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- Elephant's Tomb in Carmona may have been a temple to the God Mithras
- The great industrial bake-off
- Justinianic Plague was caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis, DNA of skeletal remains shows
| Elephant's Tomb in Carmona may have been a temple to the God Mithras Posted: 10 May 2013 04:55 AM PDT The so-called Elephant's Tomb in the Roman necropolis of Carmona (Seville, Spain) was not always used for burials. The original structure of the building and a window through which the sun shines directly in the equinoxes suggest that it was a temple of Mithraism, an unofficial religion in the Roman Empire. The position of Taurus and Scorpio during the equinoxes gives force to the theory. |
| Posted: 10 May 2013 04:55 AM PDT Not everyone can rustle up a Victoria sponge, lemon drizzle cake or a jam roly-poly, so shop-bought cakes remain a mainstay of high tea for many a household. Thankfully, quality control on food production lines continues to improve. Now, a research article shows how a simple set of rules can spot critical points in the cake-making process and through careful design improve even exceedingly good cakes. |
| Justinianic Plague was caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis, DNA of skeletal remains shows Posted: 10 May 2013 04:54 AM PDT Ancient DNA analyses of skeletal remains of plague victims from the 6th century AD provide information about the phylogeny and the place of origin of this pandemic. |
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