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Is there a second Sphinx
5 April 2026 > Ancient history, ArchaeologyThis idea gets an airing at https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/03/scientists-found-a-second-sphinx-beneath-egypt-giza/ .... in a podcast on March 26th Filippo Biondi, described as a radar engineer at the University of

Fossils of the Ice Age, Fossils of the Jurassic
5 April 2026 > Geology, PalaeontologyAt https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/it-blew-my-mind-long-lost-ice-age-ecosystem-including-fossils-of-lion-size-armadillo-and-giant-ground-sloth-discovered-in-texas-water-cave ... a cave in Texas has revealed a long lost Ice Age ecosystem we are told. The fossils were just lying in mud,

Gambling in the Past
5 April 2026 >I suppose gambling has been around a long time - but I didn't expect this ... https://phys.org/news/2026-03-native-americans-dice-gambling-exploring.html ... this article is about Native American dice

Raknehaugen
5 April 2026 > ArchaeologyAt https://phys.org/news/2026-03-scandinavia-largest-burial-mound-monument.html ... using LiDAR it is being suggested Raknehaugen, Scandinavia's largest burial mound, may have been built in response to a devastating landslide rather

Pan-STARRS C/2025 R3
2 April 2026 > AstronomyAt https://spaceweather.com ... for March 26th, and again, today, April 2nd ... we now have news of a naked eye comet rounding the Sun. Not

Precipitation in the Sahara during the Holocene
2 April 2026 > Catastrophism, Climate changeAt https://phys.org/news/2026-03-sediment-core-reveals-years-precipitation.html ... a sediment core from the Sahara. Well, from an oasis lake in Chad. We more or less know that rainfall in the

Laschamp Dating
30 March 2026 >This story is at https://phys.org/news/2026-03-laschamps-geomagnetic-excursion-today-aviation.html ... Finnish scientists have been looking at how a geomagnetic excursion event might affect flights from Helsinki airport. I would

Medieval Ibiza
30 March 2026 > Archaeology, GeneticsGenetics is chipping into archaeological discoveries. Back in the day, islands such as Ibiza became part of the Islamic world. Ibiza being first colonised from

Rujm el-Hiri
30 March 2026 > Ancient history, ArchaeologyAt https://phys.org/news/2026-03-israel-stonehenge-longer-satellite-technology.html ... Rujm el-Hiri on the Golan Heights has often been compared to Stonehenge. Mainly because it is an elaborate stone circle - without

A Meteor exploding in the Psalms
30 March 2026 > Astronomy, CatastrophismBill Thompson sent in a link to Psalm 29:1-5 and 9-11 that can be added to his compilation of catastrophic events, including those recorded in

Giant Insects
29 March 2026 >At https://phys.org/news/2026-03-massive-insect-body-size-million.html ... 300 million years ago Earth was quite different. The continents had coalesced into Pangea and there were high oxygen levels. Water teemed

Tooth Enamel in Ancient Iraq
29 March 2026 > Archaeology, DatingAt https://phys.org/news/2026-03-dinner-tooth-enamel-reveals-early.html ... the bodies of people found in the streets of Nineveh after its conquest and destruction by the Medes and Babylonians in 612BC

Late Neanderthals in Europe
29 March 2026 > Anthropology, Archaeology, GeneticsAt https://phys.org/news/2026-03-europe-late-neanderthals-descended-population.html ... a new DNA analysis of European Neanderthals has found genetic evidence of another mass die-off event. Around 75,000 years ago. In the

Pliosaur Skull
27 March 2026 > Biology, CatastrophismAt https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/03/most-complete-fossil-skull-found-cliff/ ... a massive pliosaur skull dating back to the late Jurassic has been found sticking out of a cliff in Dorset's 'Jurassic Coast.'

Monte Verde
24 March 2026 > Archaeology, Dating, GeologyAt https://phys.org/news/2026-03-monte-verde-fieldwork-resets-age.html ... Monte Verde is a site in southern Chile that has been associated with early human activity, prior to Clovis in North America.

Sundaland and Homo erectus
24 March 2026 >At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/03/java-sea-homo-erectus-giant-beasts-discovery/ ... dredging in the Madura Strait in Java uncovered ancient animal remains and two pieces of skull. They are said to belong to

catastrophism in myth
24 March 2026 >William sent in a link to a video on MSN. It discusses how religions and myths around the world may have preserved memory of ancient

Doggerland Forest
19 March 2026 > Biology, Dating, Genetics, GeologyAt https://phys.org/news/2026-03-north-sea-lost-world-habitable.html ... it seems forests were growing in what is now Doggerland. Or at least along the line of the river running up through

Meteor explodes over Cleveland Ohio
19 March 2026 > Astronomy, CatastrophismWilliam sent in the link to a news story at MSN. It is also at https://phys.org/news/2026-03-meteor-falling-cleveland-states.html ... who, in this instance, are quick off the

San Rock Paintings
18 March 2026 > Archaeology, GeologyAt https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/03/cave-paintings-reveal-strange-creatures/ ... we are told a mysterious rock painting in a cave in southern Africa depicts a horned serpent. It has tusks, and a