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400-Year-Old Beeswax Candle Box Found in Melting Norwegian Ice
... or something more precious, it turned out to be a beeswax candle, preserved in great condition. As it turns out, this beeswax candle has a fascinating story behind it. The box containing the beeswax candle as it was found on the Lendbreen ice. ( ...
Sahir - 06/06/2021 - 14:57
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Wreckage from 17th Century Spanish Galleon Found Along Oregon Coast
... Oregon, USA discovered timbers from the hull of the Beeswax wreck Spanish galleon that sunk in the Pacific Ocean ... Oregon, USA discovered timbers from the hull of the Beeswax wreck Spanish galleon that sunk in the Pacific Ocean ... among these 300-year-old artifacts were many blocks of beeswax, which was used to make candles for Catholic ...
Nathan Falde - 23/06/2022 - 23:00
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Study Reveals Rare Aboriginal Rock Art’s Link With Sorcery and Magic
... National Park. (L.M. Brady / Antiquity Publications Ltd ) Beeswax and Stencils The experts knew that mud and clay might ... groups of indigenous Australians had carried balls of beeswax during their wanderings. The beeswax was heated and softened over hot coals, based on ...
Ed Whelan - 26/05/2020 - 00:15
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Beekeeping may go back to the early years of agriculture, up to 9,000 years ago
... found the distinctive chemical signature of honeycomb or beeswax on pottery shards from Europe, the Near East and ... honey products. About 100 of the potsherds had evidence of beeswax. They wrote that they don’t know when or where the ... a tree. “One of the major products of A. mellifera is beeswax, which is composed of a complex suite of lipids ...
Mark Miller - 15/11/2015 - 00:46
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Eerie Ancient Wax Sculptures For Hexing Enemies and Destroying Demons
... survived. These objects were thought to be sacred, as beeswax was believed to be a powerful agent, both ... by a baboon-like head and made from red clay infused with beeswax. ( © Trustees of the British Museum /CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 ) In ancient Egyptian beliefs, beeswax was thought to possess mystical qualities, and wax ...
lizleafloor - 17/11/2023 - 22:01
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6,000-year-old Make Up Or Hunter’s Camouflage Cream? You Decide.
... Reports , says the tiny bottle contained “traces of beeswax and a white lead-based mineral.” The presence of ... the chemical inside the jar contained “traces of beeswax , plant and animal fat, and a white lead-based ... of the bottles also contained plant oil, animal fat, and beeswax, which the paper says would “help keep the skin ...
ashley cowie - 13/07/2021 - 18:58
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Nok Culture Pottery Reveals Honey Hunting Happened 3,500 Years Ago
... ) Evidence of Honey Hunting in Nok Civilization Amazingly, beeswax residue was found in the pottery shards, traced to ... revealed having high-molecular lipids, symptomatic of beeswax. Dr. Julie Dunne from the University of Bristol, the ... is) also used for cosmetic and technological purposes. Beeswax, honey and pollen are sources of income around which ...
Sahir - 16/04/2021 - 14:55
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Etruscans Transported Bees by Boat to Reach the Best Flowers!
... honey gave rise to an alternate method for manufacturing beeswax , honey, and other various products. Although the ... of the golden nectar is evident in the remnants of beeswax found in pottery, ancient beekeeping workshops, and ... irritation, and cardiovascular concerns. Ancient beeswax may have also been used as an early adhesive for ...
B. B. Wagner - 23/11/2020 - 14:01
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Enchanting Women of the Odyssey: From Seductive Sirens to Wicked Witches
... and tells him to plug his and his crew’s ears with beeswax in order to block their sweet songs from entering ... Sirens sing, Odysseus only plugs his crew’s ears with beeswax and then has his men tie him to the mast of the ship, ...
Julia Huse - 01/07/2018 - 23:02
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13,000-Year-Old Bitumen Dental Fillings Found in Italy: Earliest Example of Dentistry Known to Date
... plants, were possibly used as an antiseptic, just like beeswax was used in other examples of prehistoric dentistry ... impact the dentin layer of the tooth had been packed with beeswax. Scientists aren’t sure how effective this was, but ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 09/04/2017 - 22:46
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Da Vinci Bust Myth Debunked By French Scientists
... of wax produced in the head cavity of sperm whales and beeswax. Flora was compared with Leda and the Swan to determine the ratio of spermaceti to beeswax, so to calibrate the carbon dating curves for the two ...
ashley cowie - 21/04/2021 - 14:57
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Jewel-Capped Teeth and Golden Bridges: 14,000 Years of Dentistry
... the dentin layer of the tooth – it had been packed with beeswax. Scientists are not sure how effective this was, but ... Ancient Egyptian Dentistry – Citizen Scientists League Beeswax Filling May Be Oldest Hint of Dentistry – Live ...
Joanna Gillan - 16/02/2021 - 13:52
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Italian archaeologists set to produce ancient Roman wine
... are buried to the neck in the ground, lined inside with beeswax to make them impermeable and left open during ...
aprilholloway - 26/08/2013 - 14:08
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The Exceptional Craftmanship Behind Medieval Arrows (Video)
... ash. Swan feathers were carefully bound with silk into a beeswax and copper verdigris compound, forming a sturdy seal. ...
Robbie Mitchell - 02/09/2023 - 17:00
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Changing Beauty: The Use of Elaborate Wigs in Ancient Egypt
... other types of animal hair, and human hair stiffened with beeswax. The cheapest ones were made of vegetable fiber, but ... It was made of brown human hair held together by beeswax. Wig Cover 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose III, ...
Natalia Klimczak - 07/03/2016 - 03:55
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The Life and Death of a Neanderthal (Video)
... existence, glimpses of ingenuity emerge. They used beeswax and conifer resin for toolmaking and exhibited ...
Robbie Mitchell - 21/11/2023 - 19:56
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Scientists Reveal Contents of 2,000-Year-Old Roman Pill
... a number of zinc compounds, as well as iron oxide, starch, beeswax, pine resin and other plant-derived materials. ...
aprilholloway - 01/06/2013 - 13:42
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Less Ice and Low Water Levels Reveal Hidden Treasures – At A Price
... noting). This includes hundreds of pre-historic cairns, a beeswax candle box, a 1,300 year-old-ski, an iron horseshoe, ...
Sahir - 17/08/2022 - 01:59
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Trendy Roman Era Sandals Discovered on Norway Ice Pass
... the world, including hundreds of pre-historic cairns , a beeswax candle box, a 1,300-year-old ski , an iron horseshoe, ...
Sahir - 18/04/2022 - 14:59
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2,000-Year-Old Bloomberg Tablets Reveal London Life Under the Romans
... documents in which the writing was etched into a layer of beeswax applied to wooden pieces before they were used for ...
Mark Brophy - 10/07/2022 - 14:59