Archaeological News

[X-Files]

A stick figure man with a giant phallus dubbed "the little horny man" by its discoverers is the oldest rock carving found yet in the Americas, researchers say.

These findings might shed new light on when the New World was first settled, scientists added.

The time frame during which humans first reached the Americas remains hotly debated. One key to settling this controversy would involve uncovering early examples of human artifacts, such as art.

 

http://www.livescience.com/18602-horny-man-rock-carving-giant-phallus.html

[Leo Niehorster]

A stick figure man with a giant phallus dubbed "the little horny man" by its discoverers is the oldest rock carving found yet in the Americas, researchers say.

These findings might shed new light on when the New World was first settled, scientists added.

The time frame during which humans first reached the Americas remains hotly debated. One key to settling this controversy would involve uncovering early examples of human artifacts, such as art.

 

Swerve?

[Max H]

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. I recall hearing about some roman buildings excavated near my house that had "X commits fellatio" written on a wall (although in latin)

 

Swerve?

I know he's old, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't do nude modelling

[DB]

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. I recall hearing about some roman buildings excavated near my house that had "X commits fellatio" written on a wall (although in latin)

 

Swerve?

I know he's old, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't do nude modelling

Maybe not, but did you look at his avatar?

[Max H]

Maybe not, but did you look at his avatar?

You're telling me the cerne abbas giant was a rendering of him? Didn't know hercules browsed TN Wonder if he still has that huge nobbly club lying around

Edited February 26, 2012 by Max H

[Mike Steele]

Maybe not, but did you look at his avatar?

You're telling me the cerne abbas giant was a rendering of him? Didn't know hercules browsed TN Wonder if he still has that huge nobbly club lying around

 

You two need to get out more. Seriously.

[X-Files]

A Greek bronze helmet, covered with gold leaf and decorated with snakes, lions and a peacock's tail (or palmette), has been discovered in the waters of Haifa Bay in Israel. But how this helmet ended up at the bottom of the bay is a mystery.The helmet dates back around 2,600 years and likely belonged to a wealthy Greek mercenary who took part in a series of wars, immortalized in the Bible, which ravaged the region at that time. Archaeologists believe that he likely fought for an Egyptian pharaoh named Necho II.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/found-ancient-warriors-helmet-owner-unknown-141401836.html;_ylt=AkCBFUnEZIHJ8YOTC0uON8kessB_;_ylu=X3oDMTVoa2thdWM1BGNjb2RlA3ZzaGFyZWFnMnVwcmVzdARtaXQDQXJ0aWNsZSBOZXdzIGZvciBZb3UgTWl4ZWQgTGlzdARwa2cDZmRkMjE3OGYtZWYxMC0zNDNmLWI4N2EtOGEwMTJmOGU4MDU0BHBvcwMxBHNlYwNNZWRpYUJMaXN0TWl4ZWROZXdzRm9yWW91Q0EEdmVyA2JmNmY4YTJhLTYyZTAtMTFlMS1iN2M3LTMzMzVlY2QyZmQ4MQ--;_ylg=X3oDMTJwb3ByaWNsBGludGwDY2EEbGFuZwNlbi1jYQRwc3RhaWQDNjRiOWU4YzMtNTIyMS0zYzQxLWI2NjItNjVlZjI0NmMyYjU1BHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdlBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3

[DB]

Maybe not, but did you look at his avatar?

You're telling me the cerne abbas giant was a rendering of him? Didn't know hercules browsed TN Wonder if he still has that huge nobbly club lying around

No, max. That's not what I'm saying.

 

Swerve's avatar is a giant outline of a man with an erect phallus.

 

The story was about a stick man with an erect phallus.

 

The link should be fairly clear, no? No additional smut or innuendo required.

[Max H]

To be specific, Swerve's avatar isn't just any man with erect phallus, it is the cerne abbas giant. Your post could be misconstrued as stating the carving was a depiction of swerve himself, and so I tried to make a joke about it. I then fell back upon crude innuendo in an effort to keep the thread amusing.

[X-Files]

[Mike Steele]

Thought this might interest the archeological among us. Luftwaffe wrecks in Norway.

 

http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/axis-2.html

[Michael Eastes]

Thought this might interest the archeological among us. Luftwaffe wrecks in Norway.

 

http://ktsorens.tihl...rak/axis-2.html

 

That's one of the more interesting sites that I have seen posted here. I'd like to see more like this ( tank wrecks in western Europe, for example, if they haven't all been removed ).

[DB]

At a guess, I'd say that the population density in Western Europe means that there won't be much of that sort of thing left, unless it's well buried. We saw a number of tank recoveries on the Eastern Front a few years back. Have they dried up, or have our former WarPac members stopped reporting them?

[bojan]

... Have they dried up, or have our former WarPac members stopped reporting them?

There are numerous finds in Russia still. IIRC last year good part of T-26 was found.

 

As for buried treasure I know exact location of B-24 in Danube near Belgrade... Completely covered by mud however... : Someone estimated that if anyone tried to pull it out of river it would probably fall apart...

[X-Files]

via the online blog http://irisharchaeology.ie/

 

Connemara woman, taken in 1913. It's like something from the orient. More info on the image here http://earthanduniverse.blogspot.com/2007/11/1913-rural-irelandstunning-colour.html

 

Her name was Mian Kelly

 

 

[X-Files]

Saxon interlopers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-17378845

[Max H]

Human fossils hint at new species

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17370170

 

The remains of what may be a previously unknown human species have been identified in southern China.

The bones, which represent at least five individuals, have been dated to between 11,500 and 14,500 years ago.

But scientists are calling them simply the Red Deer Cave people, after one of the sites where they were unearthed.

The team has told the PLoS One journal that far more detailed analysis of the fossils is required before they can be ascribed to a new human lineage.

[X-Files]

Human fossils hint at new species

 

 

Not new, but old. Very old. You might know them as ...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw

 

 

 

...the Tcho Tcho.

Edited March 26, 2012 by X-Files

[bd1]

Naryshkin family treasure found in St.Petersburg

 

 

i´m translating this from eston. forum

 

During construction works in St.Petersburg a secret chamber was found in a house that belonged to Naryshkin family. according to newspapers that were used as wrappings, the treasure was hidden during feb.-oct. 1917. thre chamber was 6x6m. and pretty much full of silverware.

 

according to russian laws finders fee should be 50%, or, if it´s culturally important find, 25%. should this all go by their prices, it should put a pretty big dent at city budget

 

Naryshkin family

Naryshkin family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

click at the left side where where is written Bce Foto , that opens a photo gallery

Ôîòîãðàôèè êëàäà Íàðûøêèíûõ - Íîâîñòè Ñàíêò-Ïåòåðáóðãà - Ôîíòàíêà.Ðó

[thekirk]

Naryshkin family treasure found in St.Petersburg

 

 

i´m translating this from eston. forum

 

During construction works in St.Petersburg a secret chamber was found in a house that belonged to Naryshkin family. according to newspapers that were used as wrappings, the treasure was hidden during feb.-oct. 1917. thre chamber was 6x6m. and pretty much full of silverware.

 

according to russian laws finders fee should be 50%, or, if it´s culturally important find, 25%. should this all go by their prices, it should put a pretty big dent at city budget

 

Naryshkin family

Naryshkin family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

click at the left side where where is written Bce Foto , that opens a photo gallery

Ôîòîãðàôèè êëàäà Íàðûøêèíûõ - Íîâîñòè Ñàíêò-Ïåòåðáóðãà - Ôîíòàíêà.Ðó

 

Holy crap... When you think about what had to happen for that treasure trove to come down to us intact like that, you just have to stand in awe...

[X-Files]

Medic finds Civil War coins worth £51,000 buried in his garden... and hands them to a museum

• Dr Owen Johnson also found a gold ring bearing the inscription: 'When you see this, remember me'
  
• Treasure laws mean the 600-coin hoard belongs to the state
  

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2121610/Just-doctor-hoarded-Medic-finds-Civil-War-coins-worth-51-000-buried-garden--hands-museum.html#ixzz1qXzRDSvj

[X-Files]

For the inscrutable peanut gallery.

 

Oldest Astronomical Instrument Discovered in China

 

Chinese scientists have proposed that an object collected 35 years ago from a tomb of the Western Han Dynasty in Fuyang city and called “lacquerware of unknown names” could be a gnomon with template.

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/article00292.html

[Max H]

Ancient walking mystery deepens

 

Reconstruction of the body of Ichthyostega

One of the first creatures to step on land could not have walked on four legs, 3D computer models show.

Textbook pictures of the 360-million-year-old animal moving like a salamander are incorrect, say scientists.

Instead, it would have hauled itself from the water using its front limbs as crutches, research in Nature suggests.

 

I love this kind of computational analysis of ancient creatures. We can find out more than ever about how dino's carried out their lives without just guessing from modern creatures that are sorta similar - finally, some hard facts about stuff like bite-forces and running speed, helping settle the age-old questions like "Who would win: a T-rex or a pack of velociraptors"

 

(Everyone knows the spinosaurus would walk all over them both. Just sayin')

[X-Files]

ATHENS, Greece — Two Roman-era shipwrecks have been found in deep water off a western Greek island, challenging the conventional theory that ancient shipmasters stuck to coastal routes rather than risking the open sea, an official said Tuesday.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ancient-roman-shipwrecks-found-greek-island-article-1.1086552#ixzz1wNxdZ6A6

[Max H]

Turtles fossilised in sex embrace

 

Hardcore fossil turtle pr0n after the spoiler