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…
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Aerial view of excavated tombs, Gabal El-Teir, Egypt MINYA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT—Two tombs dated to the Early Dynastic period have been unearthed at Gabal El-Teir in Upper Egypt, according to an Ahram Online report. Use of the necropolis at Gabal El-Teir began in the Predynastic period, prior to 3100 B.C. Egypt’s Minister of Tourism Sherif Fathy…
Bronze cannonball (left) and lead cannonball (right), the Alamo, Texas SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS—News 4 San Antonio reports that a second cannonball unearthed at The Alamo has been linked to the siege and battle fought by Mexican troops led by Antonio López de Santa Anna and Texans led by James Bowie and William B. Travis in…
Disk-shaped flint knife, Bulford, England BULFORD, ENGLAND—According to a report in The Guardian, traces of a 5,000-year-old structure aligned with the summer and winter solstices have been discovered in southwestern England, about three miles away from Stonehenge. Construction of the first phase of Stonehenge began at about this time. Phil Harding of Wessex Archaeology was…
Roman-era curse tablet, Heerlen, Netherlands HEERLEN, THE NETHERLANDS—A curse tablet discovered in the southeastern Netherlands has been analyzed with reflectance transformation imaging and deciphered by Rodney Ast of the University of Heidelberg and his colleagues, according to a report in La Brújula Verde. The lead sheet, dated to the second century A.D., was discovered in…
"Young Eurymedon” mosaic, Aspendos, Turkey ANTALYA, TURKEY—Türkiye Today reports that a third-century A.D. mosaic depicting a river god has been uncovered at the site of Aspendos in southern Anatolia. The image shows “Young Eurymedon,” a symbol of the Eurymedon River, which flowed near the city. Young Eurymedon wears reed leaves on his head and holds…
Excavation of Battle of Bunker Hill redoubt, Boston BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS—According to an Associated Press report, an excavation conducted at Breeds Hill, the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill, has uncovered the outline of an earthworks, eight musket balls, and parts of a musket. The earthen walls were quickly built by Americans to slow advancing…
Plague was already a deadly killer 5,500 years ago, long before cities, farming, or the rat-infested conditions usually linked to historic outbreaks. By analyzing ancient DNA from hunter-gatherer cemeteries in Siberia, researchers discovered early plague strains in nearly 40% of the individuals studied and found evidence of rapid family-based outbreaks that wiped out many children…
Skull of a 10-year-old girl who may have died of the plague around 5,000 years ago in Siberia OXFORD, ENGLAND—The Guardian reports that evidence for an outbreak of plague some 5,500 years ago has been identified in DNA samples taken from the remains of hunter-gatherers buried in cemeteries in southeastern Siberia. A second outbreak likely…
Handaxe, Fureidis Cave, Israel HAIFA, ISRAEL—Flint scrapers and handaxes; the bones of fallow deer, gazelle, and ancient horses; and evidence for the controlled use of fire some 300,000 years ago have been discovered in northern Israel’s Fureidis Cave by researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority and the University of Haifa, according to a report in…
Bacchus bust, Nijmegen, Netherlands NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS—Dutch News reports that a large Roman bathhouse complex has been unearthed in the eastern Netherlands as part of an investigation conducted ahead of a construction project. The structure, which was at least two times as large as other Roman bathhouses found in the Netherlands, was discovered in 1992.…
