Archaeology

A FIFE minister is keeping his fingers crossed that DNA samples will finally help him find his grandfather's remains, almost 94 years after his relative was killed during the first world war. The Rev Mitchell Collins, of Glenrothes, is praying that his family will soon be able to lay flowers on the grave of Private Mitchell Collins, who is thought to have died at Fromelles in France in 1916. The attack at Fromelles on the night of July 19, 1916, turned out to be hugely costly for the allies, ...

It would be massively moving if we could find my grandfather at last, and it would complete our family history.   -Rev Mitchell Collins

 

Scientists have confirmed the identities of 75 of the 249 Australian soldiers buried in a German-dug mass grave in Fromelles and forgotten for more than 90 years. The families of the lost Diggers of Fromelles have been informed of the DNA results and an announcement will be made by the Minister for Veteran's Affairs Alan Griffin tomorrow. Identification of the men, killed in a bloody World War I battle on the night of July 19, 1916, brings to an end a two-year search and recovery of the remains ...

He lies about his age and 11 months later he's dead in a paddock in France.   -Tim Whitford

 

The cemetery lies in what is now China's northwest province of Xinjiang, yet the people have European features, with brown hair and long noses. Their remains, though lying in one of the world's largest deserts, are buried in upside-down boats. And where tombstones might stand, declaring pious hope for some god's mercy in the afterlife, their cemetery sports instead a vigorous forest of phallic symbols, signaling an intense interest in the pleasures or utility of procreation.  

d media interaction through which the Kuwaiti culture intermingles with the fragrant aroma of the Egyptian history as a new phase of communication that culminates the previous ones between the two brotherly peoples. Al-Hamad went on to say that "we look forward, through this big festival, to introduce a true and honorable image of the spiritual fusion between our peoples in what asserts the deep-seated bonds and the profound historical ties that hark back to the depth of the rich Arab soil. Al-Hamad ...  

Evidence of deliberate town planning, with wide lanes all leading in an east to west direction, down to the sea has been uncovered at Zubara, archaeologist Dr Tobias Richter told members of the Qatar Natural History Group on a visit to the site on the north-west coast of Qatar. Zubara, a trading and pearling city founded on the site of an earlier coastal village, dates to the 18th and 19th centuries and was in its heyday one of the most important settlements in the Arabian Gulf. Evidence of ...  

By a six-century delay Bulgaria paid respect to the memory of the ruling aristocracy (boyars) who were assassinated at the capturing of the medieval Bulgarian capital of Veliko Tarnovo by the Ottomans in 1393. At a special ceremony Bishop of Veliko Tarnovo, Gregory anointed the relics discovered at archaeological excavations in the churches of Sts Peter and Paul and St John of Rila in Veliko Tarnovo. The bones were discovered by archaeologists Prof Nikolay Ovcharov and Hitko Vachev while studying the two churches.  

Researchers were recently able to use modern genetic processes to determine the primary origin of small dog breeds. These canine companions are a long way away from the wild wolves that became domesticated a long time ago, and learned how to live cooperatively with our ancestors. Smaller dogs, however, share roughly the same genetic material as other breeds.

Small size could have been more desirable in more densely packed agricultural societies, in which dogs may have lived partly indoors or in confined outdoor spaces   -Melissa Gray

 

SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- (Marketwire) -- 03/15/10 -- Deep Blue Marine, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: DPBE) reports that after two years of hard work on the underwater archaeological recovery of the French ship "Le Scipion" in Samana Bay in the Dominican Republic, the contract has terminated. The exploration of this significant warship was often done under adverse conditions and poor visibility. The contract was under the tutelage of Tracy Bowden and was in place for the last two years.  

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