Archaeologists have found 1,200-year-old traces of theobromine and caffeine in ancient bowls found near Canyonlands National Park in Utah. They were humble farmers who grew corn and dwelt in subterranean pit houses. But the people who lived 1200 years ago in a Utah village known as Site 13, near Canyonlands National Park in Utah, seem Ancient loom weights which date back 2,500 years have been found in the ancient Turkish city of Assoss. The art of weaving in ancient times was a bit different compared to the weaving of today, Arslan said. “In the textile industry, sheep’s and goat’s wool is used. We have a significant discovery on our hands Archaeologists in Germany are excavating a Celtic grave containing the remains of a woman and child who died 2,600-year-ago. Not far from the Heuneburg, the site of an early Celtic settlement, researchers stumbled upon the elaborate grave of a Celtic princess. In addition to gold and amber, they found a subterranean burial chamber fitted with Archaeologists working in the necropolis in Spain have found the 1,600-year-old remains of a Roman woman with a calcified tumor in her pelvis. The woman, who died some 1,600 years ago, had a condition known today as an ovarian teratoma which, as its name indicates, occurs in the ovaries . The word Teratoma comes from Der Spiegel has posted an interesting interview with George Church, a synthetic biology expert from Harvard university who believes that if human cloning ever became acceptable, it would be possible to bring back Neanderthals from the dead. SPIEGEL: Setting aside all ethical doubts, do you believe it is technically possible to reproduce the Neanderthal? Church: Restoration work at the Colosseum in Rome has revealed ancient frescoes and graffiti in an internal passageway between the second and third levels. The frescoes were hidden under decades of calcified rock and grime, and were revealed during a cleaning and restoration project over the last two months. The traces confirmed that while the Colosseum Giovanni de’ Medici, the legendary 16th century army commander, did not die from an improperly amputated leg, as was previously thought, but rather due to gangrene after being hit in the right leg by a cannonball. As the ball crashed the right leg above the knee, the condottiero was taken to the palace of marquis Highway construction has unearthed 10 burials dating back 1,200 years have been found at the Maya site of Xtojil in Mexicom just 20 km from Chichen Itza. Most of the skeletal remains were discovered in lithic tombs known as “cistas” (rectangular caskets protected and covered by stone slabs) that also contained some 30 ceramic pieces, Archaeologists believe that a collection of 12 stones found in a 5,000-year-old rick shelter in Panama may have belonged to an ancient shaman. The collection, which included translucent quartz, pyrite, magnetic rocks and bladed tools, was likely used in shamanic rituals because of how closely together they were packed, Dickau told LiveScience. Some of the 
: skip to main skip to sidebar Home About Medieval Crusades Byzantine Contact Popular Posts First Crusade 1095-1099 Summary of The Major Crusades Results of The Crusades Map of The Routes of the First Crusade The Third Crusade Second Crusade 1147-1149 The Magna Carta The Failure of the Second Crusade Map of Christendom and its Neighbours in 12th Century Between 1010 BCE and 1010 AD to 2010 AD Blog Archive 2007 10 October 10 2008 12 January 4 May 3 August 1 September 1 December 3 2009 116 February 13 March 19 April 20 June 5 July 6 August 3 October 9 November 9 December 32 2010 85 January 19 February 7 March 10 April 16 May 1 June 1 July 25 October 1 November 5 2011 2 May 2 2012 2 March 1 April 1 2013 8 January 8 Expectation of The End of The World in 1000 A . . D Hungary under King StephenNew genetic research has revealed that 4,000 years ago, travelers from India found their way to Australia. The vast southern continent was thought to have been cut off from other populations until Europeans landed at the end of the 1700s, but the latest genetic and archaeological evidence throws that theory out. Researchers at the Max Archaeologists are searching for a lost royal city in the Sahara Desert that was ruled by the kings of Nubia nearly 3,000 years ago. “I’m hoping to come away with a good idea about where the city’s remains are and be able to map them as extensively as I can,” he said. Emberling has a Unfortunately, due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., the second story of most Pompeii homes have been destroyed. However, vertical pipes leading upstairs suggest that many homes had upstairs toilets. One residential district, known to archaeologists as Region 6, does indeed have toilets on the ground story of almost every home, she Archaeologists working near the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral in Florence have found a small brick dome which they believe might be a scale model for the cathedral which was built by Filippo Brunelleschi between 1420 – 1436. “Although at the moment we cannot confirm the small dome was the demostration model for Brunelleschi’s plans, it : skip to main skip to sidebar Home About Medieval Crusades Byzantine Contact Popular Posts First Crusade 1095-1099 Summary of The Major Crusades Results of The Crusades Map of The Routes of the First Crusade The Third Crusade Second Crusade 1147-1149 The Magna Carta The Failure of the Second Crusade Map of Christendom and its Neighbours in 12th Century Between 1010 BCE and 1010 AD to 2010 AD Blog Archive 2007 10 October 10 2008 12 January 4 May 3 August 1 September 1 December 3 2009 116 February 13 March 19 April 20 June 5 July 6 August 3 October 9 November 9 December 32 2010 85 January 19 February 7 March 10 April 16 May 1 June 1 July 25 October 1 November 5 2011 2 May 2 2012 2 March 1 April 1 2013 8 January 8 Expectation of The End of The World in 1000 A . . D Hungary under King StephenA new study of items found on the floors and in the drains of Roman baths show that ancient bathers got up to more than just bathing. On the less-relaxing side of things, evidence shows medical procedures may have occasionally occurred in the baths, Whitmore found. Researchers found a scalpel lodged in one drain. And A study of graffiti found throughout the buried city of Pompeii suggest that ancient homeowners may have had control over who got to write on their walls. Apparently the walls of the wealthy were highly sought after, especially by political candidates who would write on them to drum up votes. Pompeii, which was famously destroyed Five ancient Egyptian tombs have been found in King Amehoptep II’s funerary complex on Luxor’s west bank. Each tomb includes a deep shaft leading to a burial chamber containing a wooden painted sarcophagus. The sarcophagi are decorated with funerary and religious scenes painted in black and red and house skeletons of the deceased. Mansour Boreik, Archaeologists working at Poggio Civitate, an ancient settlement near Tuscany, Italy, have found the bones of babies scattered on the floor of a workshop that dates back to the 7th century B.C. The bones “were either simply left on the floor of the workshop or ended up in an area with a concentration of discarded, Shoes found at a Roman military base have revealed that the children and infants who lived there wore shoes that reflected their social status. The teeny-tiny shoes, some sized for infants, not only reveal that families were part of Roman military life, but also show that children were dressed to match their parent’s place in Some archaeologists believe that the ancient city of Myra in Turkey, which was buried beneath 18 feet of mud 700 years ago, may be well-preserved. Archaeologists first detected the ancient city in 2009 using ground-penetrating radar that revealed anomalies whose shape and size suggested walls and buildings. Over the next two years they excavated a 
I donated a knit afghan to the auction by Skeptics for the Protection of Cancer Patients. I made it myself. Proceeds go to cancer research in the name of Stanislaw Burzynski as a birthday present to publicize his many misdeeds against cancer patients. It’s warm and cuddly. Please consider bidding to reward my MANY hours [...]A hairdresser has recreated the oldest hairstyle in Rome, worn by the famous Vestal Virgins who guarded the fire of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. It’s been incredibly elusive trying to figure out how it was made until now, because there were only two artifacts that show the hairstyle in enough detail to tell