The Rosetta Stone is 3 feet 9 inches long and 2 feet 41/2 inches wide – (114x72x28cm). It is dark grey-pinkish granite stone (originally thought to be basalt in composition) with writing on it in two languages, Egyptian and Greek, using three scripts, Hieroglyphic, Demotic Egyptian and Greek. Because Greek was well known, the stone was the key to deciphering the hieroglyphs.
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In October 1932, while digging for gold in the San Pedro mountains, Carbon County, Wyoming, two prospectors, Cecil Mayne and Frank Carr, blasted their way through some thick rock that a large vein of gold continued into. When the dust settled, they saw they had opened up a small room, approximately 4 ft tall, 4 ft wide, and about 15 ft deep. This is where they claimed that they first saw the mummy of a tiny person.
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Sacred Geometry: Flower of Life : The ‘Flower of Life’ can be found in all major religions of the world
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The story of Sawney Bean is one of the most gruesome Scottish legends, the plot of which would not look out of place in any modern horror/slasher movie. Evidence suggests the tale dates to the early 18th century.
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Skeleton of 12,000-year-old shaman discovered. The skeleton of a 12,000 year-old Natufian Shaman has been discovered in northern Israel by archaeologists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Sicily Crypts: Place Where The Dead Don’t Sleep.It has been said that Sicilians have an obsession with death. It is still very common to see elderly Sicilian widows wearing black for the remainder of their lives and a tradition of professional mourners once existed for centuries.
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Dr Zahi Hawass, the controversial former head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities under President Mubaraks regime, has announced that there are significant discoveries still to be made in the Valley of the Kings, including a secret burial chamber which he believes lies in wait inside the Great Pyramid.
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Stone Age Britons had a sophisticated knowledge of geometry to rival Pythagoras 2,000 years before the Greek ‘father of numbers’ was born, according to a new study of Stonehenge.
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Stonehenge is a British wonder of the ancient world – it’s also as familiar a part of our landscape as the White Cliffs of Dover.
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Stonehenge served as a burial ground for much longer than had previously been believed, new research suggests.
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