Victorious Ancient Roman Politician "TRUMPET" Donated Symbolic Sundial to Middleclass Hometown Supporters

After winning the election, Marcus Novius Tubula donated this marble sundial to his hometown.

Based on the inscription style, researchers believe it was inscribed ~50 B.C. but seems like an auspicious find, during our election month, a victory trophy of remembrance for "Tubula" or "TRUMPet" in Latin. 

Another interesting note is that this honored hometown was a middle-class one. In other words, "Trumpet" won the hearts of the middle-class citizens and honored their support with a philosophically significant sundial monument, perhaps to remind them of their shared victory. 

Some 2,000 years ago this politician, according to the inscription, paid for this monument and gave it to the city of Interamna Lirenas. It's ~50 miles south of Rome, established in the 4th century B.C. and left for ruin by the 6th century A.D.

This site has been excavating since 2010 and is significant because of its geopolitical situation during the Roman Empire.

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Urban settlement, road network and field systems in the ancient Liri Valley (dark grey = areas over 200 m ASML)

Originally created as a Latin colony (formally independent from Rome, but bound by a close military and political alliance), the town was located at the intersection of two important communication routes: the via Latina (linking Lazio and Campania) and the course of the river Liris (linking the hinterland with the Tyrrhenian coast). Its origins lay in the Romans' military operations against the Samnites, part of their broader process of expansion across central-southern Italy (late 4th - early 3rd c. BC). 

Roman sundial (Interamna Lirenas, Italy) by al506 on Sketchfab

This is a concave limestone sundial with markings measuring hours of the day and for the summer and winter solstices. 

Finds of sundials with inscriptions are quite rare, making this a "special find," emphasizes Alessandro Launaro, co-director the 2017 excavations with Martin Millett, Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge.

Inscribed in Latin on the sundial's base is "Marcus Novius Tubula," and inscriptions along the curved rim tell us that he held the office of Plebeian Tribune and graciously paid for the sundial with his own money.

Significant Sundial Symbolism

Why would a victorious politician put a sundial in his hometown? What does a sundial represent? According to the Oneirokritika of Artemidorus of Daldis, written in the 2nd century AD, which presents ways of interpreting dreams and interpretations of some of them:

“A sundial implies activities, beginnings of business, movements, projects, for those who act carefully regarding time. Thus, seeing a sundial fall or break can be dangerous and bad, especially for those who are ill."

Basically, the sundial is a symbol of time and of our limited time alive. As a symbol of time, it has also been used to encourage something be remembered. In this case of the politician, especially with the inscription giving himself credit, it's probably meant for him to be remembered by his local supporters. 

"The sundial would have represented his way of celebrating his election in his own hometown," says Laurano. "People looking at it to check the time would have been reminded of Tubula's success."

Although it was found at the theater's entrance, some researchers think it was moved from the public forum. However, I think it would make good sense to put a clock with my name on it outside a theater where many people would go for entertainment. Here it may get much more attention and even more appreciation. 

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SOURCES:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/ancient-rome-election-victory-sundial-archaeology/

https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/interamna-lirenas

http://www.academia.edu/15103372/SYMBOLIC_MEANINGS_OF_SUNDIALS_IN_ANTIQUITY

Huge Ancient Underground Cities in Turkey

Turkey's beautiful city of Cappadocia is famous for its enchanting countryside and mysterious "fairy chimney" micro mountains. These spire-like rock formations were probably created by ancient volcanic activity and, out of their soft stone, people carved out cave dwellings. 

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In recent times, the ones on the surface were converted into romantic hotels for tourists. However, in 1963 while one homeowner was remodeling his basement, he broke through his a wall into an unknown and tunnel system! To his surprise, he made a huge discovery of the underground city of Derinkuyu. 

DERINKUYU: Functioning Underground City

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Upon further exploration by professionals, they made these observations:

• capacity for 20,000 people
• 18 levels, sealable with 1,000-lb. stones
• 600 entrances to the surface
• waterways
• food storage
• stables
• kitchens
• churches
• tombs
• communal rooms
• schools

NEVSEHIR: Even Bigger Underground City

If you think Derinkuyu was impressive, wait until you hear this. In 2013, when a low-income house was demolished by a developer. Workers discovered tunnels leading under a Byzantine-era castle in the city of Nevsehir. Geophysicists from Nevsehir University used seismic tomography and geophysical resistivity technology to map and date the caves and artifacts.

They measured it to be 5 million square feet of rooms and passageways, making it the largest ancient underground city in the world.

It contained the same kinds of rooms as those in Derinkuyu but almost twice as many. Scientists estimate these rooms were carved out during the 7th and 8th centuries during the Byzantine period and Ottoman empire. They found grindstones, pottery, linseed presses to get oil for lighting lamps, and much more. 

Despite these studies, some people still wonder about the ancient origins of these mysterious underground cities. What would prompt people to develop them? Was there some great catastrophe? And exactly how did they design and excavate these elaborate tunnel systems?

Researchers suggest Christians escaping religious persecution dug these and hid here, but this is debatable. Now, archaeologists keep finding new artifacts as they explore deeper. There are plans to reopen the underground churches as a tourist attraction and to share this discovery with the world. Sometimes the truth is hidden right beneath our feet. 

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SOURCES:

https://www.gaia.com/article/derinkuyu-and-nevsehir-turkeys-ancient-underground-cities

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4032200/Photos-underground-18-storey-city-Turkey-reveal-hidden-rooms-house-20-000-people.html

Ancient Textile Loom Discovered in Iraq, Ancient Fabric Factory?

In the Iraqi-Kurdish province of Sulaymaniyah, archaeologists from Frankfurt, Germany made an interesting discovery. They found a 1,500-year-old fabric-making loom.

Professor Dirk Wicke from the Institute of Archaeology at Goethe University, with a team of archaeology undergraduates and doctoral students, were in Northern Iraq for 6 weeks for their second dig session. Here is the site of Gird-î Qalrakh with the Sasanian and Neo-Assyrian period ancient ruins were discovered. 

Their goal was to completely sequence the ceramic history of this region's history. This has been a long-term and on-going goal of researchers around the world because this area borders ancient Mesopotamia with significant cultural connections to neighboring Iran. This would help chronologically arrange all the other artifacts found already. 

"It is a small site but it features a relatively tall hill in which we have found a complete sequence of ceramic shards. It seems likely that the hill was continuously inhabited from the early 3rd millennium BC through to the Islamic period," said Dirk Wicke.

The loom they found was a big surprise and even more valuable than the pots they were looking for. The loom was burnt but its charred remains, clay weights, and fabric roll seals were intact enough to provide insights. Researchers wonder if there was an ancient fabric factory here. 

A stone wall was also discovered here built 100-400 years after the loom, which shows how this site was refortified and may represent the development of this region's people into a more sophisticated civilization. Textile weaving was like advanced technology with loomers writing lines of code showing or hiding different colors and threads to build a large colorful bitmap tapestry. Respect. 

Humble Artifacts Suggest Pre-Incan Decentralized Social Structure

Humble artifacts from decentralized community structure

An ancient Argentinian city called Borgatta, located in the Andes, contains objects showing no signs of elitism or luxury. A team of archaeologists led by Elizabeth DeMarrais of the University of Cambridge who found them believes this represents a social structure without a power-hungry hierarchy of elite rulers exploiting an impoverished majority.

It appears, at least, to have been a humble community with basic means. 

Most objects found seemed homemade with bone or stone tools and in a variety of personal styles. This shows a lack of specialized craftsmen like potters or blacksmiths and hints that their civilization was relatively primitive or underdeveloped. 

Painted ceramic urns found buried under home floors contain skeletons of infants, demonstrating the emotional bond and significance to respect the deceased in their own way. 

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SOURCES

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6072-171103-argentina-infant-urns

Ancient Fight Scene Finally Uncovered in Greek Warriors Tomb

From an ancient Greek grave at Pylos, Greece excavated 2 years ago, archaeologists have discovered, almost by accident, a remarkable finely carved stone depicting an ancient fight scene. Back then though, this artifact just looked like a small crusty bead no more than half an inch long. It was overlooked for the gold rings and other treasures in the tomb. 

Much later, a conservator made this discovery when removing the lime accretions on the bead, revealing a big surprise from this tiny artifact. Finely carved into this gemstone was an image of three warriors fighting, with one already defeated on the ground. 

Researchers identify this as not just a decorative piece of jewelry but as a seal stone used to imprint its image into wax or clay. This hints at the cultural sophistication of this ancient civilization and their value for such fine artistic artifacts. This gemstone is carved so carefully that some of the detail is barely visible to the naked eye. Take a look at the enlarged representative drawings: 

“The detail is astonishing, especially given the size. Aesthetically, it’s a masterpiece of miniature art,” said John Bennet, director of the British School at Athens, an archaeological institute.

“The stunning combat scene on the seal stone, one of the greatest masterpieces of Aegean art, bears comparison with some of the drawings in the Michelangelo show now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,” said Malcolm H. Wiener, an expert on Aegean prehistory and a trustee emeritus of the Met.

The help you appreciate the significance of this find, the ancient Greek grave was found by archaeologists Jack L. Davis and Sharon R. Stocker from the University of Cincinnati after digging for over 25 years. 

“It was after cleaning, during the process of drawing and photography, that our excitement slowly rose as we gradually came to realize that we had unearthed a masterpiece!”

They named it "The Pylos Combat Agate" yet there's still some mystery to it. The owner of the grave is known as the Griffin Warrior because this mythical creature is depicted therein. He was buried around 1450 B.C. and lived during the transferring of Crete cities to the Greek mainland. Dr. Davis and Dr. Stocker believe this precious seal stone was made on Crete and used to symbolize his membership as a Greek elite. The seal stone is mounted for wearing on the wrist like the depicted hero who is also wearing one.

This is more than a cool bracelet, it inspires its wearer with the vigor and valor of the hero to defeat your enemies even when outnumbered.

Timeless. Classic. Priceless.

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SOURCES:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6075-171106-greece-seal-stone

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/science/greece-griffin-warrior-archaeology-homer.html?_r=0

Archeologists Discover Ancient Gymnasium Near Egypt's Cairo

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's antiquities ministry says archaeologists have discovered remnants of an ancient gymnasium dating back about 2,300 years, from the Hellenistic period.

The discovery was made by a German-Egyptian mission at the site of Watfa in Fayoum province, about 80 kilometers, or 50 miles, southwest of the capital, Cairo.

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Watfa is the site of the ancient village of Philoteris, founded by King Ptolemy II in the 3rd century BC.

Ayman Ashmawi of the ministry says the gymnasium consists of a large meeting hall, once adorned with statues, a dining hall, a courtyard and a nearly 200-meter-long racetrack.

Cornelia Roemer, head of the mission, says the discovery clearly shows the impact of Greek life in Egypt, not only in Alexandria, but also in the countryside.

Frizzy-haired, smaller-headed orangutan may be new great ape

By STEPHEN WRIGHT and ANDI JATMIKO, Associated Press

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A remote population of frizzy-haired orangutans on the Indonesian island of Sumatra seems to be a new species of primate, scientists say.

But the purportedly newest member of the family tree of advanced animals that include humans may not be around much longer. Their numbers are so small, and their habitat so fragmented, that they are in danger of going extinct, say the scientists who studied them.

A study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology said there are no more than 800 of the primates, which researchers named Pongo tapanuliensis, making it the most endangered great ape species.

The researchers say the population is highly vulnerable and its habitat is facing further pressure from development.

"If steps are not taken quickly to reduce current and future threats to conserve every last remaining bit of forest we may see the discovery and extinction of a great ape species within our lifetime," they said.

It's the first great ape species to be described by scientists in nearly 90 years.

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Previously, science has recognized six great ape species: Sumatran and Bornean orangutans, eastern and western gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos. Some scientists also classify humans as great apes but others argue for a separate categorization.

The research is based on analysis of the skeleton of an adult male killed in a conflict with villagers, a genetic study indicating the population's evolutionary split from other orangutans occurred about 3.4 million years ago, and analysis since 2006 of behavioral and habitat differences.

The primates are confined to a range of about 1,100 square kilometers (425 square miles) in the Batang Toru forest in the Tapanuli districts of Northern Sumatra. Historically, the population had low levels of interbreeding with Sumatran orangutans further north but that completely ceased 10,000 to 20,000 years ago, according to the genetic study.

Aside from genetic evidence and the physical differences that include frizzier hair and a smaller head, other unique characteristics include diet, restriction of habitat to upland areas and the male's long call.

There is no standardized international system for recognition of new species, but to be taken seriously a discovery requires at least publication in a credible peer-reviewed scientific journal.

Primatologist Russell Mittermeier, head of the primate specialist group at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, called the finding a "remarkable discovery" that puts the onus on the Indonesian government to ensure the species survives.

Mittermeier, who was not one of the 37 authors of the study, said he was "very excited" by the research.

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Last year, the IUCN classified Bornean orangutans as critically endangered due to a precipitous population decline caused by destruction of their forest habitat for palm oil and pulp wood plantations. Sumatran orangutans have been classified as critically endangered since 2008.

Matthew Nowak, one of the study's authors, said the Tapanuli orangutans live in three pockets of forest that are separated by non-protected areas.

"For the species to be viable into the future, those three fragments need to be reconnected via forest corridors," he said.

Additionally, the authors are recommending that development plans for the region including a hydropower plant be stopped by the government.

"It is imperative that all remaining forest be protected and that a local management body works to ensure the protection of the Batang Toru ecosystem," Novak said.

Wiratno, the director general of conservation of natural resources and ecosystems at Indonesia's Forestry and Environment Ministry, told a news conference in Jakarta that most of Batang Toru forest was designated as protected in December 2015.

He said its management will be a priority and is a "great challenge."

"We are deeply committed to maintaining the survival of this species," said Wiratno, who uses one name.

The Batang Toru orangutan population was found during a field survey by researcher Erik Meijaard in 1997 and a research station was established in the area in 2006.

It was not until 2013, when the adult male skeleton became available, that scientists realized how unique the population was, which sparked the largest genomic study of wild orangutans ever carried out to provide further evidence of a third orangutan species.

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Wright reported from Bangkok.

Hidden "Void" Discovered in Giza Pyramid Using Cosmic Particle Scanner

A group of scientists just found a mysterious hidden “void” in the Great Pyramid of Giza that could finally help us unravel the secrets of this ancient megalithic monument.

Using a cosmic particle detector, they were testing if the equipment could get accurate scans through the pyramid’s thick walls. But instead of seeing what they expected, they saw a large empty space with no obvious entrance. A mysterious floating void with no way in.

Team leader and president of HIP Institute in Paris, Mehdi Tayoubi, explains that they installed special muon-sensitive nuclear-emulsion film at the bottom of the pyramid in the Queen's Chamber in order to scan the known rooms above it: the King's Chamber and the Grand Gallery. They saw patterns for these two rooms, plus an anomaly: the “mysterious void.”

“The first reaction was a lot of excitement, but then we knew that it would take us a long, long time, that we needed to be very patient in this scientific process.”

— Mehdi Tayoubi, President of HIP Institute in Paris

Now, to make sure this wasn't some epic fail or expensive prank, they took the time to use two other muon-detection techniques to confirm it. And yes, it turns out the images were correct and they announced their amazing historical discovery!

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“All we know is that we have a void, we have a cavity, and it’s huge, which means possibly intentional and certainly worthy of further exploration. In that sense it’s obviously frustrating. On the other hand, as an architectural discovery, something we didn’t know about the interior of the Great Pyramid, it’s absolutely big news.”

— Peter Der Manuelian, Harvard Egyptologist

Ancient Mystery

The Great Pyramid of Giza was supposedly made during the reign of Pharaoh Khufu and finished in 2550 BC, but evidence such as fossils and water erosion suggests it’s much older than that.

Dr. Robert M. Schloch was one of the first scientists to really tackle the subject of the plateau structures being older than previously thought. In the early 1990s, he suggested the Sphinx was thousands of years older than typically believed, going back to 5000–9000 B.C., based on water erosion patterns found both on the statue and the surrounding rock.

Some researchers also recognize the amazing ingenuity of the architects who so perfectly measured and cut huge blocks of stone, aligned them with constellations, and perhaps even designed it to generate electricity on a massive scale.

The mysteries of these pyramids are just incredible, really these are amazing examples of a highly sophisticated and advanced civilization. To figure out what they really are we may have to rely on some advanced technology of our own.

Modern Technology: Cosmic X-Ray Vision

Now, the cosmic particles used to scan the pyramids are called muons. They’re similar to electrons but 207 times heavier. When cosmic rays hit our Earth’s atmosphere, they shoot these subatomic particles called muons towards the ground. When passing through objects, they give off some energy and that’s what those strategically placed muon-detectors in the Giza Pyramid recorded. Over several months, scientists collected bits of data zipping through the thick stone blocks and finally create an image. Kind of like a cosmic x-ray photo… a really, really expensive one.

However, the image of this “mysterious void” is not very clear and so they’re not really sure what it is except that it’s above the Grand Gallery, empty, and measures 100 feet long. Some researchers think it could be a construction gap the ancient builders used to access the King’s Chamber and Grand Gallery during the pyramid’s construction.

“The good news is the void is there. Now we are sure that there is a void. We know that this void is big,” says Tayoubi. “I don’t know what it could be. I think it’s now time for Egyptologists and specialists in ancient Egypt architecture to collaborate with us, to provide us with some hypotheses.”

— Mehdi Tayoubi, President of HIP Institute in Paris

Cairo University engineer and ScanPyramids team member, Hany Helal is organizing a seminar in Egypt this year for archaeologists to debate the implications of their findings. Hopefully, this will inspire open considerations and deeper insights of the true purpose behind these great pyramids.

With all the ridicule over the theories of ancient aliens building the pyramids, many researchers are scared to make any daring speculations about what this hidden room in the great pyramid could be.

Maybe there’s a giant 100 foot mummy buried there.

Well, whatever it is, this is the greatest discovery inside the Giza pyramid since the 19th century! And I can’t wait to know what they find in there.

So Congratulations! ...for Nothing?

Congratulations to the ScanPyramids team! This was the purpose of your project: to reveal the hidden secrets of these magnificent mysterious monuments. And you guys have done that... by finding this big mysterious space of nothingness?

Just teasing! Thank you!
You’re like the modern day Indiana Jones!

Keep up the good work and if you need a sidekick for your next adventure, give me a call. There are so many mysterious places around the world to take a closer look at with this kind of cutting edge technology.

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SOURCES:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/02/561468384/scientists-say-theyve-found-hidden-space-in-great-pyramid-of-giza

The 90 Year Old Mummy With NO Sign of Decay

The body of Hambo Lama Itighelov, who was a spiritual leader of Russian Buddhists from 1911 to 1927, was first exhumed from the grave in 1955, at the Lama’s request. When after the third exhumation in 2002 after 75 years since the Lama’s death, his body still showed no signs of decay, medical experts decided to examine the miracle.

The grave contained a wooden box and there was a sitting Buddhist lama in a ‘lotus’ position. His body was preserved as if it were mummified, however it was not. The body was covered with silk clothes and fabric. “Samples taken 75 years after the body had been buried, show that the organics of the skin, hair, and nails of the dead man aren’t any different from that of a living human,” a professor of history at the Russian State University for Humanities, Galina Yershova stated at a press-conference in “Interfax” central office in Moscow, according to Pravda.ru.

“His joints flex, the soft tissues are elastic just like in a living person, and after they opened the box, where the body of the Lama lay for 75 years, there was a very pleasant fragrance,” Yershova was quoted as saying.

Yershova believes this is completely inconsistent with what one would expect of a body that has been buried for 75 years.

The body has become holy for Buddhists in the Russian region of Buryatia, where it now rests in the Ivolgin Buddhist Monastery in the regional capital of Ulan-Ude.

Hambo Lama Itighelov is a real person, well known in Russian history. He studied at the Anninsky Datsan, the Buddhist University in Buryatia. Itighelov got degrees in medicine and philosophy (on the nature of emptiness). He also created an encyclopedia of pharmacology.

In 1911, Itighelov became a Hambo Lama (the head of Buddhist church in Russia). During the period from 1913 to 1917, he opened the first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. Itighelov published religious tractates and teachings and united many of the religion’s factions.

He was invited to celebrate the 300-th anniversary of Romanov’s house, and on March 19, 1917, the Russian Tsar Nikolai II gave him St. Stanislav Award.

During the First World War, Itighelov was helping the army with money, clothes and medications. He also had built a set of hospitals where lama doctors helped to cure wounded militants. For his contributions, Itighelov was awarded with St. Anna medal.

In 1926, he warned the Buddhist monks about the coming ‘red’ terror and advised them to flee to Tibet. But he himself never left Russia.

In 1927, Itighelov told lamas that he was preparing to leave this world. He started a meditation and soon was dead.

Itighelov left a testament where he had requested to bury him as he was, sitting in a ‘lotus’ position in the cedar box on a traditional cemetery. There was also a statement, where he asked monks to exhume him after several years.

His will was fulfilled in 1955 and in 1973 respectively, by Buddhist monks. But it was kept in secret, since all kinds of religions were forbidden under the communist rule.

The Soviet Union, under Stalin, repressed most manifestations of religion, executing hundreds of lamas and destroying 46 Buddhist temples and monasteries.

In the years since the Soviet Union collapse, across Russia the Buddhists have begun to thrive again, rebuilding ruined temples that attracted more followers.

On September 11, 2002, seventy five years after Itighelov’s death, the body was for the third time lifted from the earth. This time there was a record of the event: a dozen of witnesses, including two forensic experts and a photographer.

Soon the Lama’s body was transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan (a residence of today’s Hambo Lama), where it was closely examined by monks, scientists and pathologists.

With the permission of the Buddhist clergy, scientists investigated samples of tissues of the “imperishable body”. They compared them with those of living people.

When one of the scientists approached the body, she could clearly feel the warmth of his hands.

Professor Viktor Zvyagin from the Federal Center for Forensic Medicine, examined Itighelov’s body in Ivolginsk last November, and conducted analyses of hair, skin and nail specimens after his return to Moscow. He concluded that Itighelov’s body was in the condition of someone who had died 36 hours ago.

According to the results, the protein structure of the body was not damaged; it was identical to the one of a living person.

Scientists were dumbfounded by the results of the chemical composition of his body. They could not explain the fact that chemical elements in Itighelov’s body were either absent or present in negligibly small quantities.

Two years had passed. Itighelov’s body is now kept in the open air, without any temperature or humidity restrictions.

Nobody understands how the body can stay in this condition.

The official statement was issued about the body – very well preserved, without any signs of decay, muscles and inner tissues, soft joints and skin being intact. It was confirmed that the body was never embalmed or mummified.

“He was 75 years old, and he promised to return to his followers after another 75 years,” Yanzhima Vasilyeva, the director of Itigilov’s Institute, said.

“The most amazing thing is that he was still sitting upright. Scientists say that after two weeks a dead body cannot stay upright on its own,” Vasilyeva continued.

Itighelov’s caretaker Bimbo Lama, stays close to his teacher almost at all times.

Once in a while he changes Itighelov’s clothing, and at that time Lama’s joints become more flexible. Bimbo lama has noted that while changing the clothes, he could smell a fragrance coming from the teacher’s body.

The lamas have dressed the body in a golden robe, with a blue sash laid across his lap. His eyes are closed, his features blurred, though the shape of his face and his nose doubtlessly resemble his picture taken in 1913. His hands remain flexible, his nails perfectly trimmed. His skin is soft. His head is still covered in short-trimmed hair.

According to Professor Yershova, this is the only confirmed and recorded case of the body, imperishable over such a long period of time in the entire world.

Embalming and mummifying is well known among different nations and peoples – Egyptian mummies, Christian Saints, communist leaders and others. Some bodies were found in permafrost, however when they contacted with oxygen atmosphere they perished within several hours.

Lamas from the temple relate many miracles, taking place around the “precious body”. Some people become magically healed upon seeing the body of Hambo Lama.

Itighelov said before his death that he had left a message to all people on Earth.

“There is a great moral crisis in Russia today,” Vasilyeva said, “Itighelov’s return presents a great opportunity to help people believe.”

A fragment of the interview with Hambo Lama Ayusheyev, the spiritual leader since 1995, has been also demonstrated at the press-conference.

“Many people don’t see what’s obvious,” he said. “Many people won’t understand even if they see him.”

However, there are descriptions of such things in Buddhist texts, but there were no confirmed examples. Well, now it looks like there is one. And that time came to comprehend the Lama’s unspoken message.

“To me, it is the greatest miracle in life,” said Hambo Lama Ayusheyev. “It turns out there are things on which time has no power.”

In Egypt, archaeologists find part of 4,000-year-old statue

This undated photo released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities shows a wooden head believed to depict Ankhesenpepi II, the mother of King Pepi II of the 6th dynasty who ascended to the throne at the age of six, that was was found in the district of Saqqara, near the ancient Pyramids of Giza during excavation work. In a statement Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, by the Antiquities Ministry said the artifact is in poor condition and will have to undergo restoration. (Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities via AP)

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt says archaeologists have discovered the head of a wooden statue, likely belonging to a female regent who ruled the country more than 4,000 years ago.

Wednesday's statement by the Antiquities Ministry says the artifact was found in the district of Saqqara, near the ancient Pyramids of Giza. It says the part of the statue is in poor condition and will have to undergo restoration

The uncovered head is believed to depict Ankhesenpepi II, the mother of King Pepi II of the 6th dynasty who ascended to the throne at the age of six. She ruled Egypt as regent during the early years of his reign.

Earlier in October, archaeologists at the same dig uncovered part of an obelisk made of pink granite that belongs to the same dynasty.