Michelle Moran's Blog, page 144
May 26, 2009
4,000-year-old road found in city
The short section of hurdle trackway had eroded out of the marine clay on the Swansea foreshore <!-- E IIMA --> <!-- S SF -->A Bronze Age road has been found below Swansea's shifting foreshore.
The short section of track was discovered by a metal detector enthusiast and archaeologists have now dated it to around 4,000 years ago.
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May 22, 2009
New finds span time
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Mystery footprints restore warring scene
Newly discovered footprints of different sizes, apparently left by men, women and children, on an ancient military route, have helped recreate a war scene that occurred at least 2,000 years ago, an archaeologist said Friday.
May 21, 2009
Jerusalem archaeologists uncover Iron Age jar handle with Hebrew inscription
<!-- sphereit start --> JERUSALEM (AP) — Archaeologists digging on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives have discovered a nearly 3,000-year-old jar handle bearing ancient Hebrew script, a find significantly older than most inscribed artifacts unearthed in the ancient city, an archaeologist said.
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Bristol Roman villa finder's thoughts revealed
Letters from the 1940s written by a Bristol schoolboy who discovered the remains of a Roman villa in Lawrence Weston have been uncovered.
May 20, 2009
Louis XVI's final testament discovered
Louis XVI was found guilty of treason and guillotined in 1793 The king wrote the "Declaration to all the French" the day before fleeing Paris in 1791.
Read the rest on The Telegraph.[image error]Ancient Gem-Studded Teeth Show Skill of Early Dentists
Photograph courtesy José C. Jiménez López by John roach
The glittering "grills" of some hip-hop stars aren't exactly unprecedented. Sophisticated dentistry allowed Native Americans to add bling to their teeth as far back as 2,500 years ago, a new study says.
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May 19, 2009
The gold-fingered gardener who unearths a piece of treasure every time she tends her vegetable patch
Many a veteran gardener will tell you they're 'green-fingered'. For relative novice Jan Long, however, 'gold-fingered' is a more apt description - as nearly every time she weeds her borders or tends her vegetable patch, she unearths an antique.
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