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more about #madarchaeology MargaretMoony: Shocking. Another city was built on the same site as another one, an area that has good farming and port access. Who would of thought. more » MiriamCadish: Miltary derived technology at work, this tech is used to find things from minefields to mass graves. more » HarrisonHizat: I'm an archaeologist, and I ask myself this question almost on a daily basis... especially how treasured all of our junk will be! On the field, we get... more » NotMandatory: Aerial archaeology is pretty amazing, and even much smaller settlements can sometimes be seen quite clearly. Here are a few galleries (a mix of pers... more » Grey_Area: No, no, no! This is clearly a message from the aliens warning us that the upcoming solar storm will turn the Earth's Van Halen Belt into suspenders. T... more » TemporalSword: Makes you wonder what outlines of cities today they will find in 1000 years. more » Liz Weinbloom: That's freaking awesome. Anyone else hoping the streets would turn out to spell UNDER ME? more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: What's that in his mouth? A fossilized tongue? more » AmishJohn: Is this the origin of brickbats? more » Mount_Prion: Let the Right Brick In more » Grey_Area: This may just be the remains of an ordinary lithophagous Venetian. Poor lady choked to death whilst eating a dich or Linguine Carbonara, with real chu... more » pinkiedeathhead: It seems that having grave diggers dig around in pits of plague victims might have been not the best way to prevent disease from spreading. I'm just s... more » MinervaAlpaca: Coming soon from Sci-Fi: SHARKS VS. VAMPIRES IN VENICE! more » Joe Meils: It's sooo obvious, what's about to happen... someone, handling the skull, will accidentally cut themselves, drip a bit of blood onto the skull... and ... more » 92BuickLeSabre: Did they also chop off their hands? Cause to be honest, if I were undead and I awoke with a brick in my mouth, I feel confident I could find ways to w... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Yeah, if only it worked while they were still alive. Cuz your mother has a big mouth, Alice, a BIG MOUTH. Shut up Ralph! more » goldfarb: a brick in the mouth will stop a lot of things...have to remember that one. more » crashedpc - Haifisch: I thought I tasted something funny when I woke up this evening... more » Adah: Well that's one method Buffy never taught me. more » -
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Aerial Photos of Italian Farms Reveal Outline of An Ancient City
The Roman city of Altinum, progenitor to Venice, has been covered over by farmland for thousands of years. But when a drought thinned crops covering the city's ancient grid, scientists snapped photographs that revealed the town's vanished footprint. More » -
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Black Plague "Vampire Skull" Found in Venice
The oldest remains of a person accused of being a vampire have been found outside Venice, buried in a mass grave of plague victims. More » -
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Digging for the Secret Origins of Stonehenge
The mystery of Stonehenge used to be a "how" thing. Visitors and scientists wondered how people 4500 years ago dragged extremely heavy rocks over 200 miles from their Welsh quarry to the legendary pagan holy place. But now it's been established that there were many ways that locals might have gotten the rocks into place using relatively primitive tools. The question now is "why." Why this spot? And also, when exactly was the spot established? A new archaeological dig at Stonehenge — the first in half a century — is already providing hints. More »
