Michelle Moran's Blog, page 96
March 16, 2010
Swiss Company Unveils Watch Made From Dinosaur Poop
Looking for a unique gift to get that special someone? Perhaps you should check out the latest creation from Swiss watchmaker Artya and designer Yvan Arpa.
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3,400-Year-Old Statues Unearthed in Egypt
AP: A team of Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a 13-foot statue of the ancient god of wisdom and part of a statue of one of Egypt's most powerful pharaohs in the southern city of Luxor.
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March 15, 2010
Meat-Eating Amphibian Predated Dinos
An interesting "rock" initially tossed aside at a FedEx site near Pittsburgh International Airport turns out to be the skull of a meat-eating, early terrestrial amphibian that lived 70 million years before the first dinosaurs emerged, according to a paper released today in Annals of Carnegie Museum.
Medieval Child's Brain Found Preserved
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This brain was found inside the skull of a 13th century A.D. 18-month-old child from northwestern France. Heinz Sonderegger, Institute of Anatomy, University of Zurich
By Rossella Lorenzi
An international team of researchers has identified intact neurons and cerebral cells in a mummified medieval brain, according to a study published in the journal Neuroimage.
Headless Man's Tomb Found Under Maya Torture Mural
for National Geographic News
The tomb of a headless man adorned with jade has been discovered beneath an ancient Mexican chamber famously painted with scenes of torture.Read the rest on National Geographic.
March 12, 2010
Mummy of Egypt's monotheist pharaoh to return home
CAIRO (AP) - The DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt's enduring mysteries - the fate of controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten's mummy. The discovery could help fill out the picture of a fascinating era more than 3,300 years ago when Akhenaten embarked on history's first attempt at monotheism.Read the rest here.
The dental crown jewels: How Queen Victoria wore her daughter's tooth on a brooch
Memento: The milk tooth of Princess Vicky was inserted into a brooch
by Rebecca English
Between them they produced nine children and adored each and every one of their large brood. As far as Queen Victoria and her beloved husband, Prince Albert, were concerned, no event was deemed unworthy of commemoration.
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March 11, 2010
Artisans in bid to solve mystery of ancient carvings
EASTER Ross artisans are taking part in a research project, trying to solve the mysteries of ancient carvings. Fearn sculptor Barry Grove and Tain glass artist Brodie Nairn are working with the National Museum of Scotland and Aberlady Heritage in a project to see if empty eye sockets in historic carvings could have been filled with a form of glass eye. And Mr Grove is attempting to re-create a 14ft Pictish carved stone, working with a 2ft fragment of the original found at Aberlady, East...
Decapitated bodies found in Dorset burial pit were executed Vikings
Fifty beheaded young men found in a burial pit last year were probably executed Vikings, archaeologists revealed today.
March 10, 2010
Digging into Shakespeare's later life at New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon
A ground-breaking investigation into Shakespeare's later life is due to start in Stratford-upon-Avon on 26 March 2010, as archaeologists prepare to excavate the remains of Shakespeare's house in Stratford-upon-Avon, and the public are invited to come along and watch as the latest story about the world's most famous writer unfolds…
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