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The British Museum Top 100 Historical Objects

2011-11-30T14:10:00.000+01:00

A fun list, though it would be hard to find anyone who would agree with all of selections, some of which are quite obscure. Defining our history and ourselves (in 100 objects) | Twin Cities Daily Planet

The Jurrasic Ur-Mother: A Dino-Era Mammal?

2011-08-25T22:02:00.000+02:00

John Roach at National Geographic News discusses a newly found placental-mammal lineage fossil at Dino-era Mammal the "Jurassic Mother" of Us All?

Quiz Results and Comments: Moses and Exodus and Kings of Egypt and Judah

2010-04-03T23:35:00.000+02:00

Quiz Results and Comments: Moses and Exodus and Kings of Egypt and Judah

Publications on Germanic prehistory and early history are available in German from the Forschungskreis Externsteine e.V., Postfach 1155, 32792 Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany

2010-03-13T14:58:00.000+01:00

The following publications presenting recent research in Germanic prehistory and early history are available in German from the Forschungskreis Externsteine e.V., Postfach 1155, 32792 Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany: The list below is taken from Anlage 2, Mitgliederrundschreiben 1/2010, 03 March 2010, Dr. Gert Meier, 1. Vorsitzende: 1. Gustav Friedrichs/Andis Kaulins/Gert Meier, Osnabrück und die

Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: Göbekli Tepe Complex of Interpretation

2010-03-02T22:02:00.000+01:00

Pavel Somov, Ph.D., at the Huffington Post says to be careful about religious interpretations for theGöbekli Tepe Complex of Interpretation.

Göbekli Tepe and History in the Remaking at Newsweek : All Our Theories Were Wrong

2010-03-02T21:28:00.001+01:00

Göbekli Tepe is featured at Newsweek online in an article from the March 1, 2010 issue of Newsweek magazine. At History in the Remaking: A temple complex in Turkey that predates even the pyramids is rewriting the story of human evolution, Patrick Symmes writes: ""The new discoveries are finally beginning to reshape the slow-moving consensus of archeology. Göbekli Tepe is 'unbelievably big

Long-lost Armenian ship, the stuff of legend, to become living museum in the Caribbean: Explorers unravel mystery of “Quedagh Merchant” hijacked 1698

2010-02-26T21:35:00.001+01:00

Long-lost Armenian ship, the stuff of legend, to become a “living museum” in the Caribbean: Explorers unravel mystery of the “Quedagh Merchant” hijacked in 1698by Emil Sanamyan"According to British records, Kidd captured the Quedagh Merchant (also known as Cara Merchant) in January 1698 from Armenian traders near the coast of India and then sailed on it to the Caribbean...."When I first heard

Tutankhamun: Hawass of Egypt Supreme Council of Antiquities to reveal King Tut DNA at February 17 Press Conference: Discovery News

2010-02-11T11:35:00.000+01:00

Who was Tutankhamun really?Only DNA can tell.In one week, reports Rossella Lorenzi of Discovery News in her articleHawass To Announce King Tut DNA Results,we are surely going to have a much better idea about Tut's true identity.Paul Schemm of the Associated Press on January 31, 2010 wrote at the Washington Postin Egypt to soon announce King Tut DNA test results- in an article

Bioarchaeology and Dental Evidence : DOHaD : Ancient human teeth show that stress early in development can shorten life span

2010-02-11T11:32:00.000+01:00

From ScienceDaily.com, dental evidence favors the Barker hypothesis of DOHaD (Developmental Origins of Health and Disease):Ancient human teeth show that stress early in development can shorten life span

Archaeologists claim discovery of oldest Hebrew writing - Yahoo! News

2010-02-03T01:45:00.000+01:00

Archaeologists claim discovery of oldest Hebrew writing - Yahoo! News

tehran times : Earth sink imperils Zoroaster’s Kaba

2010-02-02T22:38:00.000+01:00

tehran times : Earth sink imperils Zoroaster’s Kaba

Ancient World Blog: Tel Aviv Jaffa "Ramat" Archaeological Prehistoric Building Marks the "Dip" of the Big Dipper in the Prehistoric Survey of the Holy Land by Astronomy

2010-01-24T13:30:00.000+01:00

Ancient World Blog: Tel Aviv Jaffa "Ramat" Archaeological Prehistoric Building Marks the "Dip" of the Big Dipper in the Prehistoric Survey of the Holy Land by Astronomy

Mound of Ash Reveals Shrine to Zeus

2010-01-19T23:29:00.000+01:00

Mound of Ash Reveals Shrine to Zeus

Tools point to early Cretan arrivals - Times Online

2010-01-19T23:24:00.000+01:00

Tools point to early Cretan arrivals - Times OnlineNorman Hammond, Archaeology Correspondent, writes:"Evidence for the world’s earliest seafaring has emerged from an archaeological survey in Crete....What sort of water-craft might have been used remains a matter of speculation, but it seems that our forebears were forging their way across Homer’s “wine-dark sea” tens of millennia earlier than

Bible Possibly Written Centuries Earlier, Texts Suggests

2010-01-15T20:57:00.000+01:00

Bible Possibly Written Centuries Earlier, Texts Suggests"Scientists have discovered the earliest known Hebrew writing — an inscription dating from the 10th century B.C., during the period of King David's reign....'It indicates that the Kingdom of Israel already existed in the 10th century BCE and that at least some of the biblical texts were written hundreds of years before the dates presented in

Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations

2009-12-15T23:37:00.000+01:00

Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations

Who Should Own the Rosetta Stone? - TierneyLab Blog - NYTimes.com

2009-12-10T23:20:00.000+01:00

Who Should Own the Rosetta Stone? - TierneyLab Blog - NYTimes.com

Oil Is Mastery: Cave Man Smart; Modern Man Dumb

2009-12-10T22:23:00.000+01:00

Oil Is Mastery: Cave Man Smart; Modern Man Dumb

The sky above my town - Prehistorical Astronomy

2009-12-05T01:47:00.000+01:00

The sky above my town - Prehistorical Astronomy

Themester's 'Footprints in the Stars' blends astronomy, American Indian sky lore: IU News Room: Indiana University

2009-12-04T15:22:00.000+01:00

Themester's 'Footprints in the Stars' blends astronomy, American Indian sky lore: IU News Room: Indiana University

200911242696 | Archaeologists Stay Busy At Nolichucky Village Dig

2009-11-25T00:09:00.000+01:00

200911242696 | Archaeologists Stay Busy At Nolichucky Village Dig

Ancestral Pueblo Anasazi Kivas Were Used for Astronomy

2009-11-03T01:19:00.002+01:00

Via Sacred studies : Ohio Wesleyan art professor uncovers celestial connection in desert Southwest, a November 1, 2009 article by Doug Caruso at THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH. Read the whole article. Here is my summary with a link to the important illustration:Two Ohio Wesleyan professors have greatly furthered the cause of my decades-long megalithic research by confirming what I have always argued about

Sacred studies | The Columbus Dispatch

2009-11-03T00:53:00.000+01:00

Ohio Wesleyan art professor uncovers celestial connection in desert Southwest at Sacred studies | The Columbus Dispatch

StandingStones.tv » The Greatest Megalithic Site of All

2009-11-02T02:39:00.000+01:00

StandingStones.tv » The Greatest Megalithic Site of All

Stonehenge Barrows Astronomical Interpretation - Megalithic Wiki

2009-11-02T01:50:00.000+01:00

Stonehenge Barrows Astronomical Interpretation - Megalithic Wiki