They’re back! This just in from Pinter and the gang. It’s a rehash of Pinter’s Powerpoint at the AMQUA conference last fall. I have some pretty good notes regarding his points at that time and will write a little blog when I get the entire paper and read it (something I am not sure they do).
I should have responded to the AMQUA attack at the time, but with two kids, two…
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CCNet ESSAY: IMPACT AND THE END OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE WEST
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By E.P. Grondine
BARBARIANS, VOLCANO, PLAGUE, BARBARIANS, RESPITE;
COMETS, FAMINES, PLAGUES, BARBARIANS, A SHORTER RESPITE;
EARTHQUAKE, IMPACT, FATAL INFLUENZA, BARBARIANS…
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I was not surprised to see the paper below this week in Science. I have read all of Mike Baillie’s books, as well as ‘Catastrophe’ by David Keys, leaving me feeling as though I had actually lived through the 6th Century.
The inescapable conclusion of the popular books and the hard science is that something quite horrid happened during this period. Dr. Baillie, one the…
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Here is an interesting little article I found wandering about the net. Please note ALL the text below is reposted from Darrien Naish — and not original. My “Block Quotes” still are not working so it is hard to distinguish off-site material from my own.
Here is Darrien’s original blog: http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2011/01/ancient_egyptian_pygmy_mammoth.php
As the…
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Atlantis (in Greek, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, “island of Atlas“) is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato‘s dialogues Timaeus and Critias.
In Plato’s account, Atlantis was a naval power lying “in front of the Pillars of Hercules” that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon…
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