Three Inca mummies found near the lofty summit of Volcán Llullaillaco in Argentina were so well preserved that they put a human face on the ancient ritual of capacocha—which ended with their sacrifice. Now the bodies of 13-year-old Llullaillaco Maiden and her younger companions Llullaillaco Boy and Lightning Girl have revealed that mind-altering substances played a part in their deaths and during the year-long series of ceremonial processes that […]
Now, there’s the mystery of the coffin within the coffin. Archaeologists working at the site in central England where Richard III’s body was found underneath a parking lot are currently puzzling over a sealed lead coffin containing the remains of a yet-to-be-identified person. The lead coffin was found encased in a larger stone coffin. The smaller coffin is intact “except for a hole at one end of the casket through […]
While much of the world has baked in a heat wave this month, new research points to a surprising culprit when it comes to killing us—plants. A study published this week in the peer-reviewed journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics found that during heat waves, plants tend to absorb less pollution from the air. That puts more people at risk of developing respiratory complications, which can lead to death. (Related: “How […]
•Downpours have caused flash-flooding in the South East and the Midlands •Market Bosworth in Leicestershire endured 61mm of rain yesterday •The average rainfall for July was 80mm according to experts •Met Office has increased weather warning to amber •It urged residents in the Midlands and north of England to be prepared The Met Office has issued an ‘amber warning’ following a night of torrential rain, thunder and lightning across the […]
Rachel Dougall was sentenced to 12 months for failing to report a crime She was jailed in Bali’s notorious and squalid Kerobokan Prison Dougall has spoken publicly for the first time after returning to Britain Mother-of-one has told how she suffered a nervous breakdown in prison Cowering on a wafer-thin floor mat in an Indonesian prison, Rachel Dougall could do little but cover her face with her hands as a […]
A gunman killed six people overnight at a Florida apartment complex before police shot him dead following a shootout, authorities said early Saturday. The suspect barricaded himself in an apartment in Hialeah, a Miami suburb, where he was holding two people hostage, a man and a woman, police spokesman Sgt. Eddie Rodriguez said. Hialeah police received a call at 6:30 p.m. of a shooting. When they arrived at the scene, […]
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The Obama administration will not make a formal determination as to whether the ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy by the military was a coup, a senior administration official told CNN’s Jill Dougherty on Thursday. A coup determination would force the United States to end military aid to Egypt. “The law does not require us to make a formal determination as to whether a coup took place and it is […]
US company Halliburton will plead guilty to destroying evidence relating to the 2010 Gulf Of Mexico oil spill. The plea agreement, which is subject to court approval, means Halliburton will have to pay the maximum possible fine. The spill occurred at BP’s Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico and was the worst in US history. BP had accused Houston-based Halliburton, its contractor, of destroying evidence and asked it to […]
•Chloe Waddell died after suffering from an undiagnosed serious heart defect •Had been training four times a week in hope of making 2016 Rio team •She had a heart almost twice the normal size for a girl her age, experts said •The night before her death she became unwell after drinking alcohol • Combination of her natural disease process and alcohol consumption resulted in her having cardiac arrhythmia or cardiac […]
