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Bronze Age People Left Flowers at Grave

Bronze Age People Left Flowers at Grave

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists from the Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen have found proof that pre-historic people laid flowers at the graves of their dead.


Intact ancient tomb uncovered in Bethlehem (AP)

Intact ancient tomb uncovered in Bethlehem

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(AP) -- Workers renovating a house in the traditional town of Jesus' birth accidentally discovered an untouched ancient tomb containing clay pots, plates, beads and the bones of two humans, a Palestinian ...


Indonesia's bird flu situation 'grave'

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 20, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Avian influenza is deeply entrenched in Indonesia despite an international containment effort, a U.N. report said Thursday.


Early Bronze Age grave discovered in Perthshire

Early Bronze Age grave discovered in Perthshire

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created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists have discovered a spectacular Early Bronze Age grave at the Scottish Royal centre at Forteviot.


Tortoise Skeleton

Skeleton of 12,000-year-old shaman discovered buried with leopard, 50 tortoises and human foot

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created Nov 05, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (21) | comments 0

The skeleton of a 12,000 year-old Natufian Shaman has been discovered in northern Israel by archaeologists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The burial is described as being accompanied by "exceptional" ...


DNA reveals sister power in Ancient Greece

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created Jun 02, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 0

University of Manchester researchers have revealed how women, as well as men, held positions of power in ancient Greece by right of birth.


At FromBeyond2u.com, the living can leave videos, photographs and documents to be sent out to loved ones after death

Website offers emails from beyond the grave

Technology / Internet

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The fear of dying suddenly, without the chance to mend wrongs or say goodbye, has prompted an Australian entrepreneur to start a website where people can contact loved ones from beyond the grave.


'Brutal Legend' to include Sabbath, Megadeath

Technology / Software

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- "Brutal Legend" will rock out with a lengthy list of metal legends.


A specialist collects a piece of fabric which used to belong to an Australian soldier, on a WWI site, in Fromelles

Uncovering secrets from beyond the grave

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created May 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The tools of his trade range from earthmovers and shovels to the finest brushes, surgical tweezers and dentists' mirrors -- and his job is to uncover secrets from beyond the grave.


Italy dig unearths female 'vampire' in Venice (AP)

Italy dig unearths female 'vampire' in Venice

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created Mar 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

(AP) -- An archaeological dig near Venice has unearthed the 16th-century remains of a woman with a brick stuck between her jaws - evidence, experts say, that she was believed to be a vampire. The unusual ...


Study: Bronze disk is astronomical clock

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created Mar 02, 2006 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 0

A mysterious Bronze Age disk has reportedly been identified by a Hamburg, Germany, scientist as being one of the world's first astronomical clocks.


Just dive in: Natural product hybrid provides antimicrobial and cell-resistant surfaces

Chemistry /

created Aug 01, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Infections following treatment in clinics, retirement homes, and long-term care facilities are a grave problem for patients, and resistant germs can be particularly devastating.


Men fighting over women? It's nothing new, suggests research

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created Jun 03, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (14) | comments 4

Men may usually settle it over a drunken brawl in the pub or perhaps a verbal spat – but new evidence has shown for the first time that fighting over women in prehistoric times could have been worse than that.


Megalithic rock art discovered in Anglesey

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created May 10, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Spectacular megalithic rock-art has been discovered within one of Britain’s most important Neolithic monuments and recorded by a team of archaeologists from the University of Bristol.


Evidence from ancient European graves raises questions about ritual human sacrifice

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created May 29, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 0

A fascinating new paper from the June issue of Current Anthropology explores ancient multiple graves and raises the possibility that hunter gatherers in what is now Europe may have practiced ritual human sacrifice. This practice ...