57:42 AM PDT · 17 replies · 383+ views
Karin Lydia Louzada
Connect the dots: 1) Heard about a new (small) eruption of Piton de la Fournaise. 2) Piton de la Fournaise is the current "expression" of the La Reunion mantle plume. 3) Thought about what happened when the Indian subcontinent passed over the La Reunion plume = Deccan Traps volcanism. 4) Tried to find a good picture of the Deccan Traps. 5) Discovered that one of the few places to see Deccan Trap basalt layering is Lonar Crater. 6) Lonar Crater is said to be the only impact crater on volcanic basalt. 7) Found remote sensing and surface pictures of Lonar...
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New light on old mystery (Kensington Runestone) |
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Posted by NormsRevenge On News/Activism 12/09/2005 8:22:17 PM PST · 11 replies · 538+ views Echo Press | 12/9/05 | Celeste Beam The Kensington Rune Stone: Compelling New Evidence. That is the title of a new book published by Scott Wolter and Richard Nielsen. Wolter is a geologist and petrographer from St. Paul who has been working on the mysterious stone for the past several years. Nielsen is linguistic expert who has also been studying the Kensington Runestone (KRS). Nielsen said the 574-page book is quite comprehensive and provides information about the Ohman family in detail. Olof Ohman is the Swedish farmer who reportedly found the stone wrapped in the roots of an aspen tree on his farm near Kensington in the... |
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The Vikings |
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Did the Vikings Stay? Vatican Files May Offer Clues |
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Posted by sarcasm On News/Activism 12/19/2000 05:26:52 PST · 270 replies · 270+ views New York Times | December 19, 2000 | Walter Gibbs OSLO, Dec. 18 Excavations prove that a few score Norsemen bumped ashore in northern Newfoundland 1,000 years ago, landing in America almost 500 years before Columbus. But scholars generally dismiss the event with an asterisk because they say it did not change the course of history... |
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Did the Vikings Stay? Vatican Files May Offer Clues (THREAD II) |
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Posted by sarcasm On News/Activism 12/22/2000 16:04:39 PST · 270 replies · 270+ views New York Times | December 19, 2000 | Walter Gibbs OSLO, Dec. 18 Excavations prove that a few score Norsemen bumped ashore in northern Newfoundland 1,000 years ago, landing in America almost 500 years before Columbus. But scholars generally dismiss the event with an asterisk because they say it did not change the course of history... |
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Ancient Site in Newfoundland Offers Clues to Vikings in America |
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Posted by H.R. Gross On News/Activism 05/11/2000 17:07:40 PDT · 53 replies · 53+ views New York Times | May 9, 2000 | John Noble Wilford L'Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland, May 4 -- A spring snow fell all night and all day and buried the land down to water's edge. Drifts piled high against the walls of the sod houses. The mind's eye could see the place as it was 1,000 years ago when Vikings, led by Leif Ericson, first wintered here while exploring the coasts of a country they called Vinland.... |
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Ancient Greece |
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Greece's Seas: The Looters' Next Destination |
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Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/06/2005 2:21:50 PM PST · 12 replies · 303+ views The Guardian (UK) | 12-6-2005 | Helena Smith Greece's seas: the looters' next destination New law opens access for traffickers to a hoard of underwater antiquities Helena Smith in Athens Tuesday December 6, 2005 The Guardian (UK) Lost and found ... a 16th century Spanish cargo ship off Zakynthos When it was first proposed, it seemed like a good idea: open up the Greek seas to divers and create a paradise for tourists underwater. Those who backed the law never thought of it as a windfall for looters, nor did it occur to them that it might put the acquisition policies of museums under further scrutiny. But the... |
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Phokaia Excavations Reveal Mystery Of Athena |
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Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/08/2005 1:10:58 PM PST · 12 replies · 398+ views Turkish Daily News | Izmir Phokaia excavations reveal mystery of Athena Thursday, December 8, 2005 Griffins thought to be guarding the ancient Temple of Athena might become the symbol of FoÁa along with Mediterranean seals, says archaeologist ÷zyi?it ZMR - Turkish Daily News Sculptures of horses and griffins as old as 2,600 years were discovered during excavations at the Temple of Athena located at the ancient city of Phokaia, which is today within the borders of zmir's FoÁa district. The finds reveal that the sculptures were used as main decorative items for terraces at the ancient city, the goddess of which was Athena, and that... |
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In an Ancient Wreck, Clues to Seafaring Lives |
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Posted by Antiwar Republican On News/Activism 03/27/2001 07:47:52 PST · 6 replies · 7+ views New York Times | 3/27/01 | William J. Broad ...Now, the discovery of an ancient wreck in the middle of the Mediterranean is strengthening the old claims. The wreck site, some 200 miles from Cyprus and nearly two miles deep, has been tentatively dated as 2,300 years old; it lies amid a graveyard of similar hulks. Clearly Greek in origin, it is the deepest ancient ship ever discovered... |
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Anatolia |
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Scientists Discover Ancient Mound (4,000BC - Azerbaijan) |
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Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/04/2005 2:49:23 PM PST · 25 replies · 535+ views Catid News | 12-3-2005 SCIENTISTS DISCOVER ANCIENT MOUND [December 03, 2005, 19:00:35] As a result of the archaeological dig in the territory of Agstafa region, through which the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil and South Caucasus gas pipelines pass, scientists of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences have discovered ancient mound dating back to the 4th millennium B.C. The finding considered to be the most ancient one of this kind in the Southern Caucasus testifies that the tradition of manufacturing burial stones first began in Azerbaijan, and later spread to the Northern Caucasus. |
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Let's Have Jerusalem |
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Amazing discovery in heart of biblical Jerusalem |
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Posted by NYer On News/Activism 12/05/2005 6:03:20 AM PST · 84 replies · 2,608+ views Cleveland Jewish News | December 5, 2005 | DAVID HAZONY In what many archaeologists hail as the potential find of the century, remains of a massive structure dating to the time of King David have been discovered in the heart of biblical Jerusalem. Eilat Mazar, the Israeli archaeologist leading the excavation, has suggested that it may, in fact, be the palace built by David as described in the Bible. The discovery has shaken the already contentious field of biblical archaeology to its roots: For the last few years, a number of respected archaeologists n most prominently Israel Finkelstein, chairman of Tel Aviv University's archaeology department and author of the 2001... |
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British Isles |
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Saint's and Royal tombs discovered in Ancient Westminster Abbey crypt (Edward the Confessor) |
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Posted by churchillbuff On News/Activism 12/03/2005 7:44:59 PM PST · 30 replies · 724+ views Westminster Abbey | Dec 05 | Westminster Abbey What is believed to be the original ancient burial tomb of one of our most revered British Saints, Edward the Confessor, has been discovered at Westminster Abbey ñ exactly 1,000 years after his birth. The discovery comes as part of an unprecedented archaeological study at the Abbey using radar that has also revealed a series of Royal tombs dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries and historical secrets related to Royal burials. Delighted archaeologists came across the forgotten, under-floor chambers when, as part of a larger conservation programme, they were using the latest ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technology to investigate... |
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The sandal? Roman Britons put a sock in it too |
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Posted by Antiwar Republican On General/Chat 08/26/2003 2:16:59 PM PDT · 29 replies · 126+ views Times of London | August 26, 2003 | Dalya Alberge London TimesAugust 26, 2003The sandal? Roman Britons put a sock in it tooBy Dalya Alberge, Arts CorrespondentWHAT did the Romans ever do for us? Well, they may have started us on a fashion crime for which we are mocked in the rest of Europe to this day: wearing socks with sandals. An archaeological discovery in London suggests that the sartorial solecism was afoot almost 2,000 years ago. A life-size bronze foot, unearthed last month and dated to the 2nd century AD, clearly shows that Roman Britons wore socks with their sandals. No doubt their excuse was the cold. The historian... |
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Ancient Rome |
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Ancient Roman Brickworks Uncovered |
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Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/05/2005 5:16:05 PM PST · 14 replies · 587+ views Ansa | 12-5-2005 Ancient Roman brickworks uncoveredThe factory is so well preserved it could work again (ANSA) - Cesena, December 5 - An Ancient Roman brickworks in near perfect condition has been discovered in Emilia Romagna . The complex, the largest anywhere in the region and one of the biggest in Italy, was unearthed near a canal in the central Italian town of Ronta . "This is a truly extraordinary find," said a culture ministry spokesman. "It is so well preserved that with minimal restoration it would still work perfectly today." The site is of such importance that the consortium carrying out work... |
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Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/06/2005 1:06:37 PM PST · 27 replies · 1,031+ views Ansa | 12-6-2005 Untouched Roman sarcophagi foundRare burial trove dates back to Imperial times (ANSA) - Rome, December 6 - Italian archaeologists have found a remarkable trove of five untouched Roman sarcophagi in a burial vault outside Rome . "It's really rare to find so many sarcophagi that have never been profaned or even opened - as can be seen by the intact lead clasps on their edges," said the head of the dig, Stefano Musco . He said the sarcophagi dated from the II century AD and probably contained the remains of the wealthy residents of a villa that once stood in... |
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Prehistory and Origins |
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Cave Paintings Reveal Ice Age Artists |
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Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/07/2005 3:11:11 PM PST · 12 replies · 476+ views The Times (UK) | 12-7-2005 | Norman Hammond December 07, 2005 Cave paintings reveal Ice Age artists By Norman Hammond, Archaeology Correspondent BRITAINíS first cave art is more than 12,800 years old, scientific testing has shown. Engravings of a deer and other creatures at Creswell Crags, in Derbyshire, have proved to be genuine Ice Age creations, and not modern fakes, as some had feared. The engravings were found in 2003 at two caves, Church Hole and Robin Hoodís Cave, which lie close together in the Creswell gorge. Palaeolithic occupation deposits dating to the last Ice Age were excavated there in 1875-76, but the art remained unnoticed. Although the... |
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Climate |
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New Ice Cores Expand View Of Climate History |
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Posted by cogitator On News/Activism 11/29/2005 1:00:49 PM PST · 75 replies · 1,453+ views Science Daily | November 28, 2005 Two new studies of gases trapped in Antarctic ice cores have extended the record of Earth's past climate almost 50 percent further, adding another 210,000 years of definitive data about the makeup of the Earth's atmosphere and providing more evidence of current atmospheric change. The research is being published in the journal Science by participants in the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica. It's "an amazing accomplishment we would not have thought possible" as recently as 10 years ago, said Ed Brook, a professor of geosciences at Oregon State University, who analyzed the studies in the same issue of... |
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Ancient drought 'changed history' |
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Posted by TigerLikesRooster On News/Activism 12/08/2005 3:58:46 AM PST · 39 replies · 910+ views BBC | 12/07/05 | Roland Pease Ancient drought 'changed history' By Roland Pease BBC science unit, San Francisco The sediments are an archive of past climate conditions Scientists have identified a major climate crisis that struck Africa about 70,000 years ago and which may have changed the course of human history.The evidence comes from sediments drilled up from the beds of Lake Malawi and Tanganyika in East Africa, and from Lake Bosumtwi in Ghana. It shows equatorial Africa experienced a prolonged period of drought. It is possible, scientists say, this was the reason some of the first humans left Africa to populate the globe. Certainly,... |
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Catastrophism and Astronomy |
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Sunken treasure [ancient forest buried under the seabed of Nantucket Sound] |
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Posted by Fractal Trader On News/Activism 12/04/2005 2:30:58 PM PST · 41 replies · 1,413+ views Boston Globe | 4 Dec 05 | Beth Daley, Scientists mapping the seabed under a proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound were stunned by their find: evidence of a submerged forest under 6 feet of mud. It's hardly the lost city of Atlantis, but the piece of birch wood, the yellowish-green grass, soil, and insect parts appear to be part of a forest floor that lined the coastline 5,500 years ago, before being swallowed by the sea that rose after the last ice age. Nearby is evidence of a drowned kettle pond and marsh. The find has scientists abuzz because if a preserved forest rests below the sea, maybe... |
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At 30,000 feet down, where were the dinosaurs? |
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Posted by ovrtaxt On News/Activism 11/29/2005 3:26:34 AM PST · 66 replies · 2,328+ views WorldNetDaily.com | November 29, 2005 | Jerome Corsi At 30,000 feet down, where were the dinosaurs? Posted: November 29, 20051:00 a.m. Eastern ©2005WorldNetDaily.com Developments in deep-drilling for natural gas present serious challenges to those who still maintain "Fossil-Fuel" theories as to the origin of complex hydrocarbon fuels. The Western world's record for deep-well natural-gas exploration and production is held by the GHK Company in Oklahoma. From 1972 through 1974, the company engineered and drilled two Oklahoma natural-gas commercial wells at depths greater than 30,000 feet (approximately 5.7 miles) ñ the No. 1-27 Bertha Rogers well (total depth 31,441 feet) and the No. 1-28 E.R. Baden well, both located... |
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No Safe Ground For Life To Stand On During World's Largest Mass Extinction |
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Posted by SuzyQue On News/Activism 12/04/2005 7:31:06 AM PST · 49 replies · 1,210+ views ScienceDaily | 12-02-2005 | Imperial College London No Safe Ground For Life To Stand On During World's Largest Mass Extinction The world's largest mass extinction was probably caused by poisonous volcanic gas, according to research published today. |
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Australia & the Pacific |
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Hobbits May Be Earliest Australians |
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Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/07/2005 3:01:40 PM PST · 21 replies · 398+ views The Australian | 12-8-2005 | Carmelo Amalfi/Leigh Dayton Hobbits may be earliest Australians Carmelo Amalfi and Leigh Dayton December 08, 2005 THE tiny hobbit-like humans of Indonesia may have lived in Australia before they became extinct about 11,000 years ago. The startling claim comes from archaeologist Mike Morwood, leader of the team that in 2003 uncovered remains of the 1m-tall hominid at Liang Bua cave on Indonesia's Flores island. They believe the pint-size person - known officially as Homo floresiensis and unofficially as the "Hobbit" - was wiped out by a volcanic eruption that spared their Homo sapiens neighbours. Speaking at a public lecture in Perth, Professor Morwood... |
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PreColumbian, Clovis, and PreClovis |
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Jungle Discovery Opens New Chapter In Maya History |
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Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/05/2005 11:00:51 AM PST · 46 replies · 997+ views Eureka Alert/University Of Calgary | 12-5-2005 | Gregory Harris Contact: Gregory Harris gharris@ucalgary.ca 403-220-3506 University of Calgary Jungle discovery opens new chapter in Maya historyUniversity of Calgary-led team discovers earliest known portrait of Maya woman A University of Calgary archaeologist and her international team of researchers have discovered the earliest known portrait of a woman that the Maya carved into stone, demonstrating that women held positions of authority very early in Maya history ñ either as queens or patron deities. The discovery was made earlier this year in Guatemala at the site of Naachtun, a Maya city located some 90 kilometres through dense jungle north of the more famous... |
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Thoroughly Modern Miscellany |
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Beethoven Died From Lead Poisoning |
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Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/07/2005 3:22:00 PM PST · 33 replies · 777+ views ABC Science News | 12-7-2005 Beethoven died from lead poisoning AgenÁe France-Presse Wednesday, 7 December 2005 Lead poisoning may even have caused Ludwig van Beethoven's deafness (portrait in oil by JK Stieler) (Image: US DOE) Tests on the hair and skull fragments of Ludwig van Beethoven show the legendary 19th century German composer died from lead poisoning, scientists say. Bone fragments from Beethoven's skull had high concentrations of lead, matching an earlier finding of lead in his hair, say researchers at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. "The finding of elevated lead in Beethoven's skull, along with DNA results indicating authenticity... |
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Found: Old Wall in New York, and It's Blocking the Subway |
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Posted by Pharmboy On News/Activism 12/08/2005 3:09:12 AM PST · 71 replies · 1,697+ views NY Times | December 8, 2005 | PATRICK McGEEHAN Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityThe top of an old wall was discovered by workers digging a new subway tunnel under Battery Park. Three weeks after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority started digging a subway tunnel under Battery Park, the project hit a wall. A really old wall. Possibly the oldest wall still standing in Manhattan. It was a 45-foot-long section of a stone wall that archaeologists believe is a remnant of the original battery that protected the Colonial settlement at the southern tip of the island. Depending on which archaeologist you ask, it was built in the 1760's or as long ago... |
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Killed Long Ago, These Outlaws Refuse to Die |
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Posted by Antiwar Republican On News/Activism 09/06/2001 8:18:27 AM PDT · 20 replies · 396+ views Wall Street Journal | September 6, 2001 | KARIN WINEGAR Wall Street Journal September 6, 2001 Killed Long Ago, These Outlaws Refuse to Die By KARIN WINEGAR Northfield, Minn. Spurs jingling, duster billowing and a desperado gleam in his eye, Chip DeMann swings back in the saddle this week for his 32d year of robbery during the 125th anniversary of the Northfield, Minn. bank raid. The James-Younger gang's foiled September 7, 1876 bank robbery took seven minutes, triggered the largest manhunt in US history up to that time and launched an enduring national industry in the enjoyment and study of outlawry. The attempt is celebrated as The Defeat of ... |
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