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sommestone, 6 months ago to random

Trilobites rise from the ashes to reveal ancient map

Ten newly discovered species of trilobites, hidden for 490 million years in a little-studied part of Thailand, could be the missing pieces in an intricate puzzle of ancient world geography.

Trilobites are extinct sea creatures with half-moon-shaped heads that breathed through their legs.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231121175322.htm

sommestone, 6 months ago to random

‘Dolomite Problem’: 200-year-old geology mystery resolved
For 200 years, scientists have failed to grow a common mineral in the laboratory under the conditions believed to have formed it naturally. Now, a team of researchers have finally pulled it off, thanks to a new theory developed from atomic simulations.

Dolomite is very abundant in rocks older than 100 million years, but nearly absent in younger formations.

https://scienmag.com/dolomite-problem-200-year-old-geology-mystery-resolved/

sommestone, 6 months ago to random

Why Scotland needs a legal framework to protect its living cultural heritage

From the island of St Kilda 40 miles west of the Hebrides, to Edinburgh’s splendid Georgian New Town, Scotland is a nation rich in cultural heritage, some of which is Unesco-protected. As well as the country’s globally renowned castles and monuments, Scotland has an enormous resource of intangible cultural heritage (ICH).

https://theconversation.com/why-scotland-needs-a-legal-framework-to-protect-its-living-cultural-heritage-217233

sommestone, 6 months ago to random

The Govan Stones and Glasgow's Lost Kingdom

They became collectively known as the Govan Stones and compromise of a sarcophagus with carved animals, five gravestones known as “hogbacks” (distinctive house-shaped stones found mostly in Scandinavian and Northern English settlements), two upright cross-shafts, two cross-slabs and around 21 stones that had been laid horizontally to cover graves.

https://www.historicmysteries.com/govan-stones/

sommestone, 6 months ago to random

Staddle stones

Staddle stones or steddle stones were originally used as supporting bases for granaries, hayricks, game larders, etc. The staddle stones lifted the granaries above the ground thereby protecting the stored grain from vermin and water seepage. In Middle English staddle or stadle is stathel, from Old English stathol, a foundation, support or trunk of a tree. They can be mainly found in Great Britain, Norway ("stabbur"), Galicia and Asturias (Northern Spain)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staddle_stones

sommestone, 9 months ago to random

Cave Full of Untouched Maya Artifacts Found at Chichén Itzá

Archaeologists are hypothesizing that many of the buildings in the archaeological site were built on top of cenotes, or underground lakes. Researchers are attempting to find and map this subterranean world as part of the Chichén Itzá Underground Project, part of the broader Great Maya Aquifer Project.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cave-full-untouched-maya-artifacts-found-chichen-itza-180971622/

sommestone, 9 months ago to random

Modern Practical Masonry by E.G Warland is a classic and remains one of the finest books ever published on stone masonry. It is particularly valuable for its treatment of geometry detailing and setting out. It is also a valuable guide to the methods of masonry construction used up to the middle of this century.

https://archive.org/details/E.G.Warland1929/mode/2up

sommestone, 1 year ago to random

Dublin stonemasons given 14 pints of ale a day in 1565

Records from January 1565 show that stonemasons working at a quarry in Clontarf, Dublin, were provided with an allowance of 14 pints of ale per day by the proctor of Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin.

Documents from Dublin Castle showed that the household staff consumed 264,000 pints of beer in 1590, which averaged up to eight pints each per day - a similar amount to what was consumed in England in this period.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/1012/911736-beer-16th-century-ireland/