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The Amazons got a bum rap in antiquity. They wore trousers. They smoked pot, covered their skin with tattoos, rode horses, and fought as hard as the guys. Legends sprang up like weeds. They cut off their breasts to fire … Continue reading →

Cats and humans have shared the same households for at least 9,000 years, but we still know very little about how our feline friends became domesticated. An analysis of the cat genome reveals some surprising clues. The research appears Nov. … Continue reading →

English archaeologists have discovered “demon traps” under the floorboards of Knole, one of Britain’s most important historic houses. The estate is shown here in the year 1800. Acquired by the Archbishops of Canterbury in the 15th century, gifted to Henry … Continue reading →

According to a first assessment, the one and a half metre (five feet) high basalt stele which was used as a buttress in the wall of a monastery shows a fertility or agricultural god. Classical scholar and excavation director Prof. Dr. … Continue reading →

Footprints thought to have been left by fishermen 5,000 years ago have been found by archaeologists working ahead of the planned construction of the Femern Belt Tunnel, which will connect Denmark and Germany. “We normally find historical clues in the … Continue reading →

NORTH UIST, SCOTLAND—Recent storms have exposed a woven reed basket containing worked quartz and animal bones on an island in the Outer Hebrides. “It’s rare to find well-preserved organic material. It indicates that this basket must have been kept under … Continue reading →

The Protoplanetary Disk of HL Tauri from ALMA  Image Credit: ESO, NSF Explanation: Why does this giant disk have gaps? The exciting and probable answer is: planets. A mystery is how planets massive enough to create these gaps formed so quickly, since the HL … Continue reading →

“The aim of this study was to provide a better understanding of why people engage with sad music,” said Liila Taruffi and Stephan Koelsch, creators of the survey. Discussing the results, the authors said that, surprisingly, “nostalgia rather than sadness … Continue reading →

Initial surveys of the seafloor of these areas of huge oil reserves revealed some unusual surface features, which were subsequently investigated using underwater robots. In the area of seabed investigated, which was around the size of the Isle of Wight, … Continue reading →

A fascinating collection of 30 photos by various photographers of the 2 months in 1989 that marked the sudden collapse of the Wall leading to the reunification of Deutschland. http://www.vintag.es/2014/11/30-amazing-photos-of-fall-of-berlin.html#more