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'X-Men: Apocalypse': A long and loud hero vs. hero duel

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 27 May 2016
Speaking of Ohio, that's where director Bryan Singer opts to drop down following his movie's 4th millennium BC prologue (a coup in Sabar Nur's pyramid - angry ......

Loathed By Farmers, Loved By Ancients: The Strange History Of Tiger Nuts

Edit National Public Radio 28 Apr 2016
The earliest records of tiger nuts date back to ancient Egypt, where they were valuable and loved enough to be entombed and discovered with buried Egyptians as far back as the 4th millennium B.C ... The earliest records of tiger nuts date back to ancient Egypt, where they were valuable and loved enough to be entombed and discovered with buried Egyptians as far back as the 4th millennium B.C....

Take the Energy out of the Power of Hate - Rawlings

Edit Graphic 16 Dec 2015
TAKE THE ENERGY OUT OF THE POWER OF HATE. RAWLINGS. ADDRESS BY H. E. JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 4TH MILLENNIUM EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2015 AT THE GREAT HALL, KNUST – 11TH DECEMBER, 2015 ... Allow me to commend the Millennium Excellence Foundation for its consistency in setting a high standard in recognizing the roles many illustrious sons and daughters of our country have played in various facets of our national development ... ....

The plague's deadly pedigree goes back 3,000 years earlier than thought

Edit The Los Angeles Times 22 Oct 2015
pestis had emerged by the end of the 4th millennium BC (somewhere around 3,000 BC), and had spread across Eurasia in the centuries that followed. “These early plagues may have been responsible for the suggested population declines in the late 4th millennium BC and the early 3rd millennium BC,” the scientists wrote....

9 reasons to visit Georgia now

Edit CNN 13 Aug 2015
(CNN)Out on the fringes of Europe, the former Soviet Republic of Georgia is a country shrouded in mystery ... Until recently, many would have struggled to place the country of Georgia on the map (or at least mistake it for the U.S. state of the same name), but it's quickly becoming one of Europe's hottest new destinations ... 1. Tbilisi ... Archeologists trace the first settlement in today's Tbilisi to the 4th millennium B.C ... 2. Ushguli ... 3 ... 4 ... 5. Supra....

We Didn't Build This City On Rock 'N' Roll. It Was Yogurt

Edit National Public Radio 16 Jul 2015
2.49 PM ET. Adam Maskevich. i. Cylinder seal and impression showing a cattle herd at the cowshed from Mesopotamia in the Uruk Period (4100 BC–3000 BC). via Wikimedia hide caption. itoggle caption via Wikimedia ... via Wikimedia ... Plants, mainly grains like wheat, were domesticated first, followed by sheep and goats roughly a millennium later ... Cows didn't show up as domesticated species until around the 4th millennium BC. The Salt ... i ... hide caption ... ....

AstraZeneca reveals findings of archaeological dig as build gets underway at Cambridge Biomedical Campus (AstraZeneca plc)

Edit noodls 11 Jun 2015
(Source. AstraZeneca plc). AstraZeneca today announced the findings of archaeological excavations on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, which will be home to the Company's new, purpose-built global R&D centre and corporate headquarters from the end of 2016 ... The main findings were. Pottery and flint dating back to the Early Neolithic period in the 4th millennium BC ... The excavations were carried out by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit....

Barbican announces Transcender 2015 line-up (Barbican Centre)

Edit noodls 15 May 2015
(Source. Barbican Centre). Transcender 2015. Thursday 24 September - Sunday 27 September 2015. Barbican Hall, Union Chapel, Village Underground, LSO St Luke's. Tickets £17.50-£45 ... · Arifa ... Tickets ... Based on Mesopotamian texts from as early as the 4th millennium BC, the project is composed for voice and the Lyre of Ur (a reconstruction of a 4500-year-old instrument which was excavated in the early 20th century from the Royal Graves at Ur) ... ....

GUINNESS PRO12: Round 20 Preview (Irish Rugby Football Union)

Edit noodls 22 Apr 2015
(Source. Irish Rugby Football Union). The action kicks off with perhaps the most eagerly anticipated game of the round at the Kingspan Stadium in Belfast ... All eyes in Wales will be on the 'Judgement Day' double header at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday ... Cardiff Blues (10th) v Ospreys (4th), Millennium Stadium, 2.30pm (live BBC 2 Wales) ... Newport Gwent Dragons (9th) v Scarlets (7th), Millennium Stadium, 4.45pm (live S4C). distributed by....

UNESCO welcomes re-opening of Iraq’s National Museum in Baghdad (UN - United Nations)

Edit noodls 03 Mar 2015
(Source. UN - United Nations) UNESCO welcomes re-opening of Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad ... Among the major artefacts are the Sumerian sacred vase and the masque of Warka (4th millennium BCE), the head of an Akkadian ruler from Nineveh (ca.2250-2200 BCE), an Assyrian cuneiform slab from Nimrud (first half of 1st millennium BCE), a Babylonian terracotta lion (19-18th century BCE), and a stucco panel from Samarra (9th century CE)....

UNESCO welcomes re-opening of Iraq’s National Museum in Baghdad

Edit United Nations 02 Mar 2015
Print ... Among the major artefacts are the Sumerian sacred vase and the masque of Warka (4th millennium BCE), the head of an Akkadian ruler from Nineveh (ca.2250-2200 BCE), an Assyrian cuneiform slab from Nimrud (first half of 1st millennium BCE), a Babylonian terracotta lion (19-18th century BCE), and a stucco panel from Samarra (9th century CE). News Tracker. past stories on this issue ... Source. United Nations Press Release....

Humans Have Been Getting High Since Prehistoric Times, Research Shows

Edit Huffington Post 12 Feb 2015
The seeds of mescal beans, found in what is now southern Texas and northern Mexico, date from the end of the ninth millennium B.C ... Remains of poppy seed capsules and traces of opiates have been discovered in the plaque and bones of human skeletons dating back to the 4th millennium B.C., along with prehistoric art showing parts of the poppy being used in religious ceremonies....

DISCOVERIES AND FRESH-TO-THE-MARKET OBJECTS DOMINATE TEFAF 2014 (TEFAF Maastricht)

Edit noodls 02 Dec 2014
The oldest object at the Fair, a large Egyptian black basalt vase with two small pierced handles, dating from the Predynastic Period (Naqada I), first half of the 4th millennium BC, is being exhibited by Syore Ancient Art, Geneva (stand 436)....
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