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One of the most controversial biblical artefacts ever examined is back under scrutiny as researchers prepare to investigate human bone fragments associated with a 2,000-year-old burial box carrying an extraordinary inscription: “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus.” Known as the James Ossuary, the small limestone chest has divided archaeologists, geologists and biblical scholars for […] The post DNA Tests Planned On Ancient Bones From Controversial ‘Brother Of Jesus’ Burial Box appeared first on Above The Norm News.

Scientists have identified a previously unknown crocodilian from Egypt in 45-million-year-old rocks directly tied to one of the most famous monuments on Earth: the Great Sphinx of Giza. The extinct animal, now named Herugavialis cairensis, was found in Egypt’s Mokattam Formation, the same limestone sequence from which the Great Sphinx was carved. Even stranger, the […] The post New Crocodile Species Found In Same Rocks As Great Sphinx appeared first on Above The Norm News.

Scientists searching for ways to detect life beyond Earth have identified a mineral on Saturn’s moon Enceladus that could preserve tiny samples of its hidden ocean, potentially giving future spacecraft a new target in one of the Solar System’s most promising places to search for biology. Researchers recreated conditions thought to exist inside Enceladus and […] The post Enceladus Mineral Could Preserve Evidence From Its Hidden Ocean appeared first on Above The Norm News.

Nearly 7 million people across Brazil have already been affected by drought, heat, flooding, severe winds and other disasters during a three-month period that ended just as one of the strongest El Niño events in decades moves towards its expected peak. New figures released by Brazil’s National Confederation of Municipalities, known as CNM, show 6.9 […] The post Nearly 7 Million Brazilians Hit By Disasters As El Niño Intensifies appeared first on Above The Norm News.

More than eight centuries ago, observers across Asia looked into the night sky and recorded the sudden appearance of a mysterious new star. Chinese, Japanese and Arabic astronomers documented the event in 1181, watching a brilliant object appear where none had been seen before. Modern astronomy has since linked that historical supernova with Pa 30, […] The post Supernova Seen In 1181 Reveals Thousands Of Strange Knots In New Images appeared first on Above The Norm News.