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Headless Gladiator, Laser Beam Discovery, and Ancient Factory [history]

Published on June 8, 2010 By Scott Scanlon

I haven’t done a history post in a while and wanted to share a few interesting things I’ve seen lately. The first is a possible Roman gladiator cemetery found in England. Not just one but quite a few skeletons and artifacts was found. As reported by CNN: “One of the most significant items of evidence [...]

We Are Closer to Jurassic Park

Published on April 6, 2010 By Scott Scanlon

Pretty amazing discovery out of Africa (see slideshow or AMNH.org). Sealed in Amber are Ants, wasps, thrips, spiders and other organisms dating to 95 million years ago are preserved with remarkable, life-like detail in Cretaceous amber from Ethiopia, according to a new study.