Michelle Moran's Blog, page 78
August 16, 2010
Archaeologists Discover the Tomb of a Teenager Buried for Over 1600 Years
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Archaeologists uncover egg from 9th-century Great Moravia
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August 13, 2010
Tool Use by Early Humans Started Much Earlier
Fossilized bones scarred by hack marks reveal that our human ancestors were using stone tools and eating meat from large mammals nearly a million years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study that pushes back both of these human activities to roughly 3.4 million years ago.
Ancient language mystery deepens
Many of the stones are believed to have been carved during the 6th Century
A linguistic mystery has arisen surrounding symbol-inscribed stones in Scotland that predate the formation of the country itself.
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"Thor's Hammer" Found in Viking Graves
Kate Ravilious in York, U.K.
Long dismissed as accidental additions to Viking graves, prehistoric "thunderstones"—fist-size stone tools resembling the Norse god Thor's hammerhead—were actually purposely placed as good-luck talismans, archaeologists say.Read the rest on National Geographic.
Ancient Phoenician City 'Relocated'
by Clara Moskowitz
The site of an ancient city called Aüza, the earliest African city of the Phoenician civilization that existed 3,500 years ago, may have been in a different spot than experts have thought, archaeologists report.
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June 17, 2010
Bones confirmed as those of Saxon Princess Eadgyth
Bones excavated in Magdeburg Cathedral in 2008 are those of Saxon Princess Eadgyth who died in AD 946, experts at the University of Bristol confirmed today. The crucial scientific evidence came from the teeth preserved in the upper jaw. The bones are the oldest surviving remains of an English royal burial.
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June 12, 2010
HISTORY BUFF IS GOING ON VACATION!
June 11, 2010
Archaeologists unearthed 99 Greco-roman artefacts in Egypt
Egypt (Abu Qir) - Ninety-nine Sunken pieces of antiquities were salvaged by the European marine archaeological institute mission in association with the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) in the areas of Eastern Port and Heracleum in Abu Qir.
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Crocodile and Hippopotamus Served as 'Brain Food' for Early Human Ancestors
ScienceDaily — Your mother was right: Fish really is "brain food." And it seems that even pre-humans living as far back as 2 million years ago somehow knew it.
