HISTORY/EDUCATION

Nazi-Acquired Buddha Statue Came From Outer Space

September 28, 2012
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Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Date: 26 September 2012 Time: 01:12 PM ET A Buddha statue dating back to the 8th to 10th centuries is carved from a rare iron meteorite. CREDIT: Elmar Buchne It sounds like a mash-up of Indiana Jones’ plots, but German researchers say a heavy Buddha statue brought to Europe...
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Centuries old bible mean Christianitys downfall

May 25, 2012
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File © Iran claims a recently discovered, centuries old bible will prove once and for all that Islam is the one true religion. The bible, confiscated from smugglers by Turkish authorities in 2000 is believed to come from the fifth century and is made from animal hide. Experts believe it may be a copy...
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‘World’s oldest’ graphic art discovered

May 16, 2012
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Researchers have reportedly discovered what could be the oldest evidence of graphic imagery in a cave in southwest France. The New York Times reports a drawing of a female vulva, thought to be 37,000 years old, has been found on the collapsed roof of a rock shelter at the Abri Castanet site in the...
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Bracelet reveals amazing craftsman’s skill from 7500BC

December 26, 2011
Polished skills: The obsidian bracelet contains remarkable detail

(so good it couldn’t be bettered today) A 9,500-year-old bracelet has been analysed using the very latest computers – and the results show that it is so intricate even today’s craftsmen would struggle to improve it. Researchers from the Institut Français d’Etudes Anatoliennes in Istanbul and Laboratoire de Tribologie et de Dynamiques des Systèmes...
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Indiana Jones missed the REAL Mayan skull – it’s not crystal, and it’s shaped like a monkey

November 20, 2011
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By ROB WAUGH The ‘crystal skulls’ relics of ancient American civilisations have all been exposed as fakes – but a Mayan carved skull appears to be the real thing. Not only that, experts believe the relic – buried along with its owner between 250AD and 600AD – may have been a replica of a ‘hand...
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Operation Crossbow: How 3D glasses helped defeat Hitler

May 14, 2011
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By Jon KellyBBC News Magazine Continue reading the main story  In today’s Magazine Quiz of the week’s news How can you explain cancer clusters? What makes people complain about ads? Paper Monitor Newly released photographs show how a team of World War II experts disrupted Nazi plans to bombard Britain – with the help...
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Paranthropus boisei: Ancient human relative was ‘primate equivalent of a cow’

May 4, 2011
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An ancient relative of humans dubbed ‘Nutcracker Man’ because of his powerful jaws and huge teeth may have actually preferred to eat grass, say scientists.   The hominid, known as Paranthropus boisei, ranged across the African landscape more than one million years ago and lived side-by-side with direct ancestors of humans.   Professor Matt...
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Every language evolved from ‘single prehistoric mother tongue first spoken in Africa’

April 16, 2011
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By DAVID DERBYSHIRE Every language in the world – from English to Mandarin – evolved from a prehistoric ‘mother tongue’ first spoken in Africa tens of thousands of years ago, a new study reveals. After analysing more than 500 languages, Dr Quentin Atkinson found compelling evidence that they can be traced back to a...
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The historical Rough Guide to everywhere: 16th century book mapping major cities is reprinted

April 15, 2011
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For the 16th century man trying to get around town it was as useful as Google Earth or a sat-nav. And if you prefer a map to technology you can now follow your ancestors’ footsteps, thanks to a reprint of a four centuries old guide to the world’s major cities. The reprinted book contains...
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Gay caveman: 5,000-year-old male skeleton ‘outed’ by way he was buried

April 8, 2011
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Skeleton was pointing eastwards and surrounded by domestic jugs – rituals only previously seen in female graves Five thousand years after he died, the first known gay caveman has emerged into the daylight. According to archaeologists, the way he was buried suggests that he was of a different sexual persuasion. The skeleton of the...
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