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The Truth About Hair and Why Indians Would Keep Their Hair Long. Ces pointes de lances en pierre datent de 500 000 ans. Des pointes de lances en pierre ont été datées par une équipe de préhistoriens. Elles seraient vieilles de 500 000 ans. Les spécialistes estiment que cette découverte remet en question notre perception de nos ancêtres. Ces pointes de lances en pierre datent de 500 000 ans, ce qui prouve que l’homme de Neandertal et l’Homo Sapiens utilisaient déjà cette technique, soit 200 000 ans plus tôt que ce que les scientifiques pensaient.

C’est dans la revue Science que les résultats d’une expérience ont été publiés. Une équipe internationale de préhistoriens avait retrouvé des artefacts lors de fouilles faites de 1979 à 1982 sur le site Hathu Pan 1 (sud-africain). Une récente expérience a permis de les dater et les spécialistes ont fait une réelle découverte. Les scientifiques ont également réussi à prouver avec une reconstitution que ces pointes étaient de lances ou de sagaies. Cette technique de chasse daterait donc de 500 000 ans, c’est 200 000 ans plus tôt que ce qui était connu. Inactif. St. Nicholas in Mavrovo, Macedonia. Noticeable Bulge in Victor Noir's Sculpted Trousers Which Adorn His Tomb Becomes Fertility Symbol. Victor Noir, a french journalist, died in Paris 1870. His tomb located in Pere LaChaise Cemetery became a fertility symbol due to a noticeable bulge in his sculpted trousers.

Victor Noir (1848-1870) became famous for the manner of his death and its political consequences. He was shot by Prince Bonaparte, great nephew of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte over an insulting letter published by Noir's boss at the radical newspaper he worked. Noir was sent as a "second" with another reporter where they were to duel with Bonaparte's "seconds," but showed up at the nobleman's door instead. The sculpture, by the renowned sculptor, Dalou, has a very noticeable bulge in Noir's trousers. In 2005, a fence was erected around the statue of Noir, to deter people from touching the statue. Beauty mark meanings in the 18th century. A diagram labeled in French, showing what the position of a "mouche" or beauty mark signified in the 18th century.

(Many were applied rather than naturally acquired.) middle of forehead = dignified corner of eye = passionate middle of cheek = gallant heart-shaped (left cheek) = engaged heart-shaped (right cheek) = married between mouth and chin = silent on lower lip = discreet beside the mouth = likes to kiss on nasolabial fold = playful on nose = saucy near lip = flirtatious. Codex gigas. Retronaut - See history. Rome: Ancient Supercity Infographic — History.com Interactive Games, Maps and Timelines. 11 Things You May Not Know About Ancient Egypt — HISTORY Lists. Ancient Egypt stood as one of the world’s most advanced civilizations for nearly 3,000 years and created a culture so rich that it has spawned its own field of study. But while Egyptian art, architecture and burial methods have become enduring objects of fascination, there is still a lot you probably don’t know about these famed builders of the pyramids.

From the earliest recorded peace treaty to ancient board games, find out 11 surprising facts about the Gift of the Nile. Along with King Tut, perhaps no figure is more famously associated with ancient Egypt than Cleopatra VII. But while she was born in Alexandria, Cleopatra was actually part of a long line of Greek Macedonians originally descended from Ptolemy I, one of Alexander the Great’s most trusted lieutenants. The Ptolemaic Dynasty ruled Egypt from 323 to 30 B.C., and most of its leaders remained largely Greek in their culture and sensibilities. Vanity is as old as civilization, and the ancient Egyptians were no exception. The Story of Mankind. Family tree of the Greek gods. Family tree of gods, goddesses and other divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses and many other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion.

(The tree does not include creatures; for these, see List of Greek mythological creatures.) Key: The essential Olympians' names are given in bold font. Key: The original 12 Titans' names have a greenish background. See also List of Greek mythological figures Notes References. Human Evolution & Archaeology. 5 conspiracy theories which turned out to be true. There are types of stories called “conspiracy theories” and the people who teach them are considered by “society” as crazy fanatics who often need medical treatment. What if I tell you that “society” should take some of that medical treatment, because sometimes such incredible stories, nobody believed in, turn out to be 100% true.

What if I tell you that the doctors did not treat us, just wait until we die to cut our bodies? 1. Tuskegee syphilis experiment In the years 1932-1972, there were a series of experiments on about 400 syphilis-infected black citizens of the United States. As a result, 28 people died directly of syphilis, 100 died as a result of complications directly related to the disease, 40 women were infected by unconscious patients, and 19 children were born with congenital disease. The sad truth about the Tuskegee Experiment was confirmed in 1997 by President Bill Clinton, who officially and publicly apologized to the eight surviving participants in these studies. 2. 3. 4.

Secret Underground Bases. Underground Bases We recently came across a very interesting list from a book called Entrances to Subterranean Tunnels "Underground Alien Bases" (UAB) ISBN: 0-938294-92-X (UAB) which purports to list all the known underground entrances to bases. Here is where they are! New York City There is an entrance to the tunnels in New York City "in the vicinity of Midtown Manhattan that can be reached through an abandoned elevator shaft that only very few know about The Nahanni Valley (Canada) Entrance This covers 250 square miles in the southern end of the Mackenzie Mountains of Canada.

It lies almost 550 miles due west of Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie River of northwest Canada. The Liyobaa Cave Entrance This was sealed off by Catholic Priests who believed it to be an entrance to "Hell. " "The Cavern of Death was actually located in the last chamber of an eight chamber building or temple. Bechtel (BECK-tul) is a super secret international corporate octopus, founded in 1898. Death Valley, CA. Another Side of History. 1179-1181. Nuclear Events in Ancient India? Evidence at Mohenjo-Daro When excavations of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro reached the street level, they discovered skeletons scattered about the cities, many holding hands and sprawling in the streets as if some instant, horrible doom had taken place.

People were just lying, unburied, in the streets of the city. And these skeletons are thousands of years old, even by traditional archaeological standards. What could cause such a thing? Why did the bodies not decay or get eaten by wild animals? Furthermore, there is no apparent cause of a physically violent death. At one site, Soviet scholars found a skeleton which had a radioactive level 50 times greater than normal. Huge masses of walls and foundations of the ancient city are fused together, literally vitrified! While the skeletons have been carbon-dated to 2500 BC, we must keep in mind that carbon-dating involves measuring the amount of radiation left. Giant Unexplained Crater Near Bombay by David Hatcher Childress Nexus Magazine The claims.

Family tree of the Greek gods. Key: The essential Olympians' names are given in bold font. See also List of Greek mythological figures Notes External links Media related to Family trees of Greek mythology at Wikimedia Commons. Rare Historical Photos. A boxing match on board the USS Oregon in 1897. Albert Einstein looking fabulous. Here's his report card! Samurai taken between 1860 and 1880.

A shell shocked reindeer looks on as World War II planes drop bombs on Russia in 1941 Roy O. and Walt Disney on the day they opened Disney Studios. Che Guevara. The Microsoft staff in 1978. The last known Tasmanian Tiger photographed in 1933. A different angle taken of "Tank Man," the man who stood against a line of tanks in Tiananmen Square.He is standing in the street between the tree trunk and the fleeing man.You can see the tanks approaching from the right. Winston Churchill out for a swim. The London sky following a bombing and dogfight between British and German planes in 1940. Martin Luther King, Jr removes a burned cross from his yard in 1960.

Google begins. Nagasaki, 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945. A Native American overlooking the newly completed transcontinental railroad in 1868. The Great San Francisco Fire and Earthquake of 1906. Irish culture and Irish customs - World Cultures European. 20 Historical Photos. John Lennon giving the autograph, with his future killer Mark Chapman, few hours before death. Destroying the Berlin Wall Osama bin Laden with his family visiting Falun in Sweden in 70′. The Beatles at the beginning of their career.

Elvis Presley in the army. Meeting of Pope Pius XI with Adolf Hitler. The new capital of Brasil – Brasilia is being built. Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. One of the first McDonald’s restaurant. Titanic, 1912. First Google Team, 1999. An example of racial segregation. Evolution of the Coca-Cola bottles. The Beatles, 1957. ENIAC – computer constructed in years 1943-45 in USA. Charlie Chaplin and Mahatma Gandhi. Albert Einstein among other scientists. Jesus Christ from Rio Being built. George W. Ku Klux Klan member being operated in one of the hospitals in Alabama.