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edoras2000: Very high climb to the Monastery.. Petra,...
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edoras2000: Try climbing this without the Donkey Petra,...
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edoras2000: Another of its kind in Petra, Jordan (Taken with...
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terrestrial-noesis: Path to Petra, Jordan
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edoras2000: Amazing Petra, Jordan (Taken with instagram)
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Archeologists to Study Pre-Settlement Hut in Iceland
Archeologists to Study Pre-Settlement Hut in Iceland:
20.05.2012 | 16:30
The remains of the hut at Hafnir. Photo: Bjarni F. Einarsson.
“The first archeological research in Iceland this year will begin at Hafnir in Reykjanes, southwest Iceland, on Monday. Archeologists will continue their study of a hut which may originate from 770-880 AD, the latter part of the Iron Age, and predate the historical settlement of Iceland in 847.
Excavation has been ongoing in the area around the hut, which has been given the name Vogur, with intermission since 2003, Fréttablaðið reports.
Last summer archeologist Bjarni F. Einarsson revealed that carbon age analysis indicated that the hut may have been constructed in the aforementioned period, which garnered considerable attention.
Archeologists now aim to complete research of the hut itself and search for other remains in the area that might date back to the same period.”
Click here to read more about Bjarni’s conclusions.
ESA
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Archaeological News: Ancient Clay Tablets Recovered from 9/11 Attack Restored and Translated
Archaeological News: Ancient Clay Tablets Recovered from 9/11 Attack Restored and Translated:
They were stored in the basement of the Customs House at 6 World Trade Center in New York City when the building was destroyed by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The ancient, 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets, 302 in all, were looted from a site in southern Iraq sometime before the attacks. They had been confiscated by U.S. customs while they were in the process of being smuggled into Newark, N.J. and then placed temporarily in the basement of the Trade Center.
When officials recovered the cache from the basement beneath the 9/11 wreckage, they transferred them to another storage facility until 2004, when they were taken to Harvard University’s Semitic Museum basement to undergo a special restoration process developed by Dennis and Jane Drake Piechota. The process combines slow baking in a furnace with water baths to extract salts. It results in a ceramic hardness that extends the life and form of the tablets.
Scholars now know that the tablets resided in an archive near the city of Nippur, the religious capital of Sumeria, and 145 of them constitute records of a relatively high-ranking agricultural official named ‘Aradmu’, a fact that came to light when Benjamin Studevent-Hickman, a lecturer on Assyriology in Harvard’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, dedicated months translating the cuneiform characters on the tablets.
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omgthatartifact: Staff Finial in the Form of Isis-Seklet, Egypt,...
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art-of-swords: Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony...
Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony - Israel Schuech (German, Dresden, active 1590–1610)
- Bladesmith:Juan Martinez (Spanish, Toledo, active ca. 1600)
- Date: 1606
- Culture:German, Dresden
- Medium:Steel; gilt bronze, with traces of enamel; paste jewels; cameos; pearls
- Dimensions:L. overall 48 in. (121.92 cm) L. of blade 41 1/4 in. (104.78 cm) Wt. 3 lb. 4 oz. (1474 gm)
This hilt is the only recorded work of the Dresden sword cutler Israel Schuech. The decoration of strapwork and allegorical figures, set with paste jewels and formerly enameled, parallels contemporary goldsmiths’ work at the opulent Saxon court.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Archaeological News: 2,000-year-old stone anchor offers clues to Indo-Arab trade
Archaeological News: 2,000-year-old stone anchor offers clues to Indo-Arab trade:
Scientists of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) have found an Indo-Arabic stone anchor off the Kutch coast in Gujarat that offers significant clues to the Indo-Arabic and Indo-Persian trade of the first and second century B.C. It was found at a depth of more than 50 metres.
“The findhas been published in the May issue of scientific journal “Current Science”.
“Ancient stone anchors serve to understand maritime contacts of India with other parts of the world… Arabs and Persians sailed the Indian Ocean and used the type of anchors under study since the 9th century. Indo-Arabian type stone anchors have been reported from the western Indian Ocean countries, namely east Africa, India, Persian Gulf countries and Sri lanka, suggesting close maritime contacts and trade relations among these countries.
“The ports in the Gulf of Kachchh have contributed significantly to maritime trade since ancient times, and such trade was extensive between Gujarat and the Arab world even during the medieval period,” the study reported.
The antique broke into two pieces while being retrieved.
“While the anchor was being retrieved, it fell from the dredger and broke into two pieces along a fracture plane that developed 70 cm below the upper circular hole,” the study reported.
Sila Tripathi, a marine archaeologist at the NIO who studied the anchor said more studies needed to be done to determine the exact source of the rock material. Tripathi said it was most likely of Indian origin.”
Read More Here: http://www.newkerala.com/news/newsplus/worldnews-24884.html#.T7vH2MXXu_1
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nordic-drifter: The first archaeological dig of the year in...
The first archaeological dig of the year in Iceland began today. At Hafnir in Reykjanes, southwest Iceland, archaeologist have returned to the site of a hut that may date to 770-880 CE. If accurate, this would date before the first known Viking settlement in 874 CE.
Excavations at this site, given the name Vogur, have been intermittent since 2003. The proposed date of the site was revealed last summer after carbon dating. No other structures have been found in the area.
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Mystery below Quinsigamond - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com
Mystery below Quinsigamond - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com:
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Project Mishoon wants to raise up centuries-old Nipmuc canoes!!!
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Archaeologists Explore Ancient Judahite Fortress | Popular Archaeology - exploring the past
Archaeologists Explore Ancient Judahite Fortress | Popular Archaeology - exploring the past:
After a century, archaeologists finally return to Biblical Tel Azekah to unearth answers to questions about this important monumental site.
For the first time since the historic excavations conducted there in 1898 by British archaeologists F.J. Bliss and R.A.S. Macalister, a team of archaeologists, students and volunteers will return with new methods and technology to uncover what remains of the historic Biblical Judahite stronghold of Azekah.
Azekah was an important strategic Judahite border-stronghold during the turbulent times of the Assyrian and Babylonian invasions, which brought destruction on the kingdoms of Israel and Judah centuries before the time of Christ. The mighty Assyrian king Sennacherib called it “an eagle’s nest…with towers that project to the sky like swords”. The town continued to play a strategic role hundreds of years later during the Hasmonean period, as was evidenced by the the Bliss/Macalister excavations when they uncovered part of a massive fortress built by the Hasmonean king, John Hyrcanus 1.
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Reburial Ceremony, Wickliffe Mounds on June 8
Reburial Ceremony, Wickliffe Mounds on June 8:
WICKLIFFE, Ky. –
“Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site will host a public ceremony Friday, June 8, to acknowledge the reburial of excavated remains and restoration of the burial mound. The 10 a.m. program will include officials from the Chickasaw Nation and Kentucky State Parks.
Wickliffe Mounds is an archaeological site of a Native American village of the Mississippian culture. The site was first excavated in the 1930s by a private owner, revealing numerous burials that were placed on public view.
Murray State University took over the site in 1983 and sponsored archaeological field schools and scientific research under the direction of a professional archaeologist, Dr. Kit Wesler.
In 1991, after the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, the remains were taken from public view and the cemetery exhibit was updated with new interpretive information, including replicas of a few burials. Forensic studies of the remains were performed and consultations with Native Americans began.
In 2004, the site was transferred to the Kentucky Department of Parks and became a state historic site. The remains were kept in a secure area until consultations with Native American tribes, archaeologists and further documentation could be completed.
The Chickasaw Nation has been working with Wickliffe Mounds representatives, Kentucky State Parks, other Native American tribes and archaeologists from Murray State University and the Kentucky Heritage Council for some time on an agreement for a reburial of the remains.
“It is gratifying to reach this agreement, because we have a solemn responsibility to see that our ancestors are treated with the respect they deserve,” said Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby.
The cemetery mound project included a reburial of the Native American remains and reconstruction of the original burial mound. The Chickasaw Nation, a federally recognized tribe that has taken the leading role in consultations with Wickliffe Mounds and Kentucky State Parks, oversaw the reburial in June 2011. Wesler, of the Department of Geosciences, Murray State University, provided the archaeological support.
The park continues to develop new interpretive information to tell the story of the Mississippian people who occupied the site at Wickliffe Mounds nearly a thousand years ago, creating an educational park for all visitors to experience today.
The public is invited to attend the reburial ceremony, which will include the Chickasaw Nation Dance Troupe, representatives of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, the Kentucky Department of Parks, and Boy Scout Troop 3 of Murray, Ky., as the color guard. The June 8 reburial ceremony and museum admission are free of charge.
Family Fun Archaeology Day will be held the next day, June 9, and demonstrations of prehistoric technology and archaeology will be presented from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Event admission is $5 for adults or $4 for kids. Groups of 10 or more may call for group rates.
Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site has a museum, welcome center, gift shop, picnic area and walking trail and is located at 94 Green St. in Wickliffe, on the Mississippi River’s Great River Road National Scenic Byway. The park is open Wednesday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m”
For more info, call (270)335-3681, click here, or email wickliffemounds@ky.gov.
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