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We know lots about the Roman stone trade and how they transported stone from quarries to building sites over long distances. Lots of Roman worked

A study in Current Biology 'Repeated evolution of divergent modes of herbivory in non-avian dinosaurs' at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.10.050 ... herbivore dinosaurs evolved many times over the

At https://phys.org/news/2019-12-osiris-rex-mission-bennu-mysterious-partic... ... shortly after NASAs OSIRIS REx spacecraft arrived at Bennu it was discovered the asteroid was active - dislodging particles into space. After

At https://spaceweather.com/  (5th December 2019) we have details of a planetary wave supercharging noctilucent clouds in the southern hemisphere. NASAs AIM spacecraft detected the phenomena

Sent in by William - https://phys.org/news/2019-12-nasa-exoplanet-hunting-mission-natural-com... ... NASAs exoplanet hunting mission has caught images of a comet outburst in unprecedented detail - an explosive emission

Another mainstream theory ruptured it would seem. At https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2019/12/02/astronomers-see-stars-slingin... ... stars and comets as dance partners, linked into a gravitational celestial interaction that was predicted

In Current Archaeology 358 (January 2020) we learn about the discovery of timbered houses in a Yorkshire quarry - at Killerby. They were preserved in

This comes from www.everythingselectric.com/eie-141/ ... and seems to have its origins at Thunderbolts (but see also www.everythingselectric.com/eie-140/ .... an interview with Montgomery Childs on the

At https://phys.org/news/2019-12-justinianic-plague-landmark-pandemic.html ... which is derived from https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1903797116 ... a new study shows the historicity of the Justinian pandemic is inconsistent with facts on the

At www.scotsman.com/news/people/painstaking-clean-up-of-scottish-viking-hoa... ... a painstaking clean-up process of a Viking hoard buried in Scotland over a thousand years ago is unlocking new information on their

Gary sent in this link to www.dailymail.co.uk/science-tech/article-7733203/ ... earth's rocky surface is the result of meteor bombardment as a result of extraterrestrial impacts smashing into

At https://noqreport.com/2019/11/10/archaeological-discovery-shiloh-matches... ... this appears to be one to accept or to feel a trifle sceptical. An archaeological discovery at Shiloh matches perfectly with the

Gary sent in the link www.sciencealert.com/lion-cub-mummies-feature-in-huge-ancient-egypt-find ... Egyptian archaeologists unearthed a cache of 75 wooden and bronze statues and 5 lion cub mummies decorated with

At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2019/11/dinosaur-skull-turns... ... a dinosaur skull unearthed in 2015 is causing a problem. It was the skull of a styracosaurus, complete with horns. The differences

At www.space.com/interstellar-comet-borisov-photo-keck-observatory.html ... it is interesting to see how the idea Comet 21/Borisov is an interstellar intruder has become a mainstream mantra - without any

At https://phys.org/news/2019-11-jupiter-great-red-demise-greatly.html ... reports of the demise of Jupiter's Great Red Spot are greatly exaggerated we are told. It seems visible clouds hide the true

The ancient Egyptians mummified a number of different animals, from bulls to crocodiles. They also mummified the sacred Ibis bird - but did they harvest

At https://phys.org/news/2019-11-photos-evidence-life-mars-ohio.html ... it seems insect might have lived on Mars. Are they the vermin of Velikovsky? An Ohio University professor says we already have

At www.thevintagenews.com/2019/11/14/florida-native-american-settlement/ ... a LiDAR survey of Florida has thrown up evidence of a huge Native American settlement on Raleigh Island - going back to

Interesting link at https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/11/19/the-measurements-of-the-expansion... ... which concerns the different measurements of the expansion of the universe that have been a feature of angst amongst cosmologists.