Skeletons of 80 horses found in China tomb
Skeletons of 80 horses have been unearthed from the mausoleum of a Chinese emperor, who lived more than 2,000 years ago, rekindling a centuries-old Chinese legend about the mysterious blood-sweating horse from central Asia.
The skeletons were found in two sacrificial pits within the mausoleum of Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-8 AD) in Xingping city, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, Yang Wuzhan, a researcher with the provincial archaeological institute said.
Yang, who along with his team began excavating the two pits in 2009, said each of the two pits was a huge cavern containing 20 caves — each “guarded” by two stallions and a terracotta warrior. He said archaeologists have confirmed all were adult male horses. “Scientists will soon carry out DNA tests hoping to determine the genus of the horses,” Xinhua quoted him as saying.
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Now, a watch you can use to measure BP
London: British scientists claim to have developed a new wristwatch-like device which could “measure” your blood pressure more accurately than the traditional arm cuffs. Research-ers behind the “wristwatch” said the gadget would make it easier for doctors to better pinpoint those at risk of heart attacks and strokes.
High blood pressure, which kills thousands of people every year worldwide, is often dubbed “the silent killer” as it remains symptomless until it is too late. Researchers who have tested the wristwatch, developed with funding from the Department of Health, said they found it comfortable to wear.
Professor Bryan Williams of Leicester University, who tested the wristwatch with scientists from Singapore, said, “I am under no illusion about the magnitude of the change this technique will bring about.”
“It has been a fabulous scientific adventure to get to this point and it will change the way blood pressure has been monitored for more than a century,” he was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail. —PTI
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