Researchers use 21st century methods to record 2,000 years of ancient graffiti in Egypt
Researchers use 21st-century methods to record 2,000 years of ancient graffiti in Egypt Simon Fraser University researchers are learning more about ancient graffiti—and their intriguing comparisons to modern graffiti—as they produce a state-of-the-art 3D recording of the Temple of Isis in Philae, Egypt. Working with the University of Ottawa, the researchers published their early findings …
Drug Use Detected in Hair Found in Mediterranean Island Cave
Drug Use Detected in Hair Found in Mediterranean Island Cave Human hair recovered in a Mediterranean island cave has yielded Europe’s oldest direct evidence of people taking hallucinogenic drugs, researchers say. By around 3,000 years ago, visitors at Es Càrritx cave on Menorca — perhaps shamans who performed spiritual and healing rituals — consumed plants …
Researchers Study Severed Hands Uncovered in Egypt
Researchers Study Severed Hands Uncovered in Egypt In 2011, archaeologists excavating a site in northern Egypt known as Tell el-Dab’a came across a grisly scene. As they probed a series of pits outside the city’s palace walls, 12 skeletal hands reached back at them. The dismembered hands, researchers reported last week in Scientific Reports, are likely a …
Mysterious mosaics depicting Medusa uncovered at 2nd-century Roman villa
Mysterious mosaics depicting Medusa uncovered at 2nd-century Roman villa While excavating a villa used by ancient Roman emperors in Italy, archaeologists uncovered something unexpected: two mosaics that depict the Greek mythological figure Medusa, whose hair was made of snakes and whose gaze was said could turn people into stone. The team found the mosaics in …
Angelina Jolie daughter Vivienne showcased elegance in NYC, dad Brad Pitt accused of more abuse. Style and strength personified.
Angelina Jolie put on a classy display in an all-black ensemble alongside her mini-me daughter, Vivienne, during an outing in New York City on Saturday. The Maleficent actress, 48 –…
Katy Perry sells entire music catalog for whopping $225 MILLION nearly 20 years after starting recording career
Katy Perry has sold the rights to her entire music catalog to the tune of $225million nearly 20 years after starting her recording career. The 38-year-old Teenage Dream…
Digital Image Depicts 30,000-Year-Old Egyptian
Digital Image Depicts 30,000-Year-Old Egyptian A lifelike facial approximation of a man who lived 30,000 years ago in what is now Egypt may offer clues about human evolution. In 1980, archaeologists unearthed the man’s skeletal remains at Nazlet Khater 2, an archaeological site in Egypt’s Nile Valley. Anthropological analysis revealed that the man was between …
Python May Have Been on the Neolithic Menu in Southern China
Python May Have Been on the Neolithic Menu in Southern China Snake bones that date back to the Neolithic period, around 6,000 years ago, have been discovered in the Zuojiang River basin, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The longest single vertebra unveiled at the site represents an individual snake belonging to the species Python …
Zendaya transforms into a seductive “Snake Woman” in a simple little black dress, with a metal woven decoration in the shape of a “snake head” in the back!
Zendaya transforms into a seductive “Snake Woman” in a simple little black dress, with a metal woven decoration in the shape of a “snake head” in the…
Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no
Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no Stonehenge wasn’t a prehistoric solar calendar but served mainly as a memorial to the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ, according to new research by scientists who study ancient astronomy. The first stones at Stonehenge were emplaced in southern England about 5,000 years ago, and the monument was constructed in …