🔴 Scientists grow ‘lost tree’ mentioned in Bible using mysterious 1,000-year-old seed
“Researchers suspected the “Sheba” tree to be a candidate for the “Judean Balsam” or “Balm of Judea”, which was cultivated exclusively in the desert region of southern Levant during Biblical times.”
“The Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 had its roots in the Palestinian–Israeli conflict, much as the fighting between Hezbollah and Israel does today.”
And at that time, the Israeli ground invasion resulted only in catastrophic results for all concerned – and set the stage for the founding and growth of Hezbollah, according to a professor of Middle East Studies.
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🔴 Romans’ siege wall in Masada may have been built in a fortnight, study finds
“The researchers estimate that the siege wall could have been completed by the 6,000-8,000 soldiers in less than two weeks, leaving them free to concentrate on building a ramp that ultimately breached the fortress.”
🔴 Romans’ siege wall in Masada may have been built in a fortnight, study finds
“The researchers estimate that the siege wall could have been completed by the 6,000-8,000 soldiers in less than two weeks, leaving them free to concentrate on building a ramp that ultimately breached the fortress.”
🔴 🏴 🇮🇷 Amazing’ Viking-age treasure travelled half the world to Scotland, analysis finds
“It is a star object of the Galloway Hoard, the richest collection of Viking-age objects ever found in Britain or Ireland, buried in AD900 and unearthed in a field in Scotland. Now a lidded silver vessel has been identified as being of west Asian origin, transported halfway around the world more than 1,000 years ago.”
🔴 Prozac entering waterways is changing how fish behave and reproduce, study says
“Even at low concentrations, fluoxetine altered the guppies’ body condition and increased the size of their gonopodium, while simultaneously reducing sperm velocity – an essential factor for reproductive success,” study co-author Upama Aich from Monash University in Australia said.
Since the first #DNC in 1932, the convention has had a long and storied #history with headline-grabbing moments, from ‘Yippies’ in 1968 trying to elect a literal pig, to historic political messaging of hope and unity.
🔴 🇬🇧 🎥 The Story of British Pathé – Around the World
“A fascinating introduction to the history of the pioneering newsreel company British Pathé, which documented almost every aspect of everyday life in Britain and around the world in the 20th century.”
#Video length: fifty nine minutes and sixteen seconds.
🔴 🇪🇸 Archaeologists unearth ‘hidden empire’ after discovering long-lost Roman city
“Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered a trove of ancient Roman settlements that could point to the existence of a “hidden empire” previously unknown to historians.”
🔴 🌡️ What is the hottest temperature humans can survive? These labs are redefining the limit
“As climate change heats the Earth, blistering days have become a regular feature of weather reports worldwide. Last month, the record for the world’s hottest day was broken twice, and the United Nations made a global call for action on extreme heat, to help vulnerable people, workers and economies to cope using science. Around 70% of the global workforce — 2.4 billion people — are now at high risk of extreme heat, it said.”
🔴 🇹🇷 University of Michigan Archaeologists Unearth Persian Gold in Historic Turkish Site
“University of Michigan archaeologists have uncovered a Persian gold hoard in Turkey, providing a rare glimpse into the ancient world and the interconnectedness of early civilizations.”
🔴 🇹🇷 ‘World’s oldest calendar’ found carved onto ancient monument
“The timekeeping system, unearthed at the Gobekli Tepe site in mountains of Anatolia in Turkey, suggests people were accurately recording dates 10,000 years before it was documented in Greece in 150 BC.”
“The effects of the assassination attempt on Trump are so far in line with authoritarian history. Chief among its aftereffects is a boost to Trump’s victimhood persona.”
The US government CAN administer #reparations if it chose to:
The federal government has paid compensation to victims of terrorism, wrongful convictions, natural disasters and Japanese American interned during WWII. It has paid coal miners, farmers and fishermen, and partial restitution to thousands of descendants of Native American tribes.
These programs refute that they would be too difficult and expensive to administer. https://theconversation.com/paying-reparations-for-slavery-is-possible-232675 #BlackMastodon@blackmastodon#News