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Month: September 2015

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Arab Revolt Takes Damascus

Post author By Daryl.Worthington
Post date September 30, 2015
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T.E. Lawrence in Damascus

Tags damascus, great arab revolt, hussein, lawrence of arabia, Middle-East, Ottoman Empire, t.e. lawrence

Unique Treasure Discovered in Transylvania

Post author By Irina.Slav
Post date September 30, 2015
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18th century map of the then Grand Duchy of Transylvania (4)

Tags Basarabi, bronze age, Hoard, Iron Age, trade route, Transylvania, votive offering

Color of Extinct Animals Revealed by Fossil Analysis

Post author By David.DeMar
Post date September 30, 2015
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Hawaiian Bobtail Squid (2)

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Tags extinct species, fossil analysis, paleobiology, pigment in fossils

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Desegregation Starts Riot at Ole Miss

Post author By Daryl.Worthington
Post date September 29, 2015
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James Meredith accompanied by US Marshals

Tags meredith, Mississippi, ole miss, Racism, ross barnett, segregation

Plague May Be Older Than Mankind

Post author By Irina.Slav
Post date September 29, 2015
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Yersinia pestis (2)

Tags amber, bacteria, flea, fossil, Plague, Yersinia pestis

Lake Ontario Community Re-Enacts Champlain Expedition

Post author By David.DeMar
Post date September 29, 2015
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Chaplain's Map (2)

Tags Champlain's Portage, European colonalism, Henderson, Samuel de Champlain

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The Mysterious Death of Rudolf Diesel

Post author By Daryl.Worthington
Post date September 28, 2015
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Rudolf Diesel (2)

Tags conspiracy theory, diesel, engine, murder, oil company, suicide

Natural Disasters May Have Inspired Exodus

Post author By Irina.Slav
Post date September 28, 2015
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The Nile Delta

A Numerical Modelling Study on the Potential Role of Tsunamis in the Biblical Exodus” ]]>

Tags Bible, exodus, fluid dynamics, landslide, Minoan Santorini eruption, Parting of the Red Sea, sediment, slippage, tsunami

Hearing Ability of Early Humans Revealed in New Study

Post author By David.DeMar
Post date September 28, 2015
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Left Human Ear (2)

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Tags early hominins, hearing ability, human evolution, paleoanthropology

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William the Conqueror Arrives in England

Post author By Daryl.Worthington
Post date September 27, 2015
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Coronation of William the Conqueror

Tags 1066, Battle of Hastings, king cnut, norman conquest, William the Conqueror