Watching The World Change
From the Salinas River in San Lucas to the USS Hornet in Alameda, plenty of ghost sightings stretch across one of the largest cities in the United States. In this article, you will also learn about the ghost in Whittier Narrows Park (Montebello) and the haunted halls at Mills College in Oakland. USS Hornet ,…
From the discovery of a burial location dating back to the 4th century in Hungary to unearthed a piece of an underwater city linked to Cleopatra, November and December headlines of 2009 also made mention of a Canaanite palace and Neolithic artifacts. Rebirth of Archeology Sites Just when archeologists lamented over the tsunami destruction of…
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From using the fossilized teeth of an ancient bat to investigating trees that have become mummified, the headlines of October 2009 also touched upon the studies involving ancient Roman coins. Larges Bat Species Found in Europe Living in the northeastern part of Spain more than 10,000 years ago, Spanish researchers have confirmed the existence of…
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Pyramids are fascinating structures that continue to amaze researchers with the way they’ve been built and decorated. Usually, the ancient Egyptians are credited with the most interesting pyramid news, but in September, headlines alerted the public to the Maya pyramids in Mexico, which may have been built with an intriguing purpose. In this article, you…
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In Morocco, shell beads have been unearthed from four different sites , leading researching to believe that early humans were constantly wearing and most likely trading jewelry with symbolic meaning. Other headlines in August 2009 include ancient human rituals centered on eating. Early Fashion Trends The practice of shell trading and beaded embellishments may have…
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From eating the oddest of delicacies to meeting your death due to something you ate, food has an eerie way of playing a role in a host of interesting facts. In this article, you will learn what took the life of Roman emperor Claudius, as well as a food item that people in Mongolia go…
When Christopher Columbus met with the Carib Indians of the West Indies, he learned that the people bred children to satisfy their cannibalistic traditions. In this article, you will also find out another group of people known to eat the feet of their captives, as well as a popular treat during 16th century in England….
What can you learn by taking a look at the fossilized teeth of dinosaurs and the last meals of our ancestors? In this article, news headlines from July 2009 concentrate on tree-dwelling invertebrates, the eating habits of hominids, and dinosaur teeth analysis. Tree-Dwelling Invertebrates The Field Museum reported in July that long before dinosaurs roamed…
Fossils help archeologists learn more about ancient time periods and the kinds of creatures that once roamed the earth. In this article, you will find out what the teeth of a horse fossil and of a dinosaur meant to researchers in June of 2009. Snapshot of the Neolithic Age A Kingston University research team has…
From the possible discovery of a new dinosaur species to the analysis of ancient termites, May of 2009 was filled with interesting archeology headlines, including ancient art finds, like the Roman bowl described in this article. Learning more about the way humans and creatures lived in the past is as easy as taking a look…