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The shore of Lake Mungo. Landsat 7 imagery of Lake Mungo. The white line defining the eastern shore of the lake is the sand dune, or lunette, where most archaeological material has been found LM1 (red) LM3 (blue) The white line shows the eastern shore of the lake, the sand dune, or lunette, where most archaeological material has been found
Mungo Woman was only partially cremated before the remainder of her bones were crushed. The time that was taken into her burial is demonstration of an advanced ritualistic process. [7] Mungo Man was also discovered by Bowler, on 26 February 1974. The remains were covered with red ochre, in what is the earliest known incidence of such a burial ...
Jim Maurice Bowler AM FAHA (born 1930) is an Australian geologist known for discovering the Lake Mungo remains, which are considered the oldest human remains in Australia. [1] He is a professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne , School of Earth Sciences.
The Narrabeen man was suspected to be 30–40 years old when he died. This is recorded to be Sydney's oldest aboriginal skeleton and is Australia's third oldest skeletal remains behind Mungo Man and Mungo Lady. [2] An archaeological dig at the site revealed that Narrabeen Man was found in a posture unlike a tribal ceremonial burial.
Mungo Park commemorative medal. Mungo Park (10 September 1771 – 1806 [1] [2]) was a Scottish explorer of West Africa.After an exploration of the upper Niger River around 1796, he wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa in which he theorized the Niger and Congo merged to become the same river, though it was later proven that they are ...
Lake Mungo is a 2008 Australian psychological horror film written and directed by Joel Anderson. Presented in the pseudo-documentary format with elements of found footage and docufiction , it is Anderson's only film.
A 15-year-old boy was charged with second-degree murder Thursday night in connection to last week’s deadly shooting of another teen in Harlem, authorities said.. The youth was nabbed around 11: ...
After many months' detention, afflicted by malaria, depression, and dysentery, Clapperton died, leaving his servant Lander the only survivor of the expedition. Lander returned to the coast, and at Fernando Po by extraordinary coincidence met Clapperton's old antagonist, Dixon Denham, who duly relayed the news of Clapperton's demise to London.