A cuneiform tablet has been discovered in Sidon, making it the first piece of writing found at the 5,000-year-old site, and the second to have come out of excavations in Lebanon. It was found near a doorway, and seems to be a record of some kind of rationing.

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We spent a few days travelling around Bulgaria and then came back for Adam and Tasha's wedding.

We then travelled around Northern Greece but we are back for Becca and Tassos' wedding.

We had an excellent time.

Details are now fully posted to our travel blog.

You all have my details, if you lost them and want them, email me.

We have all watched the disturbing images in Americas south over the past week plus ( Read more... )

We've decided to go on a road trip after deciding that flying wasn't for us right now ( Read more... )

ANDERSON - Name Meaning & Origin Definition: Patronymic surname meaning "son of Andrew." Andrew (man, manly) was the first of Jesus' disciples, and was a revered name in medieval times due to its church connections. St. Andrew is the patron saint of both Scotland and Russia. Many Danes, Norwegians and Swedes who emigrated to America with the last ( Read more... )

Idea taken from babblingbart and adamnedsoul

Olsen.

Definition: From the Old Norse "Oleifr," meaning "son of Olaf," or ancestor's relic.

Surname Origin: Scandanavian

( Peru's Caral is the oldest city in the western hemisphere--and the focus of archaeology's most contentious fight. )

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Two Harvard researchers say that they have deciphered a three-knot pattern in 21 khipu from Puruchuco, Peru, as the city's name. It could be the first step in interpreting this form of communication from the Inka.

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Analysis of 3,000-year-old pottery shards from the ancient Olmec capital of San Lorenzo contradicts the notion among some researchers that the Olmec civilization was the "mother culture" that laid the foundation for the Inca, Maya and other civilizations of Central and South America ( Read more... )