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tumble-of-life: Spread of homo sapiens
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Archaeological News: Archaeologists work to uncover shipwreck remains in Portimão
Archaeological News: Archaeologists work to uncover shipwreck remains in Portimão:
A team of archaeologists are working to try and discover remains of a shipwreck from the Roman period, among other potential finds, in the Arade River in Portimão as part of an underwater archaeological campaign that started on Wednesday.
Archaeologist Cristóvão Fonseca explained that the fieldwork, which is due to last two weeks, will comprise an initial phase of visual prospection and data recording with photographs and drawings, and the excavation of artefacts that may be found on the surface.
It is believed one of the locations identified for prospection may have been the site of a shipwreck during Roman times, due to the discovery of a large concentration of ceramic vases called amphora, some still intact.
Despite this, the theory may only be confirmed with excavations, which depending on the results obtained during the next two weeks could take place next year.
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Archaeological News: Breakthrough in world's oldest undeciphered writing
Archaeological News: Breakthrough in world's oldest undeciphered writing:
The world’s oldest undeciphered writing system, which has so far defied attempts to uncover its 5,000-year-old secrets, could be about to be decoded by Oxford University academics.
This international research project is already casting light on a lost bronze age middle eastern society where enslaved workers lived on rations close to the starvation level.
“I think we are finally on the point of making a breakthrough,” says Jacob Dahl, fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford and director of the Ancient World Research Cluster.
Dr Dahl’s secret weapon is being able to see this writing more clearly than ever before.
In a room high up in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, above the Egyptian mummies and fragments of early civilisations, a big black dome is clicking away and flashing out light.
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culturalsecurity: Americans Caught Smuggling Antiquities out of...
Americans Caught Smuggling Antiquities out of Macedonia
Smuggling priceless antiquities seems to be turning into a sport for American ‘tourists’ and ‘NGO workers’ visiting Macedonia.
Just last month a US citizen was caught on the Macedonian Serbian border attempting to leave the country with a bag full of priceless figures, coins and other antiquities.
A week later, another American, Mrs. Candi Dunlop was detained attempting to leave Macedonia at Skopje’s international airport after customs authorities discovered numerous priceless coins dating back to 1,200 BC.
On the black market, such coins may easily fetch millions. Read more
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Archaeological News: Philadelphia museum to reveal mystery behind mummy conservation
Archaeological News: Philadelphia museum to reveal mystery behind mummy conservation:
PHILADELPHIA – The Penn Museum is unwrapping the mystery of mummy conservation, giving the public an unusual close-up of researchers’ efforts to preserve relics from ancient Egypt.
Human and animal mummies, as well as an intricately inscribed coffin, are among the items undergoing treatment and repair at the Philadelphia institution’s newly installed Artifact Lab.
Housed in a special gallery, the glass-enclosed workspace lets visitors share in “the thrill of discovery,” museum director Julian Siggers said.
“It demonstrates to you the work that’s actually being done behind the walls of these galleries,” Siggers said.
Visitors can watch staff members use microscopes, brushes and other tools of the trade to inspect, study and preserve items including the mummy of a 5-year-old girl, several human heads, a colorful but damaged sarcophagus, and a painting from a tomb wall.
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emjuliettely: This a super detailed scale replica of the...
This a super detailed scale replica of the excavated pompeii that I saw in Napoli.
I nearly peed my pants it was so awesome.
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fitter-stoke: “Mona Lisa of the Galilee” in ancient Sepphoris.
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moderation: Atoms Alien to Our Solar System Detected — Early...
Atoms Alien to Our Solar System Detected
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Early this year, NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer, the centerpiece of a $169 million mission mapping the frontier of the sun’s influence, detected atoms from interstellar space streaming by Earth that are different from the chemical make-up of the solar system.
“Our solar system is different than the space right outside it, suggesting two possibilities,” said David McComas, IBEX principal investigator, at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. “Either the solar system evolved in a separate, more oxygen-rich part of the galaxy than where we currently reside, or a great deal of critical, life-giving oxygen lies trapped in interstellar dust grains or ices, unable to move freely throughout space.”
The IBEX satellite observed hydrogen, oxygen, neon and helium atoms that originated in interstellar space, the vacuous medium between stars in the Milky Way galaxy and found 74 oxygen atoms for every 20 neon atoms in the interstellar material, compared with 111 oxygen atoms for every 20 neon atoms inside the solar system. Most of the interstellar medium is made up of hydrogen and helium. Heavier elements, such as oxygen and neon, are spread by exploding supernovae at the end of a star’s life cycle, according to NASA.
(via dailygalaxy)
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ancientart: Riders on horseback, from a wall painting in the...
Riders on horseback, from a wall painting in the tomb of Lou Rui at Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China, dated to the Northern Qi Dynasty (550–577 CE)
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culturalsecurity: No Effort Made to Hunt Looters of Buddhist...
No Effort Made to Hunt Looters of Buddhist Artifacts
In December 2007, when a military controlled interim regime was in power, two pieces of 1,500-year old terracotta statues of the Hindu god Vishnu, bound for an exhibition in France, were stolen. Named “Vishnu” and “Bust of Vishnu,” the statues are from Gupta era of the seventh century. They were discovered in a dig at Mahasthangarh of the Bogra district, and were in the custody of National Museum in Bangladesh.
Despite severe protest from the local sculptors and artists, the military backed interim regime and a few of its advisors played an over-enthusiastic role in sending these rarest statues, along with 143 other artefacts, to the Guimet Museum in France. During this transfer, a large number of artifacts, along with the Vishnu statues, were stolen, which were estimated to be valued at over US $500 million.
A local agent of the international courier DHL in Bangladesh was responsible for carrying these artifacts. Despite harsh criticism in the local and international media on such huge robbery of extremely precious national property of Bangladesh, there has not been any real investigation into the matter, nor any genuine efforts from the Bangladesh government in putting pressure on the French authorities to return the stolen statues and artifacts.
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'Murder case' opened for 13th century knight at Liverpool-region church
'Murder case' opened for 13th century knight at Liverpool-region church:
Researchers have opened a 750 year-old “murder case” after discovering an important knight died from a previously undetected sword injury.
The skeleton of the 13th century aristocrat was unearth in the ruins of Halton Priory - a former monastery church in Cheshire.
It had long been assumed the man died from natural causes and that he was prominent since he was buried in pride of place at the former Benedictine priory, near Runcorn.
But according to new research carried out by Shirley Curtis-Summers from the University of Liverpool the knight met a more sinister end.
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Archaeological News: Sto: Lo Remains Return Home
Archaeological News: Sto: Lo Remains Return Home:
The return of the bones of 11 Sto: lo ancestors from UBC Friday could one day help other First Nations get their ancestral remains back from other institutions.
The Sto: lo bones were returned during a ceremony at the Sto: lo Research and Resource Management Centre (SRRMC), marking a major milestone in a five-year process that has involved UBC, Sto: lo Nation, Sto: lo Tribal Council and other Sto: lo First Nations.
The remains had been held at UBC’s Laboratory of Archaeology starting in the 1950s. Because the founder of the lab, Charles Borden, was the only resident archaeologist in B.C. at that time, people who found remains on farms and construction sites routinely boxed them up and sent them to UBC.
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Archaeological News: İzmir Presents Mosaic City of Western Region
Archaeological News: İzmir Presents Mosaic City of Western Region:
An archaeological city dating back 1,700 years has been unearthed during excavations in İzmir’s Kemalpaşa neighborhood, raising officials’ hopes the area will draw tourists’ attention.
The Cultural Beings and Museums’ General Director Osman Murat Süslü held a press conference Oct. 21 regarding the discovery of the archaeological city, which Culture and Tourism Minister Ertuğrul Günay has defined as “good news that will draw the world’s attention.”
Drilling work had started in the area, which is now categorized as a third degree archaeological site, before the construction of a warehouse company was scheduled to begin. Excavations were begun due to an abundance of signs the area may be a hotspot for archaeological treasures, Süslü said. “Scientific excavations started Oct. 1 and a layer from the 4th Century B.C. has been unearthed,” he said.
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enelyasol: While I was working in Israel, I managed to talk a...
While I was working in Israel, I managed to talk a friend of mine into using our Passover break to go across the Mediterranean to Cyprus. Seeing as she let me design most of the trip, we wound up hitting up as many archaeological sites as possible to get to via public transportation.
Tombs of the Kings is a large 4th century BCE necropolis near the harbor of Paphos. It’s utterly breathtaking. Some of the tombs, obviously, are in better state than others. But we tried to see every single one possible — which, it turned out, wasn’t all that possible with everything else we wanted to do that day.
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citadelbloodbeard: Glass is an amorphous solid, not a...
Glass is an amorphous solid, not a liquid.
The myth about “old glass from church window panes being thicker on the bottom” comes from panes that were unevenly manufactured and placed with the thick part at the bottom to begin with.
You know what’s older than churches, though?
Rome.
That’s Roman glass in that photo. Notice how none of those vessels are currently in the form of a puddle, or a clock in a Salvador Dali painting.
This has been a public service announcement. Thank you.
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Ladies and Gents of the MMC: Archaeology Double Feature
Ladies and Gents of the MMC: Archaeology Double Feature:
The Peterborough Chapter of the Ontario Archaeology Society is offering a unique public presentation featuring two outstanding archaeologists. Dr. Catherine Mathias and Mr. Brian Ross will be speaking at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church on the corner of Water and Murray Street, Tuesday October 23 at 7pm.
Dr. Mathias has been working in the field of artifact conservation for many years including a recent contract with the Peterborough Museum and Archives. She has also worked with Memorial University of Newfoundland, the Canadian Conservation Institute and the Canadian Museum of Civilization. She is currently conducting research in the area of textiles and artifact depiction in 17th century works of art.
For the last 26 years Mr. Ross has been responsible for archaeology projects in Ontario’s National Parks as well as major First Nation sites in the Niagara Region and along the Trent Severn Waterway. After a brief introduction to the National Parks and Native Sites Program, he will present four of Parks Canada’s most important archaeological sites, including a major early stone axe production site, and a portage site.
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thejadecompendium: Ancient tomb found at ‘Sweden’s Stonehenge’
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