Thee Stranger News (February 18th, 2021)

A Liberated Zone on the FM, to enhance alternative culture and cognitive freedom!
Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience. Tune-in online [http://tunein.com/popout/player/s130679].
Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple [link], for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration. Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!
Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]

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

* "Scientists Are Pretty Sure They Found a Portal to the Fifth Dimension; It's probably in this weird particle" (2021-02-10, popularmechanics.com/science/a35471480/dark-matter-fermion-portal-fifth-dimension/) [archive.is/g7NXo]

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* "Quantum causal loops" (2021-02-10, ulb.ac.be, via spacedaily.com/reports/Quantum_causal_loops_999.html) [archive.is/Be2Lh]

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* "A new way to look for life-sustaining planets" (2021-02-11, University Of Arizona, via spacedaily.com/reports/A_new_way_to_look_for_life_sustaining_planets_999.html) [archive.is/sLgR6]

* "NASA’s TESS discovers new ‘Earth-sized’ exoplanets floating in a ‘river of stars’ " (2021-02-12, rt.com/news/515496-tess-discovers-exoplanets-river-stars/) [archive.is/9xOfM]

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* "Solar system's most distant planetoid confirmed" (2021-02-12, University of Hawaii at Manoa, manoa.hawaii.edu, via spacedaily.com/reports/Solar_systems_most_distant_planetoid_confirmed_999.html) [archive.is/0SnaD]

- image caption: Solar System distances to scale, showing the newly discovered 2018 AG37, nicknamed "Farfarout," compared to other known Solar System objects, including the previous record holder 2018 VG18 "Farout", also found by the same team. 

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* "Scientists detect water vapor emanating from Mars" (2021-02-11, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-02-11/Scientists-detect-water-vapor-emanating-from-Mars-XMPVlDwJck/index.html) [archive.is/15WNW]
* "Scientists detect water vapor in unlikely location on Mars, hinting at potentially abundant, life-filled past" (2021-02-11, rt.com/news/515230-water-vapor-mars-atmosphere/) [archive.is/MroHs]

* "Scientists detect water vapour emanating from Mars" (2021-02-10, AFP newswire, via marsdaily.com/reports/Scientists_detect_water_vapour_emanating_from_Mars_999.html) [archive.is/Wzfke]

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* "Ahoy! ‘Oumuamua may be a hydrogen iceberg" (2020-05-29, news.yale.edu/2020/05/29/ahoy-oumuamua-may-be-hydrogen-iceberg) [archive.is/uspg1]

* "Have Aliens Found Us? An Interview with the Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb About the Mysterious Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua" (2019-01-16, newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/have-aliens-found-us-a-harvard-astronomer-on-the-mysterious-interstellar-object-oumuamua) [archive.is/OCujg]

* "Interstellar Visitor Found to Be Unlike a Comet or an Asteroid; The mystery of ’Oumuamua, the first interstellar object ever observed, continues to deepen. A new analysis argues that if it were a comet, it would have broken apart as it passed near the sun" (2018-10-10, quantamagazine.org/interstellar-comet-oumuamua-might-not-actually-be-a-comet-20181010/) [archive.is/KbTWP]

- image caption: ’Oumuamua’s path through the solar system. Distances of the closest passage between ’Oumuamua and other objects are measured in astronomical units (AU); 1 AU is the distance between Earth and the sun.

* "How the second known interstellar visitor makes ‘Oumuamua seem even odder; New observations show that 2I/Borisov looks like a comet, just what astronomers expected" (2019-10-14, sciencenews.org/article/borisov-interstellar-visitor-makes-oumuamua-seem-even-odder) [archive.is/pwkUV] 

- image caption: The first known interstellar object, ‘Oumuamua, appeared to be a naked space rock (left, center). But 2I/Borisov (right, center) bears the usual characteristics of a comet: It’s cloaked in a halo of vaporizing gas and trailing a gaseous tail in its wake.

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

* "What Hollywood gets wrong, and right, about asteroids" (2021-02-12, llnl.gov, via spacedaily.com/reports/What_Hollywood_gets_wrong_and_right_about_asteroids_999.html) [archive.is/EPZ8r]

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Ancient News

* "The genius of Archimedes; Sun-focusing mirrors and Steam cannons – The legend tested by modern Science" (2019-07-14, novoscriptorium.com/2019/07/14/the-genius-of-archimedes-sun-focusing-mirrors-and-steam-cannons-the-legend-tested-by-modern-science/) [archive.is/8ZhQ0]
* "Reconstructed: Archimedes's flaming steam cannon" (2010-07-13, newscientist.com/article/dn19170-reconstructed-archimedess-flaming-steam-cannon/) [archive.is/591Th]

* "Archimedes's Steam Cannon" (2006, web.mit.edu/2.009/www/experiments/steamCannon/ArchimedesSteamCannon.html) [archive.is/zFhg3]

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* "Breathtaking Ellora Caves Were Preserved by Hemp" (2016-03-14, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/scientists-discover-breathtaking-ellora-caves-have-been-preserved-hemp-020768) [archive.is/syW0e]

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* "Dramatic discovery links Stonehenge to its original site – in Wales; Find backs theory that monument was dismantled and dragged over 140 miles to Wiltshire" (2021-02-12, theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/12/dramatic-discovery-links-stonehenge-to-its-original-site-in-wales) [archive.is/jkByE]

* "Stonehenge likely made with stones from older monument located in WALES according to bombshell new study" (2021-02-12, rt.com/uk/515407-stonehenge-taken-other-monument-wales/) [archive.is/v29C3]

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* "Ancient shell horn can still play a tune after 18,000 years" (2021-02-11, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-02-11/Ancient-shell-horn-can-still-play-a-tune-after-18-000-years-XMMe7d6LgA/index.html) [archive.is/Dvhph] 

- image caption: Two sides of a conch shell discovered in a French cave with prehistoric wall paintings in 1931.

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* "Ancient stone tablet unearthed in China's Hebei" (2021-02-16, xinhuanet.com/english/2021-02/16/c_139745453.htm) [archive.is/xBZq0]

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* "14 Phenomenal Photos Reveal There Were Indeed Black Chinese People" (2018-02-05, nextshark.com/14-phenomenal-photos-reveal-indeed-black-chinese-people/) [archive.is/h9jne]

- image attribution: John Thomson, 1869

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* "Millennia-old wooden lid carries love of Chinese soldier" (2021-02-14, xinhuanet.com/english/2021-02/14/c_139742501.htm) [archive.is/xUq68]

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* "Kharanaq, Chak Chak and Meybod: Relics of ancient Persia" (2017-02-06, iliveasidream.com/index.php/2017/02/06/kharanaq-chak-chak-and-meybod-relics-of-ancient-persia/) [archive.is/qzNYC]

* "Inside Kharanaq: The 1000-year-old ghost town set to become Iran's newest World Heritage Site" (2019-05-15, stuff.co.nz/travel/news/112666620/inside-kharanaq-the-1000yearold-ghost-town-set-to-become-irans-newest-world-heritage-site) [archive.is/t0v43]

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* "Renaissance-Era Venetian Beads Found in Alaska Were There Before Columbus" (2021-02-12, mymodernmet.com/venetian-glass-beads-alaska-trade/) [archive.is/W6HlC]

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Miscellany & Errata

* " ‘UFO’ spotted off Florida coast triggers wild theories, but experts suspect Trident missile test" (2021-02-10, rt.com/usa/515108-ufo-spotted-florida-coast/) [archive.is/CBXIR]
* "Wishful Thinking? Floridians Mistake US Navy Missile For UFO in Palm Beach - Video" (2021-02-11, sputniknews.com/society/202102101082031508-wishful-thinking-floridians-mistake-us-navy-missile-for-ufo-in-palm-beach---video/) [archive.is/PAIrj]

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* "This company wants to build a time machine of 200 million, with a technical valuation of 5.4 trillion? Chinese Academy of Sciences Refutes Rumors-News-cnBeta.COM" (2021-02-04, 6park.news/en/this-company-wants-to-build-a-time-machine-of-200-million-with-a-technical-valuation-of-5-4-trillion-chinese-academy-of-sciences-refutes-rumors-news-cnbeta-com.html) [archive.is/MDqu7]

* "China's State Physics Lab Denies It Is Working on a Time Machine" (2021-02-05, yicaiglobal.com/news/china-state-physics-lab-denies-it-is-working-on-a-time-machine-) [archive.is/NaUWj]

* "China Swears It Isn't Building a Time Machine" (2021-02-10, popularmechanics.com/science/a35470439/is-china-building-a-time-machine/) [archive.is/vHxUy]

* "We Already Know How To Build a Time Machine; It’s just a matter of time before we build a machine that can take us into the far future" (2018-05-28, popularmechanics.com/science/math/a20718322/building-a-time-machine/) [archive.is/xfGDI]

* "This Guy Is Pretty Sure His Time Machine Would Work" (2020-01-06, popularmechanics.com/science/a30420165/time-machine-prototype/) [archive.is/N1zdb]

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Curiata

80% of all city people have never seen the Milky Way. The World At Night (TWAN) is an international effort to present stunning nightscape photos and timelapse videos of the world’s landmarks against celestial attractions. TWAN is a bridge between art, science, and culture. (www.twanight.org)

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* "Photographer Captures Northern Lights Taking the Shape of a Phoenix for 60 Seconds" (2020-06-05, returntonow.net/2020/06/05/phoenix-rising-the-northern-lights-miraculously-take-the-shape-of-the-legendary-firebird/) [archive.is/CDi6C]

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Thee Stranger News (February 11th, 2021)

A Liberated Zone on the FM, to enhance alternative culture and cognitive freedom!
Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience. Tune-in online [http://tunein.com/popout/player/s130679].
Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple [link], for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration. Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!
Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]

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Futurism & Strange Science

* "China develops new tentacle-like robot to clear space debris" (2021-02-04, xinhuanet.com/english/2021-02/04/c_139721412.htm) [archive.is/JpE6U]

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

* "Humans could safely enter black holes but it would be a terrifying, one-way trip" (2021-02-03, rt.com/news/514460-humans-safely-enter-black-holes/) [archive.is/vCmKG]

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* "Science Quotes by Wernher von Braun" (Dictionary of Science Quotations, todayinsci.com/B/Braun_Wernher/BraunWernher-Quotations.htm) [archive.is/KOxIl], one quote from there:

"Our sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating the universe. It would be the height of presumption to think that we are the only living things in that enormous immensity."

— Wernher von Braun

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* "Scientists suspect Martian surface may be riddled with GIANT sinkholes caused by widespread underground ice" (2021-02-09, rt.com/news/514578-scientists-theory-mars-mudslides/) [archive.is/SYHEy]

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* "Ultra High-Definition 85-Megapixel Photo of the Moon Captures Every Tiny Crater" (2020-09-02, mymodernmet.com/85-megapixel-moon-andrew-mccarthy/) [archive.is/FpH91]

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Ancient News

* "Ancient mummies with golden tongues unearthed in Egypt" (2021-02-03, newsaf.cgtn.com/news/2021-02-03/Ancient-mummies-with-golden-tongues-unearthed-in-Egypt-XyWMVIxSDu/index.html) [archive.is/kRS2n]

- image caption & attribution: Archaeologists have unearthed 2,000-year-old mummies with golden tongues placed inside their mouths in northern Egypt. /Egyptian Antiquities Ministry

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* "Worshipped Remains of Early Christian in Rome Don't Belong to Jesus's Apostle James, Researchers Say" (2021-02-03, sputniknews.com/science/202102031081967872-worshipped-remains-of-early-christian-in-rome-dont-belong-to-jesuss-apostle-james-researchers-say/) [archive.is/FUAhs]

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Miscellany & Errata

* "OFFICIAL WEB-PROJECT OF THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTION NEW CHRONOLOGY" (retrieved 2021-02-03, chronologia.org/en/index.html) [archive.is/jr1g1]

* "Spinoza denounced the History and its official chronology until the seventeenth century" (2020-09-07, by Andreu Marfull Pujadas, chronologia.org/en/articles/marfull/spinoza_denounced_the_history.html) [archive.is/k0uth]

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Curiata

* "Scientists Discover People Who Are Awake Can Influence Dreams Of Sleeping People Using Telepathy" (2016-02-08, collective-evolution.com/2016/02/08/scientists-discover-people-who-are-awake-can-influence-dreams-0f-sleeping-people-using-telepathy/) [archive.is/MVWkS]

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Ongoing research

[https://archive.org/details/161VariousArticlesOnEMEtc2]

[https://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/02files/Moon_Images_Menu.html] 01) Image Information

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Thee Stranger News (February 4th, 2021)

A Liberated Zone on the FM, to enhance alternative culture and cognitive freedom!
Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience. Tune-in online [http://tunein.com/popout/player/s130679].
Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple [link], for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration. Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!
Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]

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Futurism & Strange Science

* "Chinese researchers develop 3D-printed soft robot for pipe inspection" (2021-01-28, xinhuanet.com/english/2021-01/28/c_139704062.htm) [archive.is/yfKXP]

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* "Genome-editing tool TALEN outperforms CRISPR-Cas9 in tightly packed DNA: study" (2021-01-27, xinhuanet.com/english/2021-01/28/c_139702423.htm) [archive.is/DkwJ1]

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* "New Technology to Boost Strength of Metals for Mechanical Engineering" (2021-01-28, sputniknews.com/science/202101281081896989-new-technology-to-boost-strength-of-metals-for-mechanical-engineering/) [archive.is/kBhg6]

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* "Never went to college but Kiambu duo have built a robotic coronavirus decontaminator" (2021-01-11, jamhuri-news.com/never-went-to-college-but-kiambu-duo-have-built-a-robotic-coronavirus-decontaminator/) [archive.is/Y5K32]

* "Blaze Be Your Own Boss to Host Second Digital Summit" (2021-01-28, newstrends.co.ke/blaze-be-your-own-boss-to-host-second-digital-summit/) [archive.is/xWNiU]

* (2017-07-20, kumatoo.com/david-gathu---moses-kiuna---duncan-ngugi.php) [archive.is/gEKY6], video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiaky6KUV-Q)

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

* "Big Ben-sized space rock among FIVE headed this way, as scientist proposes humans COLONIZE asteroid belt itself" (2021-01-26, rt.com/news/513624-big-ben-asteroid-threat-colonize-belt/) [archive.is/jabLg]

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Ancient News

* "Chaco talk: Archaeologists find the chocolate connection" (2021-01-22, santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/chaco-talk-archaeologists-find-the-chocolate-connection/article_2bd4065e-55ae-11eb-8a8e-37cfaad86462.html) [archive.is/v6U35]

* "Uto-aztecan Indian Origins: Ute, Tubatulabal, Tongva, Tataviam, Shoshone, Serrano, Paiute, Luiseno, Kawaiisu, Comanche, Cahuilla, Others" (book, 2012, by Oreste Lombardi), author's abstract:

In my tribal calling as genealogist for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah I amassed Native American family histories covering Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah, totaling 50,000 names. From this, their stories, language, and what they had to say I elucidated migrations and origins. The information I had access to became the basis for this book. My findings differ from archaeological accounts because of differences in information sources. I do not assert that they are wrong or that i am right. I do not know enough to say that. Cahuilla, Chemehuevi, Kawaiisu, Luiseno, Mono Paiute, Northern Paiute Southern Paiute, Serrano, Shoshone, Tataviam (Fernandeno), Timbisha (Death Valley), Tongva (Gabrielino), Tubatulabals, and Aztecs of Aztlan included. Come see the workings of the Indian slave trade along with Indian escape stories. Indian origin stories presented. One strange escape story is about the Garfias (San Pasqual) Ranch in Pasadena, California. Another escape story tells of escape from Navajo servitude. A Tataviam (Fernandino) story teller from the first century B.C. tells an epic sea voyage from the seething cauldron of MesoAmerican violence to Santa Clarita, California by way of a white knuckle misadventure in Northern California. Then he takes you on a thrilling adventure of discovery in the magic desert of California where mountains move and rocks race on a race tract. All this preparatory to expanding the realm. Come see Death Valley generate the Shoshone and Comanche. Come see a great drought grip Southern California sending thousands on a 700 mile walk to Utah to establish the Utes. Revealed: Carefully laid plans to establish Los Angeles as a seaport for proposed Spanish colonies in Utah and how it opened the Great Basin to slaving. Come see how the Los Angeles Basin became the mother colony for many Indian tribes. Come see how a navigational error brought the Uto-Aztecans to Southern California instead of the Central Valley of Arizona. Come see who filled the vacancy left by the Anasazi collapse on the Colorado Plateau (not the Navajo). Come see why Native Americans did not have even one nasty germ to throw back at the Europeans waging biological warfare.

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* "Scientists Unearth Human-Size Ancient Mayan Mask Then Rebury It - Photo" (2021-01-27, sputniknews.com/science/202101271081896612-scientists-unearth-human-size-ancient-mayan-mask-then-rebury-it---photo/) [archive.is/penGa]

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* "Archaeological treasures from Jabal al-Arab adorn Damascus National Museum" (2021-01-23, sana.sy/en/?p=218857) [archive.is/AxzX0]

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Ancient KMT (Egypt).

Schist lobed disc from the 1st dynasty, not for mechanical use. Note the carving style, very fine tools.

* "The Schist Disc: A Sceptic Speaks" (2013-07-06, strangehistory.net/2013/07/06/the-schist-disc-a-sceptic-speaks/) [archive.is/6I6AV]

* "Mechanical Engineering in Ancient Egypt, Part XIII: Stone Vessels (Predynastic to Old Kingdom Periods)" (2016-04-22, by Galal Ali Hassaan, Emeritus Professor, Department of Mechanical Design & Production, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; International Journal of Recent Engineering Science (IJRES), ISSN: 2349-7157, volume 22; https://scholar.cu.edu.eg/?q=galal%2Ffiles%2Fme_part_xiii_ijres.pdf) [is.gd/oeCnj1] [begin excerpt]: 

ABSTRACT: The objective of this paper is to investigate the development of mechanical engineering in ancient Egypt through its stone vessels industry. This study covers the time period from the Predynastic Period to the Old Kingdom Period. The features and innovation of the available stone vessels in those periods are investigated. The material, dimensions, location and shape are stated wherever possible. [...]

Hassaan (2016) studied the techniques used by ancient Egyptians to cut stones for artifacts production including vessels. He presented the use of stone sawing, drilling and turning in the cutting process.

He also presented other tools used in stone cutting by the ancient Egyptians and led to very accurate cuts and dimensions (G. A. Hassaan, Mechanical engineering in ancient Egypt, Part XII: Stone cutting, International Journal of Advanced Research in Management, Archeticture, Technology and Engineering, vol.2, issue 4, 2016, Accepted for Publication).

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One more wonderful model reflecting the high technology used in ancient Egypt to produce stone vessels is displayed in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo and shown in Fig.15 (The Global Education Project, Lathe turned stonehousewares, www.theglobaleducationproject.org/egypt/articles/hidfacts.php). They produced this amazing unit from schist which is a hard stone (Flexible Learning, Schist, http://flexiblelearning.auckland.ac.nz/rocks_minerals/rocks/schist.html).

It has wide mouth, concave body and small flat base. They could carve the body either manual of mechanically using lathe turning to get perfectly a homogeneous concave surface with thickness decreasing to a thickness of a piece of paper at the tip. 

Fig.15 Schist tall vase from I-II dynasties.

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A last model from the I-III dynasties is a miniature granite Kohl pot which is a collection of the Czech diplomat Stanislav Kovar and shown in Fig.17 (Live Auctioneers, An Egyptian early dynastic granitekohl vessel, www.liveauctioneers.com/item/42633426_egyptian-earlydynastic-granite-kohl-vessel). It has a 60 mm height, small mouth, semispherical body, round flanged rim, short neck and medium flat base. The question is that how can they control their available machines to produce such small objects using the hard granite ?.

Fig.17 Miniature granite kohl pot.

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A third strange and amazing tri-lobed disc manufactured from a very fragile and delicate schist stone located in the Egyptian Museum is shown in Fig.11.

This strange unit has a 610 mm diameter and 106mm height. It has three lobes bent vertically and had a curved triangular shape. It has a tube shaft in the center and a rind at the circumference.

If it is a metallic unit we would say how they could manufacture it 5000 years ago. But how they do this using a fragile and delicate stone ?. It is a mysterious work from the old Egyptians.

Egyptologists have paid good effort to know the application of this unit. Some of their opinions: It is a car steering wheel, it is a flamed oil lamp, it is for a religious purpose (The mysterious Egyptian tri-lobed disc, 58int.com/phile/page52.htm/). As a mechanical engineer,

I add to the suggestions of the Egyptologists that this unit may be a rotor for a certain type of centrifugal pumps. The tube in the center is to connect the driving shaft. Extensive analysis and/or experiments are required to prove this conclusion. 

Fig.11 Schist lobed disc from the 1st dynasty.

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Another wonderful model from the 3rd dynasty is a metasiltstone bowl having 380 mm diameter and displayed in the Egyptian Museum and shown in Fig.20 (S. Politin, Slate dish 1 Metasiltstone ornamental bowl, wwww.pinterest.com/pin/364580532311784071/).The rim is corrugated forming five lobes and five spouts. The rim is round, the base is flat and marked internally by a neat engraved circle. This design is very difficult to produce using rock raw material, but they have done it.

Fig.20 Metasiltstone bowl from the 3rd dynasty.

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Another wonderful model from the 4th dynasty is a 200 mm diameter geneiss bowl of the design presented in Fig.20 of the 3rd dynasty displayed in Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley and shown in Fig.23 (Almendron, Bowl with turned-in section of rim, www.almendron.com/artehistoria/arte/culturas/egyptian-art-inage-of-the-pyramids/catalogue-fourth-dynasty/8/). The technique of bending the rim to take the five lobe shapes producing 5 uniform spouts is mysterious. This nowadays can be done to this accuracy only by CNC machine (if available for stone manufacturing). But, the old Egyptians could produce the very accurate uniform and difficult surfaces shown in Fig.23 using a stone material!

Fig.23 Geneiss bowl from the 4th dynasty 

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Conclusion: [...]

In this period they had the mechanical technology to produce a schist vase of a parabolic body with a very small thickness at the mouth (paper thickness ) [end excerpt]

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* "Rare 20 million-year-old fossilized tree found on island of Lesbos" (2021-01-27, newsus.cgtn.com/news/2021-01-27/Rare-20-million-year-old-fossilized-tree-found-on-island-of-Lesbos--XnM5bnxya4/index.html) [archive.is/ws3rm]

- photoset [archive.is/qOxvU] [archive.is/rRcwB] [archive.is/sTRxi] [archive.is/iawl0] [archive.is/HNQLm] [archive.is/livn5] [archive.is/30s4h] [archive.is/SesSi]

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Miscellany & Errata

* "Airline pilots capture video of ‘extremely bright UFO’ during flight in Pakistan" (2021-01-27, rt.com/news/513822-pilots-ufo-pakistan-video/) [archive.is/KWBIL]

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Curiata

* "Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming; A lecture explaining why using our imaginations, and providing for others to use theirs, is an obligation for all citizens" (2013-10-15, theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/15/neil-gaiman-future-libraries-reading-daydreaming) [archive.is/jh2iG]

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Thee Stranger News (January 28th, 2021)

A Liberated Zone on the FM, to enhance alternative culture and cognitive freedom!
Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience. Tune-in online [http://tunein.com/popout/player/s130679].
Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple, for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration. Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!
Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]

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Futurism & Strange Science

* "Macron announces 1.8-bln-euro investment in quantum technologies" (2021-01-21, xinhuanet.com/english/2021-01/22/c_139687992.htm) [archive.is/2yHqQ]

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* "Scientists From Russia and Germany Upgrade Medical Alloy That Memorises Its Shape" (2021-01-21, sputniknews.com/science/202101211081828262-scientists-from-russia-and-germany-upgrade-medical-alloy-that-memorises-its-shape/) [archive.is/L8ixP]

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* "Man vs Machine: FAA Probe Suggests 'Jet Pack Guy' Spotted in LA May Be a Drone" (2021-01-21, sputniknews.com/us/202101211081833769-man-vs-machine-faa-probe-suggests-jet-pack-guy-spotted-in-la-may-be-a-drone/) [archive.is/AVY1s]

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* "Hope It Doesn’t Sting… British Scientists Invent AI Jellyfish to Search for Shipwrecks - Video" (2021-01-22, sputniknews.com/science/202101211081839387-hope-it-doesnt-sting-british-scientists-invent-ai-jellyfish-to-search-for-shipwrecks---video/) [archive.is/KcDEK]

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

* "A 'Super-Puff' Planet Like No Other" (2021-01-21, farsnews.ir/en/news/13991102000135/A-'Sper-Pff'-Plane-Like-N-Oher) [archive.is/wo4X8]

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* "How academic groupthink is trying to silence a Harvard astrophysicist who claims an alien spacecraft visited our solar system" (2021-01-23, by Brian McGleenon, via rt.com/op-ed/513121-astronomer-alien-craft-oumuamua/) [archive.is/QOC8T]

* "Could Solar Radiation Pressure Explain 'Oumuamua's Peculiar Acceleration?" (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.11490.pdf) [is.gd/j68RgW], abstract: ‘Oumuamua (1I/2017 U1) is the first object of interstellar origin observed in the Solar System. Recently, Micheli et al. (2018) reported that ‘Oumuamua showed deviations from a Keplerian orbit at a high statistical significance. The observed trajectory is best explained by an excess radial acceleration ∆a ∝ r −2 , where r is the distance of ‘Oumuamua from the Sun. Such an acceleration is naturally expected for comets, driven by the evaporating material. However, recent observational and theoretical studies imply that ‘Oumuamua is not an active comet. We explore the possibility that the excess acceleration results from Solar radiation pressure. The required mass-to-area ratio is (m/A) ≈ 0.1 g cm−2 . For a thin sheet this requires a width of ≈ 0.3−0.9 mm. We find that although extremely thin, such an object would survive an interstellar travel over Galactic distances of ∼ 5 kpc, withstanding collisions with gas and dust-grains as well as stresses from rotation and tidal forces. We discuss the possible origins of such an object including the possibility that it might be a lightsail of artificial origin. Our general results apply to any light probes designed for interstellar travel.

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Ancient News

* "Excitement as Ancient Sun Deity's Idol is Found In India's Himachal Pradesh State" (2021-01-21, sputniknews.com/news/202101211081823005-excitement-as-ancient-sun-deitys-idol-is-found-in-indias-himachal-pradesh-state/) [archive.is/2GsoW]

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Thee Stranger News (January 21st, 2021)

A Liberated Zone on the FM, to enhance alternative culture and cognitive freedom!
Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience. Tune-in online [http://tunein.com/popout/player/s130679].
Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple, for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration. Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!
Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]

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Futurism & Strange Science

* "Transparent Materials That Conduct Electricity" (2021-01-16, farsnews.ir/en/news/13991027000141/Transparen-Maerials-Tha-Cndc-Elecriciy) [archive.is/yClKw]

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* "Why China's maglev trains can revolutionize transportation and society" (2021-01-16, by Keith Lamb, via news.cgtn.com/news/2021-01-16/Why-China-s-maglev-trains-can-revolutionize-transportation-and-society-X60x6NDHRC/index.html) [archive.is/CPJKk]

* "China unveils maglev train prototype with designed speed of 620 km/h" (2021-01-14, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-01-14/China-unveils-maglev-train-prototype-with-designed-speed-of-620-km-h-X36Lf2fBAI/index.html) [archive.is/Oxz32] 

- image caption: A maglev train prototype using the high-temperature superconducting (HTS) maglev technology is unveiled in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, January 13, 2021. 

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* "Mini robot fish swim in schools, just like the real thing" (2021-01-14, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-01-14/Mini-robot-fish-swim-in-schools-just-like-the-real-thing-X2zuCUGzSM/index.html) [archive.is/JZf5t]

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Ancient News

* "Neanderthal glue was a bigger deal than we thought Technology seems to have been a routine part of Neanderthal life" (2020-10-22, arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/neanderthal-glue-was-a-bigger-deal-than-we-thought/) [archive.is/ht3mH] [begin excerpt]:

Fifty-thousand years ago, a Neanderthal living in Northwestern Europe put sticky birch tar on the back side of a sharp flint flake to make the tool easier to grip. Eventually, that tool washed down the Rhine or Meuse Rivers and out into the North Sea. In the 21st century, dredging ships scooped it up along with tons of sand, other stone tools, and fossilized bones, then dumped the whole pile on Zandmotor Beach in the Netherlands. [end excerpt]

- image caption: This replica shows how Neanderthals might have used birch tar to haft a projectile point.

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* "World's oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia" (2021-01-13, phys.org/news/2021-01-world-oldest-cave-indonesia.html) [archive.is/HOJyf] 

- image caption: Dated pig painting at Leang Tedongnge. 

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* "Ancient Petroglyphs in Susquehanna River Reveal Lost American Culture" (2020-09-16, wypr.org/post/ancient-petroglyphs-susquehanna-river-reveal-lost-american-culture) [archive.is/vYjxs]

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* "China's earliest palace of 5,300 years found along Yellow River" (2021-01-14, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-01-14/China-s-earliest-palace-of-5-300-years-found-along-Yellow-River-X2yq1M9omQ/index.html) [archive.is/5Fm67]

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* "Archaeologists uncover Xuanwu Gate" (2021-01-15, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-01-15/Archaeologists-uncover-Xuanwu-Gate-X4nZjMCN5m/index.html) [archive.is/KWCGS]

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* "More Examinations Of magnetic Anomalies At Puma Punku And Tiwanaku In Bolivia" (2021-01-14, by Brien Foerster, via youtube.com/watch?v=0i0DZJeSry4) [archive.is/Cj3R1]

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* "Lost Maya Cities Archaeological Quests in the Mexican Jungle" (product page, tamupress.com/book/9781623498214/lost-maya-cities/) [archive.is/B0PcJ]:

By Ivan Sprajc

Translated by Petra Zaranšek and Dean Joseph DeVos

Hailed by The Guardian and other publications as “a real-life Indiana Jones,” Slovenian archaeologist Ivan Šprajc has been mapping out previously unknown Mayan sites in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula since 1996. Most recently, he was credited with the discovery of the Chactún and Lagunita sites in 2013 and 2014, respectively, helping to fill in what was previously one of the largest voids in modern knowledge of the ancient Maya landscape: the 2,800-square-mile Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in central Yucatán.

Previously published in Šprajc’s native Slovenian and in German, this thrilling account of machete-wielding jungle expeditions has garnered enthusiastic reviews for its depictions of the efforts, dangers, successes, and disappointments experienced as the explorer-scientist searches out and documents ancient ruins that have been lost to the jungle for centuries. A skilled communicator as well as an experienced scholar, Šprajc conveys in eminently accessible prose a wealth of information on various aspects of the Maya culture, which he has studied closely for decades.

The result is a deeply personal presentation of archaeological research on one of the most enigmatic civilizations of the ancient world. Generously illustrated, this book follows the chronology of Šprajc’s discoveries, focusing on what he considers the most interesting episodes. Those who specialize in Mesoamerican prehistory and archaeology will certainly relish Šprajc’s reports concerning his many field surveys and the discoveries that resulted. General readers, too, will enjoy his accounts of previously undocumented sites, ancient urban centers overtaken by the jungle, massive sculpted monuments, and mysterious hieroglyphic inscriptions.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR-

IVAN Šprajc is professor of archaeology at the Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU), Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has been directing archaeological work in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico since 1996

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* "Villagers unearth nearly 20,000 ancient coins in central China" (2021-01-14, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-01-14/Villagers-unearth-nearly-20-000-ancient-coins-in-central-China-X2TY9m93mE/index.html) [archive.is/it2jN] [begin excerpt]: 

A group of villagers from Hualin Village, Liushahe County found an underground cellar below a pond and discovered the massive trove inside as they were removing sludge from the bottom of the pool during repair work.

According to Sun Bingli, an official from the local cultural relics protection bureau, the ancient coins weigh more than 100 kilograms and belong to different time periods. They are all well preserved and in excellent condition, providing valuable material for the study of local culture and history.

Experts identified most of the coins as having been minted during the Northern Song Dynasty based on the inscriptions they bear, which indicate their production date. The oldest coins date back to the Tang Dynasty (618–907). [end excerpt]

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* "Ancient temple complex found in southwest China" (2021-01-17, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-01-17/Ancient-temple-complex-found-in-southwest-China-X7SXNLYjgA/index.html) [archive.is/qlUCX]

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* "China publishes replicas of ancient Tibetan literature from Dunhuang" (2021-01-15, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-01-15/China-publishes-replicas-of-ancient-Tibetan-literature-from-Dunhuang-X422kSbDyw/index.html) [archive.is/VA4un]:

For the first time, China has published copies of ancient Tibetan literature taken to France from the famed Mogao Grottoes a century ago.

The Dunhuang manuscripts were first discovered in 1900 in the Mogao Grottos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northwest China's Gansu Province. There are more than 60,000 documents featuring history, politics, religion and folk customs. Dating from the 4th to 11th centuries, most of the manuscripts are in Chinese, but some are represented in other ethnic languages including Tibetan.

In the early 20th century, a large number of Dunhuang Tibetan manuscripts were taken to countries such as France and the UK. The Tibetan literature compiled and published this time is now preserved in the National Library of France.

Northwest Minzu University and Shanghai Chinese Classics Publishing House, together with editors from the National Library of France, compiled the photocopies, which have been published in 35 volumes as a set, with more than 28,000 high-definition pictures displayed in numerical sequence.

The series includes Tibetan literature from the 7th to 10th centuries covering Buddhist scriptures, historical works, contracts, legal texts and letters. The publications are expected to throw light on the socio-economic activities and cultural exchanges between ethnic groups during the reign of Tubo in Dunhuang.

It took the editorial team about 15 years to arrange and compile the documents in Chinese and Tibetan languages. It is the first time that the entire Tibetan literature preserved in France has been published in the form of photocopies, said Tsering, a professor at Northwest Minzu University and the editor-in-chief of the series. 

China also plans to compile and publish this year the ancient Tibetan manuscripts preserved in Britain. Chinese researchers are digitalizing the ancient literature amid the country's efforts to study and preserve distinctive Tibetan culture. A database built upon the Tibetan manuscripts is projected to enable full-text retrieval in the future, according to Tsering.

- image caption: The Mogao Grottos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northwest China's Gansu Province.

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Miscellany & Errata

"Bermuda Triangle" by Fleetwood Mac - 

I guess you've heard about the Bermuda triangle

There's something going on

Nobody seems to know just what it is

And the airforce won't let on

It might be hole down in the ocean

Yeah or a fog that won't let go

It might be some crazy people talking

Or somebody that we ought to know

Down in Bermuda, the pale blue sea

Way down in the triangle, it's easy to believe

Now here's one

You see strange shapes in moonlight

And shadows in the night

They said that wingtip seemed to brush their faces

And strangers stole their sight

Way down in the triangle

Where the sea was smooth as glass

Giving you one answer to a question

That you never thought you'd ask

Ah down in Bermuda, in the pale blue sea

Way down in Bermuda, yeah it's easy to believe

Down in the triangle, it's easy to believe

They came from Galveston

They came from New Orleans

And then from Bloomington, and Delaware

The used St. Petersburg, they came from Tampa

And then from Mexico, it doesn't matter where

They all completely share,

All of those ships and planes,

A great big mystery that cannot be explained,

Down in Bermuda, in the pale blue sea

Your feeling safe in your harbour

And everything seems certain

Right next to Palm Beach and Key Biscane

Behind a velvet curtain

But then the moon goes grey with worry

And the sea turns a pale white

You better believe something strange is going on tonight

Down in Bermuda, ah, the pale blue sea

Bermuda Triangle, yeah, it's easy to believe

Down in the Triangle, it's easy to believe

They came from Galveston

They came from New Orleans

And then from Bloomington, and Delaware

Bermuda, the pale blue sea

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Curiata

* "Birds might be conscious and self-aware like humans, groundbreaking study finds" (2021-01-07, sea.mashable.com/science/13941/birds-might-be-conscious-and-self-aware-like-humans-groundbreaking-study-finds) [archive.is/5vBpn]

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* "A museum let a group of penguins wander its empty rooms, and they couldn't take their eyes off the paintings" (2020-05-21, insider.com/penguins-visit-art-museum-for-the-day-2020-5) [archive.is/LDFGV]

* "Penguins Visit Nelson-Atkins Ahead of Kansas City Zoo Opening" (video, 2020-05-14, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, via youtube.com/watch?v=zOqUoo96ssQ) [archive.is/OuVkt]: The COVID quarantine has caused everyone to go a little stir crazy, even the residents of the Kansas City Zoo. So several of the penguins decided to go on a field trip to the Nelson-Atkins, which is still closed, to get a little culture before the Zoo re-opens

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* "Scientists discover over 240 dinosaur footprints in east China" (2021-01-14, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-01-14/Scientists-discover-over-240-dinosaur-footprints-in-SE-China-X2hlxAoprO/index.html) [archive.is/SQHUr]

* "240 dinosaur footprints discovered for the first time in E China" (2021-01-13, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-01-13/240-dinosaur-footprints-discovered-for-the-first-time-in-E-China-X1gYbF2qQw/index.html) [archive.is/PAe4J]

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Thee Stranger News (January 14th, 2021)

A Liberated Zone on the FM, to enhance alternative culture and cognitive freedom!
Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience. Tune-in online [http://tunein.com/popout/player/s130679].
Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple, for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration. Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!
Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]

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

* "Astronomical breakthrough sees background ‘hum’ of universe caused by gigantic black hole collisions finally detected" (2021-01-12, rt.com/news/512297-gravitational-waves-universe-black-holes/) [archive.is/jzqTF]

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Ancient News

* "Polynesians steering by the stars met Native Americans long before Europeans arrived" (2020-07-08, sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/polynesians-steering-stars-met-native-americans-long-europeans-arrived) [archive.is/1FzZW]

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Victorian Welsh Women holding up the Welsh dragon celebrating st. David's day on March 1st.

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* "Evidence Of Lost Ancient Advanced Technology With Engineer Arlan Andrews" (2020-12-11, by Brien Foerster, via youtube.com/watch?v=auECPWPPOcY) [archive.is/oW2jE]

* "Exploring Many Ancient Sites In Peru And Bolivia" (2020-11-27, by Brien Foerster, via youtube.com/watch?v=HlPnRT7552Y) [archive.is/Xndeo]

- [comment]: The groove is the most magnetic part, it means that the tool magnetised the stone. When material is heated and under magnetic field, the atoms are aligned and material becomes amagnet. Also vibrations help to achive that effect. That is how the magnets are made.

* "Evidence Of Ancient Machining Technology In Cusco Peru With Engineer Arlan Andrews" (2021-01-06, by Brien Foerster, via youtube.com/watch?v=4iTAYv01voQ) [archive.is/UpqFn]

- [comments]: I have cored through granite with diamond bits.  That core dosent look like it got done with a power tool by a (known) machine.

What could be driven into the rock and not split it?

A hammer drill. There's also the possibility of softening the area to be drilled with acid, then performing a double-drilling action on it.

... acid, pouring, aliens and giants... We'll get to the bottom of this in a few millennia.

I do diamond core drilling and this doesn't look like it, straight lines through tells me that the tool was pushed down in to the rock and it was not rotating.

The straight line/marks could have also been made after the hole was drilled...by something being driven in (metal rods, think Roman sectional columns). One way to shed more light on it would be to see if the straight marks are over or under the circular cut marks. The biggest problem is not knowing what the initial function was...

* "Evidence That The Inca Discovered An Abandoned Megalithic City 1000 Years Ago" (2020-07-31, by Brien Foerster, via youtube.com/watch?v=8KGvoZOUiA8) [archive.is/ZjHUi]

* "Megalithic Peru: Exploring The Evidence Around And In Cusco" (2019-12-20, by Brien Foerster, via youtube.com/watch?v=AdJMLqUmuYE) [archive.is/EeHtv]

* "Ancient Megalithic Sites In Peru You Have Likely Never Heard Of" (2019-02-10, by Brien Foerster, via youtube.com/watch?v=4Z94bguAAFo) [archive.is/tvmid]

* "Ancient Sites In Mexico That Could Be Much Older Than We Think: Full Lecture" (2020-09-03, by Brien Foerster, via youtube.com/watch?v=Z__ubkQciq4) [archive.is/80n4T]

* "Lost Ancient High Technology And Dynastic Grandness In Egypt In 2017" (2020-12-17, by Brien Foerster, via youtube.com/watch?v=8leJpLa2pxI) [archive.is/McFa7]

* "Exploring Out Of Bounds Areas On The Giza Plateau In 2014" (2020-11-04, by Brien Foerster, via youtube.com/watch?v=QrhA5Pq7mdk) [archive.is/06Epb]

* "Surreal Megalithic Site Of Tanis In The Nile Delta Of Egypt" (2020-10-15, by Brien Foerster, via youtube.com/watch?v=ijebTlulLzU) [archive.is/mxWAl]

* "Clear Evidence Of Ancient Advanced Machining Technology At Karnak In Egypt" (2019-05-17, by Brien Foerster, via youtube.com/watch?v=sPimZmCIx4Y) [archive.is/72FVD]

* "Ancient Electricity Made in the Serapeum of Saqqara in Egypt" (2020-01-14, Ancient Architects, via youtube.com/watch?v=piUt5Ln9Hes) [archive.is/jRaqf]

* "Exploring Easter Island Mysteries With Geologist Robert Schoch" (2020-09-30, by Brien Foerster, via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eXPABGz7CU) [archive.is/UPh9B]

* "Exploring Ancient Turkey September 2019: The Full Experience" (2019-11-16, by Brien Foerster, via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNUgZv97fiw) [archive.is/inixz]

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* "The Twelve Star Egyptian Sphere That Generated The Great Pyramid And The Platonic Solids" (lymcanada.org/the-twelve-star-egyptian-sphere-that-generated-the-great-pyramid-and-the-platonic-solids-2/) [archive.is/Y1XjS]

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* "Baths from ancient Philadelphia dug up in modern-day Amman; Government committee to decide whether to expand excavations at the site or go ahead with an underground canal that would divert flood water that descends on Amman from the surrounding hills" (2020-12-30, israelhayom.com/2020/12/30/baths-from-ancient-philadelphia-dug-up-in-modern-day-amman/) [archive.is/fAyCi]

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* "Oriental Institute and its Persian expeditions in 1930s" (2021-01-11, tehrantimes.com/news/456888/Oriental-Institute-and-its-Persian-expeditions-in-1930s) [archive.is/UIiOH]

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* "Rare Tang Dynasty murals unearthed in NW China's Shaanxi" (2021-01-09, news.cgtn.com/news/2021-01-09/Rare-Tang-Dynasty-murals-unearthed-in-NW-China-s-Shaanxi-WU0jcwtf1K/index.html) [archive.is/2v6s3] 

- image caption: Murals dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907) found in a tomb at Buli Village, Xixian New Area, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, December 15, 2020. 

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* "New study highlights MAJOR issue in scientific publishing, as old paper continues to be cited… despite being RETRACTED 11 yrs ago" (2021-01-06, rt.com/news/511675-scientific-paper-retracted-still-cited/) [archive.is/qrjTO]

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Curiata

* "Scientists observe ‘quantum sense’ which may EXPLAIN HOW animals ‘see’ magnetic fields for first time" (2021-01-08, rt.com/news/511905-quantum-sense-observed-first-time/) [archive.is/AoaGv]

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* "Study Finds That 4-Month-Old Ravens Are as Intelligent as Adult Apes" (2021-01-05, mymodernmet.com/study-young-ravens-intelligent/) [archive.is/ThMnr]

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* "Now We Know Why Platypus Are So Weird - Their Genes Are Part Bird, Reptile, And Mammal" (2021-01-08, sciencealert.com/platypus-genes-reveal-some-of-the-bizarre-traits-that-come-with-5x-and-5y-chromosomes) [archive.is/E2whK]

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Thee Stranger News (January 7th, 2021)

A Liberated Zone on the FM, to enhance alternative culture and cognitive freedom!
Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience. Tune-in online [http://tunein.com/popout/player/s130679].
Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple, for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration. Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!
Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]

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Futurism & Strange Science

* "Experiment takes 'snapshots' of light, stops light, uses light to change properties of matter" (2020-12-30, University Of Pittsburgh, via spacedaily.com/reports/Experiment_takes_snapshots_of_light_stops_light_uses_light_to_change_properties_of_matter_999.html) [archive.is/rhOpJ]

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* "Chinese scientists develop on-demand quantum memory" (2021-01-01, xinhuanet.com/english/2021-01/02/c_139635408.htm) [archive.is/o9sm6]

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* "Wafer-Scale Growth of One-Dimensional Transition-Metal Telluride Nanowires" (2020-12-13, Nano Letters, via pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03456) [archive.is/yQS63]

* "Atomic-scale nanowires can now be produced at scale" (2020-12-30, Tokyo Metropolitan University, tmu.ac.jp/english/, via nanodaily.com/reports/Atomic_scale_nanowires_can_now_be_produced_at_scale_999.html) [archive.is/CeJDb]

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* "MANA: A Monolithic Adiabatic iNtegration Architecture Microprocessor Using 1.4-zJ/op Unshunted Superconductor Josephson Junction Devices" (2020-12-15, ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9295318) [archive.is/mtqMm]

* "Extremely energy efficient microprocessor developed using superconductors" (2020-12-30, Yokohama National University, ynu.ac.jp/, via spacedaily.com/reports/Extremely_energy_efficient_microprocessor_developed_using_superconductors_999.html) [archive.is/3Xn3V]

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

* "Ripples in space-time could provide clues to missing components of the universe" (2020-12-31, UChicago News, news.uchicago.edu/, via spacedaily.com/reports/Ripples_in_space_time_could_provide_clues_to_missing_components_of_the_universe_999.html) [archive.is/xj9D4]

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* "Extraterrestrial hexamethylenetetramine in meteorites—a precursor of prebiotic chemistry in the inner solar system" (2020-12-07, nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20038-x) [archive.is/Ob5c6]

* "Key building block for organic molecules discovered in meteorites" (2020-12-21, GSFC News, via spacedaily.com/reports/Key_building_block_for_organic_molecules_discovered_in_meteorites_999.html) [archive.is/Wl1UI]

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* "A Harvard professor has claimed in his new book that alien debris passed near Earth in 2017. It has attracted both skepticism and intrigue" (2021-01-03, businessinsider.com, via msn.com/en-us/news/technology/a-harvard-professor-has-claimed-in-his-new-book-that-alien-debris-passed-near-earth-in-2017-it-has-attracted-both-skepticism-and-intrigue/ar-BB1cr8Os) [archive.is/UHQBG]
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NEO Watch
B612 Foundation [b612foundation.org] to protect Earth from asteroid impacts.

* "Rocky start: 2021 will begin with unwelcome, 220-meter wide asteroid visitor, NASA warns" (2020-12-31, rt.com/news/511244-behemoth-asteroid-new-year-nasa/) [archive.is/TcCXo]

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Ancient News

* "Extinct woolly rhino found in excellent condition after being frozen in Far Eastern Russian permafrost for at least 20,000 years" (2020-12-30, rt.com/russia/511096-rhinoceros-remnants-yakutia-region/) [archive.is/LeQmH]

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* (https://visit.varna.bg/en/varna_oldest_gold_treasure_in_the_world.html)

Skeleton with the world's oldest gold found in Varna, Bulgaria

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* "Squatters issue death threats to archaeologist who discovered oldest city in the Americas; Squatters reportedly belonging to one family claim site of 5,000 year-old ruins was given to them in the 1970s" (2021-01-03, theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/03/squatters-ancient-ruins-peru-death-threats-archeologist-caral) [archive.is/PaGCP]

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* "Petroglyphs dating back to 9th millennium BC discovered in Iran" (2020-12-29, tehrantimes.com/news/456345/Petroglyphs-dating-back-to-9th-millennium-BC-discovered-in-Iran) [archive.is/cq9g7]

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* "Archaeologist talks about a Bronze Age ‘World War Zero’ that brought down three ancient civilizations" (2016-05-16, realmofhistory.com/2016/05/16/archaeologist-eberhard-zangger-bronze-age-world-war-zero/) [archive.is/gcBzp]

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* "1,400-yr-old tomb with white marble bed reveals religious exchanges on Silk Road" (2021-01-04, xinhuanet.com/english/2021-01/04/c_139640616.htm) [archive.is/VXZK5] [begin excerpt]:

Archaeologists have discovered a 1,400-year-old tomb containing a white marble bed in central China's Henan Province, where elements of both Buddhism and a Persian religion have been found.

The brick tomb dating back to the Sui Dynasty (581-618) was found in Long'an District in the city of Anyang, said Jiao Peng, director of the excavation department under the city's research institute of cultural relics and archaeology.

Images of the daily lives of the tomb owners and religious stories are carved into the bed, with a religious figure on each end in the style of Zoroastrianism, an ancient Persian religion. Lotus images in the Buddhist style are also among the carvings. [end excerpt]

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* "90 historical sites demarcated in West Azarbaijan" (2021-01-04, tehrantimes.com/news/456585/90-historical-sites-demarcated-in-West-Azarbaijan) [archive.is/PkhBv]

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Megalithic pyramid In Ecuador?

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Curiata

* "Photo: Researchers Discover 12 New Deep-Sea Species in Multi-Year Study of Atlantic Waters" (2020-12-31, sputniknews.com/science/202012311081615536-researchers-discover-12-new-deep-sea-species-in-multi-year-study-of-atlantic-waters/) [archive.is/Qq4mN]

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* "Rare sight: Tiny mysterious clear orbs wash up at Orange County beaches" (2020-12-22, ocregister.com/2020/12/22/rare-sight-tiny-mysterious-clear-orbs-wash-up-at-orange-county-beaches/) [archive.is/IgM5r]

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