THEE STRANGER NEWS (2020-03-19)

A Liberated Zone on the FM, to enhance alternative culture and cognitive freedom! 
Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple [link], for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration. Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!

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Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]


Science & Futurism

* "New Nanowire Synthesis Method to Make Flexible Electronics More Affordable" (2020-03-13, sputniknews.com/science/202003131078539941-new-nanowire-synthesis-method-to-make-flexible-electronics-more-affordable/) [archive.is/c6Ucy]

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Space News
"NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought" (2019, futurism.com) [archive.is/d6n46]

* "Mind-blowing Discovery May Hold Key to Mystery of Extraterrestrial Life, Claims Study" (2020-03-16, sputniknews.com/science/202003161078579259-mind-blowing-discovery-may-hold-key-to-mystery-of-extraterrestrial-life-claims-study/) [archive.is/mKi5m]
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* "Stellar Discovery: First-Ever Exoplanet From Beyond the Galactic Plane Found" (2020-03-16, sputniknews.com/science/202003161078584957-stellar-discovery-first-ever-exoplanet-from-beyond-the-galactic-plane-found/) [archive.is/SkSuw]
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* "Solar system mystery finally solved, thanks to salty space rock" (2020-03-13, rt.com/news/483089-nitrogen-comet-mystery-solar-system/) [archive.is/UmkHQ]
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* "Who Needs Aliens When You Have Cake? NASA Releases Pictures of Mars Surface That Looks Like Tiramisu" (2020-03-13, sputniknews.com/science/202003131078556561-who-needs-aliens-when-you-have-cake-nasa-releases-pictures-of-mars-surface-that-looks-like-tiramisu/) [archive.is/9gKHe]
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* "Coronavirus came from METEORITE which hit China last year - bombshell scientist claim; The deadly coronavirus which has killed more than 1,000 people globally came from a meteorite which hit China last year, scientists have sensationally claimed" (2020-02-11, express.co.uk/news/world/1240664/coronavirus-news-latest-china-origin-meteorite-scientists-health-warning-death-toll-latest) [archive.is/4A4od]
* "Scientist who claims coronavirus came from SPACE by meteor says prevailing winds are spreading the disease to the hardest-hit countries" (2020-03-12, dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8104085/Scientist-claimed-coronavirus-came-SPACE-says-prevailing-winds-spreading-disease.html) [archive.is/irCGg]
* "Damn You, Space! Scientist Claims That Coronavirus Came to Earth With Meteor and is Spread by Wind" (2020-03-13, sputniknews.com/viral/202003131078559573-damn-you-space-scientist-claims-that-coronavirus-came-to-earth-with-meteor-and-is-spread-by-wind/) [archive.is/AnWZg]
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* (http://www.virtualtelescope.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/luna_pw17_31aug2012.jpg) [is.gd/ebagq6]

* (http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Moon7/Full_Moon/Moon_Mosaic_80_light.png) [is.gd/cLju4Q]

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NEO Watch
B612 Foundation [b612foundation.org] to protect Earth from asteroid impacts.

* "Elon Musk’s Starlink Project Will Make Detection of Killer Asteroids ‘Very Diffiсult’ - Astronomer" (2020-03-15, sputniknews.com/science/202003151078572796-elon-musks-starlink-project-will-make-detection-of-killer-asteroids-very-diffiult---astronomer/) [archive.is/urzv6]

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Ancient News

* "Palaeontologists Offer New Clues to One-Ton 'South-American Yeti' That Went Extinct 10,000 Years Ago" (2020-03-14, sputniknews.com/science/202003141078562493-palaeontologists-offer-new-clues-to-one-ton-south-american-yeti-that-went-extinct-10000-years-ago/) [archive.is/15FJJ]
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* "Ancient Ball Courts Found in Mexico Rewrite Deadly Ballgame’s History" (2020-03-14, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/aztec-ballgame-0013420) [archive.is/8fkuR]
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* "Analysis of Ancient Remains Reveal Social Inequality in El Argar Civilisation" (2020-03-14, sputniknews.com/science/202003141078568760-analysis-of-ancient-remains-reveal-social-inequality-in-el-argar-civilisation/) [archive.is/SJRog]
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* "Ancient Romans Invited Good Luck by Wearing Flying Penis Amulets, Anyone Surprised?" (2020-03-15, sputniknews.com/society/202003151078574024-ancient-romans-invited-good-luck-by-wearing-flying-penis-amulets-anyone-surprised/) [archive.is/PBwOk]
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* "Scientists Discover Capital of Ancient Mayan Kingdom at Cattle Ranch in Mexico - Photos" (2020-03-13, sputniknews.com/science/202003131078558702-scientists-discover-ancient-maya-kingdom-in-cattle-ranch-in-mexico/) [archive.is/hjjIq]
- image caption: A map of the excavation site. The horseshoe-shaped structure to the left is the palace area. On the far right, center, is the Monuments Plaza

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* "The incredible Senegambian Stone Circles" (2014-05-18, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa/incredible-senegambian-stone-circles-001661) [archive.is/xfUhU]

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* "ALL Dead Sea Scrolls in Washington Bible Museum are Fakes" (2020-03-14, ancient-origins.net/news-general/dead-sea-scroll-fakes-0013418) [archive.is/kufyh]
* "All 16 Dead Sea Scrolls in Washington D.C.’s Museum of the Bible Found to Be Fake" (2020-03-14, sputniknews.com/society/202003141078567147-all-16-dead-sea-scrolls-in-washington-dcs-museum-of-the-bible-found-to-be-fake/) [archive.is/4OAEB]

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Miscellany & Errata

* "UFO 'Bigger Than Earth' Flying Past the Sun 'Spotted' by NASA Observation Mission" (2020-03-13, sputniknews.com/viral/202003061078494363-ufo-bigger-than-earth-flying-past-the-sun-spotted-by-nasa-observation-mission/) [archive.is/BystE]

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Thee Stranger News (March 12th, 2020)

A Liberated Zone on the FM, to enhance alternative culture and cognitive freedom! 
Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple [link], for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration. Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!

Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience.

Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]


Science & Futurism

* "UCSF technology could be breakthrough for those who have lost ability to speak" (2019-04-24, sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/UCSF-technology-could-be-breakthrough-for-those-13790358.php) [archive.is/n0VH1]

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Space News
"NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought" (2019, futurism.com) [archive.is/d6n46]

* "Slime mold inspires breathtaking recreation of cosmic ‘dark matter web’ holding our universe together" (2020-03-11, rt.com/news/482821-cosmic-web-dark-matter/) [archive.is/ir2nK]
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* "Astronomers Discover Hundreds of New Minor Planets Beyond Neptune" (2020-03-13, sputniknews.com/science/202003131078552496-astronomers-discover-hundreds-of-new-minor-planets-beyond-neptune/) [archive.is/1vJpI]
* "Planet 9 next? Hundreds of minor planets found beyond Neptune in OUR SOLAR SYSTEM" (2020-03-12, rt.com/news/482921-hundreds-minor-planets-neptune/) [archive.is/Urup1]:
Researchers have successfully identified 316 minor planets beyond Neptune, 139 of which are completely new, in a discovery which could bring us one step closer to hunting down the mysterious Planet Nine.
Using infrared and near-infrared data taken from the southern sky by the Dark Energy Survey (DES), scientists have painstakingly tracked down over 300 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) at the far reaches of our solar system. TNOs are notoriously difficult to spot as they are so dim and so far away with little in the vicinity to illuminate them enough for us to detect.
The DES was designed to study galaxies and supernovas and operated between August 2013 and January 2019, but it has proven invaluable in tracking down elusive TNOs.
Pluto is actually considered a TNO, and is located at about 40 Astronomical Units (AU) from the sun (an AU is the distance from the sun to the Earth). Among this new list of TNOs were objects between 30 and 90 AUs away.
Now, researchers led by graduate student Pedro Bernardinelli and professors Gary Bernstein and Masao Sako pored over the dataset of seven billion ‘dots’ from which they compiled a list of 22 million objects having cleared previously known objects like stars, galaxies and supernovae.
They whittled that list down to just 400 candidates visible across at least six nights of observations before distilling the list even further by “stacking” numerous images on top of one another to more accurately track the movement of the distant objects and to better understand exactly what they were and differentiate them from one another.
“The most difficult part was trying to make sure that we were finding what we were supposed to find,” says Bernardinelli.
The boffins are now rerunning their sharpened analysis on the entire DES dataset to hunt for even more similar objects. The latest discoveries, published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement series, could even aid future searches for the hypothetical Planet Nine, the name given to a titanic object that interrupts the orbits of objects beyond Neptune, which has eluded astrophysicists and conspiracy theorists alike for decades.
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* "Life on Mars: Organic molecules discovered by Red Planet rover offer major hint" (2020-03-05, rt.com/news/482398-mars-rover-organic-compounds-life/) [archive.is/XXnAB]
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* "Scientists may have discovered lost chunk of mystery planetoid Theia buried inside the Moon" (2020-03-10, rt.com/news/482714-scientists-lost-planetoid-theia-moon/) [archive.is/sVIVJ]:
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NEO Watch
B612 Foundation [b612foundation.org] to protect Earth from asteroid impacts.

* "Large asteroid to fly by the Earth in late April, says NASA" (2020-03-05, plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=52965&SEO=large-asteroid-to-fly-by-the-earth-in-late-april-says-nasa) [archive.is/3QEcU]
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* "WATCH: Home security cameras catch MASSIVE FIREBALL light up Netherlands sky" (2020-03-05, rt.com/news/482409-meteorite-netherlands-germany-video/) [archive.is/RFD3l]

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* "Fire in the Sky: Cosmic Impact Obliterated Prehistoric Settlement" (2020-03-10, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/cosmic-impact-0013399) [archive.is/IJ5xC]

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Ancient News

* "Two Faces of a Denisovan Revealed and Explained" (2020-03-07, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/denisovan-face-0013385) [archive.is/mxteH]
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* "Egypt inaugurates Step Pyramid after full restoration" (2020-03-05, xinhuanet.com/english/2020-03/05/c_138847114.htm) [archive.is/a4qjM]
- photoset [archive.is/wywBB] [archive.is/JnbOh] [archive.is/lPbqj] [archive.is/93bek] [archive.is/zGvDG] [archive.is/hlOjb] [archive.is/6Cs7T] [archive.is/lwslX] [archive.is/9Kr9Y] [archive.is/my7mE] [archive.is/McrL0]
- image caption: A woman takes photos near the Step Pyramid in Saqqara necropolis, Giza province, Egyp, March 5, 2020. Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly inaugurated on Thursday the Step Pyramid of Djoser in the Saqqara necropolis near the capital Cairo, after the completion of its restoration.

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* "Ten enduring mysteries of the Longyou caves" (2014-01-21, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia-unexplained-phenomena/ten-enduring-mysteries-longyou-caves-001248) [archive.is/snF5W]:
Located near the village of Shiyan Beicun in Zhejiang province, China, lies the Longyou caves - an extensive, magnificent and rare ancient underground world considered in China as ‘the ninth wonder of the ancient world’. The Longyou grottoes , which are thought to date back at least 2,000 years, represent one of the largest underground excavations of ancient times and are an enduring mystery that have perplexed experts from every discipline that has examined them.  Scientists from around the world in the fields of archaeology, architecture, engineering, and geology have absolutely no idea how they were built, by whom, and why.
First discovered in 1992 by a local villager, 36 grottoes have now been discovered covering a massive 30,000 square metres. Carved into solid siltstone, each grotto descends around 30 metres underground and contains stone rooms, bridges, gutters and pools. There are pillars evenly distributed throughout the caves which are supporting the ceiling, and the walls, ceiling and stone columns are uniformly decorated with chisel marks in a series of parallel lines. Only one of the caves has been opened for tourism, chosen because of the stone carvings found inside which depict a horse, fish and bird.  The Longyou caves truly are an enigma and here we will explore ten mysteries that are still unexplained despite more than two decades of research.
1. How were they constructed?
A rough estimation of the workload involved in building these five caves is awe-inspiring. The quantity of rock that would have been removed in the overall excavation of the grottoes is estimated to be nearly 1,000,000 cubic meters. Taking into account the average digging rate per day per person, scientists have calculated that it would take 1,000 people working day and night for six years to complete.  These calculations are based purely on hard labour, but what they haven’t taken into account is the incredible care and precision of the sculptors, meaning that the actual workload would far surpass the theoretical estimation.  As for how they were constructed and what tools were used, it is still unknown. No tools have been found in the area, and, as we will explore later, scientists still don’t know how they achieved such symmetry, precision, and similarity between the different caves.
2. No traces of construction
Despite their size and the effort involved in creating them, so far no trace of their construction or even their existence has been located in the historic record.  Although the overall excavation involved almost a million cubic metres of stone, there is no archaeological evidence revealing where that quantity of stone went, and no evidence of the work. Moreover, there is not a single historic document that refers to them, which is highly unusual considering the sheer scale of the project.  Their origin is a complete and utter mystery.
3. Why were the walls chiselled?
Longyou Caves - ChiselledEvery single one of the caves is covered, from floor to ceiling, in parallel lines that have been chiselled into virtually every surface.  The effect is a uniform pattern throughout the caves, which would have required immense manpower and endless hours to create.  The question is why? Was such labour-intensive work purely for decoration?  Are the lines or patterns symbolic in some way? All that is currently known is that the markings are similar to those found on pottery housed in a nearby museum, which is dated between 500 and 800 BC.

4. Lack of fish
When the caves were first discovered, they were filled with water, which presumably had been there for a long period of time.  They had to be pumped out in order to realise that these were not just like the other ‘bottomless ponds’ found within the area, but man-made structures. Most villages in southern China contain very deep ponds, which have been called "bottomless ponds" by generations of villagers. These ponds teem with fish, which are easily caught. However, after the first cave was pumped dry, not a single fish was to be seen, or any other sign of life.
5. How did the caves remain so well preserved?
One of the most interesting and challenging questions is how the caves have been able to keep their structural integrity for more than 2000 years.  There are no signs of collapse, no piles of rubble, and no damage despite the fact that in some areas the walls are only 50 centimetres thick.  Over the centuries, the area has gone through numerous floods, calamities and wars, the mountains have changed their appearance and exposed stones have been weathered, but inside the caves, the form, patterns and markings are still clear and precise – it is as though they were built yesterday.
6. How did the builders work in the dark?
Due to the great depths of the caves, some areas at the bottom, which are not exposed to the opening above, are pitch-black. Yet even those dark areas are decorated with thousands of parallel lines on the walls, columns, and ceiling.  So how did the ancient people work in the dark?   According to Jia Gang, a Tongji University professor specializing in civil engineering: "There should be lamps, because the cave's mouth is very small, and the sunbeam could only shine in the cave at a certain angle during a certain period of time. As one goes deeper into the cave, the light becomes dimmer. At the cave's bottom, which is usually dozen of meters from the mouth, one could hardly see anything." However, this was at least two millennia ago and nothing that could have been used for lighting has been found.
7. Were the caves meant to be connected?
All of the 36 grottoes are distributed across an area of only one square kilometre. Considering such a high density, one cannot help asking whether some grottoes were meant to be connected.  What would be the purpose of making so many separate caves in such a tight area without connecting them? In many areas, the walls between the caves are very thin, only 50 centimetres, but they were never linked so it appears they were intentionally kept apart.  What’s more, many of the caves are almost identical to each other.
8. Who built them?
Nobody has any idea who built the caves. Some scientists have claimed that it was not possible or logical for such as mammoth job to have been undertaken by regular village people. Only the emperor and the leaders could have organised such a huge project, like the construction of the Great Wall, which was built to defend against invasion from the outside. But if it was commissioned by an Emperor, why are there no historical records of its construction?

9. How did they achieve such precision?
The scale of the Longyou Grottoes is magnificent and momentous, the design was delicate and scientific, the construction was sophisticated, and the precision is indicative of superior craftsmanship. The model, pattern and style of each cave is extremely similar.  Every grotto is like a grand hall. One side is steep and another side is 45% inclined. The four walls are straight; the edges and corners are clearly demarcated. The chiselling marks are uniform and precise.
According to Yang Hongxun, an expert at the Archaeological Institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, "At the bottom of each cave, the ancient [builders] wouldn't be able to see what the others were doing in the next grotto. But the inside of each cave had to be parallel with that of the other, or else the wall would be holed through. Thus the measure apparatus should have been very advanced. There must have been some layout about the sizes, locations, and the distances between the caves beforehand."
With the help of modern equipments and methods, the investigators measured the sizes of the walls, and surprisingly found that the overall construction is extremely accurate. The walls between the caves are of the same thickness in different sections. So how did they achieve this precision? What were their methods?

10. What were they used for?
Following extensive investigations and study, scientists and scholars have attempted to put forward explanations for the grottoes , but none so far provide a convincing explanation for why they were built and what they were used for.
Some archaeologists have suggested that the grottoes were the tombs of old emperors, emperor halls, or places for storage. But this interpretation is far-fetched. No funeral objects or tombs have been found and no artefacts left behind. If it were used like an emperor’s palace, the grottoes would have been designed differently with separate rooms for different purposes like entertaining, meeting, and sleeping, but no evidence can be found of this and no traces of habitation have been found.
Another hypothesis is that it was used for mining and extracting some type of mineral resource. However, mining operations would have required equipment and apparatus to extract the rocks and transport them. Again, no traces of this have been found, nor any evidence of where the rocks were taken. And of course, if the caves were just for mining, why create such intricate decorations on the walls, columns and ceilings?
Finally, some have suggested that the grottoes were the places for troops to be stationed and that an emperor of the past wanted to keep his soldiers out of view in order to keep his war preparations secret.  However, these caves could not have been built in a short period of time. They would have taken many, many years to build so it is unlikely to have been done in preparation for war, which tends to come about much more quickly. Furthermore, there are no signs of people having stayed in the caves.
Despite decades of research, very few answers have emerged to explain the enigma of the Longyou caves. Our ancient ancestors have achieved many wondrous things, but this truly is an unexplained mystery.


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THEE STRANGER NEWS (March 5th, 2020)

A Liberated Zone on the FM, to enhance alternative culture and cognitive freedom! 
Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple [link], for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration. Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!

Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience.

Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]


Science & Futurism

* "U.S. engineers develop miniaturized warehouse robots for biotechnology applications" (2020-02-27, xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/27/c_138823624.htm) [archive.is/NDfvL]
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* "Eureka! Physicists accidentally stumble upon mind-blowing new material that could upend physics as we know it" (2020-02-28, rt.com/news/481962-new-state-matter-materials-science/) [archive.is/z0Q6a]
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* "Major MILESTONE as scientists use CRISPR gene-editing in patient’s body for first time" (2020-03-04, rt.com/news/482317-doctors-crispr-body-breakthrough-blindness/) [archive.is/adm1p]

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Space News
"NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought" (2019, futurism.com) [archive.is/d6n46]

* "Scientists believe new theory may finally shed light on DARK MATTER" (2020-03-04, rt.com/news/482276-new-candidate-explain-dark-matter/) [archive.is/nFfPT]
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* "Supermassive black hole causes biggest cosmic explosion in recorded history, leaving dent that could fit 15 Milky Way galaxies" (2020-02-28, rt.com/usa/481859-cosmic-explosion-black-hole/) [archive.is/aNzXW]
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* "Out of this world: 1st extraterrestrial protein found INSIDE a meteorite, study claims" (2020-03-02, rt.com/news/482084-extraterrestrial-protein-discovery-meteorite/) [archive.is/2e2H6]
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NEO Watch
B612 Foundation [b612foundation.org] to protect Earth from asteroid impacts.

* "Astronomers release first color PHOTO of Earth’s novel 2ND MOON that we all missed" (2020-02-28, rt.com/news/481914-astronomers-first-color-photo-minimoon/) [archive.is/nZC2c]
- image attribution: Gemini Observatory/NSF's NOIARL/AURA/G.

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* "Meteor explodes over Croatia" (2020-02-28, xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/29/c_138828580.htm) [archive.is/Jzo0Z]

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Ancient News

* "Drought Uncovers ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ Hidden Underwater For Decades; 'I had seen parts of it peeking out from the water before, but this is the first time I've seen it in full' " (2019-09-17, allthatsinteresting.com/dolmen-de-guadalperal) [archive.is/DqgeE]
- image caption: The Dolmen de Guadalperal, also known as the “Spanish Stonehenge,” has been completely exposed for the first time in 50 years following the drought.

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* "5,000 Year-Old Anatolian Sword Discovered On Venetian Island" (2020-02-28, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/anatolian-sword-0013350) [archive.is/2hstf]
- image caption: An ancient Anatolian sword discovered in the cabinet of the Mekhitarist Monastery.

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* "Lost Artifacts of the Great Pyramid: The Mysterious Case of the Dixon Relics" (2019-05-30, ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/dixon-relics-0011999) [archive.is/g2WxI]

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Curiata

* "The Dark Underworld of the Paris Catacombs" (2019-04-21, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/dark-underworld-paris-catacombs-002834) [archive.is/8vmZ6]
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* "Palestinian woman makes special chocolate with local herbs" (2020-02-29, xinhuanet.com/english/2020-03/01/c_138830957.htm) [archive.is/dLxDS] [begin excerpt]:
Reem Shihab, a Palestinian woman from the West Bank city of Ramallah, has been making a special kind of chocolate with natural Palestinian herbs such as sage, mint, anise, basil, thyme and rosemary.
The Palestinians usually boil these herbs in water or mix it with tea to drink. The herbs are also used as medicines to treat illnesses such as asthma, cold, and flu. But the idea of making chocolate with herbs is quite ingenious.
Shihab, a mother of six, told Xinhua that she makes the special chocolate by mixing flavor extracted from herbs with olive oil, cardamom and roasted coffee seeds.
She then wraps the mixture with grape leaves, which gives it a special taste. [end excerpt]

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Files types linked are noted if not standard (.html). Files noted as (.pdf) may be viewed in most standard browsers, or by downloading the viewer app from the proprietor [get.adobe.com/reader].
(is.gd) is a web address shortening app, with direct links noted when used with this app.

Archival sites save a text and a graphical copy of a web page with no active elements and no scripts (nor popups or malware), and with timestamps, including Archive.is/fo (how-to) (donate) and Archive.org (how-to) (donate). Also [webcitation.org], [webrecorder.io].

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