Crumbgrabber

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26673663

100,000-year-old remains from Tinshemet Cave are of same age as other early burials found in Israel, and point to a broad shared culture between Sapiens and Neanderthal

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26612266

I sat on the bench in front of his stall and he didn't immediately start playing with my hair and I got confused. Turns out he was snoozing.

He's totally blind, but that doesn't stop him. He's constantly causing mischief. He ripped the religious head covering off of one the instructors and wouldn't give it back to her. I had to shield her with my coat while she wrestled with him because she can't let men other than her husband see her hair. We both laughed about the whole thing

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/25429359

Experts are investigating the discovery of a mysterious Roman artefact uncovered in an Iron Age settlement under an Ayrshire distillery.

Archaeologists believe the enamelled bronze brooch may have been placed in the foundations of the fortified roundhouse as a sacrifice during its construction to grant "protection" to the household.

The item, thought to have dated from about the second century AD, was found during an excavation at the William Grant and Sons Girvan Distillery at the Curragh in South Ayrshire in 2020.

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The brooch was thought to be a popular design among Roman military personnel, but examples of the artefacts have been more commonly discovered in present-day central Europe, the Rhineland and Switzerland.

It would have arrived in Scotland at about the time the Roman Empire was losing its grip on the south of the country.

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Jordan Barbour, who co-authored a report into the find, said it was unclear how the brooch passed from Roman hands to those of the Britons.

But he said it was a possible the artefact was a "trophy won in battle".

He said: "It's the only Roman artefact recovered from the site. If the inhabitants had established regular trade with Roman Britain, we might expect to find a greater variety of Roman objects, but this is a solidly native context.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/22962386

Look at this mf contraption I found randomly online

Finally figured it out. He left his cans out too long, but by tomorrow he will be correct again.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/19155945

Work is under way to create a mine water heating system which will supply hundreds of homes.

Water from disused mines will eventually be used to heat houses in a new community near Seaham in County Durham.

Half the 1,500 homes on the Seaham Garden Village development, which will be built over the next 10 years, will be heated through an ultra-low carbon district heat network.

Councillor Mark Wilkes, Durham County Council cabinet member for neighbourhoods and climate change, said the project will have "significant environmental benefits".

Water is extracted from former coal workings to protect the groundwater aquifer which provides drinking water to households.

This water is extracted and treated to remove heavy metals before being discharged out to sea.

The heat in the water currently dissipates into the atmosphere but, under the new project, it will instead feed into the heat network.

Miners' legacy Durham County Council, the MRA and Karbon Homes are working together on the scheme to heat 750 affordable homes at Seaham Garden Village, with Vital Energi designing, building and operating the heat network.

The mine water project has received £4.3m from the government's Heat Networks Investment Project, including £3.23m towards construction.

Wilkes said the mine water will be "there for the long-term, for decades".

"If you think about oil and gas, these are finite resources that are coming from overseas," he said.

"This is right here in County Durham. It's that legacy from all of those people who worked in the mines."