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archaeology:  A Greek bronze helmet, covered with gold leaf...

February 29, 2012, 11:32 am
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 A Greek bronze helmet, covered with gold leaf and decorated with snakes, lions and a peacock’s tail (or palmette), has been discovered in the waters of Haifa Bay in Israel. But how this helmet ended up at the bottom of the bay is a mystery.

The helmet dates back around 2,600 years and likely belonged to a wealthy Greek mercenary who took part in a series of wars, immortalized in the Bible, which ravaged the region at that time. Archaeologists believe that he likely fought for an Egyptian pharaoh named Necho II. 

Dredging discovery

The helmet was discovered accidentally in 2007 during commercial dredging operations in the harbor. After it was discovered, conservators with the Israel Antiquities Authority went to work cleaning it and archaeologists began to analyze it.

They discovered that it is very similar to another helmet found in the 1950s near the Italian island of Giglio, about 1,500 miles (2,300 kilometers) away. That helmet has been dated to around 2,600 years ago, something which helped the researchers arrive at a date for the Haifa Bay helmet.

More at the link.

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shovelbum: archaeologistforhire: Here’s the latest update...

February 29, 2012, 2:20 pm
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shovelbum:

archaeologistforhire:

Here’s the latest update from the AIA:

Dear AIA members,

The AIA has learned of two new TV shows that promote treasure hunting to find archaeological objects. National Geographic’s “Diggers” airs tonight and Spike TV’s “American Diggers” will air next month. Both shows feature metal detectorists and at least one (“American Diggers”) emphasizes the commercial value of the found objects. The AIA believes that these shows promote the looting and destruction of archaeological sites.

The AIA has joined several other groups including the SAA, SHA, and RPA in voicing concern about these programs and the negative messages they send about cultural heritage and its recovery. Links to copies of the SAA and SHA letters can be found at the bottom of this letter.

We would like to ask you, our members and archaeology enthusiasts, to send letters and/or e-mails to the companies involved asking them to alter the message of the shows and to provide disclaimers during the airing of the show that makes it clear that what the shows are promoting is unethical and in some instances may even be illegal. We hope that they will engage in a meaningful dialogue with archaeologists about the illicit practices they promote.

Sincerely,
Elizabeth Bartman
Elizabeth Bartman
President

Voice your Concern

Spike TV
Scott Gurney and Deirdre Gurney
Gurney Productions, Inc.
8929 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 510
Los Angeles, California 90045
http://www.gurneyproductions.com/contact

Kevin Kay
President, Spike TV
1633 Broadway
New York, New York 10019
http://www.spike.com/about/feedback/

Send comments or questions regarding National Geographic Channel television programming:
comments@natgeochannel.com

There are also Facebook Pages where you can comment.
One is a “People against American Diggers” Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/People-against-Spike-TVs-American-Digger/193110227460512

If you would like to add comments to the Spike website, please visit the comments section at the bottom of the following page:
http://bit.ly/yQjlXP

The Spike TV announcement is available at:
http://bit.ly/xm2QyI

See Letters Submitted by the SAA and SHA

SAA Letters:
http://bit.ly/w2MHJM
http ://bit.ly/wzT7IA

SHA Letters:
http://www.sha.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TepperAmericanDiggers2272012.pdf
http://www.sha.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/National-Geographic-Letter-22820121.pdf

Petitions

http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-spike-tv-from-looting-our-collective-past

http://www.change.org/petitions/national-geographic-society-wwwnationalgeographiccom-stop-airing-the-television-show-diggers

Important to everybody who is concerned about their history, not just archaeologists.

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Radical Theory of First Americans Places Stone-age Europeans in Delmarva 20,000 Years Ago

February 29, 2012, 4:23 pm
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Radical Theory of First Americans Places Stone-age Europeans in Delmarva 20,000 Years Ago:

By , Wednesday, February 29, 3:19 PM

“When the crew of the Virginia scallop trawler Cinmar hauled a mastodon tusk onto the deck in 1970, another oddity dropped out of the net: A dark, tapered stone blade, nearly eight inches long and still sharp.

Forty years later, this rediscovered prehistoric slasher has reopened debate on a radical theory about who the first Americans were and when they got here…”

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Me, in a nutshell.

February 29, 2012, 4:31 pm
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Tools May Have Been First Money

March 1, 2012, 10:35 am
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Tools May Have Been First Money:

archaeologicalnews:

VANCOUVER, British Columbia

“Hand axes, small handheld stone tools used by ancient humans, could have served as the first commodity in the human world thanks to their durability and utility.

The axes may have been traded between human groups and would have served as a social cue to others…”

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explore-the-earth: Ruins of the Forum Romanum, Rome. Taken by...

March 1, 2012, 10:42 am
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allmesopotamia: Part of Assyrian Bronze Throne and Footstool,...

March 1, 2012, 12:37 pm
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allmesopotamia:

Part of Assyrian Bronze Throne and Footstool, about B.C. 880, Reign of Asshurnasirpal.

(From a photo by Mansell & Co. of the original in the British Museum.)

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Flag Fen Archaeology Idea Brings in Public to Dig Deep

March 1, 2012, 12:57 pm
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Religion and Society in Roman Palestine

March 1, 2012, 12:57 pm
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deconversionmovement: Neanderthals Were Ancient Mariners IT...

March 1, 2012, 12:59 pm
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deconversionmovement:

Neanderthals Were Ancient Mariners

IT LOOKS like Neanderthals may have beaten modern humans to the seas. Growing evidence suggests our extinct cousins criss-crossed the Mediterranean in boats from 100,000 years ago - though not everyone is convinced they weren’t just good swimmers.

Neanderthals lived around the Mediterranean from 300,000 years ago. Their distinctive “Mousterian” stone tools are found on the Greek mainland and, intriguingly, have also been found on the Greek islands of Lefkada, Kefalonia and Zakynthos. That could be explained in two ways: either the islands weren’t islands at the time, or our distant cousins crossed the water somehow.

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Uncovering Mass Graves of Holocaust Horrors at Nazi Death Camps

March 1, 2012, 1:04 pm
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Mexican Archaeologists Discover a Millennium-old Game Board

March 1, 2012, 1:06 pm
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Exploration of Mythical David and Goliath Battle Site Reaches New Depth

March 1, 2012, 1:18 pm
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Exploration of Mythical David and Goliath Battle Site Reaches New Depth:

archaeologicalnews:

“This summer, Tel Aviv University’s Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology is adding another excavation to their already expansive list of seven active digs. Azekah, a city of the ancient kingdom of Judah that features prominently in the Bible — both as a main border city and the…”

Read More Here: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/afot-eom022712.php

Mode Note:

This is so crazy for me to read because my Archaeological Dig in Israel is summer is also a potientional King David site, in the Ellah valley, and uses the same bible verses as clues. The only diffrence is, I am going with Hebrew University. #Rivals

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rocks-n-bones: I’m your Venus!

March 1, 2012, 1:26 pm
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aboutegypt: The Mortuary Temple of Merenptah (by luxortaxi.com)

March 1, 2012, 10:30 pm
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oldowan: Lithics and bone Cova Gran, Catalunya, Spain

March 1, 2012, 10:37 pm
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Unearthing Sussita

March 2, 2012, 11:34 am
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Unearthing Sussita:

archaeologicalnews:

Peering up from the shore of Lake Kinneret, known to many as the Sea of Galilee, one can hardly detect any structures atop that imposing flat-topped mountain. But at its summit, twelve years of continuous archaeological excavations on the site of the ancient city of Antiochia Hippos, now known as Sussita, have unearthed a wealth of Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad structures erected during a period of a thousand years – from the 2nd century BCE to the 8th century CE. Yet much excavation work still has to be done to reveal the city in all its former magnificence and glory.

Sussita Mountain, on which Hippos was built, is situated between the Kinneret Valley and the southwestern Golan mountain range, about 2km to the east of the lake and rising 350m above it. Its strategic location near the eastern bank of the lake, the natural protection provided by the mountain, and the fertile fields of the lakeside districts, were most probably the features that attracted the Seleucid rulers in the mid-2nd century BCE to found a Hellenistic city here on the mountain crest.

The diamond-shaped table top of Sussita Mountain is about 600m in length from east to west and 250m from north to south. The fairly flat surface of this mountain plateau slopes down gradually from east to west. The upper layers of the mountain are covered with basalt, under which there is a soft limestone layer. These were the raw materials utilized for most of the ancient construction work.

It is clear that the mountain’s relative isolation played a salient role in the decision by the Seleucids to build here. A fairly steep slope on the western side and deep and impassable gorges along its northern and southern sides severed the mountain from the surrounding terrain, leaving only a narrow saddle ridge on the east to link it with the southwestern slopes of the Golan Heights. Along this ridge ran the main road to the city which was enclosed by a solid wall (about 1,350m long) with two gates. The main gate on the east faced the saddle ridge and the gate on the west led downwards along a winding, snake-like road to the shores of the lake and cultivated fields.

Today, Sussita Mountain is an officially declared national park under the supervision of the National Parks Authority (NPA) of Israel.

Read More Here: http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/march-2012/article/unearthing-sussita

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Lalibela Church, Ethiopia The town of Lalibela in northern...

March 2, 2012, 11:46 am
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Lalibela Church, Ethiopia

The town of Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is renowned for 12 Christian churches that were hewed out of solid stone some 800 years ago. The most stunning is Bieta Giyorgis, shown here, a massive monolith 40 feet (12 meters) tall, intricately carved and shaped like a cross.

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travelingcolors: Tagines at Ait-Ben-Haddou | Morocco (by Zé...

March 2, 2012, 11:52 am
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rocks-n-bones: An archaeologist examines a re-created field...

March 2, 2012, 12:01 pm
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rocks-n-bones:

An archaeologist examines a re-created field area within the roughly 3,000-year-old expanse of irrigation canals and bordered fields currently under excavation at Las Capas in the Tucson Basin. More than fifteen acres of fields were once present.

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