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The famous Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza will close over the Easter holiday. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/mexico-closes-chichen-itza-after-tourists-refuse-to-wear-masks

A show on gladiators featuring the most famous collection of gladiatorial weapons and accoutrements in the world opened virtually at Naples' National Archaeological Museum (MANN) on Wednesday. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2021/03/31/gladiator-show-opens-in-naples_8cff40c2-a5db-48ba-b885-5262865aef22.html

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 1976: Apple Computer By Mick Ferris, Press Association, AP, UPI, calendar.songfacts.com, classicbands.com and thisdayinmusic.com 1318: Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English. 1748: The ruins of Pompeii are rediscovered by Spaniard Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre. 1789: The U.S. House of Representatives held its first full meeting in New York; Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first House speaker. 1826: Samuel Morey was granted a patent on the internal combustion engine. 1873: Birth of composer Sergei Rachmaninoff in Novgorod, Russia. 1891: The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Ill., by William Wrigley, Jr., originally selling goods such as soap and baking powder. A year later Wrigley would start packaging packets of gum with each tin of baking powder. The rest is history. 1917: Ragtime composer Scott Joplin dies of syphilitic dementia at age 49 in New York City. 1918: Toward the end of World War I, the British founded the Royal Air Force.

6,500 years before Stonehenge and 7,000 years before the pyramids were constructed, a cult megalithic complex sat atop the hills near current day Sanliurfa, in southeast Turkey.  *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places/megalithic-origins-g-bekli-tepe-and-ancient-peru-same-architects-008402

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2021/03/ship-moving-mind-power-win-a-murder-hornet-child-hackers-and-more-mysterious-news-briefly-march-31-2021/

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Fish was not on the menu of the hunter-gatherers of southern Europe 27,000 years ago. Surprisingly, people on the Iberian Peninsula in the Late Gravettian period mostly ate plants and land animals such as rabbits, deer and horses.  *** Read the rest of this article:  https://phys.org/news/2021-03-analysis-ancient-bones-reveals-stone.html

Crosses etched in mysterious abundance across the walls of Christianity’s most sacred church were long assumed to be graffiti, but they may be the work of mediaeval masons paid to carve them by pilgrims, research suggests. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-religion-easter-holy-sepulchre-crosse/graffiti-or-homage-hi-tech-imaging-sheds-light-on-holy-sepulchre-wall-crosses-idUSKBN2BN0YP?rpc=401&

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of the largest known Roman-era pottery production site in Poland, dating back 1,700 years. The area has been linked to the Przeworsk culture, which is part of an Iron Age archaeological complex stretching over central and southern Poland. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://notesfrompoland.com/2021/03/31/one-of-europes-largest-roman-era-pottery-production-sites-discovered-in-poland/

Even older than the Great Pyramids of Giza. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.livescience.com/shigir-idol-older-than-thought.html

Archaeologists have discovered a cemetery linked to a long-gone monastery underneath a car park. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/skeletons-and-tunnel-used-to-transport-human-bones-found-under-car-park-20948

The Limes Arabicus was a defensive line that formed part of the wider Roman limes system, demarcating the border of the Roman province of Arabia Petraea to the frontier lands of Arabia, known as Arabia Magna and Arabia Felix. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/the-limes-arabicus-the-desert-frontier-of-the-roman-empire/138363

The oldest salt production house dating back millennia has been discovered buried under the soil. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/archaeological-find-older-stonehenge-unearthed-20284136

Stone Age Britons extracted salt from seawater using industrial-style processes more than 5500 years ago. The discovery means people in Great Britain were producing salt thousands of years earlier than thought, before the Bronze Age. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.newscientist.com/article/2272916-ancient-britons-extracted-salt-from-seawater-more-than-5500-years-ago/

Computers compare minute style details. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/machine-learning-reads-arnhem-land-rock-art/

Archaeologist says neolithic discovery may be among oldest salt-processing sites in western Europe. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/31/dig-reveals-6000-year-old-salt-hub-in-north-yorkshire

1889: The Eiffel Tower By Mick Ferris, Press Association, AP, UPI, calendar.songfacts.com, classicbands.com and thisdayinmusic.com 1492: King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued an edict expelling Jews from Spanish soil, except those willing to convert to Christianity. 1521: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St Lazarus, The Philippines. 1596: Birth of French philosopher Rene Descartes. 1657: Parliament makes the Humble Petition to Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, offering him the crown, which he declines. 1685: Birth of composer Johann Sebastian Bach in Eisenach, Germany. 1727: Death of Isaac Newton aged 84. 1732: Birth of Franz Joseph Haydn in Vienna. 1770: Immanuel Kant is appointed Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Königsberg. 1796: Goethe’s “Egmont” premieres in Weimar. 1814: Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris. 1822: Massacre of the population of the Greek island of Chios by soldiers of the Ott

Maumee River Monster is a river monster also known as a river dragon. First reported in Napoleon, Ohio. On September 13, 1902, many persons have seen the animal, and its appearance is accurately described. In form the creature is said to be somewhat like a river lizard, although considerably larger. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://anomalien.com/the-maumee-monster-the-mystery-of-river-dragon/

Heavy rains preceded the worms' appearance. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.livescience.com/squirming-worm-tornado-new-jersey.html

The top of the storm cloud reached the stratosphere. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.livescience.com/super-cold-thunderstorm-temperature.html

https://nationalufocenter.com/blog/2021/03/29/filers-files-13-2021-nazi-disc-craft/

 https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2021/03/emdrive-tests-dark-matter-discoveries-monkey-vision-and-more-mysterious-news-briefly-march-30-2021/

Earth has experienced five major mass extinction events over the past 500 million years. Massive volcanic eruptions have been identified as the major driver of the environmental changes that precipitated at least three of these extinction events. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2021/03/30/end-cretaceous-volcanism-not-linked-to-the-demise-of-dinosaurs/?sh=61490db0635a

These tiny creatures existed during the early Cambrian. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.livescience.com/ancient-octopus-relative-fossil.html

The Theopetra Cave in Thessaly, Central Greece, was formed in the Upper Cretaceous period, 137,000,000 – 65,000,000 years before the present time. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/29/findings-in-theopetra-cave-shed-light-on-neolithic-era-in-greece/

Pavlopetri, also called Paulopetri, is a submerged ancient town, located between the islet of Pavlopetri and the Pounta coast of Laconia, on the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/sunken-cities-and-settlements/138302

One of the major North American archaeological discoveries of the 20th century was made in 1967 by a bulldozer crew preparing a site for a movie theater in the small fishing village of Port au Choix (PAC), on Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula.  *** Read the rest of this article:  https://quillette.com/2021/03/29/the-campaign-to-thwart-paleogenetic-research-into-north-americas-indigenous-peoples/

The extinct human lineage nicknamed "the hobbit" may not be a distant relative of modern humans as previously thought. Instead, hobbits may be members of the mysterious close relatives of modern humans known as Denisovans, and may have interbred with ancestors of modern humans on the islands of Southeast Asia, researchers say. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.livescience.com/mysterious-hobbits-human-lineage-identity.html

Integrating palaeoclimatological proxies and historical records, which is necessary to achieve a more complete understanding of climate impacts on past societies, is a challenging task, often leading to unsatisfactory and even contradictory conclusions.  *** Read the rest of this article:  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-021-03043-x

1923: Laconia By Mick Ferris, Press Association, AP, UPI, calendar.songfacts.com, classicbands.com and thisdayinmusic.com 1296: Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during an armed conflict between Scotland and England. 1533: Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury. 1674: Jethro Tull, inventor of the see drill, is born. 1822: Florida became a United States territory. 1842: Physician Dr. Crawford W. Long of Jefferson, Georgia, first used ether as an anesthetic during a minor operation. He placed an ether-soaked towel over the face of James Venable and removed a tumour from his neck. This event predated Morton’s public demonstration of ether by four years, but was not disclosed until 1849 in the Southern Medical Journal, which was after Morton's widely publicized feat.  1853: Birth of artist Vincent van Gogh. 1856: Russia signs the Treaty of Paris, ending the Crimean War. 1858: A U.S. patent was granted to Hymen Lipman for a pencil with an attached eraser. 1867: U.S. Secretary

Taking photos today is literally a snap. Not so long ago however the process was a bit more complicated. Gremlins and ghosts in the machine were common… but is there more than meets the eye? *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.thevintagenews.com/2021/03/29/ghost-2/

Neanderthals, our evolutionary cousins, used toothpicks nearly 46,000 years ago, a new study of their teeth has revealed. *** Read the rest of this article:  http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/neanderthal-toothpicks-09497.html

 https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2021/03/lunar-hamster-ball-political-bigfoot-octopus-dreams-and-more-mysterious-news-briefly-march-29-2021/

Ancient Egyptians mummified cats, dogs, ibises and other animals, but closer to home in the South American Atacama desert, parrot mummies reveal that between 1100 and 1450 CE, trade from other areas brought parrots and macaws to oasis communities, according to an international and interdisciplinary team. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://phys.org/news/2021-03-mummified-parrots-ancient-atacama.html

The Loch Ness Monster has reportedly been spotted for a fifth time this year after a dark shape appeared on the surface of the water. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/loch-ness-monster-seen-fifth-23808287

New data indicating that the planet's surface broke up about 3.2 billion years ago helps clarify how shifting plates drove the evolution of complex life. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.wired.com/story/ancient-rocks-reveal-when-earths-plate-tectonics-began/

Residents of Mentor, Ohio have recently been abuzz about sightings and video evidence of a mysterious, ghostly little figure scampering around. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://boingboing.net/2021/03/24/childlike-ghost-caught-on-video-and-spotted-by-police-in-ohio.html

The Triassic period started 252 million years ago after the Permian-Triassic extinction event, and in the 50 million years before the next extinction event, huge reptiles evolved and ruled the planet. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.newscientist.com/article/2272135-did-you-know-triassic-dinosaurs-werent-very-big/

Fossilised snails, pieces of bone, teeth and jaw fragments have been discovered at a construction site in the Swiss capital’s main railway station. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/first-fossils-dug-up-at-bern-train-station/46489270

Humans may be in a new geologic epoch—the Anthropocene—but different groups define its start at varied times. When should the Anthropocene have begun? *** Read the rest of this article:  https://eos.org/articles/the-difficulty-of-defining-the-anthropocene

To this day, archaeologists and other scientists have been unable to identify with certainty who the bronze statues depict, when they were created — and how on earth they ended up in Calabria. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/29/mystery-ancient-greek-masterpieces-recovered-off-italy/

Protecting and safeguarding archaeological sites of immeasurable value is largely possible today thanks to skills developed in space that can protect human legacy from all kind of aggression. This is an area of expertise where Leonardo has become a market leader, both in Italy and internationally. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.leonardocompany.com/en/news-and-stories-detail/-/detail/leonardo-space-technology-helps-protect-the-el-tajin-unesco-world-heritage-site-in-mexico

A team of researchers has established the relation between the position of the monuments of the Supe Culture (Perú), their orientations, and some astronomical and topographic features, which opens the way to the analysis of the way the inhabitants of this valley conceived space and time 5000 years ago. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://phys.org/news/2021-03-astronomy-landscape-city-caral-oldest.html

One warrior was also buried with a decapitated eagle-owl. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/iron-age-warriors-were-laid-to-rest-on-fluffy-down-pillows/

Adam Bryczek had been roaming his land near the town of Kraśnik in south-eastern Poland, when he came across what appeared to be a large hole. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/farmer-finds-ice-age-cave-over-11000-years-old-hidden-under-his-field-20884

Most of the relic has been destroyed by farmers who tried to remove the mural in an effort to expand their arable land.  *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9413869/Archaeologists-discover-3-200-year-old-shrine-knife-wielding-SPIDER-god.html

1974: The Terracotta Army By Mick Ferris, Press Association, AP, UPI, calendar.songfacts.com, classicbands.com and thisdayinmusic.com 1461: Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Duke of York defeats the Lancastrian army, deposes King Henry VI and proclaims himself King Edward IV. 1638: Swedish colonists settled in present-day Delaware. 1673: Charles II accepts the Test Act where Roman Catholics are excluded from public functions. 1795: Ludwig van Beethoven makes his debut as a pianist in Vienna. 1798: Republic of Switzerland formed. 1812: Lucy Payne Washington, sister-in-law of U.S. President James Madison, married Supreme Court Justice Thomas Dodd in the first wedding performed in the White House. 1827: Ludwig van Beethoven’s burial in Vienna. 20,000 attend. 1847: US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico. 1848: Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam. 1849: Britain formally annexs the Punjab. 1864: Britain gives the Ionian Islands back to Greece. 1867: Britain’s Parliame

Siddak Singh Jhamat, known as Sid, said he was "excited" to find the fossil in his garden in Walsall after digging for worms. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-56554925

Agamemnon is a major figure in Greek mythology. He was a king of Mycenae, and the supreme commander of the Greeks during the Trojan War. Therefore, he plays a significant role in Homer’s  Iliad.  *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/agamemnon-0015108