Now, a new study of one
ancient site suggests that these «miracles» may have a simple geological explanation.
Not exact matches
The broken clay pitcher, discovered in a bed of ashes in the Tel Shiloh dig
site in Samaria, Israel,
suggests that the
ancient city - once the de facto capital city and spiritual center of
ancient Israel - was burned to the ground, the Tazpit News Agency reports.
MAYA HUB An
ancient Maya
site called La Corona (shown in this artist's illustration with a ceremonial center in the foreground) was a remote but key part of a large Classic Maya state, new research
suggests.
To ground the
site's new visitors center in the spirit of the place, Adams
suggested making a cast of the Sorg pot, a famous ceramic artifact found in the park, and incorporating its texture into the building's fireplace, to give a sense of an
ancient hearth.
You might shudder at the mere thought of
ancient brain surgery, but recent studies of the practice at Bronze Age
sites in Turkey
suggest that early neurosurgeons were surprisingly precise and that a majority of their patients may have survived.
«Our current study challenges this one - sided view and
suggests that increasing salt accumulation at the
site of infections might be an
ancient strategy to ward off infections, long before antibiotics were invented.»
At a remote rain forest
site in Guatemala last February, archaeologist David Lee happened upon the find of a lifetime: a royal tomb from the seventh century A.D. that
suggests war was not strictly a man's game in
ancient Mayan society.
Artifacts found in an
ancient grave
site suggest that one of the heroes of the ring was a woman
Butchery marks previously found on
ancient dog bones at other Mayan
sites suggest the dogs were raised for slaughter.
Images from 2 April 2014 show four vehicles among the
ancient Roman ruins in close proximity to the looting,
suggesting that the disturbances at the
site may have been ongoing at that time, according to the report.
Some Yemenis
suggest that the 2800 - year - old Marib Dam, one of the country's best known
ancient sites (shown before it was bombed), was deliberately targeted.
The team, led by Dr. Ladislav Nejman of the University of Sydney, has discovered evidence of
ancient artifacts in a cave
site in the Czech Republic,
suggesting Neanderthals and modern humans occasionally traveled through the area 50,000 to 28,000 years ago.
The first results
suggested that the skull and jaw material, unlike the fossil animal bones from the
site, were not very
ancient, which made it seem even more puzzling.
It has been found on the
sites of graves that date back to the Bronze Age in the United Kingdom, and evidence
suggests that it was in use by the
ancient Celtic communities as a medicinal herb.
Referencing an
ancient, analog mode of communication, the bell
suggests congregation, an apt symbol for the High Line, a
site of assembly for millions of neighborhood residents, other New Yorkers, and visitors.