Links October 2011

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Google Unearth: Aussie discovers new treasures from the past - from his office - thousands of prehistoric structures in the Arabian peninsula.

Tefen: God of Utter Obscurity. "Who is he? What does he do? We, like everyone else, are stumped." (And here he is in PT 260. I wonder if he's just Shu under another name.)

World's Earliest Christian Engraving Shows Surprising Pagan Elements

Aborigines linked to first African nomads

The "Venus" of Jebel Uweinat

5,000-year-old ‘transgender’ skeleton discovered

Ancient City Mysteriously Survived Mideast Civilization Collapse

Badass of the week: Piye. "Once Piye got on a roll, all bets were off. He was in what we like to call "The Zone", and this guy just went nuts and started conquering everything he could find. "

Remains of Ancient Palace Discovered

2,800 year-old lion statue discovered at Tell Tayinat in Turkey

Visible Only From Above, Mystifying 'Nazca Lines' Discovered in Mideast