Rock Monastery at Göreme by voyageAnatolia.tumblr.com on Flickr.
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Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Hidden cave churches in a natural volcanic fairy chimney at Göreme, Open Air Museum, Cappadocia.
More about Ancient Cappadocia
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Bones with Inscriptions
4th-7th century
Kharga Oasis (Byzantine Egypt)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Old letters recovered from a shipwreck and delivered years later.
Betty J. Meggers (1921-), United States of America
New Issue of Texas Archaeology (OPEN ACCESS for all to View)
http://www.txarch.org/Publications/newsletters/index.html
The Newsletter of the Texas Archeological Society- lots about activities going on in Texas.
For the first time since the U.S. Civil War, the Confederate vessel H.L. Hunley—the world’s first submarine to sink an enemy ship—was revealed on January 12 after 11 years of conservation work.
Shown in a South Carolina conservation facility, the Hunley sank the U.S.S.Housatonic off…
’5 millenia old chariots and 12 horse skeletons were found in a tomb pit in the city of Luoyang in central China. Archaeologists believe the tomb was dug as part of the funeral rites of a minister or other nobleman during the Eastern Zhou dynasty period, about 2,500 years ago.’ - National Geographic.
Kailasanath Temple, 756-774 CE, Ellora, Maharashtra, India (by kun0me)
The Kailasanathar Temple is one of the 34 monasteries and temples, extending over more than 2 km, that were dug side by side in the wall of a high basalt cliff in the complex. Of these 34 monasteries and temples, the Kailasa is a remarkable example Dravidian architecture account of its striking proportion; elaborate workmanship architectural content and sculptural ornamentation Kovil rock-cut architecture Pallava prowess. - wikipedia.org
KENNEWICK, Wash. — A human jawbone found in the Columbia River near Kennewick has been determined to be Native American, 150 to 200 years old.
The determination was made by an anthropologist hired by the Corps of Engineers.
The corps owns the property where the lower jawbone with six teeth was found in October, in the same general area where the 9,300-year-old Kennewick Man skeleton was found in 1996.
The Tri-City Herald reports the corps has consulted with several tribes who may claim the jawbone after a legal notification.
Tribes also claimed Kennewick Man, but a court ruled those bones may remain at the Burke Museum at the University of Washington for scientific study about the earliest people in North America.
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BRONZE Age cities archaeologists say could be the precursor of Western civilisation is being uncovered in excavations on the Russian steppe.
A Viking axe head found in a Gloucestershire village could be evidence of a battle more than 1,100 years ago, according to archaeologists… Archaeologists say where the axe head was found is where they could have tied up their ships…
According to historians King Alfred the Great fought the Vikings in a bloody battle at Minchinhampton, about 10 miles from Slimbridge, in 894 AD. Three Viking princes were killed in the battle, and fighting could have ranged over a wide area of the Berkeley Vale.
For over a century archaeologists have speculated where the Vikings could have moored their ships.
‘They realised my driveway would have been creek in those days before there was a sea wall on the River Severn,’ said Mr. Hunter Darling. ‘The boats could have tied up at the bottom of my garden.’
When one thinks of historic Kazakhstan, a vision of rough-riding, nomadic, gypsy-like people on horseback, traversing a vast, flat, steppe-like landscape, comes to mind. The ancient cultural and artistic achievements of this people might surprise you, however. Their civilization was in fact…
Read More Here: http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/december-2011/article/archaeological-remains-of-a-nomadic-culture-is-an-eye-opening-surprise
