Monthly Archives: October 2011

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October 31, 2011 5 Comments

Robin Hood: The Unlikely Hero

Robin Hood may not have a place in the true historical record, but it is fair to assume that the legends themselves hold a special place in history. This is not an unearthing of a great secret as to the ‘real’ Robin Hood, nor is it a comprehensive covering of the legends themselves with listless conjecture and debate.

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October 22, 2011 0 Comments

The Dead Comes Back To Life

The face of a teenager who died 7,500 years ago has been brought back to life through methods that combine CSI type forensics, clay modeling and art, the University of Stavanger in Norway announced yesterday.

Archaeology
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October 22, 2011 0 Comments

The Thunderstone Mystery

What’s a Stone Age axe doing in an Iron Age tomb? The archaeologists Olle Hemdorff at the University of Stavanger’s Museum of Archaeology and Eva Thäte are researching older objects in younger graves. They have found a pattern.

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October 18, 2011 3 Comments

Taxi Driver Becomes First Egypt Mummy In 3000 Years!!

A FORMER taxi driver has become the first person for 3,000 years to be mummified in the same way as the pharaohs. TV viewers will see Alan Billis turned into a mummy over the space of a few months as his body is preserved using the techniques which the ancient Egyptians used on Tutankhamun.

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October 17, 2011 0 Comments

Archaeologists find blade production earlier than originally thought

researchers at Tel Aviv University have uncovered evidence which shows that “modern” blade production was also an element of Amudian industry during the late Lower Paleolithic period, 200,000-400,000 years ago as part of the Acheulo-Yabrudian cultural complex, a geographically limited group of hominins who lived in modern-day Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan