November 30, 2020

1300 thousand years old arrows in Norway and vanished Utah monolith

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Melting ice patch in Norway reveals large collection of ancient arrows

A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in Norway and one in the U.K., has unveiled their findings after collecting and studying a very large number of ancient arrows they found near a melting ice patch in Norway's Jotunheimen Mountains. In their paper published in the journal The Holocene, the group describes how they kept their research secret to avoid the possibility of others contaminating the site and what they have learned about the arrows thus far.

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-ice-patch-norway-reveals-large.html
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The mysterious Utah monolith has disappeared - The Verge

The Utah monolith has now disappeared almost as abruptly as it was discovered.

The Utah Bureau of Land Management released a statement that the “illegally installed structure” had been removed from its public lands by an unknown party, likely on November 27th, after receiving national and international attention.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/29/21725295/mysterious-utah-monolith-disappeared

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