Archaeological Finds We just keep finding more evidence proving there were attacks on settlements going back into the mists of time. One of the reasons may have been food shortages. Another could just have been it was thought to be easier to steal from others than have to hunt and farm. It seems the idea of stealing from others and the lack of caring for human life goes back to the very beginning of time. Archaeologists believe they may have found Europe’s first monument builders, but like anything else we might find older ones one day. These people were clearly trying to protect themselves from attack. They had built a settlement and protected it with a double palisade and a ditch around it. One would not do this unless they felt they were in danger from other humans. The settlement was said to be from about 6,300 years ago. It was situated in what is now France. The people may have lived together in the large wooden houses of the settlement. Evidence seems to show there were only a few of these large houses. We could be wrong in thinking the structures were homes, they could have been used for something else. Archaeologists believe they have found evidence proving Homo sapiens went to Europe 10,000 years earlier than originally thought. It is now believed modern humans went into Europe about 54,000 years ago. The evidence prompted the experts to make what I call a guess. They said they tried to colonize Europe but failed. Somehow, I don’t think these ancient people thought that way. I believe they were looking for better hunting grounds and maybe even more plentiful plants, but I am not the expert. I do like to think of myself as a student of human nature. If they tried to settle and got wiped out from time to time, maybe it was because not enough of them went to Europe and their presence may have offended other types of humans such as the Neanderthals. If I were to ask people what was the most vicious dinosaur ever, I bet most of the time they would say it was the T-Rex. This has been drummed into our heads from books, movies and television. Something has been found which might disprove this. An even older species of dinosaur was found named Tyannosaurus mcraeensis. It had mistakenly thought to be a T-Rex. It is in the same family, but not the same animal. Two fossil skulls were found in New Mexico. They were displayed at a museum and mistakenly labeled as T-Rex. One of the big differences is the lower jaw. There are no hornlets over the tops of the eyes like the ones on a T-Rex. Archaeologists think some of these animals might have been bigger than a T-Rex. A study was conducted at Stonehenge and some surprising things were found out. I just want to first mention one fact which I have always thought was important when talking about Stonehenge. When Scientists came across it, it looked different. Eventually, they put it back together in a way they believed it must have looked. Anyway, scientists discovered a stone, known as the altar stone, came from a different place than the other stones. I had a thought about this and it was maybe the altar stone came from an even older structure and was moved to Stonehenge. It could have been considered sacred. It may not have come directly from another quarry or whatever. Sauropods were giant dinosaurs with very long necks. They weighed an incredible 50 tons or more. Scientists were wondering how they could support all this weight while moving around. They think they found the answer. The animals developed soft pads on the bottom of their feet. I have to admit nature does some incredible things. There is just something fascinating about medieval objects. Anyone who sees a medieval suit of armor has to admit it looks really cool. Maybe that is why when a medieval gauntlet was discovered everyone got quite excited. It was found during an excavation near Kyburg Castle in Switzerland. One of the things that made the discovery even better was the fact the gauntlet was in great shape. A forge was also found near the castle in the past and it contained a mold and over 50 metal objects. There was also a hammer, tweezers, and other tools and objects. Something was found in Ecuador in the Amazon which has been given the name the Valley of Lost Cities. I think that name says it all. It was discovered using LIDAR, which is able to look through growth. LIDAR stands for Light Detection and Ranging. It is amazing how many villages, cities and structures have already been found using this technique. It eliminated all the digging which used to have taken place before discovery. Now much of the digging is done after the discovery to uncover what was already found. There seems to be a story about ancient giants every once in a while. One I found claims a giant skeleton was found in 2012 and shows the giants in photos, which unfortunately doesn’t prove much today. It is said several geologists were following a vein of gold when they came across these skeletons. In one photo one giant had a ribcage the size of an average man, in another it looked like the giant was so big it had a head about 5 feet tall. It was also said there was a strange looking tombstone and a piece was broken off, taken to a lab and examined and found to be composed of 55 percent gold dust. It is said one skeleton was sent to Moscow and nothing was heard about the giants after that. Scientists believe they have unearthed the lost continent of Agroland, which was said to be lost from 155 million years ago. Pieces of it were said to have been found in Southeast Asia. It is said to have been part of a land mass about the size of the United States. The investigation lasted 7 years. Something strange has been happening over the years in Scotland. It started in 1952 when a schoolboy dug up a 4,000-year-old Egyptian masterpiece. Over the next 30 years 18 more Egyptian treasures were found in the area by schoolboys. One has to admit this is most unusual to find ancient Egyptian artifacts in the ground in Scotland. How these treasures got into the ground is a mystery, but a lot of guesses have been made, but no solid facts.
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