A discovery reported in 2009 of spun, dyed, and knotted wild flax fibers in a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia shows that the plant was already in use by humans at the surprisingly early date of 30, 000 B. C .. New Zealand flax is not related to flax but was named after it, as both plants are used to produce fibers.

The early association of silk serge, Greece, and France is shown by the discovery in Charlemagne's tomb of a piece of silk serge dyed with Byzantine motifs, evidently a gift from the Byzantine Imperial Court in the 8th or 9th century AD.

He is also known for his discovery, in 1839 of Purkinje fibres, the fibrous tissue that conducts electrical impulses from the atrioventricular node to all parts of the ventricles of the heart.

The discovery was also the oldest confirmed find of any musical instrument in history, until a redating of flutes found in Geißenklösterle cave revealed them to be even older with an age of 42. 000 to 43. 000 years.

According to Miyamoto, one of his most memorable experiences was the discovery of a cave entrance in the middle of the woods.

In Hesiod's telling of Zeus's birth, when Great Gaia came to Crete and hid the child Zeus in a " steep cave ", beneath the secret places of the earth, on Mount Aigaion with its thick forests ; there the Cretan Kouretes ' ritual clashing spears and shields were interpreted by Hellenes as intended to drown out the infant god's cries, and prevent his discovery by his cannibal father Cronus.

By the end of 1948, nearly two years after their discovery, scholars had yet to locate the original cave where the fragments had been found.

The discovery of the large bones of an extinct Giant Ground Sloth by workmen in 1811 gave the cave its name.

The cave is named for the discovery of the skeleton of a Giant Ground Sloth ( Megalonyx jeffersoni ) by saltpeter miners in 1811.

In 2003 the discovery of Eagle's Reach cave was publicly announced.

In 1887, Daniel Marie Fouquet heard of the discovery of numerous portrait mummies in a cave.

The beginning of the 1990s led into the discovery of underwater caves such as Aereolito on the island of Cozumel, ultimately leading to the 5th biggest underwater cave in the world.

Soon after their discovery, the People of the Cave ( as the Qur ' an calls them ) died and the people of their town built a place of worship at the site of their burial ( the cave ).

Passing along the face of the eastern hill to the north of Sitabai's cave is a small Hindu excavation with a veranda, which was probably to be three cells, but was abandoned following the discovery of a flaw in the rock.

The discovery of the cave was finally made public in 1988 when the landowners sold the area to the state for development as a park and show cavern.

The cave has been sealed off to the public since its discovery in 1994.

The modern field of paleoanthropology began in the 19th century with the discovery of " Neanderthal man " ( the eponymous skeleton was found in 1856, but there had been finds elsewhere since 1830 ), and with evidence of so-called cave men.

Following the death of the lions, the book tells of the bridge ’ s completion in spite of additional challenges ( such as a fierce flood ) as well as many stories concerning local wildlife ( including other lions ), local tribes, the discovery of the maneaters ' cave, and various hunting expeditions.

The discovery of populations of homo denisova cohabiting with Neandertal and homo sapiens in a cave in Siberia in 2011 raised the interesting possibility that Niven may have accurately " hindcast " a previous state of hominid behavior.

The area is known to have been populated since the paleolithic era due to the discovery of a cave settlement near the town of Postojna called Betal Rock Shelter ().

Sinclair tells Garibaldi about their discovery below the planet's surface, but seismic activity in the area causes the ceiling to cave in and prevents Sinclair and Ivanova from returning to their shuttle.

When MacEnery reported to the British Association the discovery of flint tools below the stalagmites on the cave floor, his work was derided as contrary to Bishop James Ussher's Biblical chronology dating the Creation to 4004 BC.

The first documented discovery of the cave by early explorers was in 1881 by brothers Tom and Jesse Bingham.

Luray Caverns, originally called Luray Cave, is a large, celebrated commercial cave just west of Luray, Virginia, USA, which has drawn many visitors since its discovery in 1878.

Andrew Campbell, William Campbell, and Benton Stebbins purchased the cave tract, but kept their discovery secret until after the sale.

The discovery of the fossil remains of the Puerto Rican Gharial ( Aktiogavialis puertorisensis ) in a cave located in San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, suggested that the Caribbean served as the link between both continents.

Following the discovery of the islands by Columbus, the area was quickly colonised by several Western cultures ( initially Spain, then later Portugal, England, the Dutch Republic, France and Denmark ).

The area now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo was populated as early as 80, 000 years ago, as shown by the 1988 discovery of the Semliki harpoon at Katanda, one of the oldest barbed harpoons ever found, and which is believed to have been used to catch giant river catfish.

Adair once remarked to a Catholic journalist from the Republic of Ireland upon the discovery of her being Catholic, that normally Catholics travelled in the boot of his car.

Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale begins with the discovery of a footlocker full of cassette tapes in the ruins of what was once Bangor, a prominent way-station on " The Underground Femaleroad " in the dystopic Republic of Gilead.

This discovery had far-reaching political repercussions and gave rise to the uitlander ( Afrikaans: foreigner ) problem, which eventually caused the fall of the Republic.

Carl Ferdinand Cori ForMemRS ( December 5, 1896 – October 20, 1984 ) was a Czech biochemist and pharmacologist born in Prague ( then in Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic ) who, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how glycogen ( animal starch ) – a derivative of glucose – is broken down and resynthesized in the body, for use as a store and source of energy.

British expansion into southern Africa was fueled by three prime factors: first, the desire to control the trade routes to India that passed around the Cape ; second, the discovery in 1868 of huge mineral deposits of diamonds around Kimberley on the joint borders of the South African Republic ( called the Transvaal by the British ), Orange Free State and the Cape Colony, and thereafter in 1886 in the Transvaal of a major gold find, all of which offered enormous wealth and power ; and thirdly the race against other European colonial powers, as part of a general colonial expansion in Africa.

Alex realises that the discovery of recent events would be too much for her to bear, and so sets out to maintain the illusion that things are as before in the German Democratic Republic.

She described a typical Oldfield machiavellian manoeuvre in which the information Keith Littlejohn had passed to her about Kenneth's discovery of Russian arms in the Republic of Ireland, was firstly given to Oldfield who requested that she passed it to Lord Carrington.

In December, 1931, The Arizona Republic reported on the recent discovery of a human skull in the Superstition Mountains.

In the declining period of the Qing Dynasty, the emergence of a Republican government and the policies of the People's Republic of China, Chen Tai Chi Chuan underwent a period of discovery, popularization, repression and finally internationalization.

The area now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo was populated as early as 80, 000 years ago, as shown by the 1988 discovery of the Semliki harpoon at Katanda, one of the oldest barbed harpoons ever found, and which is believed to have been used to catch giant river catfish.

* Astonishing ’ gorilla discovery in Republic of Congo

As president, he made a deal with elected officials of the state of Georgia: if Georgia would release its legal claims to " discovery " in lands to its west, the U. S. military would help expel the Cherokee people from Georgia.

* April – – English merchant Anthony de la Roché, blown off course having rounded Cape Horn eastabout, makes the first discovery of land south of the Antarctic Convergence, landing on South Georgia and ( probably ) Gough Island.

Prior to discovery and settlement by Europeans, Georgia was inhabited by the mound building cultures.

The visit to South Georgia by Anthony de la Roché in 1675 was the first ever discovery of land south of the Antarctic Convergence i. e. in the Antarctic.

Tensions between Georgia and the Cherokee Nation were brought to a crisis by the discovery of gold near Dahlonega, Georgia, in 1829, resulting in the Georgia Gold Rush, the first gold rush in U. S. history.

The Cherokee coexisted with the settlers until the discovery of gold in Georgia in 1828.

The Center for Servant Leadership at the Pastoral Institute in Georgia defines servant leadership as a lifelong journey that includes discovery of one ’ s self, a desire to serve others, and a commitment to lead.

The goal of the Judicial Program is to expose Georgia high school students to the formal judicial process through pre-trial analysis, discovery, brief writing, and the presentation of a trial to a court of judges.

By 1. 8 mya early man was present Europe, as shown by the discovery of skulls and Oldowan tools from that time in Dmanisi, Georgia.

The discovery of gold in the Georgia Gold Belt in 1828 led to the Georgia Gold Rush.

Jewell, in his capacity as a security guard, discovered the bag and alerted Georgia Bureau of Investigation officers ; this discovery was nine minutes before Rudolph called 9-1-1 to deliver a warning.

The first documented discovery of gold in the Rocky Mountain region occurred on 1850-06-22, when Lewis Ralston, a Georgia prospector headed for the California gold fields, dipped his sluice pan into this stream near its mouth at Clear Creek.

Warm Springs is a 2005 television film about American President Franklin D. Roosevelt's struggle with polio, his discovery of the Warm Springs, Georgia spa resort and his work to turn it into a center for the aid of polio victims, and his resumption of his political career.

Shortly after Robert Stell was elected to Congress, gold was discovered at Dahlonega, Villa Rica and Carrollton Georgia ; Gold Hill in Cleburne County and Cragford in Clay County, Alabama were sites of discovery.

The first Georgia v. South Carolina case in 1922 was regarding the islands in the Tugaloo, which was not explicitly named in the treaty because that was prior to its discovery.