Michelle Moran's Blog, page 118
November 5, 2009
More on novice metal detector man who discovers 'stunning' treasure hoard
David Booth, first-time treasure hunter
David Booth was "stunned" when he found several 2000-year-old gold neckbands in a field in Stirlingshire.
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In the Mediterranean, Killer Tsunamis From an Ancient Eruption
The massive eruption of the Thera volcano in the Aegean Sea more than 3,000 years ago produced killer waves that raced across hundreds of miles of the Eastern Mediterranean to inundate the area that is now Israel and probably other coastal sites, a team of scientists has found.
Read the rest on the NYT.
November 4, 2009
Chinese challenge to 'out of Africa' theory
by Phil McKenna
The discovery of an early human fossil in southern China may challenge the commonly held idea that modern humans originated out of Africa.
Read the rest on The New Scientist.
Iron age gold treasure found in Scotland
A metal-detecting enthusiast has unearthed a 2,000-year-old treasure hoard worth an estimated £1m, it was revealed today.
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November 3, 2009
British holidaymaker discovers lost underwater 'city'
By Lawrence Marzouk
The Montenegrin coast is dotted with ancient ruins yet to be documented. Michael Le Quesne, 16, was swimming off a popular beach in Montenegro with his parents and his ten-year-old sister Teodora when he spotted an odd looking 'stone' at a depth of around two metres.
Read the rest on The Telegraph.
Riddle of 200-year-old Irish grave in New York
Workers uncovered a young Irishman's grave in New York's Greenwich Village more than 200 years after he died.
Cromwell's legacy damages tomb of Black Prince
The tomb of a medieval knight, the Black Prince, at Canterbury Cathedral Photo: IMAGES INTERNATIONAL Stained glass windows overlooking the tomb of Edward, Prince of Wales, were destroyed by Puritan iconoclasts in the 1640s, allowing damaging UV rays to enter the cathedral unfiltered. Since then, clear replacements have been installed and the deterioration of the paintwork on the 14th century canopy surrounding the prince's...
November 2, 2009
14th century Cairo mosque restored to glory
By JOSEPH FREEMAN (AP)
CAIRO — Developers unveiled the restoration of a 650-year-old mosque in Cairo's old city, part of an effort to revitalize the impoverished district and boost tourism to the country's treasure trove of Islamic sites.
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Remains of 1,000 people recovered at medieval site
THE skeletal remains of more than a thousand people have been recovered from what experts believe was one of the country's largest medieval cemeteries.
Read the rest on the Irish Examiner.
Secret tunnels and ancient mysteries
Clockwise from top: the secret tunnel inside Seti I's tomb; an inscribed ostraca and an ushabti figurine unearthed in the tunnel
When the famous explorer Giovanni Battista Belzoni discovered the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I in 1817, he knew that it represented a very developed example of a New Kingdom royal tomb. Not only was it the longest, deepest and most completed tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings, but its walls were painted with fine scenes in full colour featuring the great pharaoh i...
