Gods, Graves, Glyphs
Weekly Digest #159
Saturday, August 4, 2007
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Longer Perspectives
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Beyond Mesopotamia: A Radical New View Of Human Civilization Reported In Science
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 08/02/2007 5:55:22 PM EDT · 39 replies · 854+ views
Eureka Alert | 8-2-2007 | American Association For Advancement Of Science/Andrew Lawler
Public release date: 2-Aug-2007 Contact: Natasha Pinol [email address removed] 202-326-7088 American Association for the Advancement of Science Beyond Mesopotamia: A radical new view of human civilization reported in ScienceMany urban centers crossed arc of Middle Asia 5,000 years ago A radically expanded view of the origin of civilization, extending far beyond Mesopotamia, is reported by journalist Andrew Lawler in the 3 August issue of Science. Mesopotamia is widely believed to be the cradle of civilization, but a growing body of evidence suggests that in addition to Mesopotamia, many civilized urban areas existed at the same time -- about 5,000 years ago...
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Navigation
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[Viking ship replica] Sea Stallion arrives in Inverie, Scotland
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Posted by SunkenCiv
On General/Chat 07/31/2007 2:54:23 PM EDT · 19 replies · 213+ views
Sail World | Saturday, July 28, 2007 | Tinna Damgard-Sorensen
The Sea Stallion right before arrival to the Orkney Islands Pastime and cosy atmosphere. Sea Stallion taken from the support vessel 'Cable One' by the Viking ship And the further on, 4 hours of rowing in between the Orkney - Sea Stallion.
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The Vikings
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New Viking Graves Discovered
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 07/30/2007 11:30:52 PM EDT · 12 replies · 548+ views
Aftenposten | 7-30-32007
Arial photo of what could be traces of Viking graves. PHOTO: NORD-TRONDELAG LOCAL AUTHORITIES New Viking graves discovered 120 graves and traces of Viking houses discovered near the city of Trondheim.Traces of what could be a Viking Chief's hall. PHOTO: Orn E. Borgen A reconstructed Viking Chief's hall in the cultural monuments park near the town of Honefoss. What may be a Viking Chief's hall is among the new findings. PHOTO: Orn E. Borgen A total of 145 antiquities have been found at 32 different places around Stiklestad in the county of Nord-Trondelag. PHOTO: JON A. FOSSEIE While most parts...
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Helix, Make Mine a Double
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Ancient DNA May Be Misleading Scientists
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 07/30/2007 2:04:32 AM EDT · 22 replies · 825+ views
ABC Science News | 2-18-2003
Ancient DNA may be misleading scientists Tuesday, 18 February 2003 Dating skeletal material with DNA may not be as acurate as thought Ancient DNA in skeletons has a tendency to show damage in a particular region, resulting in misleading genetic data and mistaken conclusions about the origin of the skeleton, British scientists said. A group of researchers at the Henry Wellcome Ancient Biomolecules Centre of the University of Oxford, in Britain, made the finding while studying Viking specimens. They found that about half of the specimens had DNA that suggested they were of Middle Eastern origin. But more detailed analysis...
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Epidemics, Pandemics, Plagues
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Black Death Casts A genetic Shadow Over England
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 08/01/2007 5:00:38 PM EDT · 82 replies · 1,854+ views
New Scientist | Colin Barras
Black Death casts a genetic shadow over England 12:26 01 August 2007 NewScientist.com news service Colin BarrasBlack Death as illustrated in a 15th century bible The Black Death continues to cast a shadow across England. Although the modern English population is more cosmopolitan than ever, the plagues known as the Black Death killed so many people in the Middle Ages that, to this day, genetic diversity is lower in England than it was in the 11th century, according to a new analysis. Rus Hoelzel at the University of Durham, UK and his colleagues looked at the mitochondrial DNA from human...
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Anatolia
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Major Find At Sagalassos (Colossal Statue - Hadrian)
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 08/03/2007 2:26:56 PM EDT · 28 replies · 1,057+ views
Archaeology Magazine | 8-3-2007
Major Find at Sagalassos August 2, 2007 Colossal statue of the emperor Hadrian discovered A huge, exquisitely carved marble statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian is the latest find from Sagalassos, an ancient Greco-Roman city in south-central Turkey. Archaeologists estimate that the figure was originally between 13 and 16 feet in height (four to five meters). It is, says excavation director Marc Waelkens, one of the most beautiful portraits of Hadrian ever found. The discovery was made by archaeologists from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), who, under Waelkens' direction, have been investigating the site since 1990. Last month a new...
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Ancient Art
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Shop Assistant Wore Ancient Necklace
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 08/02/2007 1:53:21 PM EDT · 44 replies · 2,220+ views
Ananova | 7-31-2007
Shop assistant wore ancient necklace Archaeologists have found a valuable ancient gold necklace being worn by a cashier in a Bulgarian grocery after it was dug up by her husband. Boris Todorov, 43, from Karlovo in Bulgaria dug up hundreds of fine gold rings from a field on his farm and put them together to make a gift for his wife. But it was spotted by a group of archaeologists from the Bulgarian National Museum of History who were passing through - and went into her shop to buy provisions. They immediately identified the necklace as extremely valuable and now...
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Ancient Europe
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Ice Age Cave Art Preserved
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 07/30/2007 1:24:22 AM EDT · 22 replies · 556+ views
BBC | 7-29-2007 | BBC
Ice Age cave art site preserved The art was probably made by Ice Age hunter-gatherers Work to protect and preserve an Ice Age site in Derbyshire has been completed. The project at the Ice Age cave art centre at Creswell Crags was funded by the East Midlands Development Agency and the county council. It included building new scree banks to show how the gorge would have looked about 10 to 50,000 years ago. A county council spokesperson said archaeologists were consulted during the preservation project to ensure the site's natural beauty was not spoiled. 'Unique site' A £200,000 bridleway, which...
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Epigraphy and Language
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Discovery Of The Second Persian Geometrical Inscription
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 07/30/2007 1:41:52 AM EDT · 12 replies · 550+ views
CHN Press | 7-25-2007 | Soudabeh Sadigh
Discovery of the Second Persian Geometrical Inscription Kaftarlou inscriptionThe second Persian rock inscription in geometrical script has been discovered in Kaftarlou hill in Kurdistan province. Tehran, 25 July 2007 (CHN Foreign Desk) -- The second Persian geometrical inscription which was carved in Kaftarlou hill have been discovered in Akhtarabad region in Shahryar plain located in Iranian western province of Kurdistan. Due to the similarity of this geometrical writing with those previously found in Susa clay stamps and Jiroft's inscription, experts estimate that this newly discovered geometrical inscription must have dated back to at least 5000 years ago. After Kan Charmee...
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Elam, Persia, Parthia, Iran
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100,000-Year Old Knife Discovered In Iran
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 07/30/2007 1:18:09 AM EDT · 37 replies · 1,145+ views
Press TV | 7-29-2007
100,000-year old knife discovered in Iran Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:04:58 Iranian and Korean archeologists have discovered a 100,000-year-old civilization in the city of Roudbar, located in the north of Iran. Six Iranian archeologists in cooperation with nine Korean archeologists undertook a discovery project in the northern province of Iran around 10 days ago. The archeologists could unearth a stone tool comparable to a knife made of stone. The experts estimated the stone knife must date back at least 100 thousand years. According expert finding a knife in an archeological site is a sign of existence of a civilization in...
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Scrolls Out the Barrels
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Reference Libraries of the Persian Empire
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Posted by freedom44
On News/Activism 07/30/2007 2:40:39 AM EDT · 11 replies · 328+ views
Persian Journal | 7/30/07
In ancient Iran, many libraries were established by the Zoroastrian elites and the Persian Kings. They were possibly one of the first Bibliophilists (more informally Bookworms) of the world. According to reliable documents the oldest library of Iran was possibly the Royal Library of Kohan Dej or Jay in Isfahan, which was founded during Achaemenids (550 BC-330 BC). In the north-eastern Iran there was a Royal Library in Nisa, one of the capital cities of Persian Empire during the Parthian Dynasty (248 BC-224 AD). Nisa is now one of the historical places in present day Republic of Turkmenistan. In the...
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Australia and the Pacific
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Scientists excited by Indonesian-caught coelacanth
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Posted by jsh3180
On General/Chat 07/30/2007 6:10:18 AM EDT · 9 replies · 296+ views
AFP | Sat. Jul. 28, 2007 | Ronan Bourhis
MANADO, Indonesia (AFP) - Two months ago Indonesian fisherman Justinus Lahama caught a fish so exceptional that an international team of scientists rushed here to investigate. French experts equipped with sonar and GPS asked Lahama to reconstruct, in his dugout canoe, exactly what it was he did that enabled him to catch a rare coelacanth fish, an awkward-swimming species among the world's oldest. Last May 19, Lahama and his son Delvy manoevred their frail canoe into the Malalayang river, on the outskirts of Manado, on northern Sulawesi island. Like any other morning, they rowed out to sea and fished within...
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Paleontology
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Rare fossilized cypress trees found in Hungary
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Posted by Fred Nerks
On News/Activism 08/02/2007 11:29:50 PM EDT · 27 replies · 378+ views
Reuters | Tue Jul 31, 9:19 AM ET | U/A
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian scientists said on Tuesday they have discovered a group of fossilized swamp cypress trees preserved from 8 million years ago which could provide clues about the climate of pre-historic times. Instead of petrifying -- turning to stone -- the wood of 16 Taxodium trees was preserved in an open-cast coal mine allowing geologists to study samples as if they were sections cut from a piece of living wood. "The importance of the findings is that so many trees got preserved in their original position in one place," Alfred Dulai, geologist at the Hungarian Natural History Museum...
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Central Asia
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One Million-Years-Old (Human) Footprints Found At Margalla Hills (Pakistan)
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 07/28/2007 9:00:30 PM EDT · 434 replies · 5,651+ views
Dawn | 7-27-2007 | Sher Baz Khan
1m-years-old footprints found at Margalla Hills By Sher Baz Khan ISLAMABAD, July 27: In what appears to be a major discovery, archaeologists have found two over one million years old human footprints preserved on a sandstone at the Margalla Hills. The Indusians Research Cell, which is working under the supervision of world renowned archaeologist and historian Dr Ahmad Hassan Dani of Taxila Institute of Asian Civilisations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, has made the discovery, which is likely to add a new chapter to the archaeological history and heritage of the federal capital and attract visitors. A footprint of 1 feet is...
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Meet the Flintstones
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Dinosaur Bones: The Latest Status Symbol
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 07/29/2007 12:03:12 PM EDT · 9 replies · 322+ views
The Telegraph (UK) | 7-29-2007 | Philip Sherwell
Dinosaur bones: the latest status symbol By Philip Sherwell, Sunday Telegraph in Hulett, Wyoming, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 4:29pm BST 29/07/2007 The bidding war between the two Hollywood stars was intense as the price soared for the 67 million-year-old dinosaur skull. The Black Hills Institute of Geological Research has unearthed a jumble of dinosaur remains Only when it reached $276,000 did Leonardo DiCaprio blink - and Nicolas Cage walked away from the Beverley Hills auction with a ferocious-looking addition to his fossil collection. As this recent battle of the celebrities for the head of a tyrannosauras bataar -- the Asian...
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Rome and Italy
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Mussolini home Jewish graves opened [ Jewish catacombs ]
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Posted by SunkenCiv
On General/Chat 07/30/2007 12:32:19 PM EDT · 3 replies · 43+ views
ANSA News in English | July 26, 2007 | unattributed
The Jewish catacombs under Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini's Rome villa are being restored and readied for visitors. "It's going to take several months to prepare the site and make it safe," said the head of Italy's Jewish Cultural Heritage Foundation, Bruno Orvieto. "We have to be very careful because there are delicate wall paintings down there that date back some 1,800 years," he stressed... However, a sneak preview of the 3rd and 4th century AD catacombs will be possible on September 2, when the European Day of Jewish Culture will be celebrated in 30 countries, including 55 sites around Italy....
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British Isles
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Roman holiday!
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Posted by SunkenCiv
On General/Chat 08/03/2007 9:16:44 AM EDT · 7 replies · 41+ views
Huddersfield Daily Examiner | August 2, 2007 | Sam Casey
Top Roman officials and well-to-do travellers could well have stopped off at Slack while out and about on vital business. And another exciting discover[y] during the project near Outlane was the remains of what could be an aqueduct... Project co-ordinator Granville Clay said... "It looks as though we have discovered the foundations of walls that would have formed the basis of a mansio -- effectively a Roman hotel or motel. The most exciting thing to emerge was what we believe to be the water supply to the Roman fort. All previous excavations have failed to uncover a well or water...
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Greece
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Greek experts to excavate Alexander's colony in Kuwait
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Posted by SunkenCiv
On General/Chat 08/03/2007 9:23:12 AM EDT · 9 replies · 134+ views
Middle East Times | August 1, 2007 | unattributed
Greek archaeologists plan to excavate an ancient colony founded by Alexander the Great in the Gulf of Kuwait in the fourth century BC, officials said Wednesday. "The site on Failaka Island is of particular importance to [Greece] as it was founded by Macedonians and other Greeks on Alexander the Great's expeditionary force," said culture ministry general secretary Christos Zahopoulos. The agreement between Greece and Kuwait signed in July will enable the Greek team to excavate the ancient town of Icarus on the island, organize the site, and restore its finds, the ministry said in a statement... Prior excavation on Failaka...
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Egypt
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Scientist stars in mummies film
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Posted by SunkenCiv
On General/Chat 08/02/2007 1:48:07 AM EDT · 5 replies · 88+ views
Manchester Evening News | August 2, 2007 | Paul T Taylor
A Manchester scientist is the star of a documentary that unwraps the secrets of Egyptian mummies. Dr Angelique Corthals, a lecturer at Manchester Univeristy, has just returned from the New York premiere of Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs. The film, narrated by The Lord Of The Rings star Christopher Lee, was shown on the giant 88ft-diameter IMAX screen at the Liberty Science Centre. It will be released here in September... Dr Corthals, 34, a lecturer in biomedical and forensic studies in Egyptology, said: "It was a strange experience seeing myself on a screen the size of a three-story building. I'd...
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Mummy Told Me There'd Be Days Like This
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Researchers Divulge Details About Mummy (Red-Headed Egyptian?)
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 07/30/2007 1:11:04 AM EDT · 18 replies · 625+ views
NPLA.com | 7-28-2007 | AP
Researchers divulge details about mummy 7/28/2007, 4:13 p.m. CDT The Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- He was probably a redhead, tall and in good shape when he died of an unidentified cause by age 30. That's according to researchers, who used X-rays and a computerized topography scan to learn more about the 2,300-year-old mummy housed at the Louisiana Art and Science Museum. The release of their findings coincided with the unveiling of a major renovation of the museum's ancient Egypt gallery. The research also provided answers to questions left unresolved after X-rays done in the 1980s, and more...
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Prehistory and Origins
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Odd Skull Boosts Human, Neandertal Interbreeding Theory
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Posted by Renfield
On News/Activism 08/04/2007 12:42:20 PM EDT · 28 replies · 655+ views
National Geographic | 8-2-07 | Brian Handwerk
A human skull from a Romanian bear cave is shaking up ideas about ancient sex. The Homo sapiens skull has a distinctive feature previously found only in Neandertals, providing further evidence of interbreeding between the two species, according to a new study. The human cranium was found during World War II mining operations in 1942, in a cave littered with Ice Age cave bear remains. Recently the fossil was radiocarbon dated to 33,000 years ago and thoroughly examined, revealing the controversial anatomical feature. The otherwise human skull has a groove at the base of the back of the skull, just...
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Climate
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A 30,000-year Record Of Sea Surface Temperatures Off South Australia
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 08/03/2007 2:57:24 PM EDT · 35 replies · 1,060+ views
Science Daily | 8-3-2007 | American Geophysical Union
Source: American Geophysical Union Date: August 3, 2007 A 30,000-year Record Of Sea Surface Temperatures Off South Australia Science Daily -- Continental glaciers originating at both poles reached their farthest extent about 20,000 years ago, marking a time known as the Last Glacial Maximum. Comparisons of ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica show that as these glaciers melted, warming occurred in asynchronous stages at the poles. While many northern hemisphere climate records match ice core records from Greenland, few southern hemisphere records exist to compare with ice core data from Antarctica. Calvo et al. analyze a marine core collected off...
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Catastrophism and Astronomy
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Comet Theory Collides With Clovis Research, May Explain Disappearance of Ancient People
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Posted by ForGod'sSake
On News/Activism 08/04/2007 2:29:34 AM EDT · 50 replies · 899+ views
University of South Carolina(USC News) | June 28, 2007 | Staff
June 28, 2007 Comet theory collides with Clovis research, may explain disappearance of ancient people A theory put forth by a group of 25 geo-scientists suggests that a massive comet exploded over Canada, possibly wiping out both beast and man around 12,900 years ago, and pushing the earth into another ice age. University of South Carolina archaeologist Dr. Albert Goodyear said the theory may not be such "out-of-this-world" thinking based on his study of ancient stone-tool artifacts he and his team have excavated from the Topper dig site in Allendale, as well as ones found in Georgia, North Carolina and...
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She Turned Me Into Aleut
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Whalebone Mask May Rewrite Aleut History
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 07/28/2007 9:18:44 PM EDT · 10 replies · 532+ views
Anchorage Daily News | 7-28-2007 | Alex deMarban
Whalebone mask may rewrite Aleut history By ALEX deMARBAN ademarban@adn.com Published: July 28, 2007 Last Modified: July 28, 2007 at 04:08 AMED ARTHUR / Cultural Resource Consultants LLCArchaeologists excavating on Amaknak Island in the Aleutians have discovered what may be a piece of the oldest-known Unangam whalebone mask. Archaeologists unearthing an ancient village from an Unalaska hillside believe they've found the remains of the oldest-known Aleut whalebone mask. Much of the mask is missing -- it's mostly intact above where the cheekbones would sit -- but archaeologists are pretty sure it's about 3,000 years old, said Mike Yarborough, lead archaeologist...
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PreColumbian, Clovis, and PreClovis
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Aztec pyramid ruins found in Mexico City
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Posted by BGHater
On News/Activism 08/02/2007 12:57:27 PM EDT · 41 replies · 734+ views
Reuters | 02 Aug 2007 | Reuters
Archaeologists have discovered what they think are ruins of an Aztec pyramid razed by vengeful Spanish conquerors in what is now one of Mexico City's most crime-ridden districts. Construction workers unearthed ancient walls in the busy Iztapalapa neighbourhood in June, and government archaeologists said on Wednesday they believe they may be part of the main pyramid of the Aztec city, destroyed by conquistador Hernan Cortes in the 16th century. Iztapalapa, now infamous for violent crime and drug dealing, has grown into a sprawling, poor district of the capital, obscuring the ruins. "We knew the general location but couldn't explore because...
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Arts and Literature for 1492, Alex
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AP Exclusive: Aztec leader's tomb found (emperor Ahuizotl)
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Posted by TigerLikesRooster
On News/Activism 08/04/2007 6:26:13 AM EDT · 15 replies · 622+ views
AP | 08/04/07 | MARK STEVENSON
AP Exclusive: Aztec leader's tomb found By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer Sat Aug 4, 3:23 AM ET He was emperor at the apogee of the Aztec civilization, the last to complete his rule before the Spanish Conquest. But Ahuizotl's tomb has never been found. No Aztec ruler's funeral chamber ever has. But Mexican archaeologists believe that has finally changed. Using ground-penetrating radar, they have detected underground chambers that could contain the remains of Ahuizotl, who ruled the Aztecs when Columbus landed in the New World. The find could provide an extraordinary window into Aztec civilization at its peak. Ahuizotl...
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Unexplained (The Meat Puppets)
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OOPARTS (Out of Place Artifacts)
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Posted by 2ndDivisionVet
On Bloggers & Personal 08/01/2007 6:28:51 AM EDT · 40 replies · 522+ views
What If? | Unknown
Ooparts ? What are Ooparts? That stands for Out of Place Artifacts. Things that show up where they shouldn't, a piece of gold chain found in a coal seam, what appears to be a sparkplug embedded in rock that is thousands of years old and what appears to be a bullet hole in the skull of a mastodon. These things are ooparts. A Gold Thread Workmen quarrying stone near the River Tweed below Rutherford, Scotland in 1844, found a piece of gold thread embedded in the rock of the quarry eight feet below ground level. A small piece of the...
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Oh So Mysteriouso
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Robbing the Cradle of Civilization [Page 6; bin Laden and the Face on Mars]
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Posted by SunkenCiv
On General/Chat 08/03/2007 9:06:51 PM EDT · 6 replies · 52+ views
Anomaly Hunters | last updated on 1/24/2003 | The Hero Twins
By 1997, with the word out that NASA planned to land on Mars, bin Laden called for all Americans and Jews, including children, to be killed. That summer three of his operatives living in Yemen launched a little known threat against NASA, via the judicial system. They warn both NASA and the USA that the Yemeni people (of which bin Laden is a member and believes he can trace his blood line back to the time of Queen Sheba) own Mars and they have 3,000-year-old (Sumerian?) tablets to prove it. On July 24th of 1997 the Al-Thawn weekly newspaper reported...
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Let's Have Jerusalem
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Revealing Jerusalem
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Posted by Squidpup
On News/Activism 07/30/2007 5:42:23 PM EDT · 2 replies · 177+ views
The Jerusalem Post | Updated Jul. 29, 2007 13:24 | By LEAH ABRAMOWITZ
There is a huge hole at each end of the Western Wall Plaza, one of which is expanding by the day. Both are significant archeological excavations now in progress under the auspices of the Israel Antiquities Authority, but they differ in their scope and implications for the area. The Mughrabi Gate excavation site and that where the police station once stood are both considered "rescue digs" - that is, important construction was about to take place in the area, but first the government wanted to check what was "going on underneath." As is typical in the Old City, excavators were...
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Faith and Philosophy
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Archaeologist Uncover Possible Medieval Mosque In Sicily
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 07/30/2007 11:41:07 PM EDT · 50 replies · 775+ views
Physorg.com | 7-30-2007 | North Illinois University
Archaeologist uncover possible medieval mosque in Sicily The Normans are believed to have built the medieval castle of Salemi. It fell into ruin during the mid-20th century and was closed after a devastating earthquake in 1968. The castle is shown here prior to recent exterior renovations. Photo by Michael Kolb" Earlier this summer, while standing in an archaeological pit adjacent to an ancient hilltop castle in west-central Sicily, Northern Illinois University graduate student Bill Balco could literally reach out and touch the centuries -- even the millennia. The dig site, about 7-by-10 meters near the castle entrance, reveals a crossroads of cultures...
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Middle Ages and Renaissance
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Mass Grave Sheds Light On Europe's Bloody History (1636 Battle)
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 07/31/2007 5:48:21 PM EDT · 63 replies · 1,703+ views
Spiegel | 7-31-2007 | David Crossland
Mass Grave Sheds Light on Europe's Bloody History By David Crossland in Berlin Europe's soil is blood-soaked from centuries of fighting but rarely yields mass graves from battles that took place before the two world wars. One such grave has now been found near Berlin with over 100 soldiers who died in the 1636 Battle of Wittstock. Archaeologists say they can learn much from the skeletons which show terrible wounds. An archaeologist gently uncovering a row of skeletons in the mass grave found in Wittstock near Berlin. Archaeologists in Germany are examining a mass grave containing the skeletons of more...
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Thoroughly Modern Miscellany
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Aging Jersey farmer now tends to his memories of the land
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Posted by Coleus
On General/Chat 07/29/2007 12:14:05 AM EDT · 3 replies · 127+ views
Star Ledger | Mark Di Ionno | 07.28.07
The tree, like the man who planted it, is still here. The 200-year-old house is gone, the old southern Somerset County farm has been turned into some 200 new houses. But the sugar maple tree Charlie Grayson planted on Arbor Day when he was 8 is right where he put it. A little stooped and creaky, like Charlie Grayson himself, but still here. Charlie Grayson's tree has weathered nearly nine decades of change in the landscape. Once the smallest tree in a clump of mature shade trees in front of a Colonial- era farmhouse (circa 1700s), it's now the old-timer...
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end of digest #159 20070804
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