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The CPU from the original PlayStation is guiding a probe to Pluto
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- Published: Saturday, January 17 2015 23:43
theverge.com - You probably already know that your smartphone is more powerful than the computers used to land astronauts on the Moon. But did you know that the processor used in the original Sony PlayStation is currently guiding a space probe the size of a grand piano towards Pluto?
Archeologists discover mythical Tomb of Osiris in Egypt
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- Published: Monday, January 05 2015 02:06
SPLOID - Archeologists have discovered an ancient tomb modeled after the mythical Tomb of Osiris as described by Egyptian lore in the necropolis of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, on the West Bank at Thebes. The complex includes a shaft that connects to multiple chambers, including one with demons holding knives.
NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Begins Approach to Dwarf Planet Ceres
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- Published: Monday, January 05 2015 01:36
VOA News - NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is getting set for the final segment of its planned ten-year mission after entering the approach phase of its visit to the dwarf planet Ceres.
This dwarf planet, with an average diameter of 950 kilometers, is the largest object in the asteroid belt, a region of space located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter filled with debris of all sizes left over from the creation of the solar system.
Tacoma professor tackles mystery of ancient, Antikythera device
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- Published: Friday, January 02 2015 05:12
Seattle Times - The shoebox-sized chunk of bronze didn’t attract much attention when divers retrieved it from an ancient shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera in 1901. Archaeologists on the expedition had their hands full with far more impressive finds, including life-size statues of warriors and horses, delicate glass bowls and scores of ceramic vessels called amphorae.
Comet Henge and the Comet Song - Comet Catcher Rosetta Catches Comet Henge on Comet 67P
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- Published: Sunday, December 14 2014 03:20
CivRadio - Almost immediately, Rosetta started sending back closeup highly detailed photos of Comet 67P. Soon after, space enthusiasts began to see strange and interesting anamolies. But what is strange for a comet? Its hard to say because Rosetta is a historic mission and its images of Comet 67P are the closest, most detailed shots of a comet the world has ever seen.
Monolithomania - The Mars and Phobos Monoliths Revisited
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- Published: Monday, December 01 2014 23:59
CivRadio - Sagan, Kubrick, Aldrin, Oh My! The only thing missing from this story now is Kevin Bacon! What's all the Buzz about!? The Mars and Phobos Monoliths may be old news to some, but for me it was something I hadn't looked into too much until recently. After seeing a bizarre C-SPAN clip featuring Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin talking about a monolith on the moon of Mars, my interest was piqued again.
Archaeologists Discover The World's Largest Ancient Stone Block
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- Published: Saturday, November 29 2014 01:58
Archaeology News Network - In the summer of 2014 the Oriental Department of the German Archaeological Institute conducted excavations in the stone quarry of Baalbek/Ancient Heliopolis, in Lebanon. There lies the monolith “Hajjar al-Hibla” (Stone of the Pregnant Woman). Below the “Hajjar al-Hibla” and directly beside of it, there is another megalithic stone block, even bigger than the first one: it measures .....
Marnomalous - Mars Curiosity Rover - Marnomalies Galore
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- Published: Sunday, November 16 2014 19:41
CivRadio - Mars enthusiasts, truth seekers, Youtubers, and news sites alike continue to point out strange anomalies (or "Marnomalies") seen in the raw images sent back by Curiosity's MastCam. People are seeing more than just piles of rocks when viewing these images. The anomalies being highlighted are as diverse as those pointing them out. The list of things people are seeing include ....
Mystery signal from Rosetta comet confirmed by European Space Agency
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- Published: Wednesday, November 12 2014 07:53
examiner.com - The European Space Agency (ESA) today confirmed that it was receiving a mysterious signal from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. In a post on its live streaming website, it described the signal as a “mystery song” and uploaded a recording with the caption: “Hear our comet sing.” The confirmation follows months of rumors
The Pharaoh's Pump - How the Great Pyramid was built
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- Published: Tuesday, November 11 2014 07:23
thepump.org - Based on the research of the Pharaoh's Pump Foundation the Great Pyramid was not built using a large ramp. The Great Pyramid was built in a very different manner!
The Original Builders used water locks from the Nile River up to the building site to bring stones on barges up to where the Great Pyramid was built. This system used by the Original Builders is simple but very sophisticated.
Life on Mars oddities: ‘Traffic light’ and perfectly-shaped ball spotted on Red Planet
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- Published: Tuesday, November 11 2014 03:59
rt.com - NASA’s Mars rover, the Curiosity, which has been exploring the planet for over two years, fitted with 17 cameras, sent a picture of something that looks much like Earth's traffic lights.
The mobile robot submits plenty of curious pictures from the surface of Mars, which are on public display. This time it was a space enthusiast from the UK, Joe Smith, running an ArtAlienTV YouTube channel, who spotted a striking resemblance.
Houston Anthropologist Reveals Irrefutable Proof that Recorded History is Wrong
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- Published: Thursday, October 16 2014 03:44
Waking Times - Evidence Found Across the Globe of Highly Evolved Human Species from before the Ice Age, Demand Scientific Recognition of our Past that Depicts Societies of Advanced Technology and Culture
Houston anthropologist, Dr. Semir Osmanagich, founder of the Bosnian Archaeology Park, the most active archaeology site in the world, declares that irrefutable scientific evidence exists of ancient civilizations with advanced technology that leaves us no choice but to change our recorded history.,
Statue of an elongated head identified by NASA in Mars Rover photo
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- Published: Tuesday, November 11 2014 02:12
examiner.com - One of Mars rovers photographed what appears to be a stone statue of an elongated head on the Martian surface which, surprisingly, NASA had identified as an anomaly of interest. In a post released today on UFO Sightings Daily, Scott Waring described the stone anomaly as a “Face on Mars.” NASA had pointed out the apparent head statue along with other stone anomalies with different color arrows.
Hi-tech aqueduct explorers map Rome's 'final frontier'
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- Published: Wednesday, October 30 2013 04:00
AFP - Armed with laser rangefinders, GPS technology and remote control robots, a group of speleologists is completing the first ever mapping of the aqueducts of ancient Rome on archaeology's "final frontier".
They abseil down access wells and clamber through crevices to access the 11 aqueducts that supplied Rome, which still run for hundreds of kilometres (miles) underground and along stunning viaducts.
The Curious Case Of The Cartouche Of Khufu
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- Published: Tuesday, November 04 2014 07:19
CivRadio - The Great Pyramid of Giza has found its way into the center of a recent scandal involving six Egyptians, three German tourists, two Egyptian authority figures, one puzzled author and Partridge in a Pear Tree, or rather a Cartouche in a King's Chamber.
The Egyptian Six (two inspectors of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and four others from the security personnel and a travel agent) have been jailed since February because they allegedly assisted German tourists...
5 Ridiculous Lies You Believe About Ancient Civilizations
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- Published: Saturday, January 01 2011 00:00
Cracked | Since not all of us decided to tell our parents we'd be moving back home in four years by majoring in classics, much of what we know about ancient Greece and Rome tends to come from films and TV -- meaning that much of what we "know" originated with some Hollywood producer saying, "Yes, but can we make the togas sexier?"
