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Is there a second Sphinx

5 April 2026 > Ancient history, Archaeology
This 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
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Fossils of the Ice Age, Fossils of the Jurassic

5 April 2026 > Geology, Palaeontology
At 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,
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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
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Raknehaugen

5 April 2026 > Archaeology
At 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
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Pan-STARRS C/2025 R3

2 April 2026 > Astronomy
At https://spaceweather.com ... for March 26th, and again, today, April 2nd ...  we now have news of a naked eye comet rounding the Sun. Not
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Precipitation in the Sahara during the Holocene

2 April 2026 > Catastrophism, Climate change
At 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
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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
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Medieval Ibiza

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

30 March 2026 > Ancient history, Archaeology
At 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
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A Meteor exploding in the Psalms

30 March 2026 > Astronomy, Catastrophism
Bill 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
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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
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Tooth Enamel in Ancient Iraq

29 March 2026 > Archaeology, Dating
At 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
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Late Neanderthals in Europe

29 March 2026 > Anthropology, Archaeology, Genetics
At 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
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Pliosaur Skull

27 March 2026 > Biology, Catastrophism
At 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.'
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Monte Verde

24 March 2026 > Archaeology, Dating, Geology
At 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.
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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
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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
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Doggerland Forest

19 March 2026 > Biology, Dating, Genetics, Geology
At 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
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Meteor explodes over Cleveland Ohio

19 March 2026 > Astronomy, Catastrophism
William 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
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San Rock Paintings

18 March 2026 > Archaeology, Geology
At 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
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