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Topic: Archaeology news updates Posted: 17-Apr-2012 at 17:58 |
Chechnya claims world's largest dinosaur eggs, met with skepticism
Published April 17, 2012-NewsCore
MOSCOW – A university in Chechnya said
Tuesday an unprecedented stash of giant fossilized dinosaur eggs was
found in a remote mountainous area of the North Caucasus region, but the
claim was met with skepticism.
The Chechen state university uploaded photos of the egg-shaped
protrusions on a rock face discovered in the region's south on its
website, calling them a "sensational find" and Russia's main channels
showed the remote site Tuesday.
"The discovery is sensational not only for our republic, but because
of the size of the eggs," some of which measure as long as 40 inches
(102cm), the university said. "There have never been such large (eggs)
in the world." |
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Posted: 21-Apr-2012 at 01:36 |
Ancient 'bone box' called oldest Christian artifact
By Jennifer Welsh-Published April 20, 2012-LiveScience
Long-unrecognized lettering confirms that first-century artifacts
found within an ancient Jerusalem tomb are the earliest representations
of Christianity ever found, researchers say.
Two Hebrew scholars who examined photographs showing the inside of
the tomb agree that markings on an ossuary — a box made to hold human
remains — are stylized letters that spell out the name of Jonah, the
researchers said Thursday (April 19). Jonah was the Old Testament
prophet whose story of being swallowed by a great fish was embraced by
the early followers of Jesus. The tomb, located 6.5 feet (2 meters) below an apartment building in
the East Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem, was discovered in 1981 but
resealed after Orthodox Jewish
groups opposed its excavation. Two decades later, the group got license
to enter the tomb, which has been dated to before A.D. 70. |
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Posted: 21-Apr-2012 at 01:40 |
Shells made dinosaurs egg-stinct, scientists say
Published April 18, 2012-NewsCore
The fact that land-bound dinosaurs laid eggs is what sealed their
fate of mass extinction millions of years ago while live birthing
mammals went on to thrive, scientists said Wednesday.
In a new explanation for mammals' evolutionary victory over
dinosaurs, researchers said a mathematical model has shown that infant
size was the clincher. Given physical limitations to the size of egg shells, dinosaurs had
comparatively small young. Some came out of the egg weighing as little
as 4.4 to 22 pounds (2-10kg), yet had to bulk up to a hefty 33 or 55
tons (30 or 50 tonnes).
Growing up, the youngsters had to compete in several size categories
with adults of other animal groups for food, University of Zurich
scientist Marcus Clauss told AFP. |
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Posted: 22-Apr-2012 at 16:49 |
Rare archaeological slab of Ramesses III found at Karnak Temple
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Posted: 24-Apr-2012 at 21:59 |
I'm going to Sozopol this summer for a week and will see it I can see those spicy pictures, as here claimed . "... University archaeologists found 14,000-year-old knives while studying elephant ancestors.Archaeologists
and anthropologists excavating a site in the south of Chile have
uncovered stones that are believed to have been used as tools by humans
14,000 years ago. Scientists from Universidad Católica de Temuco
and Universidad Austral de Chile (UACh) were able to determine these
were tools because they exhibit the marking congruent with ancient
knives and cutting utensils.... ....The artifacts provide some of the oldest evidence of human existence in the Americas. Researchers
note that this group would have been contemporary to the Monte Verde
society found near Puerto Montt, also located in the south of Chile,
where the continent’s most ancient archaeological deposit exists. "This
means that there were other areas, other nearby areas in the south of
Chile, that were inhabited by the first settlers," said Navarro, adding
that this discovery uncovers new information about how the first
inhabitants in South America lived. Research confirmed that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait from Asia into the Americas rather than traveling south
via Alaska. Passing over the ice bridges into Alaska would have delayed
their settlement so far in the Southern Hemisphere several thousand
years...." http://www.santiagotimes.cl/chile/science-technology/23717-evidence-of-the-earliest-human-activity-found-in-chiles-south
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Posted: 24-Apr-2012 at 22:01 |
"... For
archaeologists and students of archaeology, hearing the name
"Jerusalem" conjures up images of ancient artifacts that can be found in
few other places in the world. But recent archaeological excavations
there have uncovered something that has not been commonly found.Directed by Israeli archaeologists Eli Shukron and Joe Uziel under
the sponsorship of the Israel Antiquities Authority, excavations have
recovered an ancient Egyptian scarab dated to the 13th century B.C.E.
(the Late Bronze Age). Found within the City of David National Park,
which is situated within the most ancient part of Jerusalem, the scarab
is attributed to Egypt's 19th Dynasty, a period of Egyptian hegemony
over the city that was actually a Jebusite settlement at the time. The
Jebusites were a tribe of Canaanites that built and developed Jerusalem
before its conquest by King David during the 10th century, according to
the Biblical account.
"This is the first time we've found a scarab of this kind in the City
of David," said Shukron. "The seal is from the late Bronze period,
during which time the land of Israel was under Egyptian rule. It's
exciting and interesting to have discovered this unique artifact, and it
gives us a glimpse into Jerusalem during that era." ..." http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/march-2012/article/rare-find-in-jerusalem-reflects-ancient-connections-with-egypt
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Posted: 24-Apr-2012 at 23:59 |
4000-year-old cliff paintings discovered in N China"...HOHHOT - Eighteen cliff paintings dating back over 4,000 years have been discovered by archaeologists in northern China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, an official said Sunday.The prehistoric portraits were unearthed in the Yinshan Mountains in Urad Middle Banner (an administration division of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region), said Liu Binjie, head of the Cultural Relics Bureau of Urad Middle Banner.The patterns are still clear and the paintings have been arranged in an orderly manner on the cliffs. Liu added that they are the finest of their kind that have been unearthed so far.
Among the paintings, seven faces were exaggerated and monstrous, and have been interpreted as the seven stars of the "Big Dipper" constellation. Liu concluded that these may have been drawn by prehistoric men for worship.
So far, over 10,000 ancient cliff paintings have been discovered in the Yinshan Mountains, according to the archaeologists.
Liu said paintings of faces found on Yinshan Mountains cliffs are similar to those in the Helan Mountains, located on the boundary between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. They are also similar to those in eastern Russia, showing close connections with ancient peoples' migration patterns, and sacrificial and worship ceremonies.They are very precious materials for the research on prehistorical life, said Liu.Local government and relevant departments have made efforts to protect the cliff paintings in this area, including restrictions on grazing and the installation of monitoring equipment..". http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-04/22/content_15109659.htm
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Posted: 25-Apr-2012 at 00:19 |
"...Cleopatra's twin babies now have a face. An Italian Egyptologist has
rediscovered a sculpture of Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene, the
offspring of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII, at the Egyptian Museum in
Cairo.Discovered in 1918 near the temple of Dendera on the west bank of
the Nile, the sandstone statue was acquired by the Egyptian Museum but
has remained largely overlooked.
The back of the 33-foot sculpture, catalogued as JE 46278 at the
museum, features some engraved stars -- likely indicating that the stone
was originally part of a ceiling. Overall, the rest of the statue
appears to be quite unusual. "It shows two naked children, one male and one female, of identical
size standing within the coils of two snakes. Each figure has an arm
over the other’s shoulder, while the other hand grasps a serpent,"
Giuseppina Capriotti, an Egyptologist at Italy's National Research
Council, told Discovery News...." http://news.discovery.com/history/cleopatras-twin-babies-120420.html
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Posted: 25-Apr-2012 at 00:26 |
"... The first century CE tomb in the
Jerusalem suburb of Talpiot, now two meters under a condominium
building, was explored through the use of robot cameras. The associated
images and their controversial interpretation were announced on February
28, 2012.The expedition, carried out in
2010-2011, was directed by historian James D. Tabor of the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte and archaeologist Rami Arav of the
University of Nebraska at Omaha, funded by the Discovery Channel, and is
the subject of a documentary produced by filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici
that aired on the Discover Channel on April 12.
Among the robotic exploration's more
controversial finds was an ossuary or "bone box" with an engraving of
what the team identified as "Jonah and the fish," a symbol associated
with the earliest Jewish followers of Jesus in Jerusalem. If correct,
this interpretation would make the ossuary engraving the earliest
Christian art ever found as well as the first archaeological evidence
related to faith in Jesus' resurrection.... ...Charlesworth's discovery appears to
confirm the original interpretation of the team. It appears that the
lines the team originally interpreted as representing the stick figure
in the mouth of the fish also form four cryptic Hebrew letters (in the
Hebrew script familiar from the Dead Sea Scrolls): Yod, Vav, Nun, Heh,
spelling out (from right to left) Y O N H or YONAH—the Hebrew name of
the prophet Jonah. The inscription is engraved in letters less than 4
centimeters in height—too deep to have been natural scratches in the
stone, too intricate in shape to be random marks by the engraver...." http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/march-2012/article/inscription-appears-to-confirm-sign-of-jonah-on-jerusalem-tomb-ossuary
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Posted: 26-Apr-2012 at 23:30 |
200 ancient forts found in Chinese mountains "...In a discovery that has baffled Chinese archaeologists, more than 200
ancient fortresses have been found in a mountainous region in the
northern part of the country. The fortresses were discovered in the Qinling mountains in Shaanxi province during the recent third national cultural relics
survey, the People's Daily reported. Li Guang, chief of
the county cultural relic management institute, said the fortresses are
scattered across mountain tops or tucked in hidden places. While
small fortresses could only hold a few people, more than four large
sites were found that could each hold between 400 and 500 people, he
said.
According to available records, most of the forts were built at the
end of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and in the early Qing Dynasty
(1644-1911) to protect the wealthy from farmer uprisings...." http://www.hindustantimes.com/HTNext/Education/200-ancient-forts-found-in-Chinese-mountains/Article1-845846.aspx
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Posted: 26-Apr-2012 at 23:32 |
"...Evidence of ancient smuggling activity has emerged from a Roman
shipwreck, according to Italian archaeologists who have investigated the
vessel's cargo.
Dating to the third century AD, the large sunken ship was fully recovered six months ago at a depth of 7 feet near the shore of Marausa Lido, a beach resort near Trapani.
Her cargo, officially consisting of assorted jars once filled with
walnuts, figs, olives, wine, oil and fish sauce, also contained many
unusual tubular tiles.
The unique tiles were apparently valuable enough for sailors to
smuggle them from North Africa to Rome, where they sold for higher
prices.
An image of the smuggled interlocking tiles found on the Roman shipwreck. Credit: Sebastiano Tusa
PHOTOS: Roman Ship Carried Live Fish Tank
"They are small terracotta tubes with one pointed end. Put one into
the other, they formed interlocking, snake-like tiles. Rows of these
so-called fictile tubes were used by Roman builders to relieve the
weight of vaulting," Sebastiano Tusa, Sicily's Superintendent of the
Sea Office, told Discovery News...." http://news.discovery.com/history/roman-shipwreck-smuggling-120425.html
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Posted: 28-Apr-2012 at 11:06 |
Ancient Egyptian mummy suffered rare and painful diseaseBy Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor-Published April 27, 2012-LiveScience
Around 2,900 years ago, an ancient Egyptian man, likely in his 20s, passed away after suffering from a rare, cancerlike disease that may also have left him with a type of diabetes. When he died he was mummified, following the procedure of the time. The embalmers removed his brain (through the nose it appears), poured resin-like fluid into his head and pelvis, took out some of his organs and inserted four linen “packets” into his body. At some point the mummy was transferred to the 2,300 year-old sarcophagus of a woman named Kareset, an artifact that is now in the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Croatia. The mummy transfer may have been the work of 19th-century antiquity traders keen on selling Kareset's coffin but wanting to have a mummy inside to raise the price. |
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Posted: 28-Apr-2012 at 11:16 |
Three-toed horses once roamed Tibetan plateaus, Skeleton RevealsBy Jennifer Welsh-Published April 24, 2012-LiveScience
A newly discovered skeleton from an ancient three-toed horse not only provides information about ancient Tibetan wildlife, but it also sheds light on the habitat and elevation of Tibet nearly 5 million years ago. This area of the world, called the Tibetan plateau, is the youngest and highest plateau on Earth, its average elevation exceeding 14,800 feet (4,500 meters), but researchers don't know exactly when this happened. Some researchers think that 5 million years ago, the plateau was once much higher than it is today, but others think it was much lower. More data is needed to get a good grip on when the plateau rose up, and these researchers used the fossilized horse to shed some light on the debate. |
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Rare Ancient Statue Depicts Topless Female GladiatorBy Owen Jarus-Published April 18, 2012-LiveScience
A small bronze statue dating back nearly 2,000 years may be that of a female gladiator, a victorious one at that, suggests a new study. If confirmed the statue would represent only the second depiction of a woman gladiator known to exist. The gladiator statue shows a topless woman, wearing only a loincloth and a bandage around her left knee. Her hair is long, although neat, and in the air she raises what the researcher, Alfonso Manas of the University of Granada, believes is a sica, a short curved sword used by gladiators. The gesture she gives is a "salute to the people, to the crowd," Manas said, an action done by victorious gladiators at the end of a fight. The female fighter is looking down at the ground, presumably at her fallen opponent. |
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Posted: 28-Apr-2012 at 11:20 |
Jurassic lark? Expedition to seek living Dinosaurs in AfricaBy Benjamin Radford-Published April 21, 2012-LiveScience
A young Missouri man has turned to the Internet in search of investors for his expedition into the remote jungles of Africa seeking to document undiscovered flora and fauna. That is not so unusual, but one of the creatures he hopes to find is: a living dinosaur. The region Stephen McCullah, the organizer of the expedition, has chosen to explore is the reputed home of the Mokèlé-mbèmbé, a dinosaur-like creature said to be up to 35 feet long (11 meters), with brownish-gray skin and a long, flexible neck. Many locals believe that it lives in the caves it digs in riverbanks, and that the beast feeds on elephants, hippos and crocodiles. McCullah posted his pitch on Kickstarter.com asking for $27,000 in donations so that he and his friends can launch the Newmac Expedition, "one of the first expeditions in this century with the goal of categorizing plant and animal species in the vastly unexplored Republic of the Congo." The preliminary four-man venture is slated to launch June 26. |
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Posted: 28-Apr-2012 at 11:22 |
The Mystery Sea Beast of CincinnatiPublished April 24, 2012-FoxNews.com
The discovery of a very large, very mysterious ‘monster’ by an amateur Ohio paleontologist has researchers baffled and asking for answers. Around 450 million years ago, shallow seas covered Cincinnati -- and harbored one very large organism. And despite its size, no one has ever found a fossil of this “monster” until its discovery by an amateur paleontologist last year. The fossilized specimen, a roughly elliptical shape with multiple lobes, totaling almost seven feet in length was discovered by Ron Fine of Dayton, Ohio. He's a member of the Dry Dredgers, an association of amateur paleontologists based at the University of Cincinnati that has a long history of collaborating with professional scientists. “I knew right away that I had found an unusual fossil,” Fine said. “Imagine a saguaro cactus with flattened branches and horizontal stripes in place of the usual vertical stripes. That’s the best description I can give.” |
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Posted: 02-May-2012 at 18:40 |
Another one for DQ to report back on. Archaeology: Ancient necropolis found in path of Bulgaria’s Struma Motorway
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Posted: 05-May-2012 at 14:24 |
Yes, this is good one, I'll put it in my "to see" list, thank you, Centrix .
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