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Humans hunted cave bears to extinction
Updated: 2010-08-31 21:34:57
A mitochondrial DNA study of cave bears suggest that cavemen hunted them to extinction. Now an international team of scientists analyzing DNA in 17 newly identified fossils of cave bears has revealed the decline started 50,000 years ago, “much earlier than previously suggested, at a time when no major climate change was taking place, but [...]Two prehistoric villages found in Mongolia
Updated: 2010-08-31 19:29:54
The remains of two 5,000-year-old villages have been found in Mongolia. he archaeologistsin north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region found the ruins in Hamin’aile Village, of Horqin Left-wing Middle Banner (County). The remains were identified in the spring as possibly originating from Hongshan Culture, dating back 5,000 years, said Ji Ping, a researcher at the [...]Ancient antibiotics
Updated: 2010-08-31 17:23:27
A chemical analysis of the bones belong to ancient Nubians show that they regularly consumed tetracycline. A chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Nubians shows that they were regularly consuming tetracycline, most likely in their beer. The finding is the strongest evidence yet that the art of making antibiotics, which officially dates to the [...]Ten lost technologies
Updated: 2010-08-31 15:23:22
TopTenz has posted an interesting list about ten technologies and techniques that we have lost knowledge of over the years, from Damascus steel to Roman cement. 2. Roman Cement Modern concrete was developed in the 1700s, and today the simple mixture of cement, water, sand, and rocks is the most widely used building material in [...]The world’s oldest disposable cutlery
Updated: 2010-08-31 00:24:01
Archaeologists working in a cave near Tel Aviv have found the world’s oldest known disposable knives. Dating to the Stone Age, the tiny knives are believed to be at least 200,000 years old. A Tel Aviv University excavation team found the tools around a fireplace littered with charred animal bones. Archaeologist Ran Barkai said he [...]Remains of ancient mass banquet found in cave
Updated: 2010-08-30 21:23:42
The remains of a massive banquet from 12,000 years ago have been found in a cave in northern Israel. A team excavating a burial cave in Galilee, northern Israel, uncovered the remains of at least 71 tortoises and three wild cattle. The shells and bones showed evidence of the animals being cooked and butchered for [...]Dry weather reveals hundreds of ancient sites
Updated: 2010-08-30 19:21:10
Dry weather in the UK has revealed “cropmarks” indicating the presence of hundreds of previously unknown archaeological sites. The surveys show marks made when crops growing over buried features develop at a different rate from those nearby. The newly-discovered Roman and prehistoric settlements include a site near Bradford Abbas, Dorset. The Roman camp was revealed [...]Ancient oasis settlement found in Egypt
Updated: 2010-08-30 16:28:43
The 3,500-year-old remains of a settlement have been found by an oasis in Egypt, revealing evidence of desert trade routes during the early days of the Egyptian civilization. The settlement at Umm el-Mawagir in Egypt’s Kharga Oasis, more than 300 miles (500 kilometres) south of Cairo, has been excavated for the past year by a [...]Two meteorites, not one, killed off the dinosaurs
Updated: 2010-08-30 14:27:07
A new study is suggesting that two meteorite impacts killed off the dinosaurs, not one. Previously, scientists had identified a huge impact crater in the Gulf of Mexico as the event that spelled doom for the dinosaurs. Now evidence for a second impact in Ukraine has been uncovered. This raises the possibility that the Earth [...]107- The Year of the Six Emperors
Updated: 2010-08-30 02:49:00In 238, a revolt in Africa sparked a revolution in Rome that would eventually lead to six different men claiming the title of Augustus.Mozart’s piano found in Germany
Updated: 2010-08-28 00:08:42
A long-lost piano believed to have been played by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been found in Germany. Public broadcaster SWR said the instrument was built in 1775 and acquired in the 1980s by piano manufacturer Martin Becker in the southern German city of Baden-Baden from an antiques dealer in Strasbourg, eastern France. When Mr Becker [...]Ancient Mayan resevoirs found in Uxul
Updated: 2010-08-27 22:02:31
Archaeologists working in the Mayan city of Uxul have found two giant resevoirs which were capabale of holding the water of 10 Olympic-sized swimming pools. An analysis of the so-called “aguadas” revealed the ancient Mayans lined these huge reservoirs of drinking water with ceramic shards, similar to outdoor pools today. The lakes would have held [...]Slave cabins found at L’Hermitage in Maryland
Updated: 2010-08-27 20:08:07
The remains of two slave cabins have been uncovered at L’Hermitage in Frederick Country, Maryland. Last week, in the midst of a summer-long archaeological dig, experts using surface-penetrating radar found what are believed to be remnants of two cabins that once made up the small slave village that served L’Hermitage. And the National Park Service [...]Mayan city of Kiuic was abandoned in a hurry
Updated: 2010-08-27 18:03:22
The Maya who lived in the city of Kiuic fled the city in a hurry, leaving behind half-constructed walls. But why? “Why did they leave? That’s the question,” says archaeologist George Bey of Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss. The ancient Maya fled Kiuic, nestled in the Puuc (pook) foothills of the Yucatan, around 880. “Things [...]Prehistoric diet: Meat and mush
Updated: 2010-08-27 16:00:22
Archaeologists in Utah have doscovered evidence of a dietary shift from meat to mush that occurred 11,000 years ago. Archaeologists and anthropologists at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Utah, USA have been excavating the North Creek Shelter in that state and discovered what was for dinner there 11,000 years ago. Joel Janetski, PhD, anthropologist and [...]Ice Age flint tools found during road works
Updated: 2010-08-27 14:36:07
Flint tools dating back to the Ice Age have been found during road repairs in Nottinghamshite, England. The Highways Agency said the finds included ancient flint tools and flint knapping debris dating back to about 11,000 BC – around the end of the last Ice Age when Stone Age hunter-gathers returned as the climate began [...]Colour motion picture footage from 1922
Updated: 2010-08-26 23:30:28Check out this beautiful Kodak Kodachrome film test from 1922, 13 years before the first full length colour feature film. ShareThisMummified WWI soldier found buried in Italian glacier
Updated: 2010-08-26 21:25:54
The mummified body of a World War I soldier has been found frozen in a glacier on an Italian ski resort. Dino De Bernardin made the grim find as he walked in mountains close to his home, which had been the scene of bitter fighting between Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops between 1915 and 1917. At [...]Fashion faux pas: Romans wore socks with sandals
Updated: 2010-08-26 19:19:55
Evidence found at a Roman industrial estate in North Yorkshire suggests that legionnaires wore socks with sandals. Rust on a nail from a Roman sandal found in newly discovered ruins in North Yorkshire appears to contain fibres which could suggest that a sock-type garment was being worn. Now scientists are examining the remains in [...]Roman industrial estate found in North Yorkshire
Updated: 2010-08-26 17:16:39
A Roman industrial estate, which may have been home to a legendary missing legion, has been found in North Yorkshire. The unearthed site includes the remains of a water-powered flour mill used to grind grain and produce food for the soldiers, clothes, food remains, graves and pottery. It also contains evidence the Roman occupants might [...]Ötzi the Iceman may have been buried
Updated: 2010-08-26 15:13:22
Ötzi, the 5,000-year-old iceman found in the Italian Alps may have been buried where he was found. In the new study, researchers produced a detailed map of where the corpse and artefacts were found. Based on guesses about how the artefacts had dispersed down slope over time, they inferred that the body had originated on [...]Cao Cao’s tomb is a fake
Updated: 2010-08-26 00:43:41
In December of last year I reported about the discovery of a tomb in China which belonged to Cao Cao, the third century politician and general. Now a newspaper in China is reporting that more than 20 experts have declared the tomb to be a fake. Today’s Modern Express reports that a tomb in Anyang, [...]Ancient Egyptian settlement found in Kharga Oasis
Updated: 2010-08-25 22:13:02
A substantial Egyptian settlement has been found in Kharga Oasis, Egypt. Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosny, announced that the settlement is dated to the Second Intermediate Period (ca.1650-1550 BC) and was discovered during excavation work as part of the Theban Desert Road Survey. This project serves to investigate and map the ancient desert routes in [...]Remains of prehistoric child found in Mexico
Updated: 2010-08-25 20:35:44
The 10,000-year-old remains of a child have been found in an underwater cave in Mexico. The remains of a prehistoric child were removed from an underwater cave in Mexico four years after divers stumbled upon the well-preserved corpse that offers clues to ancient human migration. The skeletal remains of the boy, dubbed the Young [...]Website set up for Jordanian archaeological information sharing
Updated: 2010-08-25 18:14:51
A website has been set up by the Getty Conversation Institute in Los Angeles that allows archaeologists to gain access to decades worth of records about Jordanian sites. [Thanks @john_larkin] The system is scheduled to open in September, but only to authorized users. Many archaeologists say they hope it will eventually become open to a [...]Isle of Wight richest source of dinosaur remains
Updated: 2010-08-25 16:36:27
A new study is suggesting that the Isle of Wight is home to the one of the richest sources of “pick’n'mix” dinosaurs remains in the world. Weather conditions 130 million years ago have been suggested as one reason why thousands of small teeth and bones lie buried alongside bigger fossils. Portsmouth University palaeontologist Dr Steve [...]Era of $500 Million Dollar Schools?
Updated: 2010-08-25 04:13:41
I thought we were in a “Great Recession”? Well somebody please tell California that. The state that is cash poor and literally broke has unveiled a $578 million K-12 super complex that will handle 4,200. This is a shocking example of a recent trend in what are being called “Taj Mahal” schools costing $100 million-plus [...]106- Barbarian at the Gate
Updated: 2010-08-23 03:50:30After bungling a campaign in the east, Alexander headed to the Rhine where he was assassinated by Maximinius Thrax in 235 AD.AP United States History Scores
Updated: 2010-08-18 04:29:36
As some of you know I finished last year my first stint as an A.P.U.S. teacher. Though I know I was far from perfect, I felt I did ok and really focused on the essay sections of the exam. Well, my kid’s scores came back and I was very pleased. Of the 12 students who [...]Back to Work!
Updated: 2010-08-18 04:22:16
I took an unannounced leave of absence to go on vacation and get away as yesterday was the first day back to school for in-services and meetings. School with kids starts next week. I finished a semester of 12 hours of graduate work the last week of July, so I had a window and took [...]105- The Last Princeps
Updated: 2010-08-16 05:11:31Alexander was only 13 when he ascended to the throne in 222. With the help of his mother and a few key advisers, he managed to avoid being the kind of disaster that previous teenage Emperors had been.104- Here Comes the Sun
Updated: 2010-08-09 03:05:50Elagabalus became Emperor in 218 AD at the tender age of 14. His short reign was defined by a scandalous private life and an obsession with the eastern sun god El-Gabal.