Michelle Moran's Blog, page 119
November 2, 2009
Newfound Dinosaur Armored Like a Tank
October 30, 2009
Austrian archaeologists make Babylonian find in Egypt
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October 29, 2009
Unique Stone Age burial items unearthed in central Sweden
Swedish archaeologists are marveling over a collection of 9,000 year old artifacts recently uncovered at an excavation site central Sweden.
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The Whisper of Tombs
By Dr. Zahi Hawass
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- In my opinion, the Israelite Exodus from Egypt will remain a point of controversy amongst scientists and researchers until the Day of Judgment or until new archaeological evidence is unearthed that is able to settle this issue. However in light of the information currently available to historians and archaeologists, we can do no more than practice moderation and caution.
October 28, 2009
The map that changed the world
An annotated guide to the 1507 mapDrawn half a millennium ago and then swiftly forgotten, one map made us see the world as we know it today... and helped name America. But, as Toby Lester has discovered, the most powerful nation on earth also owes its name to a pun.
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10,000-year-old flint found on Coventry allotment
BUDDING archaeologist Samuel Owens uncovered a 10,000 year old piece of history when he found a segment of flint in his dad's allotment.
Battle of Bosworth: dig finally pins down long disputed site
Martin Wainwright
Five centuries of searching for one of Britain's most significant battlefields has finally ended with the discovery of "extraordinary and unexpected" pieces of artillery in a Leicestershire field.
October 27, 2009
At Ur, Ritual Deaths That Were Anything but Serene
A new examination of skulls from the royal cemetery at Ur, discovered in Iraq almost a century ago, appears to support a more grisly interpretation than before of human sacrifices associated with elite burials in ancient Mesopotamia, archaeologists say.
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Skull of huge sea monster that could have eaten T. rex found in Dorset
(Dorsetcc/PA) Sam Scriven, of the Jurassic Coast team, sits inside the jaws of the pilosaur
Dinosaur experts in Dorset, England, are examining the fossilized skull of a sea monster so large they say it could have eaten a Tyrannosaurus rex for breakfast.Read the rest here.
October 26, 2009
Neanderthals 'had sex' with modern man
Jonathan Leake, Science Editor
Modern humans and Neanderthals had sex across the species barrier, according to a leading geneticist who is overseeing a project to compare their genomes.
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