Over millennia humankind has been mesmerized by the moon, speculating as to what exactly the moon is and only in early-2022 a team of astronomers suggest the moon may have “formed immediately, in a matter of hours, when material from the Earth and Theia was launched directly into orbit after the impact, ” as published […]
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Ancient Australians and Americans Ate Billions of Oysters Over Millennia!
Precolonial indigenous communities in Australia and North America harvested and gorged on vast quantities of oysters. Yet, this copious consumption did not cause oyster populations to crash and become endangered, Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Technology News History & Archaeology Read Later Views: 0
From Glorious Millennia to Death and Destruction: Zionists Rewrite Palestine’s Story
September 20th, 2021 The Zionist narrative is arguably responsible for the welcoming and forgiving attitude the entire world has towards the horrendous, unforgivable crimes committed by Israel since its founding in 1948. By Miko Peled Source PALESTINE — As these words were being written, the final two Palestinian freedom prisoners who escaped from Gilboa Prison were caught by […]
California wildfires threaten millennia-old giant sequoias
In this Aug. 24, 2020 photo, fire burns in the hollow of an old-growth redwood tree in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) The ongoing wildfires in California are again threatening the state’s millennia-old giant sequoia (also known as giant redwood) trees in central California. The most immediate danger is […]
Calabrian Greeks: Pocket of Hellenism in Italy has Survived Millennia
Gallicianò, Calabria: The only remaining original Greko-speaking settlement in the Aspromonte Mountains. Locals have not been forced to move or resettle on the coast like other Greko settlements. Credit: John Kazaklis There exists today a tiny enclave of Calabrian Greeks, Greek-speaking people in the Aspromonte Mountain region of Reggio Calabria that seem to have survived […]
Millennia-old hill in northern Iran to be demarcated
TEHRAN – New boundaries will be defined for Tepe Kelar Hill, a 6,000-year-old archaeological hill situated in the northern province of Mazandaran to protect the ancient site from destruction. A budget of 2.5 billion rials (about $ 60,000 at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials) has been allocated to the project, the deputy provincial […]
Iranian police seize millennia-old jug from smuggler
TEHRAN –An earthenware jug, estimated to date back to 5,000 years before the Bronze Age, has recently been confiscated from a smuggler in the western province of Lorestan, a senior police official has announced. The prehistoric object was seized with the judicial coordination after days of police surveillance, ISNA quoted Mohammad Mahdian-Nasab as saying on […]
Archaeological trove spanning millennia emerges from construction work in ancient Jaffa
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United Nations Complains About a “Male-Dominated World,” “Millennia of Patriarchy”
The United Nations has provoked another backlash after posting a tweet bemoaning how COVID-19 has demonstrated how “millennia of patriarchy” and “male-dominated culture” is ‘damaging’ everyone. “The #COVID19 pandemic is demonstrating what we all know: millennia of patriarchy have resulted in a male-dominated world with a male-dominated culture which damages everyone – women, men, girls […]
The Column of Death at Mitla, Hugged by Mesoamericans For Millennia
The Column of Death is the name given to a pillar at the archaeological site of Mitla, in the southwestern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The column was named for a legendary ritual in which it appeared. This legend, in turn, was inspired by the site’s connection with death. This is partly supported by tales told […]