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Archaeologists discover 12 skeletons at a buried tomb in Petra, Jordan. From @npr: "The remains were found beneath the Treasury, also called Al Khazneh, in the ancient city of Petra — famous as a landmark seen in the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." [https://flip.it/_uNuOZ](https://flip.it/_uNuOZ) #Archaeology #Petra #Jordan #History #Anthropology
700,000 years of Egyptian history finds enormous new home. NBC News reports: "The public has finally been allowed to visit part of the Grand Egyptian Museum, which is the size of 80 football fields." <https://flip.it/kjvSCo> #Archaeology #Egypt #Museum #History #AncientEgypt
Lost biblical plant with medicinal properties resurrected from 1,000-year-old seed. From CNN: "Botanists have grown a long-lost tree species from a 1,000-year-old seed found in a cave in the Judean Desert in the 1980s. The researchers involved in the project say they believe the tree species, which is thought to be extinct today, could have been the source of a healing balm mentioned in the Bible and other ancient texts." <https://flip.it/Ph5Qvo> #Botany #Plants #Archaeology #Science #history
Archaeologists say they’ve solved the mystery of a lead coffin discovered beneath Notre-Dame. From @Smithsonianmag: "When excavations at Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral unearthed a pair of lead coffins hidden beneath the church’s nave in early 2022, archaeologists immediately recognized the sarcophagi’s significance. Lead, a metal that keeps out moisture and prevents decomposition, has long been the chosen coffin material of the elite." [https://flip.it/7Gqs-_](https://flip.it/7Gqs-_) #NotreDame #Archaeology #Paris #Mystery #Science #History
What a cool image! "Ryan Imperio has been named the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year for a photograph that captures the progression of Baily’s beads during the 2023 annular eclipse." From the BBC: "Baily’s beads are formed when sunlight shines through the valleys and craters of the Moon’s surface, and are only briefly visible when an eclipse is beginning or ending." <https://flip.it/2t.WMT> #Space #Photography #Astronomy #Eclipse
Few things mesmerize like photos of space. And this year’s batch of winners from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition certainly don’t disappoint. Ryan Imperio was named the overall winner for his stunning image that captured the progression of Baily’s beads. See all 11 winners at CNN: [https://flip.it/m_9NXQ](https://flip.it/m_9NXQ) #Science #Space #Astronomy #Photography #OuterSpace #Sky
Colossal stone monument built 1,000 years before Stonehenge shows neolithic engineers understood science. From @Smithsonianmag: "A recent study of the Menga dolmen in Spain reveals complex construction techniques used roughly 6,000 years ago." <https://flip.it/hZTfa9> Here's the original study from Science Advances: <https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp1295> #Engineering #Archaeology #Anthropology #Science #History #Spain
Titanic research dive reveals discovery, decay and new photos. From NPR: "This summer, RMS Titanic, Inc. — the salvor-in-possession of the wreck — made its first unmanned dive to the site in 14 years. The expedition was armed with high-resolution cameras and scanning equipment, and took more than two million photos of the Titanic." <https://flip.it/vIkxp5> #Titanic #Ocean #History #Ship #Shipwreck
What have been the top scientific discoveries this month? @popsci@universeodon.com curated their picks in this collection of articles: <https://flip.it/eNWq4n> Included are new information about Egypt's oldest pyramid, Stonehenge, a huge mastodon skull and more. #Science #Archaeology #Paleontology #Space #history
Long-hidden family scandal in the Jamestown colony in the U.S. revealed 400 years later by ancient DNA. From CNN: "The findings demonstrate how genetic data in combination with other historical evidence 'can help bring to light narratives that were forbidden or shameful in the past,' said Dr. Christine Lee, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Mississippi." <https://flip.it/i3BHFo> Here's the original study in Antiquity journal: <https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/historical-and-archaeogenomic-identification-of-highstatus-englishmen-at-jamestown-virginia/E04D83E224FA5C15B5CC08D0703FE9B0> #Jamestown #History #DNA #Anthropology #Science
Hydrogen cars flopped, but fuel cells are finding new life in trucks and boats. From @theverge: "Mining trucks, cement mixers, and terminal tractors all seem like the perfect use of hydrogen fuel cells. But they run into the same challenges around price and fueling." <https://flip.it/7AWw8H> #ClimateChange #Hydrogen #Fuel #Energy #Climate #Environment #Science