We’ve all grown up watching pirate movies, seeing hooks, peg legs, marbles substituted for glass eyes, but those aren’t the real deal. In fact, modern prosthetics have gone so far, that the line is beginning to blur, and it’s becoming harder to tell just what the real deal is anymore. Here we take a look at 15 of the most interesting prosthetic bits of genius of all time.…
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15 Of The Most Interesting Prosthetic
August 6th, 2009 
Malvika Sampat 
Posted in Inventions 
Tags: Archaeologists, Bionic Arm, Blade Runner, Carbon Fiber, Glass Eyes, Human Feet, Humanitarians, International Association Of Athletics Federations, Last Decade, Noblewoman, Optimus Prime, Oscar Pistorius, Prosthetic, Prosthetics, Real Deal, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco Bay Area, Summer Olympics, Tonka Truck, Truck Chassis 
Comments Off1,000-year-old fishing trap found on Google Earth
March 16th, 2009 Malvika Sampat 
Britain’s most ancient fishing trap has been discovered off the coastline of Wales after research carried out on Google Earth.
The 853ft (260m) long construction is thought to have been built 1,000 years ago, around the time of the Domesday Book, using large rocks placed on a river bed.
Scientists believe large numbers of people worked together to erect the trap and it allowed them to catch plentiful numbers of fish for their supper.…
Posted in Tech News Tags: Aerial Photographs, Ancient Fish, Archaeologists, Boulders, Cardigan, Domesday Book, Estuary, Google, Google Earth, Hunting And Fishing, Last Ice Age, Llanelli, Marine Environment, Medieval Communities, Outgoing Tide, River Teifi, Satellite Images, Underwater Structure, West Wales, Ziggy Comments OffFragments of Ancient Egyptian Papyrus Found
March 1st, 2009 Malvika Sampat 
3,000-Year-Old Document. For 100 years, archaeologists have been trying to piece together fragments to this 3,000-year-old document, written on a papyrus stem. The Egyptian document enumerates all the Egyptian kings and when they ruled. Newly found fragments to the document should help in piecing together the puzzle. Museo Egizio, TorinoFrom Discovery News:
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Posted in Science News Tags: 100 Years, Ancient Egyptian History, Ancient Egyptian Papyrus, Ancient History, Archaeologists, Discovery News, Egizio Torino, Egyptian Kings, Fragments, Kinglist, Museo Egizio, Old Document, Papyrus Plant, Puzzle, Turin Comments OffMummies Found In Newly Discovered Tomb In Egypt
February 10th, 2009 Malvika Sampat 
In this photo released Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, the remains of a newly-discovered Egyptian mummy and sarcophagus are seen in a tomb at Saqqara, south of Cairo, in Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. A storeroom housing about two dozen ancient Egyptian mummies has been unearthed inside a 2,600-year-old tomb during the latest round of excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara south of Cairo, archaeologists said Monday.… Posted in Science News Tags: Ancient Egyptian Mummies, Ancient Mummies, Ap Photo, Archaeologists, Cairo Egypt, Egypt Photo, Egyptian Mummy, Excavations, Hakim, Karar, Necropolis, Niches, Saqqara, Sarcophagi, Sarcophagus, Shaft, Storeroom, Supreme Council Of Antiquities, Yahoo News, Zahi Hawass Comments OffMummies Found In Newly Discovered Tomb In Egypt
February 10th, 2009 Tushar Mathur In this photo released Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, the remains of a newly-discovered Egyptian mummy and sarcophagus are seen in a tomb at Saqqara, south of Cairo, in Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. A storeroom housing about two dozen ancient Egyptian mummies has been unearthed inside a 2,600-year-old tomb during the latest round of excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara south of Cairo, archaeologists said Monday.… Posted in Science News Tags: Ancient Egyptian Mummies, Ancient Mummies, Ap Photo, Archaeologists, Cairo Egypt, Egypt Photo, Egyptian Mummy, Excavations, Hakim, Karar, Necropolis, Niches, Saqqara, Sarcophagi, Sarcophagus, Shaft, Storeroom, Supreme Council Of Antiquities, Yahoo News, Zahi Hawass Comments OffWhy Did Humans Migrate To The Americas?
January 24th, 2009 Tushar Mathur 
From nps.orgFrom Live Science:
The Americas were the last (well, second-to-last if you count Antarctica) continents to be inhabited by early humans. Archaeologists estimate that people entered North America by crossing over the Bering Strait, which back then was a wide swath of land, about 15,000 years ago.
In other words, people got here by walking a very long distance.…
Posted in Science News Tags: Alaska, Antarctica, Archaeologists, Bering Strait, Continents, Early Humans, Follow The Leader, Live Science, Long Distance, Migration, North America, Peopling Of The Americas, Siberia, Straight Line, Tundra, Wide Swath Comments OffSatellites Unearthing Ancient Egyptian Ruins
December 29th, 2008 Malvika Sampat 
Photo: The enclosure wall of the Great Aten temple in Egypt, as seen from the QuickBird satellite.
From CNN:
(CNN) — Archaeologists believe they have unearthed only a small fraction of Egypt’s ancient ruins, but they’re making new discoveries with help from high-tech allies — satellites that peer into the past from the distance of space.…
Posted in Science News Tags: Alabama At Birmingham, Ancient Ruins, Archaeologist, Archaeologists, Cnn, Cnn Cnn, Commercial Satellites, Egyptian Ruins, Enclosure Wall, Global Health, Great Aten Temple, Images Satellites, Middle Egypt, New Discoveries, Nile River, Nile River Delta, Quickbird Satellite, Sarah Parcak, University Of Alabama, University Of Alabama At Birmingham Comments OffLost City Of 'Cloud People' Found In Peru
December 4th, 2008 Malvika Sampat 
Buildings carved into the Pachallama peak mountainside in Peru, by ChachapoyaFrom the Telegraph:
Archaeologists have discovered a lost city carved into the Andes Mountains by the mysterious Chachapoya tribe.
The settlement covers some 12 acres and is perched on a mountainside in the remote Jamalca district of Utcubamba province in the northern jungles of Peru’s Amazon.…
Posted in Science News Tags: Amazon, Andes Mountains, Archaeologists, Buildings, Chachapoya, Cliff Face, Cloud Forest, Explorers, Jungle, Jungles, Lost City, Lost People, Mountainside, Northern Peru, Rock Paintings, Stone Houses, Telegraph, Tribe Comments OffHow Warfare Shaped Human Evolution
November 23rd, 2008 Malvika Sampat 
Iran – Iraq WarFrom The New Scientist:
IT’S a question at the heart of what it is to be human: why do we go to war? The cost to human society is enormous, yet for all our intellectual development, we continue to wage war well into the 21st century.
Now a new theory is emerging that challenges the prevailing view that warfare is a product of human culture and thus a relatively recent phenomenon.…
Posted in Science News Tags: 21st Century, Anthropologists, Archaeologists, Common Goal, Consensus, Cooperative Skills, Evolution Theory, Gang Warfare, Human Culture, Human Evolution, Human Society, Humankind, Integral Role, Intellectual Development, New Scientist, Phenomenon, Political Scientists, Psychologists, Warlike Behaviour, Warriors Comments Off"Screaming Mummy" Is Murderous Son of Ramses III?
November 23rd, 2008 Tushar Mathur 
An Egyptian mummy preserved with a pained facial expression (above) could be Prince Pentewere, suspected of plotting the murder of his father, Pharaoh Ramses III, according to a new analysis.Recent examinations of the mummy, found in 1886 and now located in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, have helped archaeologists piece together a story of attempted murder, suicide, and conspiracy.… Posted in Science News Tags: Acting, Alex Turner, Archaeologist, Archaeologists, Bob Brier, Conspiracy, Egyptian Mummy, Egyptian Museum, Egyptian Museum In Cairo, Facial Expression, Long Island, Murder Suicide, National Geographic, Pharaoh Ramses, Photograph, Prince, Ramses Iii, Son Of Ramses Comments Off
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