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Alexander the Great’s Lost Tomb
Alexander the Great exerted his influence with a legend that claimed his body imbued caretakers with his power. For all his power in life, Alexander the Great could not control the fate of his body after death.
The Real Cleopatra
Religious rituals carried Cleopatra’s message: I am a deity, Caesar is a deity, and our child is the product of a divine union. There’s more to Cleopatra than the Romans would have you believe.
Photo of the Day – Peruvian Mummy
Today’s photo comes from the National Geographic website in Photography -> History -> Temples and Tombs : view the whole gallery here Photograph by Reza/Getty Images
Photo of the Day – Temple of Cross
Today’s photo comes from the National Geographic website in Photography -> Lost Cities -> view the whole gallery here Photograph by Stephen Alvarez (National Geographic) National Geographic sports a beautiful photography section on their website, I’d encourage having a look through the images.
Early Human-Ape?
Okay, the original guy, Russell Ciochon, found something that made people really afraid that they came from apes (we more than likely did, but this logic fails some). Anyways, so he’s decided that it really was an ape. But it wasn’t like any ape or human category. Like some weird blend… Here’s a snippet, check [...]
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Dinosaur’s digits show how birds got wings – Nature Ultrasmall Microbes Revived After 120,000 Years On Ice – National Geographic
Essence of Maggot
Okay, so I stumbled on this random bit of news this morning… So ages and ages ago, soldiers in the field healed faster if they had maggots in their wounds. Not a surprise really… I mean we use leeches even up to this day. Why not a maggot? So now they want to add the [...]
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A really old brew discovered while examining jars dating back 9,000 years. Dogfish company brings out many ancient types of brews for modern consumption. 9,000 year old brew hitting the shelves this summer – Scientific American Random ‘new’ cloud types from 4 different places in the world…how odd are these ? New Cloud Type Discovered? [...]