The laying of new water mains in the Ashperton area has unearthed extensive evidence of Ancient Roman settlement. The most significant finds were made last summer by a team of archaeologists called into investigate.
The Border Archaeology team from Leominster excavated the remains of at least 18 bodies in a field at Stretton Grandison. At 7.30pm on Tuesday, April 29 a special public presentation in Ashperton Village Hall will discuss the finds and throw fresh light on the area's Roman and Dark Age past.
One oak coffin was one of the best examples ever found in Britain. It contained a tall, middle-aged man with osteoarthritis. A second less well-preserved coffin provided evidence of a bizarre Roman ritual known as "feeding the dead." Part of the lid had been cut away, exposing the head, and a channel had been cut into the grave.
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Archaeologists in Fiji are marvelling at the discovery of a 3,000 year-old pot containing jewellery.
The pot contained shell jewellery believed to have been made by the Lapita people and was found at Bourewa on Fiji's main island of Viti Levu.
The pot contained shell jewellery believed to have been made by the Lapita people and was found at Bourewa on Fiji's main island of Viti Levu.
WASHINGTON -- Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests.
Port Angeles, Washington - Government scientists are discussing two earthquake faults which could cause serious damage on the North Olympic Peninsula.
The U.S. Geological Survey released new seismic hazard maps this week that focused on quake faults across the nation, including the Lake Creek-Boundary Creek fault that runs from central to eastern Clallam County - from roughly 15 miles west of the Elwha River to just past Siebert Creek.
It is capable of producing a magnitude-6.79 earthquake and has been active over the past several thousand years.
It was studied in detail by scientists in 2006 and is included for the first time in the new seismic hazard maps.
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The U.S. Geological Survey released new seismic hazard maps this week that focused on quake faults across the nation, including the Lake Creek-Boundary Creek fault that runs from central to eastern Clallam County - from roughly 15 miles west of the Elwha River to just past Siebert Creek.
It is capable of producing a magnitude-6.79 earthquake and has been active over the past several thousand years.
It was studied in detail by scientists in 2006 and is included for the first time in the new seismic hazard maps.
Research is First to Describe How Neurons Interpret Different Words
Rad, Lad. You might be able to hear the difference, but to many children and adults, these words sound exactly the same. The problem isn't that they can't hear the sounds. The problem is that they can't tell them apart.
Rad, Lad. You might be able to hear the difference, but to many children and adults, these words sound exactly the same. The problem isn't that they can't hear the sounds. The problem is that they can't tell them apart.
Be careful what you wish for. That is the unexpected lesson of the past decade of biomedical research, which has been characterized by an overwhelming abundance of interesting things to study and powerful ways to study them.
A pioneer of this era, MIT geneticist Eric Lander, speaks eloquently of the "global view of biology," meaning that scientists now have extraordinary tools to study not only individual genes, but also multiple genes at the same time. Rather than immediately investing all their resources in a few favorite genes (the traditional approach), modern researchers first can survey thousands of initial candidates, then identify and ultimately direct their attention to the most important players and pivotal networks.
A pioneer of this era, MIT geneticist Eric Lander, speaks eloquently of the "global view of biology," meaning that scientists now have extraordinary tools to study not only individual genes, but also multiple genes at the same time. Rather than immediately investing all their resources in a few favorite genes (the traditional approach), modern researchers first can survey thousands of initial candidates, then identify and ultimately direct their attention to the most important players and pivotal networks.
Dental work claim challenges antiquity of hobbit skeleton
And you thought Frodo had it hard. In what is shaping up to be a battle of Tolkienian proportions, the tiny remains from Flores, Indonesia--paleoanthropology's hobbit--have once again come under attack.
And you thought Frodo had it hard. In what is shaping up to be a battle of Tolkienian proportions, the tiny remains from Flores, Indonesia--paleoanthropology's hobbit--have once again come under attack.
Google on Wednesday handed over data stored by suspected pedophiles on its Orkut social networking site to Brazilian authorities, ceding to pressure to lift its vow of confidentiality to its users, officials said.
The US Internet giant delivered 3,261 files to a Brazilian senate commission looking into allegations that illegal images of minors were posted in password-protected photo albums on the site.
The US Internet giant delivered 3,261 files to a Brazilian senate commission looking into allegations that illegal images of minors were posted in password-protected photo albums on the site.
Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking called Monday for a new era of space conquest akin to Christopher Columbus' discovery of the new world, in a speech on the 50th anniversary of NASA space agency.
"In a way, the situation is like Europe before 1492. People might well have argued that it was a waste of money to send Columbus on a wild goose chase," the British scientist said at Georgetown Washington University.
"In a way, the situation is like Europe before 1492. People might well have argued that it was a waste of money to send Columbus on a wild goose chase," the British scientist said at Georgetown Washington University.
Italian archeologists said an ancient staircase made of marble was uncovered during excavations beneath Rome's Piazza Venezia.
Rome Archaeological Superintendent Angelo Bottini said the staircase, inset into pink granite and travertine, was discovered during work on a station for Rome's newest metro line. Bottini told ANSA it is an important find.
Rome Archaeological Superintendent Angelo Bottini said the staircase, inset into pink granite and travertine, was discovered during work on a station for Rome's newest metro line. Bottini told ANSA it is an important find.
