Ancient High.
Dude.
Cannabis researchers in China have found world’s oldest stash:
… Read the rest “Ancient High.”CBC reports:
Researchers say they have located the world’s oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote
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SONG: Build us a House (They Could See From Space)
SONG: “Build us a House (They Could See From Space).” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: “Ancient Peru pyramid… Read the rest “SONG: Build us a House (They Could See From Space)”
The Grave of the Priestess
LiveScience is calling her a “shaman,” but since the 12,000-year-old grave is in Israel, not Siberia, that’s probably not exactly the right term. But whatever you … Read the rest “The Grave of the Priestess”
Neither Chinese Chickens Nor Uighur Eggs.
China is a complicated country, and the closer people look, the more complicated it gets. Take, for example, the latest findings on the mummies of Xinjiang. These well-preserved bodies… Read the rest “Neither Chinese Chickens Nor Uighur Eggs.”
Robinson Crusoe Found.
Yes, the plucky, inventive island castaway Robinson Crusoe was a fictional character. But author Robert Louis Stevenson, writing in the mid-1800s, based him on the very real Alexander… Read the rest “Robinson Crusoe Found.”
Satellite Discovers Pyramid at Nazca.
You may have caught this on MSNBC, but Italian researchers studying imagery from the Quickbird satellite discovered a 97,000-square-foot pyramid on the banks of Peru’s Nazca river… Read the rest “Satellite Discovers Pyramid at Nazca.”
Tracing the Evolution of Religion
BBC News recently covered a project at the intersection of theology and computer science, in which experts with scanners are digitizing and reassembling the world’s oldest bible… Read the rest “Tracing the Evolution of Religion”
The Mummies of Lima.
This summer, archaeologists discovered three bodies that had been ritually preserved 1,300 years ago in what is now the capital city of Peru. PhysOrg describes the central figure, who … Read the rest “The Mummies of Lima.”
The Lost World.
National Geographic takes us to a lost world, hidden under Antarctic ice for 14 million years:
… Read the rest “The Lost World.”Researchers found the freeze-dried remains of mosses, algae, small crustaceans, and beetles
The Olympic Computer.
The New York Times shares an interesting theory about the Antikythera Mechanism, the ancient clockwork computer recovered from the Mediterranean. Instead of being some kind of mathematical… Read the rest “The Olympic Computer.”
Whistles of death and healing.
Wired takes a musical trip to ancient Mexico, with the help of an engineer who has recreated the sounds of the Aztecs and Mayans and their whistles of death and healing:
… Read the rest “Whistles of death and healing.”Noisemakers made of