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First direct evidence of substantial fish consumption by early modern humans in China
Written on 7 Jul, 2009 at 12:20 in Featured, From the past | viewed 771 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Freshwater fish are an important part of the diet of many peoples around the world, but it has been unclear when fish became an important part of the year-round diet for early humans. A new study by an international team of researchers, including Erik Trinkaus, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, shows it may have happened in China as far back as 40,000 years ago. Analysis of a bone from one of the earliest modern human in Asia, the 40,000-year-old skeleton from Tianyuan Cave near Beijing, has shown that at least this individual was a regular fish consumer. Full Story : Physorg.com….
Female “King” Ruled in Canaan, Carving Suggests
Written on 11 Apr, 2009 at 10:22 in Featured, From the past | viewed 661 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Archaeologists digging in the ruins of the Canaanite city-state Beth-Shemesh, Israel last summer found a decorated plaque with what could be the first known depiction of a ruler known as the Mistress of the Lionesses. Some archaeologists believe the Mistress was a female ruler of a Canaanite city. Full Story : NationalGeographic….
4,000-year-old temple discovered in Cyprus
Written on 1 Apr, 2009 at 11:37 in Featured, From the past | viewed 625 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
An Italian archaeologist claimed Friday to have discovered Cyprus’ oldest religious site, which she said echoes descriptions in the Bible of temples in ancient Palestine. The 4,000-year-old triangular temple predates any other found on the east Mediterranean island by a millennium.Full Story : Msnbc……
(Continue reading)Otzi the prehistoric Iceman goes online
Written on 6 Mar, 2009 at 10:45 in Featured, From the past | viewed 877 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The prehistoric iceman Otzi, who was discovered in ice by German tourists in 1991 on the Alpine mountains, can now be viewed in astonishing detail online. The prehistoric hunter frozen in an icy tomb for 5,300 years, is complete with fur and grass robes, leather shoes and bow and arrow. The Iceman photoscan project took 150,000 high definition images of the perfectly preserved mummy from 12 different angles, which the researchers loaded onto the new website www.icemanphotoscan.eu.
30 Mummies Found in 2,600-Year-Old Tomb
Written on 24 Feb, 2009 at 10:32 in From the past | viewed 680 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
A storehouse of 30 Egyptians mummies has been unearthed inside a 2,600-year-old tomb, in a new round of excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara outside Cairo, archaeologists said Monday. The tomb was located at the bottom of a 36 foot (11-meter) deep shaft. Full Story : Discovery…..