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I am stealing this idea from another room , which in turn stole the idea from the TV show Cash Cab . Since we are devoted to history , cash cab seemed to modern , so I opted for a more ancient and classical mode of transportation . It works like this , I ask a question and the person who comes up with the correct answer first gets to ask the next question , preferably relating to archaeology and history .

I cannot remember what post triggered this but I read something about the Sahara dessert. (maybe where those fossils were found. So I decided to do some basic research. The Sahara is about the same size as the United States. My perception of sand dunes forever changing in the winds is not quite correct Most of the Sahara consists of rock. Sand dunes make up a small area. During the last ice age the Sahara was wetter. Archeologists have found rock art, artifacts, bone harpoons, shells they also found bones of buffalo, antelopes, elephant, giraffes, and warthogs, as well as aquatic remains of fish, crocodiles. I guess there must have been lakes or swamps.
There was an urban culture, the Garamantes. They tunneled far into the mountains to tap “fossil water (not quite sure of what this is) The Garamantes became strong and conquored their neighbors taking slaves. Putting many to work extending the tunnels. I wonder if the ever had to balance water versus number of people? Both the Greeks and Romans knew of them. traded with them. Although regarded as uncivilized. Archeologist uncovered a roman bath house near the capitol of Garama.
I also though this little tidbit was interesting the highest point in the Sahara is a volcano measuring which is 11,204 feet i had friends tell me aboutthe beauty of the negev with it mountains, sands & elliot, tourist joint, but reading about the sahara made me want to go watch Lawrence of Arabia to see those vista shots.

Bone fragments found in the Tomb of King Muryeong have been attributed to the king or his queen 38 years after it was excavated in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province. The tomb is that of King Muryeong, who ruled the Baekje Kingdom from 501 to 523, and his wife.

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These crocodiles of the Cretaceous were the size of T-Rex and could gallop on the land. Today, in Australia, salt water crocodiles, though much smaller than their prehistoric ancestors, also are able to gallop on land. These masterpieces of evolution are immune to almost all diseases and have perhaps one of the most sophisticated cardiovascular and pulmonary systems in the world.

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i kjnow nobody believes in santa Clause but do you beieve in Snow Moose if not or just curious about it check out my photo album Snow Moose.

Look at the size of these bones!!

A well-preserved skeleton of a mammoth that is believed to be about one million years old has been unearthed in eastern Serbia, archaeologists said Thursday.

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Here's a cheerful note to start off the holidays!
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Google has added Pompeii to its Street View application, allowing internet users to take a 360-degree virtual tour of the ancient Roman city.

Italy's culture ministry says it hopes the move will boost tourism to the site, state news agency Ansa reports.

Among the ruins visible on the search engine's free mapping service are the town's statues, temples and theatres.

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Who killed Meriwether Lewis This cold case mystery has never been closed as the Lewis and Clark expedition finished both Lewis and Clark were received by pres Jefferson. Clark was given the rank of general in charge of Indian affairs. Lewis was given the position of governor of the Louisiana territory. Lewis hated the position sitting behind a desk having to deal with politicians. Bitter conflicts began to occur between Lewis and two of his staff people that he inherited from General Wilkenson the previous governor of the territory who along with Aaron burr attempted to make the territory into another nation separate from the U.S.
One of the 2 staff people was a Frederic Bates who publically humiliated Lewis at a Ball. Bates starts a letter writing campaign against Lewis sending them throughout the country saying how corrupt and incompetent Lewis was. Lewis then decides to go to Washington to clear his name. He rides up the Natchez Trace a road/trail that goes 400 miles from Mississippi through Alabama to Tennessee. Natchez Trace. One of its nicknames was the "Devil's Backbone." In many places, the Trace was less a road and more a path, Originally it had been used by Native Americans of the region In Tennessee one crosses the Cumberland and heads east Lreis appeared at the home of John Grinder which also was an Inn. Mrs. Grinder prepares a meal which according to Mrs. Grinder Lewis ate very little although he did drink. She described that he was agitated ranting about his enemies and paced u and down the front of the house and continued when he returned to his room. A few hours later Mrs. Grinder hears "Madam please get some water for my wounds." Then "Oh lord." His body was fund on the Natchez trace trail. His fine brace of two pistols were not touched but his wallet was taken The story becomes more confusing Mrs. Grinder said she heard one shot others in the barn heard two. A George Nealy , who was in he employ of general Wilkonson wrote about Lewis’s depression and drink partly because of his work plus his loss of considerable amount of money on land speculation these letters get many historians to write that Lewis did commit suicide. Now Nealy replaced a captain Russell who was to be the original companion to Lewis on the trip. Yet there were 2 wounds both on his back and back of his skull. No powder residue was on him. The unresolved case: Who killed Lewis or was it a suicide and why would he need to be murdered.