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Jun. 8th, 2008 12:55 pmMen 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. A mass grave of skeletons investigated by Durham University-led researchers suggests that neighbouring tribes from prehistoric times were prepared to brutally kill their male rivals to secure their women...The skeletons from the mass grave in Talheim, which were excavated in the 1980s, were all buried in a single pit of three metres long. The deliberateness of the prehistoric attack was first realised when German skeletal experts determined that the majority had been killed by a blow to the left side of the head, suggesting the victims were bound and killed, probably with a stone axe. (source)
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"A 4,000-year-old pyramid discovered 200 years ago by a German and later went missing has been unveiled by Egyptian archaeologists. The 'missing pyramid', as chief of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass says, appears to have been built by obscure pharaoh Menkauhor, who ruled for only eight years. The pyramid lies inside the well-known Saqqara Serapium, a tunnel of underground tombs, discovered by French archeologist August Mariette in 1850...Unveiled on Thursday, June 5, Hawass announced the discovery of a part of a ceremonial procession road, dating back to the Ptolemaic period, which ran for about 300 years before 30 B.C. It runs along from the recently discovered 'missing pyramid' of King Menkauhor and leads from a mummification chamber toward the Saqqara Serapium, where sacred bulls were interred, AP said." (source)
Teaching youngsters ancient Greek and Latin could steer them away from knife and gun crime, Boris Johnson has said. The new Mayor of London also suggested that building more boxing academies could help curb youth violence. Speaking two days after the murder of 15-year-old schoolgirl Arsema Darwit – the 16th teenager to be killed in London this year – Mr Johnson said it was vital that the "root causes" of such crimes were addressed. (source)
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As a great port on the East of England, Dunwich was nothing short of a medieval metropolis. Eight churches, eighty ships, five religious orders - including the Benedictines, Dominicans and Franciscans - and prosperity to rival London from its trade in wool, grain, fish and furs. Such was the city’s prestige that, under Edward I, it was granted two seats in Parliament. But that was before Dunwich was swallowed by the sea. (source) A medieval church which tumbled from an eroding cliff into the sea has been rediscovered by marine archaeologists. They believe the ruins they have found are St John's church, the biggest in Dunwich which was lost to the sea off the coast of Suffolk. Dunwich was once a thriving community before being swallowed up by the North Sea more than 500 years ago. (source)
Archeological digs under way in Grand Canyon - In 2006, the National Park Service entered into a cooperative agreement with MNA to excavate nine of the most extensively eroded sites along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park where stabilization measures have repeatedly been unsuccessful. This five-year project represents the first major excavation of archaeological sites along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon in 40 years. Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin said, “The excavation project is truly exciting as we are learning a great deal about the canyon’s prehistory. To date, we have found that the archeological sites are more extensive than previously known. For example, research crews have found a complete prehistoric masonry room buried just below sand dunes on an eroded river terrace.” (source)
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"A 4,000-year-old pyramid discovered 200 years ago by a German and later went missing has been unveiled by Egyptian archaeologists. The 'missing pyramid', as chief of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass says, appears to have been built by obscure pharaoh Menkauhor, who ruled for only eight years. The pyramid lies inside the well-known Saqqara Serapium, a tunnel of underground tombs, discovered by French archeologist August Mariette in 1850...Unveiled on Thursday, June 5, Hawass announced the discovery of a part of a ceremonial procession road, dating back to the Ptolemaic period, which ran for about 300 years before 30 B.C. It runs along from the recently discovered 'missing pyramid' of King Menkauhor and leads from a mummification chamber toward the Saqqara Serapium, where sacred bulls were interred, AP said." (source)
Teaching youngsters ancient Greek and Latin could steer them away from knife and gun crime, Boris Johnson has said. The new Mayor of London also suggested that building more boxing academies could help curb youth violence. Speaking two days after the murder of 15-year-old schoolgirl Arsema Darwit – the 16th teenager to be killed in London this year – Mr Johnson said it was vital that the "root causes" of such crimes were addressed. (source)
As a great port on the East of England, Dunwich was nothing short of a medieval metropolis. Eight churches, eighty ships, five religious orders - including the Benedictines, Dominicans and Franciscans - and prosperity to rival London from its trade in wool, grain, fish and furs. Such was the city’s prestige that, under Edward I, it was granted two seats in Parliament. But that was before Dunwich was swallowed by the sea. (source) A medieval church which tumbled from an eroding cliff into the sea has been rediscovered by marine archaeologists. They believe the ruins they have found are St John's church, the biggest in Dunwich which was lost to the sea off the coast of Suffolk. Dunwich was once a thriving community before being swallowed up by the North Sea more than 500 years ago. (source)
Archeological digs under way in Grand Canyon - In 2006, the National Park Service entered into a cooperative agreement with MNA to excavate nine of the most extensively eroded sites along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park where stabilization measures have repeatedly been unsuccessful. This five-year project represents the first major excavation of archaeological sites along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon in 40 years. Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin said, “The excavation project is truly exciting as we are learning a great deal about the canyon’s prehistory. To date, we have found that the archeological sites are more extensive than previously known. For example, research crews have found a complete prehistoric masonry room buried just below sand dunes on an eroded river terrace.” (source)
