Egyptian mummy mask of a Queen from the 19th dynasty During the reign of Ramesses II Ca. 1200 BCE (This is made out of Wood). These ancient artisans were very talented. This carved image of her almost looks like she’s coming to life.-Sola Egyptian Eyeliner May Have Warded Off Disease | Science Eyeliner was first […]
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Benefits Of Ancient Essential Oils: Frankincense & Myrrh
Frankincense—also known as olibanum—and myrrh have been traded in North Africa and the Middle East for upwards of 5,000 years. Frankincense was charred and ground into a power to make the heavy kohl eyeliner Egyptian women famously wore. Sacks of frankincense and potted saplings of myrrh-producing trees appear in murals decorating the walls of a temple […]
Read MorePrince William Has Indian Ancestry?
DNA testing has revealed that Prince William will become the first British monarch of Indian ancestry. A clear genetic line has been drawn between the Duke of Cambridge and a half-Indian woman, potentially marking him as the first King whose bloodline is descended from the country. Analysis of saliva samples on relatives of Prince William […]
Read MoreAn artificial toe from Egypt-world’s first medical prosthetic?
The original Cairo toe, made out of wood and leather, is housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The toe was found attached to a female mummy near Luxor and is thought to date back to between 950 and 710 B.C. If the parts were indeed used to help ancient Egyptians missing a big toe walk […]
Read More3,000 Year Old Egyptian Woman with 70 HAIR EXTENSIONS Intact
The only way is EGYPT! 3,000-year-old remains of woman unearthed with 70 hair extensions tied in intricate layers. The pieces were elaborate creations, with one recently uncovered in an Egyptian coffin made up of 70 elaborate extensions fastened together. Out of 100 skulls analysed, 28 still had hair. The type of hair ranged from curly black […]
Read More5,600 years old Black Mummy Child of Libya, Africa
Mummification knowledge at 5,600 years old, this pre-dates Ancient Egyptian Civilization… Wan Muhuggiag (Muhjaij) Mummy, Tashwinat, Libya The Tashwinat Mummy of a child found in Wan Muhuggiag (or Uan Mughjaj), Tadrart Acacus, Fezzan, southern Libya, by Professor Mori in 1958. The mummy was thought to be at least 5400 years old and therefore it is […]
Read MoreThe Golden Ratio Formula for Beauty?
It has long been said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and thought that beauty varies by race, culture or era. The evidence, however, shows that our perception of physical beauty is hard wired into our being and based on how closely the features of one’s face reflect phi in their proportions. […]
Read MoreEarth 2.3+ Billion Years Older Than Presumed?
Researchers looked at 52 samples, 2.75 to 3.2 billion years old, which had been collected in South Africa and northwestern Australia. They are by excellence among the oldest rocks on our planet. We might have to take a second look at the evolution of life on earth. A study on ancient soils has shown that […]
Read MoreIncredible Human Journey Out Of Africa
Dr. Alice Roberts travels the globe to discover the incredible story of how humans left Africa to colonise the world — overcoming hostile terrain, extreme weather and other species of human. She pieces together precious fragments of bone, stone and new DNA evidence and discovers how this journey changed these African ancestors into the people […]
Read MoreBook: Out Of Eden
In a brilliant synthesis of genetic, archaeological, linguistic and climatic data, Oppenheimer challenges current thinking with his claim that there was only one successful migration out of Africa. In 1988 Newsweek headlined the startling discovery that everyone alive on the earth today can trace their maternal DNA back to one woman who lived in Africa […]
Read MoreEve (Discovery Channel)
Broadcast (2002) Narrated by Danny Glover, “The Real Eve” reveals that our shared genetic heritage links every living person on earth and traces the expansion of modern humans throughout the world. The discovery of the Eve gene stunned the world. It seems we could all be descended from just one female who lived in Africa. […]
Read MoreScientists unearthed world’s oldest human SKIN? Found in South Africa
Anthropologists say they have discovered human skin belonging to 2 million year-old fossils in the remains of six ancient skeletons found in South Africa. The discovery may be the oldest skin ever found, and could even hold the key to valuable details about early humans’ lives. Organic materials including the remains of their last meals […]
Read MoreScience: The women with super-human vision
These rare individuals, mostly women, have a genetic mutation granting them an extra, fourth cone cell. As a rough approximation based on the number of these extra cones, tetrachromats might see 100 million colors. Since women have two X chromosomes, they could potentially carry two different versions of the gene, each encoding for a cone […]
Read MoreIn 2013 a 2.8-million-year-old jawbone found in Ethiopia, Africa
Scientists found the fossil in 2013 in the Ledi-Geraru research area in the Afar Regional State in Ethiopia may represent the earliest ancient human fossil ever discovered — pushing back the known origins of humankind by 500,000 years. The remains, alongside a digital reconstruction of a damaged fossil from a key early-human species, point to […]
Read MoreOur Love For Gold
Since the time of King Mansa Musa and before that, there were ancient African gold mines as far down the Continent as South Africa. Hello every one, I tried to share some of the best Royal African Kings and Queens photos with their amazing Gold jewelry. I love accessories; so sharing things like this with […]
Read MoreWhen a man’s pupils dilate
There is a strong correlation between arousal and specific eye movements like dilation and blink rate. Our eyes naturally dilate to allow more light in, but dilation also occurs in response to cognitive and emotional events. So when we’re interested or in any way emotionally stimulated — positively or negatively — in what we’re looking […]
Read MoreScience: Hourglass Shape = High IQ?
An hourglass figure speaks of high intelligence in a study of sixteen Thousand women (16,000). –Model Melyssa Ford Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California have found that ladies with an hourglass figure can boast a higher level of intelligence than lanky or rounder women this can be explained by the fact […]
Read MoreWhy Does Shopping Make You Happy?
Modest financial rewards make consumers happier and less stressed – both emotionally and biologically, according to a new study. Neuroeconomist Dr. Paul Zak discusses the impact oxytocin has on shoppers. Paul J. Zak | Psychology Today What drives our desire to behave morally? Neuroeconomist Paul Zak shows why he believes oxytocin (he calls it “the […]
Read More3,000 Year-Old Hieroglyphics In The Temple Of Seti I In Abydos
Curious looking things. When the plaster first originally fell off, it was covered up again for 8 years. I’m not sure as to why the government/archaeologist covered it up but I watched countless documentaries and read different theories world wide on these images; No definite conclusion on this matter. People can’t seem to agree on what this […]
Read MoreAlbinism around the world
Indian albino man Rosetauri Pullman has 2 albino wives, 7 albino children. The Pullan children Shankar, 24, Ramkishan, 19, and Vijay, 25 (back row), along with daughters Deepa, 21 (left) and Pooja, 18 (right) all inherited albinism from their father Rosetauri and mother Mani (centre). Those with the condition do not produce enough melanin pigment, […]
Read MoreNeuro-science: How the brain views race
How the brain responds to and processes images of people from different racial groups is an emerging field of investigation that could have major implications for society. Psychologist Elizabeth Phelps of New York University, in New York, who in 2000 led one of the first studies in this area, tells Nature what her latest review […]
Read MoreTektite: 28 million year old Libyan Glass found in the Sahara desert of Africa
Tutankhamen’s impeccably preserved brooch was recovered along with the numerous other artifacts within his tomb in 1922. The striking yellow-brown scarab that is set at its heart is made of a yellow silica glass stone procured from the sand of the Sahara. Researchers believe the silica glass was originally formed 28 million years ago. There are […]
Read MoreReading changes your brain
Researchers found that compared to the days on which participants didn’t read the novel, they were able to identify “three independent networks that had significant increases in connectivity.” Two of these networks involved brain “regions previously associated with perspective taking and story comprehension.” These networks showed a decay in connectivity after the participants were done […]
Read More10 Odd things that makes you smart
Intelligence is one of those hard-to-define qualities, which fall into the category of ‘things you know when you see.’ Fortunately, many attempts have been made to quantify intelligence, and we’ve begun to discover patterns, suggesting links between intelligence and certain characteristics. Here I will explain some of the surprising characteristics which have been found to […]
Read MoreApp Measures Which Friends Are Stressing You Out And Blocks Them
A new app called “pplkpr” is designed to help you recognize unhealthy relationships in your life. By measuring your emotions via a heart-rate monitor, the app figures out which friends stress you out more often than they make you happy. Then it manages your social life so you don’t hang out with them anymore. […]
Read MoreThe Science Guy: Bill Nye “There is no such thing as race”
William Sanford “Bill” Nye, popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is an American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer,scientist, and former mechanical engineer, best known as the host of the Disney/PBS children’s science show Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993–98) and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science […]
Read MoreThe Dogon Tribe from Mali, Africa
The Dogon people are an ethnic group in Mali, West Africa, reported by some researchers to have traditional astronomical knowledge about Sirius that would normally be considered impossible without the use of telescopes. According to Marcel Griaule‘s books Conversations with Ogotemmêli and The Pale Fox they knew about the fifty-year orbital period of Sirius and […]
Read MoreNootropics
Harder, better, faster — the Silicon Valley way of life. Where your mind is your money, some techies are turning to smart drugs to enhance brain performance.
Read MoreInformation Overload?
“How does information overload impact you?” That’s the question Jonathan Spira, chief analyst at Basex, a knowledge economy research firm, asked senior executives at companies including IBM, NBC, Research in Motion, and Siemens, among others. The answers may surprise you. http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/mar/09/reading-multimedia-overload In a world flooded with too much information, brevity is a […]
Read MoreElectricity can dramatically improve mental focus?
Napping can Dramatically Increase Learning, Memory … What Is the Best Way to Improve Your Brain Power for Life … Focus@Will claims to boost brain power by 400 PER CENT …
Read MoreAncient Uranium mines extracted in Africa 1.8 Billion years ago
I read and heard about old extracted diamond & gold mines in Africa way before the De Beers family and other foreign companies started mining years ago, but for whatever reason Uranium just went over my head. I love this scientific controversial stuff. Great channel> Beyond Science and others below. In 1972, a French factory […]
Read MoreEuropeans had dark skin, blue eyes 7,000 years ago, according to science.
According to researchers, this particular ancient man had a combination of African and European genes that led to dark skin and light eyes. Surprise! Ancient European had dark skin and blue eyes … Sunlight changes Many scientists have believed that lighter skin gradually arose in Europeans starting around 40,000 years ago, soon after people left […]
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