Denmark Discovery Paints Brutal Picture of Barbarian War Rituals

Archaeologists just unearthed a 2,000 year old mass grave in Denmark and the conclusions they’re drawing from what they found paint a picture of some pretty gruesome war rituals. The bodies in the grave are victims of a battle fought 2,000 years ago by barbarian Germanic tribes in Northern Europe. PNAS The skeletal remains in the mass grave discovered in the Alken Enge wetlands in Jutland, Denmark gives archaeologists the earliest direct evidence of conflict among the Germanic peoples.

Lava Closing in on Hawaiian Power Plant - This is NOT Good

All eyes this morning are focused on the Puna Geothermal Venture power plant on the big island of Hawaii as lava from the erupting Kilauea volcano gets closer to the site. The plant provides 25% of the power for the island, and its loss would be devastating, but it’s the toxic element that has people more concerned. PXHere From NPR: The plant harvests hot liquid and steam from underground wells to drive turbine generators for electricity, which is then sold to the state’s utility.

These Stonehenge Images Will Make You Re-Think Everything You Knew About It

When one thinks of timeless monuments to humanity, they often (probably) think of the pyramids of Giza, the giant heads on Easter Island and the monoliths of Stonehenge. Wikimedia Commons Based on the findings of archaeologists and other scientists, the Wiltshire, England circle of large stones is believed to have dated back to 3000 to 2000 BC, with recent tests pointing to the site being 500 years older than previously thought.

Another Strange Sea Creature Washes Ashore - What's Going On?

Something is going on in the lightless depths of our oceans and seas. For months now, various seaside communities have been witnesses to the sudden arrival of washed-up corpses of mysterious or extremely rare marine creatures. The trend actually began several years ago when a previously unknown organism that looked like a cross between an alligator and a sturgeon washed ashore in England Daily Express Then, in March of 2018, residents in Waycross, Georgia awoke one morning to find a ‘Loch Ness’ like creature lying dead on the unpopulated beach.

Deciphered Clay Tablets Reveal Whereabouts of Lost City

Archaeologists had always known that the Northern Mesopotamian city of Mardaman had existed, they just didn’t know where. They had read about it in ancient texts, and knew that it had existed as a provincial capital that had been conquered and destroyed many times between 2200 and 1200 BC, but they just didn’t know exactly where it lay. University of Tuebingen Until now. From the NY Post: The discovery of clay tablets in Iraqi Kurdistan has helped archaeologists unlock the mystery of an ancient lost city.

170 Million Year Old Living Fossil Now Being Eaten Out of Existence

It’s been on earth for about 170 million years, but thanks to a epicurean demand for its meat, this salamander now finds itself on the verge of extinction. This has come to light after a four year research study has shown that the muddy brown salamander has almost completely vanished from its freshwater habitats. Flickr The problem stems from the rise in popularity of the salamander as a favorite dish in China and the East.

California's Recent Quake Storm Has Some People Worried - Is Something Bigger Around the Corner

California has been recently shaken by relatively small earthquakes, but there is concern that the tremors may be something similar to the birth pangs of women, in that they start out weak and infrequent and grow in number and intensity. In the early evening of May 14, the San Francisco Bay area was roiled by what was originally reported as a 3.8 magnitude quake with an epicenter 2 miles east of Oakland.

Last Week an Asteroid the Size of A Pyramid Buzzed the Earth - Here's How Close It Got

Believed to have disappeared in some cosmic mishap of change in trajectory, asteroid 2019 WC9 has reappeared in foreboding fashion, writes the UK’s Express. Max Pixel Said to be bigger than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, WC9 was first spotted in 2010 by astronomers in Australia. As quickly as it was located, it disappeared. On May 15, however, the asteroid hurtled perilously close to Earth, skimming by at just 126,000 miles from our planet, the closest it will be to earth for the next 300 years.

Google Announces Project with Defense Dept, Then Strikes "Don't Be Evil" From Code of Conduct

The main question you’ll have after reading this article is whether or not Google made this decision before or after entering into a secret project with the government. Totalitarianism is the form of government that subjects the individual to the centralized rule of a tyrannical master that puts all forms of public and private production and consumption under its control. Wikimedia Commons A big part of a government’s ability to wrangle in the population is its co-opting of large corporations under the banner of carrying out the ‘state’s business’.