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17 August, 2015 - 14:47 Alicia McDermott

Did a Comet Destroy Ancient Sardinia?

A group of Italian scientists recently met to present their hypotheses regarding the cause of the disaster that devastated the island of Sardinia in 1175 BC. Their meeting took place before the...

Cro-Magnon man communicating with each other and producing cave drawings

17 August, 2015 - 03:51 Alicia McDermott

The Origins of Human Language: One of the Hardest Problems in Science

How human language began has been a question pestering researchers for centuries. One of the biggest issues with this topic is that empirical evidence is still lacking despite our great advances in...

Hand-colored engraving of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (19th Century)

17 August, 2015 - 01:01 Riley Winters

The Magnificent Constructions of King Nebuchadnezzar II

Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II remains known as the leader of one of the most powerful ancient empires to have preceded that of the Athenians in Greek's Classical period. However, aside from...

The three Jews brought before Nebuchadnezzar (1565), Philip Galle

16 August, 2015 - 14:50 Riley Winters

The Posterity of Neo-Babylonia: The Dramatic Reign of Nebuchadnezzar II

Born in 634 BC in what is now called Neo-Babylonia, Nebuchadnezzar II would one day become one of the greatest ancient Babylonian kings. The first-born son of his predecessor Nabopolassar, from a...

An inscription from 1891 found in Dayu Cave.

16 August, 2015 - 03:53 Robin Whitlock

Unique inscriptions in Chinese cave reveals record of ancient droughts

Researchers have discovered unique inscriptions on the wall of a cave in China recording the effects of droughts on the local population over the course of 500 years. The inscriptions were found on...

The discoveries have led to palpable excitement among scientists in Siberia.

15 August, 2015 - 21:58 ancient-origins

Discovery of ancient bones in Altai Mountains cave may be missing link in understanding human origins

Fragments of an early human skull and rib were found in Pleistocene era layers in Strashnaya Cave, it was announced by Professor Andrey Krivoshapkin, head of Archeology and Ethnography at Novosibirsk...

15 August, 2015 - 15:01 lizleafloor

Crime and Punishment: Eternal Damnations as handed down by the Ancient Greek Gods

Nothing sends a clearer message than an angry punishment handed down from the gods. In belief systems of cultures around the world deities have been disciplining their flocks since time immemorial,...

The figurehead of the Gribshunden resembles a monster or dog.

15 August, 2015 - 03:55 Mark Miller

Beast from the Deep: Rare wooden figurehead salvaged from historic Danish shipwreck

A wooden figurehead depicting a doglike figure or monster from a historic 15 th century Danish ship has been pulled from Swedish waters. This is one of the oldest known preserved wooden carvings of...

A segment of the Egyptian papyrus containing a prenuptial agreement.

15 August, 2015 - 00:54 Robin Whitlock

Eight foot long scroll reveals Ancient Egyptian prenup

A rather interesting Ancient Egyptian document is currently being exhibited in the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago , which you might think, at first sight, is an example of Egyptian...

Funerary Mask, from Malagana 200BC-200AD on exhibit with the exhibit "The Spirit of Ancient Columbian Gold".

14 August, 2015 - 21:54 lizleafloor

The Malagana Treasure: Gold and Greed, A Lost Civilization Plundered

When a Colombian sugarcane plantation worker and his tractor plunged into a hole which had suddenly opened up in the earth, the spectacular discovery buried under the soil would lead to a large-scale...

The Cobbe portrait, claimed to be a portrait of William Shakespeare done while he was alive.

14 August, 2015 - 14:45 lizleafloor

Were the works of Shakespeare inspired by Cannabis? Scientists find traces of drugs on pipes

Were the globally renowned literary works of the master playwright himself written with a little inspiration from drugs? That is the question posed by South African scientists who studied tobacco...

The bodies of about 20 victims of the volcanic eruption of 79 AD are on display through September 27, 2015, in an ancient amphitheater.

14 August, 2015 - 03:37 Mark Miller

Decaying and Looted Pompeii Gets a Big Infusion of Care from the Italian Government

Pompeii, the city frozen in time by a super-hot gas cloud and ash that erupted from Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been placed under the protection of the Italian government from degradation by the...

Researchers at the British Musuem examined John White's watercolor map using spectroscopy and found the X under a patch on the map.

13 August, 2015 - 21:40 Mark Miller

Archaeologists excavate two sites where Roanoke Lost Colony settlers may have gone

The New World must have seemed so mysterious and alien to the 115 English colonists who settled Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina in 1587. They came from a heavily developed country to a...

The bones and the sword in the grave of the first known warrior woman of the ancient Kangyuy people of the steppes of Kazakhstan.

13 August, 2015 - 14:41 Mark Miller

Woman buried with weapons is first evidence of female warriors among the Kangyuy people of Kazakhstan

The skeleton of a woman who lived more than 1,600 years ago and who was buried with a sword, a dagger, arrows, and pottery has been unearthed in Kazakhstan. Archaeologists say she was probably a high...

13 August, 2015 - 03:49 aprilholloway

The 4,000-Year-Old Abandoned Mud-Brick Town of Kharanaq, Iran: A Photographic Look

Sitting in a remote valley about 70km (43 miles) north of Yazd in Central Iran, is the deserted and crumbling mud-brick village of Kharanaq. The site has been occupied for approximately 4,000 years,...

A DNA molecule that is methylated on both strands on the center cytosine. DNA methylation plays an important role for epigenetic gene regulation in development and cancer

13 August, 2015 - 00:52 lizleafloor

Ancient Ancestors Had More DNA Than We Do Now: Have we Devolved?

Adding to the number of unsolved mysteries regarding the ancient origins of humanity and the biology of our species, scientists have discovered that we have less DNA now than our ancient ancestors...

Paul Dienach - Chronicles from the future

13 August, 2015 - 00:23 Achilleas Syrigos

Chronicles from the future: 3-ΙΧ to 5-IX

Note: Use the arrows at the bottom to navigate between the pages of the book. The odd change I’m going through all these days should be investigated, if anything, from the psychological point of view...