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Ancient Tides: Civilization Timelines Keep Getting Earlier
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Civilization Timelines Keep Getting Earlier. Anyone studying the origins of human civilization on earth is aware of the earlier, earlier, earlier start-dates archaeologists are citing. The reasons are basically the discovery of previously unexplored sites and the enhanced technology enabling more precise dating of artifacts. Gunung Padang is a recent addition to the growing list of archaeological sites proving that our history books regarding early civilizations are now hopeles...
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Ancient Tides: More Uses Deduced for Antikythera
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Thursday, January 22, 2015. More Uses Deduced for Antikythera. Scientists keep edging closer to determining the who, what and why of the Antikythera Mechanism recovered from an ancient shipwreck near Crete in 1901. So far, we know the strange, complex assembly of bronze gears could accurately predict lunar and solar eclipses and tell the positions of planets throughout the solar system. According to the New York Times:. Just seven years after Archimedes died. Over the years scientists have speculated tha...
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Ancient Tides: Clovis DNA Points to Native-American Origins
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Sunday, February 16, 2014. Clovis DNA Points to Native-American Origins. The genetic sequence from a prehistoric baby in a 12,000-year-old Clovis burial site in Montana is providing significant data on the origins of the earliest Americans. Until now, archaeologists have had to rely mainly on tools made of stone and bone, and other artifacts to tell the story of human migration about 15,000 years ago to the New World. Clovis is what we like to refer to as an 'archaeological complex,' " says Michael Waters.
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Ancient Tides: January 2013
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Sunday, January 13, 2013. Isolation Forced Viking Departure. Ruins of the Viking church in Qaqortoq, Greenland. Archaeologists now suspect the economic and identity issues not starvation and disease caused Vikings to abandon Greenland in the 15. Century, something that has puzzled researchers for centuries. According to Spiegel Online:. It became more and more difficult for the Greenlanders to attract merchants from Europe to the island," speculates Jette Arneborg, an archeologist at the National Museum ...
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Christine LeFever: Victorian ~ Edwardian at an Estate Sale this Past Weekend ~
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Victorian Edwardian at an Estate Sale this Past Weekend. The following are only a few of the wonders I bought at a fabulous estate sale this past weekend. The sale was conducted by the estate company All My Favorite Things, and was in an old home just a few blocks from my house here in historic Oregon City, Oregon. The 1920's Doll is one of my new finds. She sits next to a lovely porcelain doll that I bought many years ago at Stars and Splendid. A little bisque flapper girl! I lov...
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Ancient Tides: April 2015
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Search Pending for Tiahuanaco "Underground Anamolies". Archaeologists from the Tiahuanaco Archeological Research Center have discovered an underground pyramid at the site of the ancient fortress in western Bolivia, using ground-penetrating radar. Meanwhile, the Bolivian government has announced excavations are set to begin this summer on the new find at the Kantatallita area of Tiahuanaco, about 40 miles west of La Paz. The creator of all things, chose it as the place of creation.
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Ancient Tides: April 2013
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Sunday, April 28, 2013. Ceibal Reveals Clues to Mayan Origins. A site called Ceibal in Guatemala is the oldest Mayan ceremonial compound in Central America’s lowlands and is now believed to have functioned as a solar observatory for rituals. It also suggests that the origins of the Maya civilization are more complex than first believed. According to Discovery News:. It's signaling to us that the Maya were not receiving this sophisticated stuff 500 years later from somebody else, but much of the innovatio...
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Ancient Tides: February 2014
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Sunday, February 16, 2014. Clovis DNA Points to Native-American Origins. The genetic sequence from a prehistoric baby in a 12,000-year-old Clovis burial site in Montana is providing significant data on the origins of the earliest Americans. Until now, archaeologists have had to rely mainly on tools made of stone and bone, and other artifacts to tell the story of human migration about 15,000 years ago to the New World. Clovis is what we like to refer to as an 'archaeological complex,' " says Michael Waters.
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Ancient Tides: More Paintings Rumored Near Lascaux
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Saturday, January 11, 2014. More Paintings Rumored Near Lascaux. Nother cave containing prehistoric paintings may exist just four kilometers from the famous Lascaux caves in southwestern France. The original cave art at Lascaux was found in 1940, and attracted hordes of visitors until it was closed to the public in 1983 to protect the artwork. Despite that caution, however, Mathieu did confirm that the culture department of the Dordogne regional administration would soon be mapping out a 10-hectare area ...
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Ancient Tides: July 2013
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Ashes of Ancient Halls Made Into Mounds. Archaeologists in England have unearthed the burned remains of two massive 6,000-year-old buildings whose ashes were shoveled into piles to make burial mounds. The remnants were uncovered in an open field near Dorstone Hill in Herefordshire. For decades, amateur archaeologists have noticed pieces of flint blades in the area and wondered whether the land there contained relics of a long-forgotten time. According to LiveScience.com:. It’...