Archaeology
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To date no sail has survived intact but we have much pictorial evidence that they bore a square sail. Modern reconstruction’s prove that this is a fast and manoeuvrable combination and if wind was lacking most ships carried oars, also useful for close handling.
Viking Ships
Researchers Resurrect Extinct Judean Date Palm Tree from 2,000-Year-Old Seed (6/13/2008)
In the foreboding, cliff-side fortress of Masada some 2,000 years ago, Jewish Zealots savored sweet dates from Judean palm trees, gazed at the Dead Sea, and perhaps spit seeds onto the palace floor.
archeology
Over 12,000 years ago, hunters tracking herds of the last ice age across the frozen tundra of what is now the state of Alaska became the first immigrants to enter the North American continent.
Archeology - Atlatl.com - Learning About Primitive Atlatl and Dart Weapon Systems - Atlatl Bob, Maker of Replica Atlatls
The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola, by Victor Mindeleff and Cosmos Mindeleff This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
Pueblo Architecture
The skeleton uncovered in January 2008 in Magdeburg Cathedral was thought to be Queen Ædgyth’s, and the coffin was labelled as such, but it had been moved more than once, and confusion was entirely possible. This article is about Ædgyth / Eadgyth / Edith, who she was, her life and times, and the tests which confirmed her remains were definitely the earliest-known royal bones from an English house.
Oldest English Royal Bones – Queen Ædgyth’s 1000 year old Skeleton | History and traditions of England
Stone Ages
Ancient History
Archeology