Heritage Key: First Pillared Room Antechamber Ceiling of the Burial Chamber With photos shown in relation to the plan of the tomb. Each link is accompanied by a different summary. One of the best preserved and most decorated tombs in the Valley of the Kings is that of Seti I, adorned with hieroglyphics and colourful paintings on every passageway and chamber wall. In this first post on the Seti I tomb,...
Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation . Here's today's news: g Abodes - A new study that reconstructed ocean temperatures from millions of years ago could provide new insight into how the Earth responds to climate change. See article . g Life - A census of the ocean depths reveals hundreds of new species. See...
Along with my belated birthday wishes to SETI , a belated happy 40 th birthday to the Internet. I knew the 'net when it was the Arpanet and have written about those glorious and heady days in Nothing New Under the Sun (Buying Computer Time, part 3)... . The Arpanet came into being 40 years ago as of the past 29 Oct. That long ago autumn day Arpanet went live. Well...not quite. It crashed before anyone...
Seti I's reign over Egypt is thought to have lasted between 13 to 20 years, and during this time he opened the kingdom up to trade with foreign nations and committed to the development of construction projects. This led to stability which united the country after the fragile rule of the previous Amarna kings. The sheer number and scale of building projects that Seti I oversaw during his reign would...
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) There is a very short post from Jane to say that she has been notified that the restoration team are returning to the temple of Seti I at Luxor. My very best wishes to lovely Jane who is having a serious operation in Cairo at the moment. My thoughts are very much with her. If you hear any news items about Luxor that might be of interest to Jane whilst she is off her feet...
Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation . Here's today's news: g Stars - Prevailing theoretical models attempting to explain the formation of the solar system have assumed it to be average in every way. Now a new study by Northwestern University astronomers, using recent data from the 300 exoplanets discovered orbiting...
Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation . Here's today's news: g Abodes - Astrobiology Magazine's climate blog, The Hot Zone, recently discussed how receding glaciers could have catastrophic consequences for Earth's climate. Increasing loss of glacial ice will lead to increasing water levels in the oceans. Ultimately,...
Astrobiology is a fascinating and complex field of science. It is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe, and is a relatively new field of science incorporating astronomy, biology, geology, palaeontology, physics, mathematics and other disciplines. It is even more fascinating given that we have never actually discovered life anywhere else in the universe!...
I used to say that the day we had a computer roughly as smart as a hamster would be a good day to take the family on the holiday you've always dreamed of. Today, two articles, both, oddly, from The Register (emphases mine) ... IBM lab builds computerized cat brain • The Register ... IBM said it has already simulated a cat-sized cerebral cortex — the area of the brain that's key to memory,...
Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation . Here's today's news: g Abodes - Features discovered in 3.4 billion-year-old rocks indicate that temperatures on early Earth may have been dramatically cooler than previously believed. The finding could have implications in understanding the conditions in which life first...
Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation . Here's today's news: g Message - How did the SETI program come to be? For a timeline of the program’s history, see article . g Cosmicus - NASA’s IceBite team will spend six weeks studying a place on Earth that resembles the Phoenix landing site on Mars. The place:...
Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation . Here's today's news: g Abodes - Preliminary data from NASA’s LCROSS mission indicates that water ice is present in a permanently shadowed lunar crater. LCROSS crashed into the Cabeus crater on Oct. 9, creating a plume of material. Water ice could be a vital resource...
Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation . Here's today's news: g Stars - A census of 500 stars has successfully linked the 'lithium mystery' observed in our sun to the presence of planetary systems. The study shows that sun-like stars with planetary systems lack lithium, and could help astronomers identify more...
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