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© twitter.com1000-year-old hand grenade from the Crusades era
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Among the objects, there were also ancient mortars, pestles and candlesticks, which were apparently manufactured in Syria in the eleventh century and brought to Israel. According to the experts, this is a significant evidence of the metal trade that was conducted during those times.
Comment: The relics of war, the unending legacy of man.
© Luckez OlmosArchaeological excavations in Lima’s zoo have revealed more than 100 well-preserved dogs.
During the World Congress on Mummy Studies here last week, Venegas Gutiérrez led a tour of the site for several scientists (and one curious journalist). As a particularly angry-sounding zebra bellowed nearby, she discussed her still puzzling find. Over the course of their excavation, she and her team unearthed the skulls of 126 humans and 128 dogs. They found small dogs, large dogs, and everything in between. Most belonged to three types of street dogs that still roam Peru's towns and cities today. One skeleton showed a distinct underbite reminiscent of a tiny bulldog. Some of the dogs still had skin and hair; a few were so well-preserved that they still had noses and ears. All of them had been arranged in peaceful postures, as if they had fallen asleep, and were wrapped in textiles for burial, just as most humans were at that time. Nearby ceramics and other artifacts suggest both dogs and humans were buried around 1000 C.E. Venegas Gutiérrez plans to radiocarbon date the remains next year.
© Mugello Valley ProjectA close-up of a stele found at Poggio Colla, a site of religious ritual for the ancient Etruscans.
The 500-pound (227 kilograms) stone slab, or stele, was unearthed earlier this year at Poggio Colla, a sixth century B.C. site built by the Etruscans. The stele bears a long inscription in a language that has not been used for 2,500 years, project archaeologist Gregory Warden, a professor emeritus at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, told Live Science in April.
Now, translation is underway and archaeologists have discovered that the tablet references the goddess Uni.
"We can at this point affirm that this discovery is one of the most important Etruscan discoveries of the last few decades," Warden said in a statement. "It's a discovery that will provide not only valuable information about the nature of sacred practices at Poggio Colla, but also fundamental data for understanding the concepts and rituals of the Etruscans, as well as their writing and perhaps their language."
© Lexicon of Greek Personal NamesIliad VIII 245-253 in codex F205 (Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana), late 5th or early 6th c. AD.
© Stevekeiretsu/CC BY SA 3.0 / James RobertsonRing of Brodgar, a Neolithic stone circle and henge monument, with the Loch of Harray in the background. Detail: Aerial view of the newly-uncovered structure.
According to The Herald Scotland , the site contains a Stone Age temple, and the discovery of the structure helped to re-date the location.
While digging at the Ring of Brodgar on Orkney, the researchers found the layout of a series of slabs which are unlike anything previously found on the island. The structure is 4 meters (13 ft.) long and it was unearthed amongst the remains of Neolithic rubbish.
Comment: More about the vast temple complex at the Ness of Brodgar:
- Why Orkney is the centre of ancient Britain
- Scotland: Archaeologists and Pagans Alike Glory in the Brodgar Complex
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After the media disclosures of ECHELON in the late 1990s, NSA's initial intercept-sharing operation with its UK-USA signals intelligence alliance partners—the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand—was modernized. What was known as ECHELON was renamed TICKETWINDOW. According to an article in an NSA internal newsletter called SID Today, cumbersome security access restrictions imposed by TICKETWINDOW's predecessor were eliminated. Instead, NSA permitted the "sharing of sensitive-source collection with partners." The "partners" were renamed the "Five Eyes," which included the above-mentioned UK-USA alliance nations plus the United States. TICKETWINDOW also permitted "the exchange of sensitive source data that had not been shared with Partners under normal circumstances."
Comment: Fourteen Eyes of the NWO
5 Eyes: Australia - Canada - New Zealand - United Kingdom - United States
9 Eyes: add Denmark - France - the Netherlands - Norway
14 Eyes: add Germany - Belgium - Italy - Spain - Sweden
© wikipedia.orgJustice Lewis Powell changed the world with one memo
The conservative corporate lawyer, who would later be appointed to the US Supreme Court by Republican President Richard Nixon, wrote a memo to the US Chamber of Commerce's Eugene Sydnor, putting forth a plan to tackle the environmental and civil rights movements which were pushing for more health and safety regulations.
Powell was addressing concerns held by conservatives surrounding the New Deal and the Great Society, which included Social Security, the Labor Relations Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and anti-discrimination laws.
In his memo, he said it was time to fight back against the "Attack of the American Free Enterprise System" from "perfectly respectable elements of society" like the "college campus, the pulpit, the media, the intellectual and literary journals, the arts and sciences and from politicians."
© www.cnn.comBritish troops arriving in the Falklands during the 1982 conflict.
Israeli exports included Skyhawk jets that were responsible for bombing and sinking the RFA Sir Galahad, a troop ship, leaving 48 dead and numerous horrific injuries. The sale of Israeli arms to the right-wing Galtieri regime of the day was first exposed in a 2001 book on the authoritarian junta. Further evidence has now come to light in the documents, which show that arms deals were being made throughout the war until 1984.
Israel's logic was apparently simple: even though Britain was an ally, it also armed regimes hostile to Israel. The exports were also seen as key to Israel's economy.
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Tambora
The eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia (then known as the Dutch East Indies) in April of 1815 was the result of a highly pressurized volcanic environment. The initial stages of eruption were reported to have sounded like an army attack with guns and cannons. As flames shot up from the top, hot pumice and volcanic rock were forced into the air. The geological event caused tons of ash and sulphur-dioxide into the air over the course of five days, enough to cover a 100 mile radius with a foot of ash! This event and the resulting cloud, some scientists proffer, is the cause of the the weather extremes and global cooling the following year. Many experts do believe that this is the only reasonable explanation for the year without a summer, though there is not total agreement on the matter. This volcano is still active today, though volcanic activity is closely monitored to ensure minimal losses if the pressure does build up again.
Comment: The very foundation of the United States was built upon racism, genocide, and militarism, so it's no surprise that the American empire has become the brutal force it is today, what some call the "World Police." Our law enforcement is merely a reflection of the pathological powers that rule the empire, which has effectively become what Andrej Lobaczewski defined as a "pathocracy." A highly recommended book everyone should read is "American Heart of Darkness: Volume I: The Transformation of the American Republic into a Pathocracy (Volume 1)" by Robert Kirkconnell, which traces these roots of racism, genocide, and militarism all the way back to the beginning, long before the Revolution.