By Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Staff Writer
posted: 25 July 2007 11:33 am ET
"The liver of a child mummy preserved for 500 years still holds samples of the hepatitis B virus. The mummy, along with other recently unearthed in South Korea, will help scientists understand how the virus evolved to its present state and what to expect in the future.
"This is a 'know your enemy' expedition to see if we can get information that can help today's—and tomorrow’s—sufferers," said Mark Spigelman of the Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Spigelman is a paleo-epidemiologist, who studies ancient diseases found on mummified bodies to shed light on the modern forms of such illnesses.
This is the first time hepatitis B has been spotted in a mummified body..."
For full article go to:
http://www.livescience.com/health/070724_korean_mummy.html
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Octopus helps unearth ancient pottery
July 24, 2007
AFP via yahoo.com
"South Korean archaeologists said Tuesday they have discovered a sunken vessel packed with ancient pottery, in an exploration prompted by an octopus which attached its suckers to a plate.
The 12th-century wooden vessel was found buried in mud flats off Taean, southwest of Seoul, the National Maritime Museum said.
More than 2,000 pieces of 12th-century bowls, plates and other types of pottery were heaped inside the 7.7 meter (25-foot) vessel, it said. "I believe the pottery might have been made for royals and the ruling elite of the Koryo Dynasty," which ruled the peninsula from 916 to 1392,
museum head Seong Nack-Jun told reporters.
The exploration began in early June after shards of celadon pieces were found attached to the suckers of several webfoot octopuses which a fisherman had netted..."
View full article at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070724/ts_afp/skoreaarchaeologyoctopusoffbeat_070724045206;_ylt=AhpErjKzQcr30nwsyhco.vFFeQoB
AFP via yahoo.com
"South Korean archaeologists said Tuesday they have discovered a sunken vessel packed with ancient pottery, in an exploration prompted by an octopus which attached its suckers to a plate.
The 12th-century wooden vessel was found buried in mud flats off Taean, southwest of Seoul, the National Maritime Museum said.
More than 2,000 pieces of 12th-century bowls, plates and other types of pottery were heaped inside the 7.7 meter (25-foot) vessel, it said. "I believe the pottery might have been made for royals and the ruling elite of the Koryo Dynasty," which ruled the peninsula from 916 to 1392,
museum head Seong Nack-Jun told reporters.
The exploration began in early June after shards of celadon pieces were found attached to the suckers of several webfoot octopuses which a fisherman had netted..."
View full article at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070724/ts_afp/skoreaarchaeologyoctopusoffbeat_070724045206;_ylt=AhpErjKzQcr30nwsyhco.vFFeQoB
Monday, July 16, 2007
Gold in Bulgaria
Associated Press via Yahoo.com
7/16/2007
"A 2,400-year-old golden mask that once belonged to a Thracian king was unearthed in a timber-lined tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, archaeologists said Monday.
The mask, discovered over the weekend, was found in the tomb along with a solid gold ring engraved with a Greek inscription and the portrait of a bearded man.
"These finds confirm the assumption that they are part of the lavish burial of a Thracian king," said Margarita Tacheva, a professor who was on the dig near the village of Topolchane, 180 miles east of the capital, Sofia.
Georgi Kitov, the team leader, said that they also found a silver rhyton, silver and bronze vessels, pottery and funerary gifts..."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070716/ap_on_re_eu/ancient_mask
7/16/2007
"A 2,400-year-old golden mask that once belonged to a Thracian king was unearthed in a timber-lined tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, archaeologists said Monday.
The mask, discovered over the weekend, was found in the tomb along with a solid gold ring engraved with a Greek inscription and the portrait of a bearded man.
"These finds confirm the assumption that they are part of the lavish burial of a Thracian king," said Margarita Tacheva, a professor who was on the dig near the village of Topolchane, 180 miles east of the capital, Sofia.
Georgi Kitov, the team leader, said that they also found a silver rhyton, silver and bronze vessels, pottery and funerary gifts..."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070716/ap_on_re_eu/ancient_mask
Friday, July 6, 2007
Finding Tuthmosis I
"Egypt will run DNA tests on an unidentified mummy to determine whether it is the pharaoh Tuthmosis I, who ruled over a period of military expansion and extensive construction, state news agency MENA said on Tuesday.
Egypt's chief archaeologist Zahi Hawass said the findings would be compared with DNA from mummies of known members of Tuthmosis's family, including Queen Hatshepsut, whose mummy was identified last week, and Kings Tuthmosis II and III, according to MENA.
Hawass said on Wednesday that he had recently concluded that a mummy once assumed to be that of Tuthmosis I was not in fact his, but belonged to a much younger man who died from an arrow wound..."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070703/sc_nm/egypt_mummy_dc;_ylt=AtJkT3kOZgjl2VhGSYsDNBYhANEA
Egypt's chief archaeologist Zahi Hawass said the findings would be compared with DNA from mummies of known members of Tuthmosis's family, including Queen Hatshepsut, whose mummy was identified last week, and Kings Tuthmosis II and III, according to MENA.
Hawass said on Wednesday that he had recently concluded that a mummy once assumed to be that of Tuthmosis I was not in fact his, but belonged to a much younger man who died from an arrow wound..."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070703/sc_nm/egypt_mummy_dc;_ylt=AtJkT3kOZgjl2VhGSYsDNBYhANEA
China's terracotta tomb site hides mystery building
Reuters
yahoo.com
July 1, 2007
"The tomb of China's first emperor, guarded for more than 2,000 years by 8,000 terracotta warriors and horses, has yielded up another archaeological secret.
After five years of research, archaeologists have confirmed that a 30-meter-high building is buried in the vast mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang near the former capital, Xian, in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.
Duan Qingbo, a researcher with Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology, said the building might have been constructed for the soul of the emperor to depart..."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/china_mausoleum_dc;_ylt=A0WTcU9RYY5GukoBAR9FeQoB
yahoo.com
July 1, 2007
"The tomb of China's first emperor, guarded for more than 2,000 years by 8,000 terracotta warriors and horses, has yielded up another archaeological secret.
After five years of research, archaeologists have confirmed that a 30-meter-high building is buried in the vast mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang near the former capital, Xian, in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.
Duan Qingbo, a researcher with Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology, said the building might have been constructed for the soul of the emperor to depart..."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/china_mausoleum_dc;_ylt=A0WTcU9RYY5GukoBAR9FeQoB
Raphael sells for more than $37.3m
BBC.com
7/6/07
"A painting by Renaissance artist Raphael has sold for more than £18m ($37.3m) at an auction in London.
The portrait, of Florentine ruler Lorenzo de' Medici, had not been seen in public since 1968.
When it was last sold, the art world was divided over its origins and it sold for just $325.
But experts now agree it is genuine - Christie's auctioneers describing it as the most important Renaissance portrait to be sold at auction for a generation..."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6275906.stm
7/6/07
"A painting by Renaissance artist Raphael has sold for more than £18m ($37.3m) at an auction in London.
The portrait, of Florentine ruler Lorenzo de' Medici, had not been seen in public since 1968.
When it was last sold, the art world was divided over its origins and it sold for just $325.
But experts now agree it is genuine - Christie's auctioneers describing it as the most important Renaissance portrait to be sold at auction for a generation..."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6275906.stm
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