Epic of Gigamesh

This is an animated version of the Epic, as well as the text version. Well worth a look. What similarities and differences exit between the Old Testament and the Epic?

http://gilgamesh.psnc.pl/

Weird article

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-489653/Human-race-split-different-species.html

this reminded me of what we were talking about the other day in class - the whole bigger breasts due to plastic surgery/evolution thing

except i think they got a bit carried away by science fiction.

Just doing some background reading...

... On the Neanderthal and apparently they had the genes that would lead them to be fair skinned and red haired.

Sophie might not be such a dinosaur after all.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7062415.stm

Lambayeque

Hey everyone!

In the holidays I saw a very interesting documentary on the Lambayeque people of Peru. These people built over two hundred pyramids and burned and abandoned at least three major cities.

For those of you wishing to so a mesoamerican society, the Lambayeque could be an interestingly different topic than what others in the class are doing. Towards the end of their society, they did have an Inca governor however the Lambayeque Valley lay untouched by the Spaniards. A temple of the Lambayeque was found to be located near numerous grave sites that indicate human sacrifice so it could be a very interesting assignment topic.

I'm pretty sure I want to study a site in Ancient Russia so I hope that at least someone will do this site.

(Those random looking mounds are what remains of the Lambayeque pyramids.)

Enjoy!