Michelle Moran's Blog, page 74
September 16, 2010
New finds suggest Romans won big North Germany battle
Berlin - New finds at a well-preserved ancient battlefield in the north of Germany are not only rewriting geo-political history, but also revealing some of the secrets of Rome's military success.
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September 14, 2010
Weird Guy With Metal Detector Now Rich Weird Guy: Amateur Digs Up $460,000 Helmet
It's almost like winning the lottery, but better! An amateur treasure hunter has unearthed a Roman helmet and mask valued at $460,000. The helmet is the third of its kind to be ever found in England. The Guardian reports that the helmet might bid for as high as $650,000 at the Christie's auction in October.
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September 13, 2010
In 'Canyon of the Crescent Moon,' 2,000-Year-Old Paintings Re-Emerge
Conservation experts almost gave up when they first saw the severely damaged wall paintings they had come to rescue in the ancient city of Petra -- a site made famous in the final scene in the film, "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."
Nara tomb said that of seventh century empress
NARA (Kyodo) An ancient tomb in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, has been identified as that of a reigning empress and her daughter built in the seventh century, as an octagonal stone paving was newly discovered, researchers at the local education board said Thursday.
Rare Roman suit of armour found at Caerleon dig
Archaeologists digging at a site in south Wales have uncovered an entire suit of Roman armour and some weapons. The rare discovery was made during an excavation at the fortress of Caerleon in south Wales, one of Britain's best known Roman sites.
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September 10, 2010
Terracotta army emerges in its true colors
China-Germany alliance has helped keep the glow on warriors' cheeks. Ma Lie reports from Xi'an.The earth in the ancient city of Xi'an continues to astound archaeologists.When excavation work to find more terracotta relics restarted for the third time last year in Xi'an, archaeologists admitted they did not expect to make any groundbreaking discoveries.
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Modern Science Reveals Secrets of 2,500-year-old Mummy
KANSAS CITY, Mo -- A powerful image of the face of a 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has been created by special agents/forensic artists from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), as unveiled today at the Museum.
2000-year-old pills found in Greek shipwreck
By Shanta Barley
In 130 BC, a ship fashioned from the wood of walnut trees and bulging with medicines and Syrian glassware sank off the coast of Tuscany, Italy. Archaeologists found its precious load 20 years ago and now, for the first time, archaeobotanists have been able to examine and analyse pills that were prepared by the physicians of ancient Greece.
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September 8, 2010
Saxon boat uncovered in Norfolk's River Ant
A Saxon boat has been found during flood defence work on a Norfolk river. The boat, which is about 9.8 ft (3m) long and had been hollowed out by hand from a piece of oak, was found at the bottom of the River Ant.
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New Clue to How Last Ice Age Ended
ScienceDaily — As the last ice age was ending, about 13,000 years ago, a final blast of cold hit Europe, and for a thousand years or more, it felt like the ice age had returned. But oddly, despite bitter cold winters in the north, Antarctica was heating up. For the two decades since ice core records revealed that Europe was cooling at the same time Antarctica was warming over this thousand-year period, scientists have looked for an explanation.
