About 20 meters across, the mound, which contained the remains of about 60 men, women and children, had passageways that let in direct sunlight on the longest and shortest days of the year.

The excavations, the results of which were published on Wednesday June 21, began in 2017 in Tiel, some 50 km south-east of Utrecht.

“What an extraordinary archaeological discovery! Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old religious sanctuary on an industrial site,” enthused the city of Tiel on its Facebook page. “This is the first time such a site has been discovered in the Netherlands,” the city said.

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A solar calendar

By examining the differences in composition and color of the clay, archaeologists have located three burial mounds on the site, just a few kilometers from the banks of the Waal.

The passageways inside the tumulus allowed it to be used as a solar calendar “to mark important times like festivals and harvest days,” the archaeologists said.

“This hill is reminiscent of Stonehenge, the famous and mysterious prehistoric monument in England, where this phenomenon also occurs,” commented Dutch public broadcaster NOS.

Researchers also discovered two other smaller burial mounds. According to archaeologists, these three mounds were used as burial sites for around 800 years.

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Unique archeological vondst in Tiel. From “Stonehenge van Nederland” directly to Medel. And then we have in the earth a stench that is smoked the most. https://t.co/rsqWFacg6X

—Dave Verbeek (@DaveVerbeek) June 21, 2023

A pearl discovered in Iraq

Archaeologists have made another sensational discovery: a glass bead in a tomb that has been analyzed to come from Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq.

“This pearl traveled a distance of around 5,000 kilometers four millennia ago,” research team leader Cristian van der Linde told NOS. “The glass was not made here, the pearl must have been an extraordinary object for people because it was an unknown material,” added Stijn Arnoldussen from the University of Groningen.

But the pearl certainly didn’t make its way from Mesopotamia to the burial site all at once, he says. Back then things were traded.

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According to a report by both companies, this joint mechanism will enable more efficient investigation of breaches on issues such as confidentiality, integrity, availability of data and systems.

This group faces child pornography, computer fraud, intellectual property infringement and money laundering related to cybercrime, it said.

The Minister of Security Juan Manuel Pino; and the prosecutor, Javier Caraballo, explained to the press that due to the increase in illegal activities in the digital world, this project is being adopted or facilitated by the internet or other forms of electronic technology.

The agreement includes, among other things, the creation of procedural manuals and the functions that regulate the actions of the members of the group.

It also calls for the development of common priorities and joint deployment plans and the selection of their representatives, as well as the provision of training and technical assistance to improve investigative capacity.

It is also highlighted that this investigative team will be made up of officials from the National Directorate of Judicial Investigations, the Police Intelligence Service and the Prosecutor’s Office.

Last February, MP Kayra Harding, first vice president of the National Assembly (parliament), presented to the plenary session an initiative aimed at amending legislation to prosecute and punish computer or cybercrime.

The proposal, presented jointly with the independent legislator Juan Diego Vásquez, arose from the complaints that became known in the networks and media.

Harding explained that the use of the internet is a tool that makes work easier and has been demonstrated in the time of Covid-19, representing a major global advance; However, activities that are outside the law and classified as “cybercrime or computer crime” are also increasing.

Given this scenario, he stressed that Panamanian legislation is flawed, citing reports of current events affecting women and minors.

The bill provides penalties of up to five to 10 years in prison for anyone who uses violence, intimidation or a serious threat to attempt to benefit or harm a third party.

It also states that anyone who improperly confiscates or uses data stored in a computer or electronic system, in whole or in part, shall be punished with imprisonment for a period of four to six years; and for public or private infrastructure between six and eight years.

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The tragic incident took place in the US state of Ohio. In March, a three-year-old girl shot and killed her four-year-old sister in Texas.

A pregnant woman has been shot dead by her two-year-old son in the United States. The 31-year-old man called 911 after the incident on Friday, Police Chief David Smith told local media in Ohio. “She explained that she was 33 weeks pregnant and that her two-year-old son accidentally shot her in the back.”

The woman was then taken to a hospital, where the fetus could not be saved despite an emergency caesarean section. Hours later, her mother also succumbed to her injuries.

The woman was conscious when police arrived and told officers that her son somehow got into the normally locked room and started playing with the gun. Police found a loaded 9mm pistol and two other loaded firearms on the bedside table.

Several incidents of this type

In the United States, where there are about 400 million guns for about 330 million people, these tragedies happen again and again. In March, a three-year-old girl accidentally shot and killed her four-year-old sister in Texas. In June 2022, a two-year-old boy shot his father with an improperly stored gun. In August 2021, a two-year-old found a gun in a child’s backpack and shot the mother in the head while the mother was participating in a video conference. (APA/AFP)