Michelle Moran's Blog, page 137
July 22, 2009
Napoleonic prisoner of war camp unearthed by Time Team archaeologists
Archaeologists have unearthed the secrets of what is thought to be the world's first prisoner of war camp, built to house French prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars.
July 21, 2009
Can Computers Decipher a 5,000-Year-Old Language?
The Indus civilization, which flourished throughout much of the third millennium B.C., was the most extensive society of its time. At its height, it encompassed an area of more than half a million square miles centered on what is today the India-Pakistan border.
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Prehistoric Case Hints At Interspecies Homicide
By Monte Basgall, Duke University
The wound that ultimately killed a Neandertal man between 50,000 and 75,000 years was most likely caused by a thrown spear, the kind modern humans used but Neandertals did not, according to Duke University-led research.
Oetzi Iceman's Tattoos Came from Fireplace
Soot-Based Tattoo | Discovery News
July 20, 2009
Cave record of Britain's pioneers
By Paul Rincon
The Cheddar Gorge in Somerset was one of the first sites inhabited by humans when they returned to Britain towards the end of the last Ice Age.
HISTORY'S HORRORS IN THE PRESENT: Iranian Militias Marry, Rape Virgin Prisoners Before Executions
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Dorset Ridgeway's killing field: were victims Vikings or local heroes?
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It was a scene familiar from the killing fields of Iraq or the Balkans, but unheard of in rural Dorset. As the earth-moving machine peeled back a thin layer of topsoil, it exposed a tangled mass of human bones.
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Buried City in Oasis Lends View of Ancient Egypt
A trench that was cut through collapsed mud bricks and the compacted debris of buildings leveled centuries ago is revealing a dusty scene of roof-topped streets in ancient Amheida, a city marooned on an oasis deep in Egypt's western desert.
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When and wear: the prehistory of clothing
Ask Ian Gilligan about his research project, and he'll begin with a contradiction. "My great interest is in clothing, because I think it's our most important invention," he says. "But the next thing I'm going to say is that I'm not interested in clothing at all."
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