bcuster
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Parasitic Worms Plagued These Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs
Scientists peeled back the layers of history to find the afflictions of a bygone era.
Archaeological discoveries, breakthroughs and theories
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Dystopiary
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Stone inscribed with Ogham script found in Coventry!
A teacher was tidying his overgrown garden when he discovered the rock.
The ogham stone is 11cm long and weighs 139g.
Graham Senior washed the find and contacted an archaeologist relative, who suggested he get in touch with the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
Mr Senior has donated the stone to the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry. It will feature in the forthcoming Collecting Coventry exhibition, which opens on 11 May.
Teacher finds stone with ancient ogham writing from Ireland in Coventry garden
A teacher was tidying his overgrown garden when he discovered the rock.
The ogham stone is 11cm long and weighs 139g.
Graham Senior washed the find and contacted an archaeologist relative, who suggested he get in touch with the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
Mr Senior has donated the stone to the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry. It will feature in the forthcoming Collecting Coventry exhibition, which opens on 11 May.
Teacher finds stone with ancient ogham writing from Ireland in Coventry garden
petee
no gods, no malarkey
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
A lost branch of the river Nile flowed past the pyramids of Egypt
Soil core samples show an ancient riverbed under the desert near many Egyptian pyramids, revealing an ancient waterway that dried up thousands of years ago
bcuster
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Soldier graffiti found on castle door in ‘astonishing discovery’
More than 50 etchings from soldiers have been discovered on an English castle door in an “astonishing discovery,” including graffiti of what could depict the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte being hanged.
The door was only recently discovered in Dover Castle, in southeast England./..
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I watched a fascinating documentary last week on Channel 5 of all places about a recent technological breakthrough in trying to read the Herculaneum script rolls. For those unaware of them, as I was until last week, they are 2,000 year-old rolled up script rolls that were carbonised during the infamous Vesubius eruption that destroyed said town as well as nearby Pompeii.
The rolls, hundreds of them, were found a few decades ago during the excavation of what was the largest and most opulent villa in the settlement, and are thought to contain many works of ancient philosophy, literature and history long lost to mankind. The problem has been that whenever someone has tried to unroll one of them, however carefully, they have invariably disintegrated and only a few scraps with legible text could be salvaged.
But now for the very first time, a team from the US, using an extremely advanced type of X-ray machine combined with AI learning software programmed to interpret and decipher the extremely complex and distorted x-ray readings, has for the first time been able to read a page of one of the petrified script rolls in their current rolled up state. The team now hopes they have cracked the problem and will in time be able to extract the information from all the surviving scripts.
Very fucking cool indeed, and the documentary on C5 is well worth checking. Here’s some more info about the breakthrough
www.smithsonianmag.com
The rolls, hundreds of them, were found a few decades ago during the excavation of what was the largest and most opulent villa in the settlement, and are thought to contain many works of ancient philosophy, literature and history long lost to mankind. The problem has been that whenever someone has tried to unroll one of them, however carefully, they have invariably disintegrated and only a few scraps with legible text could be salvaged.
But now for the very first time, a team from the US, using an extremely advanced type of X-ray machine combined with AI learning software programmed to interpret and decipher the extremely complex and distorted x-ray readings, has for the first time been able to read a page of one of the petrified script rolls in their current rolled up state. The team now hopes they have cracked the problem and will in time be able to extract the information from all the surviving scripts.
Very fucking cool indeed, and the documentary on C5 is well worth checking. Here’s some more info about the breakthrough
Buried by the Ash of Vesuvius, These Scrolls Are Being Read for the First Time in Millennia
A revolutionary American scientist is using subatomic physics to decipher 2,000-year-old texts from the early days of Western civilization
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
More Neanderthal stuff, this time on their language (or lack of it):
How Neanderthal language differed from modern human – they probably didn’t use metaphors
The two human species had many similarities but their communication would have been different.
theconversation.com
I'm not really sure about this new "Neanderthals didn't have metaphors" thing. Surely art of any kind implies a capacity for metaphor ("Ceci n'est pas un pipe", etc.)?
JimW
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Enjoyable article comparing those early textiles we've been lucky enough to find preserved in salt, which keeps the colour: https://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp345_salt_preserved_ancient_textiles.pdf
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
scanning costs are v. high but not impossible money high. I know some are hoping to turn up the gospel of st paul.I watched a fascinating documentary last week on Channel 5 of all places about a recent technological breakthrough in trying to read the Herculaneum script rolls. For those unaware of them, as I was until last week, they are 2,000 year-old rolled up script rolls that were carbonised during the infamous Vesubius eruption that destroyed said town as well as nearby Pompeii.
The rolls, hundreds of them, were found a few decades ago during the excavation of what was the largest and most opulent villa in the settlement, and are thought to contain many works of ancient philosophy, literature and history long lost to mankind. The problem has been that whenever someone has tried to unroll one of them, however carefully, they have invariably disintegrated and only a few scraps with legible text could be salvaged.
But now for the very first time, a team from the US, using an extremely advanced type of X-ray machine combined with AI learning software programmed to interpret and decipher the extremely complex and distorted x-ray readings, has for the first time been able to read a page of one of the petrified script rolls in their current rolled up state. The team now hopes they have cracked the problem and will in time be able to extract the information from all the surviving scripts.
Very fucking cool indeed, and the documentary on C5 is well worth checking. Here’s some more info about the breakthrough
Buried by the Ash of Vesuvius, These Scrolls Are Being Read for the First Time in Millennia
A revolutionary American scientist is using subatomic physics to decipher 2,000-year-old texts from the early days of Western civilization
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
That looks brilliant, thank you.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
All they'll probably find in the currently-excavated scrolls is stuff by the library's philosopher-in-residence who was a relative nobody. But there's potentially far more still buried. Probably the villa's show-off collection of literature etc. It's got the potential to completely revolutionise classical history.
Transporting them without destroying them takes a a great deal of care, and the x-ray synchrotron needed for scanning is the kind of high-demand "national lab" machine you can't really monopolise. To read them en masse, they're going to need to build scanning facilities right next to the dig.
Project masterplan:
Transporting them without destroying them takes a a great deal of care, and the x-ray synchrotron needed for scanning is the kind of high-demand "national lab" machine you can't really monopolise. To read them en masse, they're going to need to build scanning facilities right next to the dig.
Project masterplan:
petee
no gods, no malarkey
this is a feather in their cap!
www.collywestonhistoricalsociety.org.uk
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUT THE PALACE | Collyweston Historic
As we find out more about Collyweston Palace then we will publish it here.
Amateur Historians Heard Tales of a Lost Tudor Palace. Then, They Dug It Up.
In a small English village, a group of dedicated locals has unearthed the remains of a long-vanished palace that had been home to Henry VIII’s grandmother.
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Scientists have discovered a 50,000-year-old herpes virus – and perhaps how modern humans came to rule the world
Opinion. Archaeology. Jonathan Kennedy. Thu 30 May 2024
Opinion. Archaeology. Jonathan Kennedy. Thu 30 May 2024
JimW
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Woman's body found alongside the remains of warrior monks at a castle held by one of the holy orders in Spain, and marks on her bones suggest she fought alongside them: Body of a woman discovered among remains of 25 warrior monks of the Order of Calatrava in Guadalajara
Hotel Chocolate
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That looks impractical even dangerous. That is top heavy.
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danski
"vibey"
The top tray would be full of hot coal and I reckon the base may have been filled with sand. But yeah, doesn’t look great
Hotel Chocolate
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I was wondering if it had a ceremony role rather than a practical?
danski
"vibey"
Also designed to fit in a corner which will aid stability
Hotel Chocolate
Well-Known Member
I would expect something more like this, you can't knock this over.
Temple Incense Burner
Temple Incense Burner
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
looks remarkably like the setup we went with when we were having the kitchen redone. Only burnt about three foot of carpet
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Ancient cities burnt down a lot for a reason
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
‘Prehistory under our football pitches’: bronze age finds excavated from Cardiff sports field
Artefacts including a roundhouse and a clay furnace – only the second ever found – have been discovered at Trelai Park
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
I'm guessing it's gold but for the life of me I can't stop seeing it as carved out of cheese.
Hotel Chocolate
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...or a cake.
Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
The first known case of a Neanderthal child with Down's Syndrome has been documented, and a subsequent study showing insight into behaviour of our archaic cousins revealed that the child, nicknamed "Tina", received extensive care described as "altruistic" from other members of their social group.
First case of Down syndrome in Neanderthals documented in new study
First case of Down syndrome in Neanderthals documented in new study
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Good article on three of the lines of evidence that point to Africa as the birthplace of humans: linguistic diversity, fossils, and genetics.
worldofpaleoanthropology.org
How We Know that Africa is the Birthplace of Humankind
Ever since humanity first began to think, we have always had an interest in where we first began as a species. Cultures throughout the entire world invented myths and legends to explain our origins…
worldofpaleoanthropology.org
bcuster
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There are thousands of species of birds living on Earth today–anywhere from around 10,000 to as many as 18,000, depending on how you define “species.” The fossil record suggests that almost all of this feathered, flying diversity emerged in the aftermath of the last major extinction 66 million years ago, when an asteroid rocked the planet and drove the non-avian dinosaurs extinct. Only a few birds–chicken, ostrich, and duck-like creatures–made it across the extinction line, giving rise to the dizzying array of modern birds: From songbirds to corvids to parrots.
www.popsci.com
Why are there so many birds?
New research finds traces of the dinosaur extinction in avian genomes.
www.popsci.com
bcuster
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Pot of gold not so lucky for original owners:
“No one ever buries a hoard of coins, especially precious metal coins, without intending to retrieve it. So only the gravest misfortune can explain the preservation of such a treasure.”
Ancient pot of gold unearthed in Turkey hints at ‘gravest misfortune,’ researchers say
“No one ever buries a hoard of coins, especially precious metal coins, without intending to retrieve it. So only the gravest misfortune can explain the preservation of such a treasure.”
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
Not sure if this exactly counts, but here's an FT article on Bennett Bacon's analysis of markings found with Ice Age paintings: he reckons they mark lunar months between winter and mating seasons.
paywall busted
(Betteridge's law of headlines noted)
Did a furniture carver in Crouch End crack the code to early human writing?
A doughty citizen scientist is convinced the dots and ‘squiggles’ made among the animals in cave paintings are more than what they seempaywall busted
(Betteridge's law of headlines noted)
