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A medieval manuscript likely hides a record of an impending recurrent nova

Jon Voisey
Universe Today
Fri, 08 Sep 2023 19:00 UTC
Corona Borealis
© Universe Today
Approximately every 80 years, a faint 10th magnitude star in the constellation of Corona Borealis dramatically increases its brightness. This star, T CrB, is known as a recurrent nova and last flared in 1946, peaking at magnitude 2.0, temporarily making it one of the 50 brightest stars in the night sky.

Aside from the 1946 eruption, the only other confirmed observation of this star's outburst was in 1866. But new research by Dr. Bradley Schaefer suggests that a medieval monk may have spied T CrB brightening in 1217.

In medieval monasteries, monks would regularly keep chronicles - a list of notable events that happened throughout the year. In 1217, the abbot of Ursberg Abbey (in southern Germany, west of Augsberg) was Burchard. In the chronicle for that year, he wrote:
In the autumn season of [1217], in the early evening, a wonderful sign was seen in a certain star in the west. This star was located a little west of south, in what astrologers call Ariadne's Crown [Corona Borealis]. As we ourselves have observed, it was originally a faint star that, for a time, shone with great light, and then returned to its original faintness. There was also a very bright ray reaching up the sky, like a large tall beam. This was seen for many days that autumn.
But was this "wonderful sign" a nova, or one of many other types of transient events that could grace the night sky?
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Star of David

From Golda Meir to Ben-Gvir: Examining Israel's supremacist apartheid legacy

Miko Peled
MintPress News
Fri, 08 Sep 2023 20:00 UTC
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Remarks by Israel's minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, saying his rights are superior to those of Arabs. He received the precise reaction he wanted - his comments were posted and repeated everywhere. His face was shown, and the video of him making these comments made waves worldwide. He, of course, knew that this would happen, and he is undoubtedly very pleased with himself. What is not clear is why we give him the attention.

Israel has a seventy-five-year history of dispossessing, murdering, stealing, and imposing a supremacist apartheid regime on Palestinians. Now, one government minister punk who cannot get enough of the limelight says what has been the practice since the Jewish supremacist regime has been in place. People all over the political spectrum are excited. Instead of giving him the attention, we would do well to focus on what needs to be done to get rid of Ben-Gvir, bring the cruel Zionist regime to an end and once and for all free Palestinians from the brutality they are subjected to.
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Recent discoveries in East Kazakhstan unveil mysteries of past

Aruzhan Ualikhanova
Astana Times
Mon, 28 Aug 2023 07:40 UTC
ASTANA — In a series of captivating archaeological excavations that have been taking place in the East Kazakhstan region, revealing an astonishing discovery. A necropolis containing the burial of a Bronze Age woman has emerged as the focal point, shedding light on a complex tapestry of history and culture. The site's significance has deepened with the uncovering of 180 alcoves and an exquisite silver accessory depicting a frog, reports Kazinform.
Ancient Bones
© The Astana Times
Led by Rinat Zhumatayev, Head of the Department of Archaeology, Ethnology, and Muzology of KazNU, in collaboration with specialists from the University of Cambridge, these excavations have steadily unveiled secrets of the past. The ongoing excavations have gained momentum since 2016 when the journey to explore the region's historical treasures commenced in the Zaisan district, spearheaded by Abdesh Toleubaev.

"The results of our work were showcased at the first international exhibition, specifically in Moscow, London, and Kazan. Thanks to the exhibition 'Altai - the Cradle of the Turkic World,' we have strengthened our relationship with Cambridge University. Since 2020, archaeological excavations have been conducted in collaboration with scientist Rebecca Roberts," said Rinat Zhumatayev.

The artifacts, belonging to the Bronze Age spanning from the 25th to 18th centuries BC, were initially discovered in the ancient burial grounds of Ainabulak in 2017. Exploration continued in subsequent years in Yelek, and in 2023, focus returned to Zaisan. The unearthed artifacts are set to be displayed in the historical and local history museum of the East Kazakhstan region. Local budget allocations have facilitated the preservation of these invaluable pieces.
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Fire

Ukraine's 'biggest arms supplier' orchestrated 2014 Maidan massacre, witnesses say

Kit Klarenberg
The Grayzone
Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:00 UTC
Pashynskyi
© unknown
Serhiy Pashynskyi
Once denounced by Zelensky as a "criminal," gun runner Serhiy Pashinksy has become the top private supplier of arms to Ukraine. Eyewitness testimony has fingered Pashinsky as the architect of a bloody false flag operation which propelled the 2014 Maidan coup and plunged the country into civil war.

Years before emerging as Kiev's top private weapons trafficker, ex-legislator Serhiy Pashinsky played a key role in the 2014 US-backed coup which toppled Ukraine's democratically-elected president and set the stage for a devastating civil war. Though the notoriously corrupt former Ukrainian parliamentarian was condemned by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a "criminal" as recently as 2019, a lengthy exposé by the New York Times has now identified Pashinsky as the Ukrainian government's "biggest private arms supplier."

Perhaps predictably, the report makes no mention of evidence implicating Pashinsky in the 2014 massacre of 70 anti-government protesters in Kiev's Maidan Square, an incident which pro-Western forces used to consummate their coup d'etat against then-President Viktor Yanukovych.

In an August 12 report on Ukraine's new weapons-sourcing strategy, the New York Times alleged that "out of desperation," Kiev had no option but to adopt increasingly amoral tactics. The shift, they say, has driven up prices of lethal imports at an exponential rate, "and added layer upon layer of profit-making" for the benefit of unscrupulous speculators like Pashinsky.

Comment: The spoils of war fill big pockets.

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Star of David

Saving the Iraqi Jews in 1950: The (fake) "race against time" vs Near East Air Transport

Tom Suarez
Mondoweiss
Sat, 26 Aug 2023 20:21 UTC
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© Photographer unknown/Fair use of uncredited photos found on multiple internet sites
One of Near East Air Transport’s planes at Baghdad’s airport, with Iraqi Jews awaiting space on a flight. The stairs are marked “Transocean Air Lines,” another US charter airline.
Zionists deny that Israel had any part in the ethnic cleansing of Iraq's Jews in 1950 to encourage Jewish immigration to Israel. But a core aspect of their exodus is omitted: the role of the Israeli airline, Near East Air Transport

In 1951, an Iraqi court determined that the main perpetrators of a series of attacks on Baghdad's Jews were Zionists — not, as it was intended to appear, their non-Jewish countrymen. But it was by then too late to stop the goal of the crime: the ethnic cleansing of the city's ancient Jewish community, in order to ship as many of its people as possible to Israel — "as cannon and demographic fodder" for the state, in the words of ex-Hagana member Hanna Braun, who once had the task of receiving them.[1] As a bonus, the false-flag attacks reinforced the core construct upon which Zionism depends: that the world is an irredeemably dangerous place for Jews.

There remains today among the Zionist movement the utmost vested interest in preserving the belief that the ethnic cleansing was the work of Baghdad's non-Jews, or the "Arabs," as Western parlance likes to frame it. If the public knew it was Israel's crime, the ripple effects would cut far beyond the scandal of Iraq; they would force the question of Israel's and Zionism's very claim to exist for the benefit of Jews.
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Blue Planet

Siberia's Por-Bazhyn complex built in 775AD was Manichean monastery, new study reveals


Heritage Daily
Tue, 05 Sep 2023 20:52 UTC
Por-Bazhyn
© Philipp Chistyakov
A new study by the Russian Geographical Society has revealed that Por-Bazhyn was a Manichean monastery.
Por-Bazhyn, meaning "Clay House" in the Tuvan language is located in the Sengelen mountains of southern Siberia, Russia.

Approximately 30 buildings stood within the interior, centred on a central complex consisting of two pavilions that likely served a ceremonial and religious purpose, with various one or two chamber structures located in each of the smaller enclosure courtyards.

The lack of archaeological material has led to various interpretations as to the function of Por-Bazhyn, including a border fortress, a fortified palace, and an astronomical observatory.

Por-Bazhyn has been known since the 18th century and was first explored in 1891. Radiocarbon dating and dendrochronological studies indicate that Por-Bazhyn was built around AD 777, with previous excavations associating the site with the Uyghurs based on comparisons with the palace complex of Karabalgasun (the capital of the Uyghur Khaganate).

Comment: Was this complex set up in the aftermath of globally disruptive cosmic catastrophes? 536 AD, the year the sky went dark

Also check out SOTT radio's: MindMatters: Zoroastrianism: The Ancient System of Values That Sought to Change The World, And Did



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Smoking

Nation-states as 'business models': Ukraine as another neoliberal privatization exercise

Dr. T. P. Wilkinson
Global Research
Thu, 31 Aug 2023 00:00 UTC
blackrock
© TheFreeThoughtProject
Blackrock Spectrum • Presidents Zelensky and Biden
Introduction

Perhaps the leading two veteran critics of US policy in Ukraine, Colonel Douglas MacGregor USA and Major Scott Ritter USMC, have said loud and clear that at least from a military standpoint the Ukrainian armed forces have lost the war against Russia.

There have been numerous voices calling for an end to the conflict, not least because the more than USD 46 billion and counting in military aid alone, has yet to produce any of the results announced as aims of what has finally been admitted is a war against Russia.[i]

If Mr Zelenskyy, the president of the Ukraine's government in Kiev, is to be taken at face value, then the hostilities can only end when: Crimea and the Donbass regions are fully under Kiev's control and Vladimir Putin has been removed from office as president of the Russian Federation. To date no commentator has adequately explained how those war aims are to be attained. This applies especially after the conservatively estimated 400,000 deaths and uncounted casualties in the ranks of Kiev's forces since the beginning of the Special Military Operation in February 2022.

Before considering the political and economic issues it is important to reiterate a few military facts, especially for those armchair soldiers who derive their military acumen from TV and Hollywood films.

As MacGregor and Ritter, both of whom have intimate practical knowledge of warfare, have said: Armies on the ground need supplies, i.e. food, weapons, ammunition, medical care for wounded, etc. These supplies have to be delivered from somewhere.

Comment: An amazing compilation of information and dot connecting you won't find anyplace else.

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Blue Planet

Complete neolithic cursus discovered on the Isle of Arran, first full example ever found in Britain

Libby Brooks
The Guardian
Mon, 04 Sep 2023 05:00 UTC
David Bennett
© Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian
Land owner David Bennett at the site of Drumadoon cursus: the space was usually built for procession and gathering.
Below the rolling heath on the Isle of Arran's south-west coast, overlooked by harriers and the occasional peregrine, a monument to ancient ceremony is being uncovered.

In August, archaeologists working alongside local volunteers began their excavation at Drumadoon of what is almost certainly the only complete Neolithic cursus monument found in Britain.

These vast rectangular enclosures, which date back to between 4000 and 3000BC, are believed to have been built as spaces for procession, ceremony and gathering, deliberately separate from quotidian settlements or farming land.

Comment: Notably these cursus appear to be situated in the same era as the mysterious Crannog, and Broch, structures: See also:

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Boat

Shipwreck hunters find fully intact remains of doomed 156-year-old schooner

Fiona McLoughlin
The Daily Caller
Sun, 03 Sep 2023 21:54 UTC
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© State Historical Society of Wisconsin
This July 2023 photo provided by State Historical Society of Wisconsin shows the schooner Trinidad.
Shipwreck hunters have discovered the well-preserved remains of a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in 1881, with the crew's possessions still intact.

Brendon Baillod and Robert Jaeck, maritime historians from Wisconsin, found the 156-year-old Trinidad ship back in July at a depth of 270 feet off Algoma, Wisconsin, the Associated Press (AP) reported Friday. The historians used a combination of side-scan sonar and historical accounts from those who survived the shipwreck to narrow down its location.

"The wreck is among the best-preserved shipwrecks in Wisconsin waters with her deck-house still intact, containing the crew's possessions and her anchors and deck gear still present," a statement released after the discovery reads, according to AP.
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Archaeologists have uncovered oldest Roman forum in Hispania, at the site of a named unknown city

Leman Altuntaş
Arkeonews Net
Sun, 03 Sep 2023 00:28 UTC
Ancient Thermal Baths
© University of Zaragoza
Aerial view of La Cabañeta thermal baths.
Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Roman forum from more than 2,000 years ago at the site of an unknown city in the municipality of El Burgo de Ebro in northeastern Spain.

Excavations by the Institute of Heritage and Humanities of the University of Zaragoza, co-directed by Alberto Mayayo and Borja Díaz, have found the forum — the most important part of a Roman city and where its most prominent political and religious institutions were located — which is considered the oldest ever unearthed in the interior of Spain.

The name of this Roman city on the banks of the Ebro is unknown, though some experts believe it could be Castra Aelia, a second-line Roman camp that became a city with a large forum after the defeat of the Celtiberians in Numancia.

The city, which was first built as a military camp, only existed for a brief period of time because evidence suggests that it was obliterated during a conflict known as the Sertorian Wars in the early first century B.C.
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