ancient archeology

Scan technique reveals secret writing in mummy cases 0
- Ancient Archeology, Science & Technology
- January 4, 2018
Researchers in London have developed scanning techniques that show what is written on the papyrus that mummy cases are made from.

By David Aragorn
Newly discovered 400,000-year-old school means humans are way older than we thought 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- January 3, 2018
Ancient toolmaking school has everyone thinking that our species has been talking, teaching and making tech for a really long time.

By David Aragorn
These are the greatest unsolved mysteries of 2017 0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- December 29, 2017
A BAFFLING discovery inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid was among the scientific discoveries and unsolved mysteries that left us scratching our heads this year.

By David Aragorn
The Unsolved Mystery of the Tunnels at Baiae 0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- December 28, 2017
Did ancient priests fool visitors to a sulfurous subterranean stream that they had crossed the River Styx and entered Hades?

By David Aragorn
Today’s archaeologists are putting down shovels and turning to tech 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 28, 2017
Move over Indiana Jones; it’s all about robots here in 2017!

By David Aragorn
Origins of photosynthesis in plants dated to 1.25 billion years ago 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 23, 2017
Maybe the ‘Boring Billion’ wasn’t so boring, after all

By David Aragorn
Gems in a bottle: For scientists, precious stones hold messages from Earth’s molten heart 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 23, 2017
Stones like emeralds, sapphires and rubies are more than just financially valuable or aesthetically valued. Each one is a glittering clue to the extreme physical, chemical and tectonic forces at work deep underground

By David Aragorn
The origin of water’s unusual properties found 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 22, 2017
Using x-ray lasers, researchers at Stockholm University have been able to map out how water fluctuates between two different states when it is cooled. At -44°C these fluctuations reach a maximum pointing to the fact that water can exist as two different distinct liquids. The findings will be published in the journal Science.

By David Aragorn
30 Mind-boggling images that suggest advanced technology existed thousands of years ago 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 22, 2017
If ancient mankind had access to advanced technology thousands of years ago, wouldn’t we find traces of such technology today? The structures at Sacsayhuaman, Ollantaytambo, Puma Punku and many others display INCREDIBLE FEATURES: perfectly shaped corners, precision cuts that are reminiscent of modern day laser tools, and such perfection among the stones fitted together in such a way that not a single sheet of paper could fit in between them.

By David Aragorn
What Do You Do When You Find a Mammoth on Your Farm?0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 21, 2017
A behind-the-scenes look at harvest time, soil drainage, and Pleistocene megafauna.

By David Aragorn