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The Red Planet Was Once Blue? Until recently, scientists believed that the undulating topography found on Mars' surface conflicted with theories that oceans once existed on the planet. Now, scientists at UC Berkley have discovered that the elevation variations along the Martian shoreline might have been caused by the movement of Mars' spin axis. Their calculations indicate that the Arabia and Deuteronilus shorelines may actually be the remaining footprints of an ocean that once covered one third of the planet's surface.

 

 

             Word of the day   

 

ASTHENOPIA:       (noun)  A tiredness of the eyes caused by prolong close
                              work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem.

Synonyms:            eyestrain

Usage:                  The archaeologist and forensics lab worker developed asthenopia due to the long
                            hours he spent in tiny fossil or evidence  recovery.

                                

 

Archaeological Playing Cards given to Soldiers in Iraq  

  

 

 

FIRST GUNSHOT WOUND FOUND!

                                             

 

Along with hastily buried skeletons apparently killed by Spanish invaders, archaeologists uncovered a number of Inca mummy bundles at a newly discovered historic cemetery near Lima, Peru.

According to Guillermo Cock, leader of the archaeological expedition, the contrast between the carefully preserved mummies and the haphazard arrangement of the other skeletons highlights the chaos that ensued during the Spanish invasion of the Inca Empire.

The graveyard includes three bodies showing signs of gunshot wounds, including a skull that likely belongs to the first person from the New World to be killed with a firearm.  National Geographic, June 20,2007