Maya Artwork Uncovered In A Guatemalan Forest
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Conservator Angelyn Bass cleans and stabilizes the surface of a wall of a Mayan house that dates to the ninth century. The figure of a man who may have been the town scribe appears on the wall to her left. Archaeologists working in one of the most impenetrable rain forests in Guatemala have stumbled on a remarkable discovery: a room full of wall paintings and numerical calculations. The buried room apparently was a workshop used by scribes or astronomers working for a Mayan king. The paintings depict the king and members of his court. The numbers mark important periods in...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 04:24:35 PM
Behold, how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!
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It just never ends. First, National Public Radio had a feature this morning on the race riots in Tulsa around 1921. The people involved in that incident were completely wrong and everyone knows it. No further discussion needed. However, why bring this up in the middle of severe racial tension in the nation? Is NPR trying to bring about a peaceful, with-justice resolution to the national wound? No way. It's all about politics and race now, values have nothing to do with it. The reporter in talking about that event, said, "....Oklahoma, where not a single county voted for Barak...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 04:24:35 PM
300 million year old fossilized forest discovered under coal mine in China
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There’s some good coming off China’s extensive coal exploitation (the nation holds the top place for most pollutant emissions resulting from burning coal), as recent mining activities around Wuda in Inner Mongolia, China, has uncovered an almost perfectly preserved 298 million year-old forest. The forest, which also features intact trees with leaves, branches, trunk and cones, was buried by volcanic ash, and thus kept away from time’s unforgiving touch. The researchers dubbed the forest the “Pompeii of the Permian period, since the manner in which it was preserved bared a striking resemblance to the famous Roman namesake event. The volcanic...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 04:24:35 PM
Fort is diligent in preparing to battle fire
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FORT HUACHUCA — This southern Arizona Army post is on a war footing. But the enemy is not a foreign power — it’s fire. As with anything involving the nation’s armed forces, operational plans have been developed and additional resources called forward to deny Mother Nature her way. The fort’s response is both defensive and offensive, Garrison Commander Col. Timothy Faulkner said, adding commanders of all units are being kept in the loop to provide manpower and other assistance needed to fight the Monument Fire’s attempt to breach the post’s boundaries. A large portion of military intelligence training has been...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 04:24:35 PM
Wildfires Rage in Arizona
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Massive wildfires in Arizona continue to grow, burning at least 192, 000 acres of timber and brush, and prompting evacuations most recently in the town of Greer. The fires sent smoke into skies visible from 200 miles away. Residents in White Mountain community of Alpine in eastern Arizona near the New Mexico border were also ordered earlier to evacuate as the fire neared.
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 04:24:35 PM
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