The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released 20 pages of training materials concerning the collection, processing, and analysis of biological evidence following fatal aviation accidents. The…
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Larry W. Bryant was a UFO researcher, writer, and government transparency advocate who pursued federal records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). His work…
Read MorePETÉN, GUATEMALA—Phys.org reports that a team of researchers led by Gloria Hernandez of the University of Mérida measured stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in the bone collagen of 57 people, and carbon isotopes in the tooth enamel of 37 people, who lived in small communities in northern Guatemala during the Maya Classic period (A.D. 250–950).…
Section of ceiling fresco NAPLES, ITALY—La Brújula Verde reports that restoration work has been completed on a ceiling fresco that once adorned a banquet hall in the Casa con Pacificio, or House with Bakery, in Pompeii’s Regio IX. Decorative fragments of the ceiling, which depict the union of the god Dionysus and Ariadne, were first…
Early humans in England crafted a rare piece of elephant bone into a reusable hammer for sharpening stone tools nearly 500,000 years ago. The extraordinary find reveals that ancient toolmakers were resourceful, skilled, and capable of surprisingly advanced planning.
Beaded net MENOUFIYA, EGYPT—Ahram Online reports that a funerary complex dated to the Late Period (ca. 712–332 B.C.) and Greco-Roman period (ca. 332 B.C.–A.D. 641) has been found at the Tell Quesna necropolis in northern Egypt. Burials, more than 500 faience ushabti figurines, amulets carved from semiprecious stones, blue and green faience beads, and pottery…
Roman sling bullets bearing the signature of Governor Domitius Calvinus CATALONIA, SPAIN—According to a statement released by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (AUB), a Roman camp linked to the Ceretani revolt in Cerdanya in 39 B.C. was identified in the eastern Pyrenees Mountains during a survey conducted by AUB researchers Oriol Olesti, Joan Oller, and…
VIENNA, AUSTRIA—The remains of two newborns have been recovered from a public latrine in Anatolia’s ancient city of Ephesus, according to a La Brújula Verde report. The latrine was located at the odeon, a space for music and poetry performances, within the city's sanctuary of Artemis. The small tomb, made of bricks and stones, has…
Fossils discovered in Japan more than two decades ago have finally been identified as a new genus and species of giant salamander. Limnospondylus ajimuensis lived around 3.5 million years ago in a warmer, wetter Kyushu and may have reached 1.1 meters in length. Its discovery hints that many more unknown giant salamanders could be hiding…
A newly identified fossil ape from northern Egypt is reshaping ideas about where the ancestors of modern apes first emerged. Analyses place it closer to living apes than any known East African species of the same age, pointing to North Africa and the Middle East as a possible birthplace and crossroads for the ape lineage…
ŠURANY, SLOVAKIA—A Roman military camp dated to the late second century A.D. has been discovered in southwestern Slovakia, Live Science reports. Five entrance gates, fortifications, and a curved ditch-and-rampart system have been identified at the site. The camp is thought to have been used by troops under the command of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned…
YEREVAN, ARMENIA—Public Radio of Armenia reports that a fragment of a polychrome mural has been found at the Erebuni archaeological site, a fortress founded in the eighth century B.C. in the Kingdom of Urartu. The mural has been dated to the end of the seventh century B.C. or the beginning of the sixth century B.C.…
