[Live Science] Dramatic warming at the end of the last ice age produced an intense rise in sea level and a massive ice sheet collapse in the Antarctic. The sea level rise is known as Melt-Water Pulse 1A, and new research indicates it increased sea level by about 45 feet (14 meters) sometime between 14,650 and 14,310 years ago, during the same time as a period of rapid climate change known as the Bølling warming.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Secrets of the earliest Britons could be hidden in 5,000-year-old tomb
[UK Independent] Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Neolithic portal dolmen, one of Western Europe's oldest ritual burial chambered monuments, in an isolated field in Wales.
Has robot unearthed Jesus tomb?
[Times of India] Using a robotic arm equipped with a camera, archaeologists unearthed human bone boxes and the inscription in a 1st century Christian burial chamber beneath a tower block in Jerusalem. They believe that this is the proof of the site being the final resting place of Jesus.
Antibiotic resistant bacteria found in four million-year-old cave
[Global Post] Researchers said they discovered ancient bacteria resistant to both natural and synthetic antibiotics while investigating a 4-million-year-old cave in New Mexico.The finding, may have implications for both the understanding of drug resistance and ways of preventing it.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
"Breathtaking" Mummy Coffin Covers Seized in Israel
[Scientific American] The confiscated wooden covers are adorned with hieroglyphics and highlight what is a seemingly vast black market for mummies. The ancient covers are made of wood and adorned with "breathtaking decorations and paintings of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics," says the Israel Antiquities Authority.
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