Archaeoscoop: Don't Panic! 'Mayan Apocalypse'

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Published on December 17, 2012 4:04:27 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw09ht6f_Qo

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In today's top three headlines examine the '2012 phenomenon', Piltdown Man and the latest on the hunt for Richard III:

1) Dr. Weldon Lamb: No Maya 2012 Prophecy of world ending Dec.21:

http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_22205915/professor-no-maya-prophecy-world-ending?source=most_viewed

2) New Study promises to lay mystery of Piltdown man to rest:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/archaeology/9747160/New-study-promises-to-lay-mystery-of-Piltdown-man-to-rest.html

3) Richard III Dig: Tests on Bones continue:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-20740276

Search for rare Mesolithic campsite at Goldsborough:

http://www.heritagedaily.com/2012/12/search-for-rare-mesolithic-campsite-at-goldsborough/

A weird history of Christmas, Part.1 - Christ's Birthday or Roman Carnival?

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/greg-jenner/a-weird-history-of-xmas-p_b_2302751.html

'Temple' of Poseidon' found in Bulgaria's Sozopol:

http://sofiaglobe.com/2012/12/16/archaeology-temple-of-poseidon-found-in-bulgarias-sozopol/

It's a real coo as 'unbreakable' war code found on Pigeon in Portland is cracked:

http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/10110584.It_s_a_real_coo_as__unbreakable__war_code_found_on_pigeon_in_Portland_is_cracked/

Ancient Armour-clad skeleton discovered in Gunma Pref.

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20121211p2a00m0na005000c.html

Four Species of Homo You've never heard of, part.iii:

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/12/four-species-of-homo-youve-never-heard-of-part-ii-2/

Controversy over Jesus' tomb reaches Petah Tikva court:

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/controversy-over-jesus-tomb-reaches-petah-tikva-court.premium-1.485009

Head of institute of Archaeology of Belize sues over Indiana Jones Crystal Skull:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=59428#.UM8W-W_cmSp

Oops! Brain-Removal tool left in Mummy's skull:

http://news.yahoo.com/oops-brain-removal-tool-left-mummys-skull-160456836.html

Flickering embers of camp fires from 7,000 years ago:

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at-a-glance/main-section/flickering-embers-of-camp-fires-from-7-000-years-ago-1-5228900