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> since these are (apparently) not
> uncommon fossils, nobody would be in a hurry to
> document them or excavate them.
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Well, yes: dugong remains aren't uncommon - for instance, they were found near the Red Sea, as linked in my previous post: although, on re-reading the link, it didn't see
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Ancient Egypt
There's another mention here -
(And another mention of Dugongs here - ; 445, #95- but not at Giza.)
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Hermione
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Ancient Egypt
QuoteIn a lengthy recent interview, former America Unearthed host Scott Wolter said he is releasing a censored copy of his new book with blacked-out maps and missing evidence until The Curse of Oak Island television series either pays him ... or the show is cancelled.
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Paper Lens
About 5,000 years ago, the Thornborough Henges in what is now North Yorkshire would have dominated the surrounding landscape.
What would have been three striking white monuments, now known as the "Stonehenge of the North", were covered in gypsum and their banks are believed to have towered up to 23ft (7m) high.
According to historians, anyone stood inside the circular earthworks i
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Hermione
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Ancient History
... megadroughts caused the 2200–1900 BC cascading, dry-farming, cereal agro-production crises observable archaeologically in the synchronous adaptive societal collapses, regional abandonments, and refugia habitat tracking and resettlement, from Chalcolithic Iberia to Early Bronze Greece and Levant, Akkadian Empire Mesopotamia and Jiroft, Iran.
The event will take place by Zoom: to rec
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On the phone’s screen, set against the grayscale crisscross texture of woven papyrus, were three black lowercase Greek characters arranged in clear sequence. They were fuzzy but unmistakable ...
The first person in almost 2,000 years to see those letters glimpsed them late on a summer night in a parking lot in Lincoln, having salvaged them from an ancient eruption
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Hermione
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Ancient History
Perth Museum opens its doors this weekend with the Stone of Destiny as its centrepiece, following a £27m redevelopment of the former city hall.
The ancient symbol of Scotland's monarchy, was seized by King Edward I of England in the late 13th Century and remained in England for 700 years.
It was returned to Scotland in 1996.
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Hermione
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Ancient History
Some physicists have long suspected that mysterious 'ghost' particles in the world around us could greatly advance our understanding of the true nature of the Universe.
Now scientists think they've found a way to prove whether or not they exist.
Europe's centre for particle research, Cern, has approved an experiment designed to find evidence for them.
The new instrume
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Hermione
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Laboratory
From a mummy on board the Titanic to the pyramids’ alignment with the stars, from psychoactive mushrooms to the lost realm of Atlantis: alternative interpretations of ancient Egypt, often summarised as ‘alternative Egyptology’, have always focused on subjects that others shunned. Ever since the birth of scholarly Egyptology with the decipherment of the hieroglyphic script two hundred years ago, a
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Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
Hermione Wrote:
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> << ... t the study was flawed
> because its soil samples “were not associated with
> any artifacts or features that could be reliably
> interpreted as anthropogenic or ‘man-made.’”
Which is exactly the point made following the comparable - and equally flawed - dating of material from the Bosnian
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Hermione
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Ancient History
<< The retraction, based on a monthslong investigation, said that the study was flawed because its soil samples “were not associated with any artifacts or features that could be reliably interpreted as anthropogenic or ‘man-made.’”
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One prominent supporter of Mr. Natawidjaja’s research, the journalist Graham Hancock, said in a statement he did not see the retraction as “fair, just
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Hermione
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Ancient History
Open Access
QuoteWritten artefacts are traditionally studied because of their content. Material aspects of these artefacts enrich the study of ancient history in many ways. Eleven case studies in five sections on the ancient world, including the Near East, Egypt, the Mediterranean, China and India, demonstrate the impact of a holistic approach that considers materiality and content alike.
Se
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Hermione
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Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
A couple of hikers stumbled upon a struggling sheep on their walk through the Peak District.
Charlotte Emery and Katy Maughan were walking near Buxton, Derbyshire, when they spotted the pregnant ewe on its back and decided to help.
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Coffee Shop
Please, everyone ... I think we should be discussing evidence, not posters on other forums ...
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Ancient Egypt
A unique scroll, known as the "Horoscope," has been discovered in the Judean Desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced this week.
The artifact provides a glimpse into the astrological beliefs and practices of an ancient sect, combining historical and mystical elements.
Written in Hebrew from left to right, an unusual direction, the scroll includes Greek, Aramaic, and anci
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Ancient History
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> He seems to have been operating in woo territory,
> and indulging in a bit of plagarism, one of his
> videos about Tutankhamun seems to have taken some
> ideas from material I had posted on the Historum
> forum back in about 2017, and I believe others
> have had their work appropriated by him. Ho
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Ancient Egypt
Druridge Bay is about 45-50 miles north of the Tees Estuary, where sea-creatures have been dying over past years.
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Laboratory
Marine experts say it is not clear why a number of dead porpoises have washed up on a stretch of North East coastline.
At least five have been found on Druridge Bay and Cresswell, Northumberland, in the last week and a sixth was found further north in Craster on Monday.
"We usually get one or two a month at most, so to get a group like that in the same area is quite unusual," Ivor
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Laboratory
At about 18:29, the presenter states that Martin Stower's tireless work was the basis for the whole video.
(Although it should perhaps be added that the video also deals with the Gorlitz and Erdmann affair, a subject that doesn't come up in "Strange Journey.")
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Ancient Egypt
(links to chapters available in Introduction beneath video)
0:00 Introduction
2:10 The Khufu Hoax Myth
3:54 Vyse's Discoveries
9:09 The Khufu Cartouches
11:06 The Controversy Over the Discovery
18:58 The Forgery Claims
20:18 Claim 1: The Words of Samuel Birch
24:39 Claim 2: An Eye-witness to the Forgery
29:39 Claim 3: The Journal of Howard Vyse
32:15 Claim 4: The Red Ochre was Ra
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Ancient Egypt
A spike in UFO sightings in the 1950s and 60s was caused by tests of advanced US spy planes and space technology, a Pentagon report has concluded.
Officials also said there was "no evidence" that the US government had encountered alien life.
Most sightings of UFOs were ordinary objects from Earth, according to the report submitted to Congress on Friday.
On Friday, the gov
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Hermione
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Paper Lens
Ahatmose Wrote:
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> db
There was a problem with the link to the documentary itself.
(It would also be good if you could give a brief description of the documentary, how long it is, etc.)
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Alternative Geometry and Numerology