Archaeological Discoveries

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'Brazillian Stonehenge'

Brazilian archaeologists have found an ancient stone structure in a remote corner of the Amazon that may cast new light on the region's past.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4767717.stm

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Celestial Find at Ancient Andes Site
The discovery in Peru of a 4,200-year-old temple and observatory pushes back estimates of the rise of an advanced culture in the Americas.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/...-headlines

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EXPERTS FIND RARE ROMANI DNA IN NORWICH ANGLO SAXON SKELETON

Experts from Norfolk Archaeology Unit based at Norwich Castle have discovered a rare form of mitochondrial DNA identified as Romani in a skeleton discovered during excavations in a large area of Norwich for the expansion of the castle mall.

The DNA was found in an 11th century young adult male skeleton, and with the first recorded arrival of the Romani gene in this country put at 500 years later, historians may need to re-think the ethnic mix of the city's early population.

Norfolk Archaeological Unit’s lead archaeologist on the dig was Brian Ayres. He told the 24 Hour Museum: "The bones were of a late Saxon Christian. We know this because it was found in a graveyard associated with the church."

Brian was on the scene when they discovered the DNA in the bones of the young Saxon male - out of the 59 skeletons sampled. Though the excavation was done around the early 90’s the results of the DNA testing has only recently been published to a specialist audience.

DNA testing is a completely revolutionary way of testing and dating bones to find out their origins. Modern methods only recently discovered allow for lots of new links to be made, such as finding where an individual originated from through their genes.

Extracting DNA from ancient bones is a complicated procedure involving removing the DNA from the tooth pulp as the hard tooth enamel preserves the gene. This form of mitochondrial DNA is passed down the female line and the identified gene is only found in the descendants of Romani. According to DNA records the first recorded Romani Gene found in England was in the 16th Century.

The find is exciting because it paints a more diverse picture of ancient Norwich. Although Norwich has a rich history of cultural diversity, the discovery of first recorded Romani Gene in the country points to new levels of diversity.

"This exciting find emphasises a more cosmopolitan Anglo-Scandinavian society," explained Brian who went on to say not only does this find show Norwich as an early multi-ethnic society but it gives a wider indication of a more fluid world in the 11th Century, where humans were constantly moving from country to country.

Romani people have a bloody history of persecution, murder and banishment in almost every country they entered. They were accused of witchcraft and almost every crime imaginable. They originated from the ancient warrior classes of North India and are closely linked to the culture of the Punjabi people, also of North India.

The Romani people are known to have been in Byzantine Empire in the 10th century, so it is thought that the only way the Romani Gene could be found in this country so early is if the previous historical records are mistaken.

Another possibility is that if the Anglo-Saxons were also in Byzantium in the 10th century, relations between the Anglo Saxons and the Romani people may have led to the spread of the Romani Gene to Norwich, England.

http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART37392.html

[Sariel]

Most of Archaeological Discoveries are about Greenstar/End time/NewWorldReligion programming.

[xan-i]

Hello, Sariel.

Thank you for specifying those indicators.

These structures are there...regardless.  They are everywhere - all over the earth - both above and below the water-line.  It is a sure indication that we live, think & believe within a number of somewhat erroneous & corrupted paradigms.

New discoveries within the fields of archaeology, physics, astrophysics, etc are quite astounding, when tested against past and current textbook ideologies.  I wouldn't doubt that such revelatory material be made use of by controlling forces - everything is; although I reckon they have rather too much to handle right now.   :big grin:

'Greenstar', I am not familiar with by name.  End-Time & NWR is somewhat more apparent, I fully agree!

What is also apparent to me is that most people do not realise the potential of that which is above & beyond all these things. 

They are all-powerful/all-controlling?  That too is simply part of the grand illusion...

Running scared?  Well, so they should be!

Regards, Sariel :)

[Reader]

Thank you xan-i for bringing these discoveries to our attention.  I have always watched anything on TV regarding fossil finds and ancient peoples and the resulting theories and deductions are fascinating.  Modern testing and dating methods can turn up some surprises and so we must reassess our thoughts on the abilities of many ancient civilisations.

Sariel - I will look into the programming implications as I was not aware of this connection - I don't have all of Stewart's books yet.  Even as a child I was drawn to stories and myths of ancient times and pictures of archeological digs.

[xan-i]

Hello Reader - it is good to meet someone who shares the interest. :)

 

 

[xan-i]

Mummy of Mystery : Peru

She was a woman who died some 1,600 years ago in the heyday of the Moche culture, well before the rise of the Incas. Her imposing tomb suggests someone of high status. Her desiccated remains are covered with red pigment and bear tattoos of patterns and mythological figures.

See: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/17/world/...ref=slogin

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Bones in togas puzzle Vatican archaeologists


Archaeologists exploring one of Rome's oldest catacombs are baffled by neat piles of more than 1,000 skeletons dressed in elegant togas.

The macabre find emerged as teams of historians slowly picked their way through the complex network of underground burial chambers, which stretch for miles under the city.

They say the tomb, which has been dated to the first century AD, is the first known example of a "mass burial".

The archaeologists are unable to explain why so many apparently upper-class Romans - who would normally have been cremated - were buried in the same spot, apparently at the same time.

Forensic tests are being carried out to try to establish whether the Romans suffered violent deaths, or were victims of an undocumented epidemic or natural disaster.

There are dozens of catacombs beneath the ancient city, some dating back 2,000 years and many used as burial places by early Christians. Others were used as secret places of worship to avoid persecution.

The Vatican's Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology is overseeing the dig. Its chief inspector of catacombs, Raffaella Giuliani, said: "This is the earliest example of such a mass burial. Usually two or three bodies at the most were put into holes dug out of the rock in the catacombs, but in these case we have several rooms filled with skeletons.

"They are placed one on top of the other and not in a disorderly fashion. They have been carefully buried, with dignity, but the puzzle is why so many at a time?"

The skeletons were dressed in fine robes, many containing gold thread, and wrapped in sheets covered with lime, as was common in early Christian burials.

The discovery was made at the Catacomb of SS Peter and Marcellinus on the ancient Via Labicana in south-east Rome.

Miss Giuliani said there was no obvious sign that violence was the cause. "We are trying to establish whether the skeletons were buried there following some form of epidemic or natural disaster.

It is possible they could have been persecuted and killed by the Romans and then buried there by fellow Christians - we just don't know."

The Vatican will officially present the discovery next month, along with officials from the University of Bordeaux who had been involved in the excavations.

By Nick Pisa in Rome
(Filed: 21/05/2006)

Telegraph.co.uk

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[u]History unearthed at Caddoan Mounds State Park[u]