MEXICO ARCHAEOLOGICAL TREASURE CHEST

Mexico with its ancient history is an archaeologist’s paradise. It still has so many treasures which will give us a climbs of life long ago.

Experts found traces of chocolate spread on fragment of plates dating back 2,500 years. Scientist concludes from this find that ancient man had its own chocolate spread. Also chocolate beans dating back to that time had been found.

At first it was discovered on the Yucatan Peninsula and it was assumed that chocolate was used as a spread and/or sauce and also as a drink.

It was further stated by the Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History that the find prove how ancient culture still lives on in modern Mexico cuisine.

Archaeologist Tomas Gallareta added: “This is the first time it’s been found on a plate for serving food.”

Professor John Henderson, of Cornell University, US pointed out that it was served on flat vessels and therefore served other than a beverage.

The latest find are dated back to 500BC but they are not the oldest find in Mexico. Archaeologists and experts found objects which were dated 1,000 years older. This archaeological dig was at the south and west of the Yucatan. This area is well known for one of the first settlements in Mexico and due to ideal weather and soil conditions articles are still well preserved.

SHARK ALERT IN DEVON ENGLAND

GREAT WHITE SHARK ALERT 

UPDATE:  25 July 2013 -- In the last few weeks quite a number of killer sharks were spotted off the South Coast of England. It is due to the exceptional hot summer which made the sea warm up more and the herring followed down south. 


UPDATE September 5, 2012

A few weeks ago one was caught on the coast of Devon and a few days ago one at the coastal area of Scotland.

In recent years shark alerts are coming more and more frequent. Again there was a shark alert on North Devon coast.  One of the people was raising the alarm after spotting a shark fin close to the Croyde Bay.

The lifeguards of the RNLI advised people to get out of the water. The fin was seen so close that it was within the “safe swimmer zone.”

The Conservation charity ‘The Shark Trust’ doesn’t think it was a basking shark. Basking sharks are harmless and filter their food. They are called the “gentle giants”.

An RNLI spokesman said: “It’s not unusual for there to be sharks and while this species of basking sharks  is harmless, lifeguards maintain a watchful eye for all aquatic hazards.”

As mentioned earlier sharks seems to visiting British waters more frequently. The Conservationists and experts can’t quite agree to the reason for the increase.

At the beginning of the month, the Cornwall Wildlife Trust stated that the sharks were back in Cornish waters in greater numbers than they had seen them in the last summer.  They counted 28 sightings in June alone. They were basking sharks and they are known to be harmless.