Archive for the 'Ancient News' Category

Maya Intensively Cultivated Manioc 1,400 Years Ago

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

From : ScienceDaily: Ancient Civilization News Archeologists have uncovered an ancient and previously unknown Maya agricultural system — a large manioc field intensively cultivated as a staple crop that was buried and exquisitely preserved under a blanket of ash by a volcanic eruption in present-day El Salvador 1,400 years ago. – Please Ream More.. www.TarikheMa.ir

Ancient Arctic beasts ate rotting matter

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

From : Latest Ancient News in Science (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Creatures roaming the balmy swamps and forests of the prehistoric Arctic survived the long dark season by switching diets, according to a new study. – Please Ream More.. www.TarikheMa.ir

Chinese fossil revives bird-dino link

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

From : Latest Ancient News in Science (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) A young dinosaur that fatefully wandered into a mudpool around 155 million years could help explain the mysterious evolution of birds, say Chinese researchers. – Please Ream More.. www.TarikheMa.ir

Funerary Monument Reveals Iron Age Belief That The Soul Lived In The Stone

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

From : ScienceDaily: Ancient Civilization News Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have discovered an Iron Age chiseled stone slab that provides the first written evidence in the region that people believed the soul was separate from the body. – Please Ream More.. www.TarikheMa.ir

New Excavations Strengthen Identification Of Herod’s Grave At Herodium

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

From : ScienceDaily: Ancient Civilization News Analysis of newly revealed items found at the site of the mausoleum of King Herod at Herodium (Herodion in Greek) have provided archaeological researchers with further assurances that this was indeed the site of the famed ruler’s 1st century B.C.E. grave. Herod was the Roman-appointed king of Judea from [...]

Unique Archaeological Discovery In Balkan: World’s First Illyrian Trading Post Found

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

From : ScienceDaily: Ancient Civilization News Archaeologists have found the very first traces of an Illyrian trading post that is more than two thousand years old. The Illyrians were an ancient people who lived by hunting, fishing and agriculture. They were known as both warriors and pirates. – Please Ream More.. www.TarikheMa.ir