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The best AO articles from the same week last year .... Problem viewing email? [Click here]( to view it online. [Ancient Origins Logo]( This Week ... a Year Ago [Genes of 92 prehistoric Native Americans give further evidence of a terrible holocaust]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Buache Map: A Controversial Map That Shows Antarctica Without Ice [The Buache Map: A Controversial Map That Shows Antarctica Without Ice]( The Buache Map is an 18th century map commonly claimed to accurately depict the continent of Antarctica before it was buried by ice. By extension, it has been claimed that this map is evidence that an ancient civilization had mapped Antarctica when it was free from ice, and that it was based on this source that the Buache Map was drawn. However, t ere are arguments against this interpretation of the Buache Map, and the claim that the continent of Antarctica was known to a highly advanced ancient civilization long before it was ‘re-discovered’ by modern man in the early part of the 19th century... [Read More]( More than 1,500 Petroglyphs, including a Solar Calendar, Found in Northern Arizona [More than 1,500 Petroglyphs, including a Solar Calendar, Found in Northern Arizona]( Archaeologists who explored the remote mesas of Northern Arizona have identified a previously undocumented group of petroglyphs, one of which confirms the presence of a prehistoric solar calendar. According to Western Digs , the solar calendar has been marking the seasons for more than 700 years with a shadow dagger that travels across the sandstone face. This feature is made by a natural outcropping of rock above a panel of petroglyphs. Western Digs reports that the “shadow dagger” bisects a spiral carved onto the cliff wall, while another shadow interacts with a set of eight circles pecked into the panel’s left side.”... [Read More]( Charlemagne: One of the Most Important Figures of Early Medieval Europe [Charlemagne: One of the Most Important Figures of Early Medieval Europe]( Charlemagne (known also as Charles the Great, as well as Charles I) was a King of the Franks, the first ruler of the Holy Roman Empire (though the term ‘Holy Roman Empire’ would only be coined after Charlemagne’s death), and one of the most important figures in the history of early Medieval Europe. As King of the Franks, he sought to unite all the Germanic peoples into one kingdom, and to convert his subjects to the Christian faith. Charlemagne’s preferred method for achieving these goals was through conquest. Thus, during the early part of Charlemagne’s reign, numerous military campaigns were carried out to expand his realm... [Read More]( A world map of Neanderthal and Denisovan ancestry in modern humans [A world map of Neanderthal and Denisovan ancestry in modern humans]( Most non-Africans possess at least a little bit Neanderthal DNA. But a new map of archaic ancestry--published March 28 in Current Biology--suggests that many bloodlines around the world, particularly of South Asian descent, may actually be a bit more Denisovan, a mysterious population of hominids that lived around the same time as the Neanderthals. The analysis also proposes that modern humans interbred with Denisovans about 100 generations after their trysts with Neanderthals... [Read More]( You Might Like [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [www.Ancient-Origins.net](#) [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus]( [Linkedin]( Copyright [©] 2017 [Ancient Origins](- [Stella Novus Limited](, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have subscribed to our newsletter list. If you do not wish to receive our newsletter emails in the future, please [unsubscribe]( here. Stella Novus Limited - Ancient Origins. Blair House, Upper O'Connell Street, Ennis, Clare, V95FD1V, Ireland.