Tree From Christ’s Time

Judean DateThe oldest tree ever has been grown by scientists. The new tree was grown from a 2,000-year-old date palm excavated in Masada. The species of tree, called the Judean date, is now extinct in Israel, but scientists are hoping that this plant may help them in medicinal uses.
According to Carbon dating the seeds found at Masada are roughly the time of the ancient fortress’ siege, in A.D. 73. The seeds were found in storage rooms of Jews, and hidden from invading Romans. The Methuselah tree holds the record for the oldest seed to be germinated.

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Nazi Dr.Death still alive

NazisHeim,an Austrian doctor with Adolf Hitler’s dreaded police unit, the SS,has been on the run for 46 years since evading police in Germany in 1962 prior to a planned prosecution. He is nicknamed Dr Death for killing hundreds of inmates at Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria with injections of petrol or poison direct to the heart. Heim removed organs from victims without anesthetic. He even kept the skull of one man he decapitated as a paperweight. He is likely hiding in southern Chile’s Patagonia region, says leading Nazi-hunter Efraim Zuroff. Hundreds of Nazis sought refuge in Latin America after World War II. Holocaust survivors remember Heim relishing seeing the fear of death in the eyes of his victims.

Huge WWII bomb defused

WW2 Nazi bombA World War II-era bomb that was discovered during construction for the 2012 Summer Olympics, was safely destroyed by British Military. The German bomb weighs 900 Kg and was the largest one found in three decades according to London Metropolitan police. If the bomb had exploded, it would have created a large crater and sent fragments flying close to a kilometre. Nazi planes dropped thousands of bombs on London during the war and unexploded devices are found from time to time.

Ancient Egyptian City Unearthed

Mount SinaiA 3,000-year-old remains from an ancient fortified city, the largest yet found in Egypt, has been unearthed while archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai. The fort had been Egypt’s military headquarters from the New Kingdom (1569-1081 B.C.) until the Ptolemaic era. A relief of King Thutmose II (1516-1504 B.C.),also discovered at the site.

Say Hulloa! to commence the conversation : First Telephone book says

First Telephone Book “Should you wish to speak to another subscriber you should commence the conversation by saying, ‘Hulloa!’, this one of the instruction found in the world’s first telephone book. The 20-page directory was issued in November of 1878, just two years after Alexander Graham Bell invented the Telephone. How to end the phone conversation, the book says, When you are done talking say, ‘That is all,’ and the person spoken to should say, ‘O.K.’”. Private collector Richard Green, had the book for many years.

Mystery of Disarticulated Donkey

Donkey BurialIn Florida, during a construction the skeleton of a 17th-century donkey uncovered, all four of its legs had been dis articulated skillfully at the joints. The four limbs placed in the grave with the torso; torso and limbs arranged in a north-south direction. Historical documents suggest Indians provided the labor to mine coquina and transport it to the site of the Castillo. If you have answer to any of the following questions, email archaeology.org.

The Questions…

  1. Who did it and what was their motive?
  2. What were the circumstances of the animal’s death?
  3. Why was it disarticulated and then buried?

Legend of Crystal Skulls

Indiana Jones What is the truth behind the crystal skill, Indiana Jones chasing after in the ‘Kingdom of the crystal skull’. Some interesting facts. These exotic carvings are usually attributed to pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures. Museums began collecting rock-crystal skulls during the second half of the nineteenth century, a period of abundance fake pre-Columbian artifacts. Although nearly all of the crystal skulls have at times been identified as Aztec, Toltec, Mixtec, or occasionally Maya, they do not reflect the artistic or stylistic characteristics of any of these cultures.

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Humans nearly went extinct 70,000 years ago

Population Evidence found in DNA suggests that humans came close to extinction roughly 70 000 years ago. The human population at that time may have shrunk as low as 2,000. The human population at that time was reduced to small isolated groups in Africa. Today, more than 6.6 billion people inhabit the globe.

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Hear Neanderthal Speaking

Neanderthal Researchers have modeled the hominids’ larynx to replicate the possible sounds they would have made. The work, is based on Neanderthal fossils found in France. Neanderthals are our closest extinct ancestors and lived in parts of Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East for around 170,000 years, then died out some 28,000 years.

Da Vinci a Slave’s son?

Leonardo da vinci According to compelling new evidence unveiled in Florence, Italy, Leonardo Da Vinci, regarded by many as the greatest genius of the Renaissance, was the son of a humble slave girl and had at least 21 half-siblings. It was common in Renaissance Florence to own slaves from the Middle East and the Balkans. At the time of Leonardo’s birth there were more than 550 slaves in Florence.

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Aztec used more advanced math

Aztec Stone Calendar The Aztec Empire of 1519 was the most powerful Mesoamerican kingdom of all time, which stretched for more than 80,000 square miles through many parts of what is now central and southern Mexico. The civilization has long been recognized for its sophistication in architecture, engineering and astronomy. A recent research revealed the ancient Aztecs maintained an arithmetic system that was far more complex than previously understood.

Native american DNA links to 6 founding mothers

Native AmericansA new study revealed that 95 percent of native people throughout the Americas can trace part of their ancestry to just six women. The “founding mothers” are believed to have lived between 18,000 and 21,000 years ago.