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Ancient Lives Project
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Ancient Lives is a collaboration between a diverse collection of Oxford Papyrologists and Researchers, The Imaging Papyri Project, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project, and the Egypt Exploration Society and the following institutions. The papyri belong to the Egypt Exploration Society and will ev...
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Kerberos
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Cerberus, or Kerberos, in Greek and Roman mythology, is a multi-headed hound (usually three-headed) which guards the gates of The Underworld, to prevent those who have crossed the river Styx from ever escaping. Read more
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Tsavo River Cave
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A cave once believed to be the den of two lions that killed and ate 135 railway workers in Kenya in 1898 may instead have been a burial site for natives who lived in the area, scientists said. The cave was discovered by Lt Col John H Patterson months after the lions began attacking workers who were buildin...
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Yonaguni Structure
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Japan researcher says has found an Asian Atlantis A researcher investigating underwater rock formations off the coast of Japan believes they are the remnants of an Asian equivalent of Atlantis -- an ancient civilization swallowed up by the ocean. Marine geologist Masaaki Kimura says he has ident...
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Ash altar of Zeus
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New evidence from excavations made by archaeologists at the ash altar of Zeus in Arcadia, Greece, has indicated that the place of worship was in use as early as 5,000 years ago, which is at least 1,000 years before the early Greeks began to worship the god Zeus. [url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsp...
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Nibiru
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Believers In Mysterious Planet Nibiru Await Earth's End Renowned astrophysicist Carl Sagan once described a "baloney detection kit" - a set of tools that skeptical thinkers use to investigate any new concept. A few of the key tools include a healthy distrust of information that isn't i...
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USS Jeannette
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The first USS Jeannette was originally HMS Pandora, a Philomel-class gunvessel of the Royal Navy, and was purchased in 1875 by Sir Allen Young for his arctic voyages in 1875-1876. Jeannette departed San Francisco on 8 July 1879, the Secretary of the Navy (SecNav) having added to her original instru...
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Qingdao-Huangdao bridge
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World's longest bridge opens in China Chinese engineers have completed a 42.4 km bridge, connecting three cities in the east of the country. China has opened the world's longest sea bridge to general traffic. The bridge spans 42.4km to con...
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Blue eyes
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New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye colour of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today. Originally, we all had brow...
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Battle of Kursk
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Treehenge
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An environmental group plans to grow a mammoth Celtic motif in southern Queensland as a living tribute to sustainability. The project, involving 7000 trees, has been dubbed "Treehenge" - in a reference to the famous prehistoric stone monument Stonehenge in England. Planting will beg...
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Rock Art Mobile Project
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New mobile project rocks A new digital media project at Newcastle University is proving that academic thought is not set in stone. Through the use of a modern-day tablet - the mobile phone - Northumberlands ancient rock art is being exposed to a new generation of enthusiasts. Archaeologists have wo...
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4.2 kiloyear event
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The 4.2 kiloyear BP aridification event was one of the most severe climatic events of the Holocene period in terms of impact on cultural upheaval. Starting in ~2200 BC, it probably lasted the entire 22nd century BC. It is very likely to have caused the collapse of the Old Kingdom in Egypt as well as the A...
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Harappan script
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A University of Washington computer scientist has led a statistical study of the Indus script, comparing the pattern of symbols to various linguistic scripts and nonlinguistic systems, including DNA and a computer programming language. The results, published online Thursday by the journal Sc...
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The Chronicle of Ireland
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