News tagged with burial ground
Pre-Columbian burial ground unearthed in Costa Rica
An 800-year-old, pre-Columbian burial ground with baskets full of human remains was unearthed at a building site outside San Jose, National Museum archaeologists said Tuesday.
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Jul 21, 2010 |
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It's your funeral: The eco burial movement gathers ground
Natural burial is often thought of as a green option that takes place in the countryside for non-religious people, but according to researchers at the University of Sheffield, that is only part of the story. 'Lots of different ...
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Mar 09, 2009 |
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New study shows early North Americans lived with extinct giant beasts
(Phys.org) -- A new University of Florida study that determined the age of skeletal remains provides evidence humans reached the Western Hemisphere during the last ice age and lived alongside giant extinct mammals.
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May 03, 2012 |
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Skeletons found in Oxford could be '10th-century Viking raiders'
(Phys.org) -- Thirty-seven skeletons found in a mass burial site in the grounds of St John's College may not be who they initially seemed, according to Oxford researchers studying the remains.
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Apr 12, 2012 |
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Illegal toxic waste dump sparks anger in Russia
Russian authorities on Wednesday announced plans to clean up more than 160 tonnes of highly toxic waste that was illegally dumped close to a town after outraged residents appealed to the Kremlin.
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Archaeologists unearth slave burial ground on St. Helena
The tiny island of St Helena, 1,000 miles off the coast of south-west Africa, acted as the landing place for many of the slaves, captured by the Royal Navy during the suppression of the slave trade between 1840 and 1872. ...
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Mar 08, 2012 |
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Dung beetle dance provides crucial navigation cues
(PhysOrg.com) -- The dung beetle dance, performed as the dung beetle moves away from the dung pile with his precious dung ball, is a mechanism to maintain the desired straight-line departure from the pile, ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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National interests hinder climate accord attempt
(AP) -- Delegates attending a 194-nation climate conference agree the world needs to send less carbon into the atmosphere, but national interests and economic worries have so far hindered attempts to reach an agreement that ...
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Digging up clues: Research on buried blow flies to help crime scene investigators
When investigating a murder, every clue helps. New research from North Carolina State University sheds light on how – and whether – blow flies survive when buried underground during their development. ...
Nov 01, 2011 |
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2,000-year-old burial box could reveal location of the family of Caiaphas
In Jerusalem and Judah, ancient limestone burial boxes containing skeletal remains — called ossuaries — are fairly common archaeological finds from the 1st century BCE to the 1st century AD period. ...
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Aug 29, 2011 |
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Ancient whale skulls and directional hearing: A twisted tale
Skewed skulls may have helped early whales discriminate the direction of sounds in water and are not solely, as previously thought, a later adaptation related to echolocation. University of Michigan researchers ...
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Aug 22, 2011 |
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Island of broken figurines
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why were Bronze Age figurines smashed, transported and buried in shallow pits on the Aegean island of Keros? New research sheds light on a 4,500-year-old mystery.
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Jun 13, 2011 |
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