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POPS"The Mysterious Coral Castle" continues (more at source) : Teenagers living in the area claimed they saw him one night, “singing to the massive stone, and it moved like it was a hydrogen balloon, easily settling into place.” By his own account, Edward claimed, “I have discovered the secrets of the pyramids, and have found out how the Egyptians and the ancient builders of Peru, Yucatan, and Asia, with only primitive tools, raised and set in place blocks of stone weighing many tons.”
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POPSJerusalem dig uncovers ancient walls Jerusalem is an old city. For most of it to be uncovered they need to wait until the right scanners are developed, to scan it virtually. We only need to know what is there, so we can keep putting our past in a better context. We won't have to unearth it to know.
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POPSLifeguard finds evil eye! Monday, July 14, 2008 JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli lifeguard taking his regular morning swim off the Mediterranean coast in southern Israel discovered a 2,500-year-old marble talisman to ward off the evil eye, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Sunday.Go to site
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POPSAncient cave found under church Half a dozen sources (including Fox News) used this news story with the headline "First Church In The World". Of course, they also omitted archaeologist Thomas Parker's words: "It's quite possible that there was a cave with earlier occupation which was later converted to Christian use. But to make the jump that this was actually used by Christians fleeing Jerusalem in the 1st century A.D. seems like a stretch to me."
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POPSHouse of Augustus in Rome opens to the public Experts say the frescoes are among the most splendid surviving examples of Roman wall paintings, on a par with those found in the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Archaeologists believe they may have been painted by an Egyptian. In the large entrance hall, graffiti on one wall is believed to have been left by the builders, who seem to have sketched out geometric designs, possibly for mosaic floors, and left their names. In November last year archaeologists located a grotto deep beneath Augustus's imperial palace that may have been the shrine where ancient Romans worshipped Romulus, the founder of the city according to legend. Octavian, the great-nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar, took the name Augustus on becoming sole ruler in 27BC after the civil wars that followed Caesar's assassination. His rise ended the Roman Republic and marked the beginning of the Roman Empire. He died in AD14.
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POPSAncient Maya sacrificed boys not virgin girls "It was thought that the gods preferred small things and especially the rain god had four helpers that were represented as tiny people," said de Anda. "So the children were offered as a way to directly communicate with Chaac," he said Archeologists previously believed young female virgins were sacrificed because the remains, which span from around 850 AD until the Spanish colonization, were often found adorned with jade jewelry. It is difficult to determine the sex of skeletons before they are fully matured, said de Anda, but he believes cultural evidence from Mayan mythology would suggest the young victims were actually male
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POPSLupercale cave unearthed in Rome Reuters reports that archaeologists in Rome have announced the discovery of a cave that ties into the legendary founding of the ancient city. According to Roman myth, twin brothers Romulus and Remus were abandoned at birth in a cave near the Tiber river. They were found and nursed by a she-wolf, then later raised by a shepherd. As adults, the twins built a town over the site where the wolf had cared for them. Before the city was finished, Romulus killed Remus in a dispute and became the first ruler of Rome. The cave, built in the era of the Emperor Augustus, may have been built to mark the spot that the ancients believed led to the founding of their city. It appears to be very well-preserved. Augustus' palace was built over it. The Italian government was in the process of repairing the Augustine palace when the cave was discovered. The palace will be open to visitors in 2008.
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