American History: Massachusetts Home Built in 1647 Is This Week s Oldest House for Sale
American History: Massachusetts Home Built in 1647 Is This Week s Oldest House for Sale
It was built nearly 400 years ago, in 1647, and only a handful of homes in the United States are older than the oldest home to land on the market this week.
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The United States has seen presidents come and go since 1789, but the oldest homes in America have been standing even longer than that.
Only a handful of homes in the nation can claim seniority over the oldest house to hobble onto the market this week. Built centuries ago, in 1647, the residence sits near the Atlantic Ocean in Marshfield, MA, and is one of the oldest homes in Plymouth County.
Fierce winds fan months-old embers from California wildfire, prompting safety blackouts SANTA CRUZ, Calif. Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Months-old embers from a deadly California fire were blown back to life Tuesday by powerful winds that raked the state and prompted safety blackouts to tens of thousands of people.
Firefighters chased wind-driven blazes up and down the state, trees and trucks were toppled, Yosemite National Park was forced to close and two coronavirus vaccination centres were shut down.
New Kingdom Sarcophagi Unearthed at Saqqara
CAIRO, EGYPT According to a report in
The Guardian, more than 50 wooden coffins have been discovered in more than 20 burial shafts in the Saqqara necropolis by a team of researchers led by archaeologist Zahi Hawass. Many of the brightly painted coffins have been dated to the New Kingdom period, from 1550 to 1070 B.C. Games, statues, and masks dated to the New Kingdom period were also recovered at the site. These are the first artifacts from the New Kingdom period to be unearthed in Saqqara, Hawass explained. The team members also uncovered the funerary temple of Queen Neit near the 4,200-year-old pyramid of her husband, the Old Kingdom pharaoh Teti, who ruled during the Sixth Dynasty from about 2323 to 2291 B.C., in addition to three warehouses made of bricks. For another recent discovery from Saqqara, go to Mummy Cache, one of ARCHAEOLOGY s Top 10 Discoveries of 2020.