News tagged with ancient ruins

Among the Ruins

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an ancient Mayan site, USF archaeologists use new tools to find everything old.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 26, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

ESA helps make summer in the city more bearable

As temperatures soar, scientists have been collecting data amid the ancient ruins that symbolise the birthplace of western culture. These data, combined with measurements from aircraft and satellites, promise ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Surprising find: Medieval China was religious melting pot

(PhysOrg.com) -- Though it has gained a reputation for being closed off to the outside world, new research shows China has a long history of multiculturalism that extends back to the dynastic era.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0




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The question of life in the ancient world

There’s a general feeling that we don’t get the Greeks – ancient or modern. Many, including heads of state like Angela Merkel, visibly shake their head in exasperation, rightly or wrongly, at ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Mexican experts excited to find ancient home ruins

(AP) -- The ruins aren't particularly impressive, just some stone and clay footings for houses that probably supported walls of wood or clay wattle. And it's that very ordinariness that has experts excited.

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mexico road project sets up fight over ruins

(AP) -- When neighbors in the hills east of Mexico City saw backhoes ripping up pre-Hispanic relics for a highway, they did something unexpected in a country where building projects often bulldoze through ...

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created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Adversity can be a catalyst for positive change

Tragedy, natural disasters, terrorism, divorce; 75 per cent of us will experience some form of trauma in life. But the experience can be a catalyst for positive change.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cruise ship threatens marine paradise

(AP) -- Stone fortresses and watchtowers which centuries ago stood guard against against marauding pirates loom above pristine waters threatened by a new and modern peril: fuel trapped within the capsized ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Original offering found at Teotihuacan pyramid

Archaeologists announced Tuesday that they dug to the very core of Mexico's tallest pyramid and found what may be the original ceremonial offering placed on the site of the Pyramid of the Sun before construction began.

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created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 6

Mexico acknowledges 2nd Mayan reference to 2012

Mexico's archaeology institute downplays theories that the ancient Mayas predicted some sort of apocalypse would occur in 2012, but on Thursday it acknowledged that a second reference to the date exists on a carved fragment ...

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created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 43

Will Red Planet rover send groundbreaking data over?

One of the most sophisticated space vehicles ever made inches along the rocky landscape, aluminum wheels grinding like a spoon in a garbage disposal.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 14

Archaeologist argues world's oldest temples were not temples at all

Ancient structures uncovered in Turkey and thought to be the world's oldest temples may not have been strictly religious buildings after all, according to an article in the October issue of Current Anthropology. Archaeologist Ted Ba ...

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created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

What is war good for? Sparking civilization, suggest archaeology findings from Peru

Warfare, triggered by political conflict between the fifth century B.C. and the first century A.D., likely shaped the development of the first settlement that would classify as a civilization in the Titicaca basin of southern ...

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created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 8 | with audio podcast


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