Archaeologists have reopened a grave in Switzerland to see if DNA testing can confirm it contains the body of 17th century Swiss hero - and killer - Jürg Jenatsch.
Read More Here: http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/DNA_tests_aim_to_identify_17th_century_figure_.html?cid=32489350
PORTLAND, Ore. —
“The simple act of walking continues to take strange detours among ancient human ancestors.
To wit, 1.5 million-year-old footprints excavated in Africa, initially thought to reflect a thoroughly modern walking style, were instead made by individuals that walked differently than people today do, researchers reported April 13 at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.”
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Mummy-case and skeleton of a child suffering from osteogenesis imperfecta or ‘brittle bone disease’, 22nd Dynasty, c. 945-716 BC, from Speos Artemidos, Beni Hasan.
On display at the British Museum.
An artificial eye implanted into a living woman’s eye socket found in Shahr-e Sukhteh/the Burnt City in Iran. This civilisation is estimated to be at least 5200 years old (3200 BC). Sadly, because Iran is so poor, when the discovery of this site was announced, many locals plundered what they could so that they could sell what they found and God knows how many artefacts are now lost or destroyed.
ScienceDaily —
“University of Cincinnati research is revealing early farming in a former wetlands region that was largely cut off from Western researchers until recently. The UC collaboration with the Southern Albania Neolithic Archaeological Project (SANAP) will be presented April 20 at the at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA).”
Read More Here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120416113013.htm
The Djulirri Rock Shelter holds a wealth of Australian aboriginal art and heritage. Among the many spectacular rock art paintings are these images of 19th century vessels, documenting historical interactions with European colonists and Makassarese traders.
A small bronze statue dating back nearly 2,000 years may be that of a female gladiator, a victorious one at that, suggests a new study. If this is the case, it would only be the second known depiction of a female gladiator.
AHMEDABAD, (Bernama) —
“A large collection of archaeological evidences, which can throw light into the 5,000-year-old Harappan civilisation in India, has been found in Khirsara in western Kutch region in Gujarat.”
Read More Here: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsindex.php?id=659549
Part of the ancient Greek court Palladion, which tried murder cases from Classical until the Roman Ages, was discovered along with movable findings in downtown Athens. In the 60′s, archaeologist Ioannis Travlos discovered another part of the court, including the entrance.
Read More Here: http://greece.greekreporter.com/2012/04/17/ancient-greek-murder-court-found-in-athens/
The National Maritime Museum Cornwall will display the 4500-year-old Nebra Sky Disc for the first time in its new exhibition, 2012 BC: Cornwall and the Sea in the Bronze Age.
A single bronze disc decorated with gold symbols that represent the sun, moon, stars and a boat,…
Shali, an ancient mud-brick city on a mountain top in Siwa that was inhabited until about 100 years ago when it was destroyed by floods. The tower in the first and last pictures is the mosque, which is still in use.
The so called Great Treasury at Petra. Even though it was prolly a hardcore elite burial. But let’s just continue the great tradition of naming archaeological finds without any basis and then have to explain to the general public that no there’s no actual reason we call it the treasury and no, it’s not a bank.
More than five million ancient artefacts lie in the vaults of the Museum of London. Records of 8,500 excavations – some from the early 19th century – take up 10 kilometres of shelving in 120,000 brown boxes full of mystery. So it’s no surprise that the judges of the Guinness World Records have officially declared it the largest archaeological archive in the world.
Read More Here: http://www.culture24.org.uk/history%20%26%20heritage/archaeology/art383334
The United Nations expressed alarm on Monday over the safety of ancient books and documents in the storied city of Timbuktu as reports said that rebels had pillaged and looted the Ahmad Baba Institute of Higher Islamic Studies and Research, as well as other institutions.
Many of the archives document Timbuktu’s golden era between the 12th and 15th centuries. Irina Bokova, director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, appealed to Mali’s neighbors and art collectors to refrain from trying to sell the stolen items and urged warring factions in Mali to respect Timbuktu’s rich history as a “cultural crossroads and center of learning.
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