The Jockey of Artemision, galloping on his horse, dated around 140 BCE. Found in pieces, it was discovered in north Euboea off the cape of Artemision, in the area of a shipwreck.
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myancientworld: The Jockey of Artemision, galloping on his...
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Oldest Animal-Shaped Structures Discovered in Peru
Oldest Animal-Shaped Structures Discovered in Peru:
“Manmade mounds shaped like orcas, condors and even a duck may be the oldest evidence of animal mounds outside of North America, according to former University of Missouri anthropologist.
Writing in the magazine Antiquity, Robert Benfer, a professor emeritus, describes a series of mounds, some…”
Read More Here: http://news.yahoo.com/oldest-animal-shaped-structures-discovered-peru-204602746.html;_ylt=AvVs9FJixowHqN1wTndvyN_OSpZ4
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Dig Points to NY Site as War of 1812 Encampment
Dig Points to NY Site as War of 1812 Encampment:
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.—
“An archaeological dig conducted last summer near Lake Champlain’s New York shoreline has uncovered evidence that the site was a winter encampment for American soldiers during the War of 1812.
The Press-Republican of Plattsburgh reports that archaeologist Timothy Abel says the excavations on property formerly owned by the Plattsburgh Air Force Base unearthed military artifacts such as uniform buttons bearing the number 15, indicating the U.S. Army’s 15th Regiment.
The regiment spent the winter of 1812-13 encamped at what was known as Pike’s Cantonment, named for the camp’s commander, Zebulon Pike. The encampment’s exact location in Plattsburgh had been debated for decades. More excavations are planned at the site this summer.
In September 1814, American land and naval forces defeated the British at the Battle of Plattsburgh. “
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gardant: Medieval hospital burials in Bawtry, South Yorkshire,...
Medieval hospital burials in Bawtry, South Yorkshire, England. These graves that went beyond the borders of the trench cut had to be left in the ground, to be properly excavated in a subsequent field season.
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thesherd: Mosaics are often some of the most impressive artistic...
Mosaics are often some of the most impressive artistic finds in archaeology. This paper looks at the fragments of a Hellenistic mosaic and how they reveal the techniques and methods of its creation.
(via Making and Meaning: The Hellenistic Mosaic from Tel Dor | American Journal of Archaeology)
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omgthatartifact: Vessel in the Form of a Fish—Nasca, 100...
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klearidas: Seal of Adda (Akkadian scribe), approximately...
Seal of Adda (Akkadian scribe), approximately 2500-2000 BCE.
From the left:
- Unknown hunting god with bow and quiver (maybe the minor god Nusku or Gilgamesh, 5th king of Uruk)
- Inanna, Goddess of Heaven and Earth (also, love and fertility), weapons rising from her winged shoulders symbolise her warlike characteristics, she also holds a cluster of dates. The small tree next to her could be a representation of the Tree of Life from the story of the Huluppu Tree.
- Utu, the God of the Sun, with rays rising from his shoulders. He is cutting his way through the mountains in order to rise at dawn (maybe the knife is to fight off what appears to be Anzu, who is often depicted with the head of a lion and wings).
- Enki, the God of Wisdom and Water, with stylized streams of water with fish in them flow from his sides. In the ancient Sumerian language, water is also synonymous with semen.
- Isimud, Enki’s two-faced vizier or “sukkal” messenger.
All of the gods wear horned helmets, signifying divinity.
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allmesopotamia: A dog statuette dedicated to Ninisinna for the...
A dog statuette dedicated to Ninisinna for the life of Sumu-El, king of Larsa (1894-1866 BCE). Louvre Museum, AO 4349, image © The Louvre Museum
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The Search for the Aqua Traiana (Via Archaeology TV on Youtube)
The Search for the Aqua Traiana
(Via Archaeology TV on Youtube)
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Scientists Find Evidence That Human Ancestors Used Fire 1 Million Years Ago
Scientists Find Evidence That Human Ancestors Used Fire 1 Million Years Ago:
An international team led by the University of Toronto and Hebrew University has identified the earliest known evidence of the use of fire by human ancestors. Microscopic traces of wood ash, alongside animal bones and stone tools, were found in a layer dated to one million years ago at the…
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thesherd: Earliest evidence of use of fire by human ancestors:...
Earliest evidence of use of fire by human ancestors: Excavation of animal bones and stone tools at Wonderwerk Cave also revealed traces of wood ash all within a layer dating back one million years ago. (via Evidence that human ancestors used fire one million years ago)
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tyrotheterrible: runicbasso:
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jillian-: Hadrian’s Wall by gms on Flickr.
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milicentbrovovich: Tanis (Τάνις), the Greek name of...
Tanis (Τάνις), the Greek name of ancient Djanet (modern صان الحجر Ṣān al-Ḥaǧar), is a city in the north-eastern Nile delta of Egypt. It is located on the Tanitic branch of the Nile which has long since silted up.
Tanis was founded in the late Twentieth Dynasty, and became the northern capital of Egypt during the following Twenty-first Dynasty. It was the home city of Smendes, founder of the 21st dynasty. During the Twenty-second Dynasty Tanis remained as Egypt’s political capital (though there were sometimes rival dynasties located elsewhere in Upper Egypt). It was an important commercial and strategic city until it was threatened with inundation by Lake Manzala in the 6th century AD, when it was finally abandoned. The refugees founded the nearby city of Tennis.
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First Evidence For Pre-Columbian Sources Of Maya Blue
First Evidence For Pre-Columbian Sources Of Maya Blue:
“Once again, science and anthropology have teamed up to solve questions concerning the fascinating, brilliantly hued pigment known as Maya Blue. Impervious to the effects of chemical or physical weathering, the pigment was applied to pottery, sculpture, and murals in Mesoamerica largelyduring the Classic and Postclassic periods (AD 250-1520), playing a central role in ancient Maya religious practice. This unusual blue paint was used to coat the victims of human sacrifice and the altars on which they were dispatched.
For some time, scientists have known that Maya Blue is formed through the chemical combination of indigo and the clay mineral palygorskite. Only now, however, have researchers established a link between contemporary indigenous knowledge and ancient sources of the mineral.
In a paper published online in the Journal of Archaeological Science on March 16, 2012, researchers from Wheaton College, The Field Museum of Natural History, the United States Geological Survey, California State University of Long Beach, and the Smithsonian Institution, demonstrated that the palygorskite component in some of the Maya Blue samples came from mines in two locations in Mexico’s northern Yucatan Peninsula
Research on sources for palygorskite has been ongoing since the late 1960′s. Through a combination of ethnographic research and mineralogical analyses, Dean E. Arnold, Professor of Anthropology at Wheaton College, and now Adjunct Curator of Anthropology at The Field Museum, discovered that palygorskite was well known among indigenous potters of Ticul, Yucatán. These contemporary Maya used palygorskite as a key component of pottery and also prescribed the mineral for medicinal purposes. Indigenous knowledge further extends to sources of palygorskite: potters extracted the mineral from two mines in Yucatán – one in Sacalum and the other near the city of Ticul at a location called Yo’ Sah Kab.”
Read More Here: http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112506319/first-evidence-for-pre-columbian-sources-of-maya-blue/
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klearidas: The empty space below the floor where the hot air...
The empty space below the floor where the hot air flowed through. In the caldarium of the Baths’ of the Roman fort Biriciana, Weißenburg (Bavaria/Germany).
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klearidas: Hollow bricks in the wall of the caldarium of the...
Hollow bricks in the wall of the caldarium of the Baths’ of the Roman fort Biriciana, Weißenburg (Bavaria/Germany) forming a great flue for the heated air from the fires underneath.
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tammuz: Female figurines and pottery from the Old Babylonian...
Female figurines and pottery from the Old Babylonian era. The Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Photo by Babylon Chronicle
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From China, a hidden tomb with chariots and horses was...
From China, a hidden tomb with chariots and horses was unearthed.
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