Stephen Cook: Continuing the fascinating historic revelations that Gaia brought to light in 2013.  Thanks to Janis

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By MessagetoEagle, January 1, 2013 – www.messagetoeaglue.com | Thanks to Golden Age of Gaia.

2013 was a great year for archaelogists and historians examining our secretful past. Several significant discoveries were made and we have now reason to learn more about our anscestors and the history of planet Earth.

We have put together a list of some of the most eye-catching and interesting archaeological events that captured our attention.

12. Bizarre Old Ring With License To Kill

The ring wasn’t always only a symbol of wealth, infinity, friendship and a magical talisman that protected from injuries and “the evil eye”. In ancient times, the ring was also a harbinger of doom, the envy of the gods or a bad omen.

A few months ago, archaeologists digging at the ruins of the medieval fortress on Cape Kaliakra, near the town of Kavarna on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, found a well-preserved poison ring. Read more

13. World’s Oldest Calendar Reveals The Beginning Of Time

Archaeologists revealed they have discovered what could be the world’s oldest created by hunter-gatherer societies and dating back to around 8,000 BC. The lunar calendar was found in an Aberdeenshire field in Scotland.

Researchers discovered that a monument created by hunter gatherers in Aberdeenshire nearly 10,000 years ago appears to mimic the phases of the Moon in order to track lunar months over the course of a year. Read more

14. Neolithic Houses And Hundreds Of Clay Figurines Unearthed In Greece

Over 300 clay figurines have been unearthed by archaeologists studying a Neolithic archaeological site of Koutroulou Magoula near the Greek village of Neo Monastiri, around 160 miles from Athens, Greece. The figurines were found all over the site, with some located on wall foundations.

It’s believed the purpose of figurines was not only as aesthetic art, but also to convey and reflect ideas about a community’s culture, society and identity. Read more

15. Special Crystal Offers Evidence Magical Viking Sunstones Were Real

Archaeologists have discovered a special crystal that suggests legendary Viking sunstones did exists in reality.

It is believed that Vikings used so-called sunstones as a compass to find their way in arctic waters. Researchers suggest that sunstones could have been held up toward the center of the sky, allowing sunlight to hit it and get polarized and broken into an “ordinary” and an “extraordinary” beam. Read more

16. One Of The Oldest Treasures Found In Europe

The findings, which are almost 8000 year old, contain Early Neolithic jewelry and female figurines. The unique hoard is comprised of some 80 objects made of stone, clay and bone.

“This collection from Belica, in all its completeness, provides a unique glimpse into the symbols of the earliest farmers and herdsmen in Europe… Read more

17. Mysterious Skulls Linked To An Ancient Zombie Apocalypse

Several puzzling ancient skulls with their faces smashed in offer possible evidence our ancestors attempted to fight a zombie apocalypse.

Who were these mysterious feared beings whose skulls were exhumed and detached from their bodies several years after originally being buried? Read more

 18. Ancient Tomb Reveals Secrets Of The 17th Dynasty Of Ancient Egypt

Spanish researchers have found the burials of four personages belonging to the elite of the 17th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, who lived about 3.550 years ago on the hill of Dra Abu el-Naga in Luxor (ancient Thebes).

The findings shed light on a little-known historical period in which Thebes becomes the capital of the kingdom and the empire’s foundations become established with the dominance of Egypt over Palestine and Syria to the north, and over Nubia to the south. Read more

19. Scientists Decipher Previously Invisible Texts In Ancient Manuscripts

Using very sophisticated multispectral imaging methods, scientists have been able to decipher up to three text layers in the manuscripts, which were superimposed on each other.

The manuscript in Jerusalem originates from the famous Library of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem. Read more

20. Earliest Complete Human Figurine Unearthed On Cyprus

The age of the statue could range from 10,500 to 11,000 years old based on the fact it was discovered at a site Ayia Varvara-Asprokremnos (AVA) that has been radio-carbon dated to between 8800-8600 BC, near the beginning of the Neolithic Period – also known as the Late Stone Age – when the transition from hunting to farming economies was occurring throughout the Middle East.

The discovery supports a new theory that humans occupied the tiny Mediterranean island about 1,000 years earlier than previously believed — a discovery that fills an important gap in Cypriot history. Read more

21. One Of The World’s Oldest Ancient Egyptian Sundials

A group of scientists have discovered on of the world’s oldest Egyptian sundials. The sundial was found while the team was clearing the entrance to one of the tombs. The researchers found a flattened piece of limestone (so-called Ostracon) on which a semicircle in black color had been drawn.

The semicircle is divided into twelve sections of about 15 degrees each. Read more