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How to get to Australia … more than 50,000 years ago
... were directly visible from high points on the islands of Timor and Roti and as close as 87km (54 mi). This chain of ... a now submerged string of islands between Australia and Timor/Roti. The present coastline is shown as a black line. ... monsoon period when winds are generally blowing to the east-southeast, thereby maximizing the chance of successful ...
ancient-origins - 25/05/2018 - 23:00
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Hints of Ancient Symbolic Culture are Revealed in Indonesian Ice Age Art and Jewelry
... human art Wallacea, the zone of oceanic islands positioned east of the Wallace Line, one of the world’s major ... complexity as Homo sapiens spread into Europe and as far east as India. Thereafter, culture is thought to have ... and ornaments from Wallacea Previous cave excavations in Timor-Leste (East Timor) have unearthed 42,000 year old ...
ancient-origins - 09/04/2017 - 02:02
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Last Hominin Standing: Extreme Adaptation of Late Pleistocene Humans
... to a collection of fossil human teeth from the islands of Timor and Alor in Wallacea to study the ecological ... Wallacea. Asitau Kuru, Lene Hara, Matja Kuru 1 and 2 (Timor), Makpan, and Tron Bon Lei (Alor). ( Roberts et al. ... from the region, excavated from the site of Asitau Kuru on Timor, was indeed reliant on maritime resources, suggesting a ...
ancient-origins - 30/04/2020 - 13:59
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The Snallygaster: Century-Old Fake News Terrorized Citizens of Maryland… But the Creature May be Real
The Snallygaster is a mysterious unknown cryptid that is said to look like a dragon. The legend of the beast originated with German immigrants that settled in Frederick County in Central Maryland. Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic state that's defined by its abundant waterways and coastlines on the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. It is a neighboring state west of New Jersey.
Steve Pearse - 05/05/2021 - 02:01
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How a Javanese King Defeated One of the Most Powerful Rulers of the Mongolian Empire
... to establish a new kingdom. Location of Madura island in East Java, Indonesia. ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) It was the ... Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, pp. 822-824. ...
dhwty - 25/01/2017 - 01:58
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Jayavarman II: Self-Proclaimed God-King of the Khmer Empire
... which saw the rise of important new trade centers in East Java. Topography of Java. Created with GMT from publicly ... Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor, Volume 1. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, pp. ...
dhwty - 30/04/2016 - 14:50
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World’s Oldest Funerary Fish Hooks Indicate Women Fished in Ancient Indonesia
... the Pleistocene on Indonesia's Alor Island, northwest of East Timor. The collection of fish hooks placed alongside the ... the Pleistocene on Indonesia's Alor Island, northwest of East Timor. The collection of fish hooks placed alongside the ...
Alicia McDermott - 13/12/2017 - 13:56
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Scientists Understand Why there are Short-statured Indonesians Today, But Can they Explain Hobbit Height?
... ( Public Domain ) Across Africa, South Asia and South East Asia, short-statured populations in the past were ... and 163cm in the Indonesia’s Flores highlands, central Timor and Sumba. They are short people, yes, but not ...
ancient-origins - 05/08/2018 - 22:55
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History’s Lost Transoceanic Voyages: Tamils and Sumerians Among the FIRST to Reach Australia and Antarctica?— PART II
... the regions of Tamil Nadu, southern India, and the north-east and southern coastlines of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon). In the south-east corner of coastal Sri Lanka, on a beach directly south ... the islands of Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sumba and Timor where, even today, in these countries the eagle remains ...
William James Veall - 06/12/2017 - 22:49
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17,000-Year-Old Skulls Discovered On Migration ‘Highway To Oz’
... already knew that modern humans had reached Timor and Sulawesi over 40,000 years ago, but these two ...
ashley cowie - 27/08/2019 - 14:04
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The Final Insanity of Al Capone: Was Notorious Gangster Haunted by a Hapless Victim?
Al Capone was a notorious American gangster whose multi-million dollar Chicago operation in bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling dominated the organized crime scene for nearly a decade. At the height of his power, he employed over 1,000 gunmen in his service and had up to half of the city’s police force on his payroll.
Joanna Gillan - 06/03/2021 - 00:58
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Ancient Ancestors Made A Large and Deliberate Migration to Australia
... Sahul from the island chains we now call Indonesia and Timor-Leste how many people were needed to enter Sahul to ... easier to navigate than the southern route from Alor and Timor to the now-drowned Sahul Shelf off the modern-day ...
ancient-origins - 18/06/2019 - 21:25
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Roman Villa with Floor Mosaic Uncovered in Turkey’s Mosaic Hotspot
The remains of a Roman villa have recently been unearthed in Defne district of southern Turkey’s Hatay province. The ruins consist of broken-down walls and a well-preserved floor mosaic with geometric patterns, reports the Daily Sabah.
Sahir - 17/07/2022 - 14:45
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Cork Harbor Rock Structure Declared A Stone Age Tomb
Ever since the discovery of a stone dolmen on the eastern shore of Cork Harbor in southern Ireland many years ago, archaeological opinion has been divided over the exact nature of the Carraig á Mhaistin stone. New research now seems to prove that it is a Stone Age tomb, as many experts have always believed.
Sahir - 19/10/2022 - 22:55
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Ancient Burial Rituals Prove You Can Take it With You ... and What You Take Says a lot
Death is inevitable, but what death shows us about the social behaviors of the living is not.
And recent University of Cincinnati research examining the ancient bereavement practices from the Central Apulian region in pre-Roman Italy helps shed light on economic and social mobility, military service and even drinking customs in a culture that left no written history.
ancient-origins - 13/01/2016 - 14:53
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Niumatou Site: An Archaeological Preservation of Taiwan’s Lost Aborigines
... groups including those of New Zealand and Hawaii , Timor-Leste , the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei ... completely absorbing the original Taiwan people. The Dutch East India Company traded with the Chinese and Japanese and ...
Michelle Freson - 21/08/2018 - 18:45
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6,000-Year-Old Fishhook Indicates Shark Was on the Menu
... found in 2005 in Southeast Asia on the island nation of East Timor. Specifically used to catch deep sea tuna, these ... the oldest known evidence of shark fishing in the Middle East was discovered at the site of the Azraq Oasis in Jordan ...
ashley cowie - 03/04/2023 - 18:58
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Making Money Divine: Roman Imperial Coins had a Unique Value in Scandinavian Cultures
"My fleet sailed from the mouth of the Rhine eastward as far as the lands of the Cimbri to which, up to that time, no Roman had ever penetrated either by land or by sea, and the Cimbri and Charydes and Semnones and other peoples of the Germans of that same region through their envoys sought my friendship and that of the Roman people." Res Gestae 26.
Riley Winters - 22/08/2017 - 01:56
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New Research Provides First Peek at Ancient Mesopotamian Drug Use
... concrete example of drug production in the ancient Middle East. Science magazine reports the evidence comes from ... further because “The archaeology of the ancient Near East is traditionally conservative.” Archaeologist Glenn ...
Alicia McDermott - 21/04/2018 - 01:42
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Virtual Reality Tracks 75,000-Year-Old Footsteps of Sahul Explorers
... Australia’s Aboriginal people sailed from the island of Timor “between 75,000 and 50,000 years ago.” Later waves ...
ashley cowie - 08/02/2023 - 13:58