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Civil War fort at Jamestown is dug up to get at 1607 site
Civil War fort at Jamestown is dug up to get at 1607 site: Scott Neville/FOR THE WASHINTON POST - William Kelso, chief archaeologist for Jamestown Rediscovery, and his colleagues have recovered 1.4...
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Inside D.C.’s Embassies: Many of Washington D.C.’s embassies opened their doors to the public recently as part of the Passport DC Around the World Embassy Tour. The Washington Post’s Mark S. Luckie...
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Lima's Sacred, Pre-Inca 'Huacas' Fall Prey to Growth
Lima's Sacred, Pre-Inca 'Huacas' Fall Prey to Growth: cennoreth: archaeologicalnews: On a street corner, under a garbage dump, at a construction site — pre-Inca archeological sites abound in Lima,...
View ArticleThe Single Theory That Could Explain Emergence, Organisation And The Origin...
The Single Theory That Could Explain Emergence, Organisation And The Origin of Life: deconversionmovement: Biochemists have long imagined that autocatalytic sets can explain the origin of life. Now a...
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allmesopotamia: The design shows the evolution of the cuneiform...
allmesopotamia: The design shows the evolution of the cuneiform sign for barley, še (pronounced she, as in shed). The first sign is a pictograph from approximately 3000 BCE. The next sign is more...
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Archaeological News: Glastonbury Abbey excavations reveal Saxon glass industry
Archaeological News: Glastonbury Abbey excavations reveal Saxon glass industry: archaeologicalnews: (Phys.org) — New research led by the University of Reading has revealed that finds at Glastonbury...
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Chinese Archaeologists to Begin Excavation in Kenya
Chinese Archaeologists to Begin Excavation in Kenya: archaeologicalnews: MOMBASA, Kenya, May 8 – The second round of the historical underwater ship excavation in a $3.6 million partnership project in...
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aboutegypt: Louvre - Masque funéraire (by maRyemaRye)
aboutegypt: Louvre - Masque funéraire (by maRyemaRye)
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ajal: One of a pair of pendants depicting the “Dragon Master”...
ajal: One of a pair of pendants depicting the “Dragon Master” (Tillya Tepe, Tomb II), 1st century BCE - 1st century CE . Gold, turquoise, garnet, lapis lazuli, carnelian and pearl. National Museum of...
View Article6,000-year-old Settlement Poses Tsunami Mystery
6,000-year-old Settlement Poses Tsunami Mystery: archaeologicalnews: Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of pre-farming people living in the Burren more than 6,000 years ago — one of the oldest...
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allmesopotamia: Votive relief of Dudu, priest of Ningirsu, in...
allmesopotamia: Votive relief of Dudu, priest of Ningirsu, in the days of King Entemena of Lagash. Oil shale, ca. 2400 BCE. Found in Telloh, ancient city of Girsu. A bas-relief.
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centuriespast: Head of the BuddhaARTIST:Artist...
centuriespast: Head of the BuddhaARTIST:Artist UnknownDATE:570-577MEDIUM:Black limestone This large head of the Buddha most likely comes from the wall of a cave temple. The idea of carving temples and...
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ziggurating: Dholavira, India: A magnificent reminder of ancient...
ziggurating: Dholavira, India: A magnificent reminder of ancient civilisation The Dholaviran people knew how to conserve water: tapping rain and perennial streams in great reservoirs, laying an...
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kilsoquah: Mayan astronomical charts found in Guatemalan jungle...
kilsoquah: Mayan astronomical charts found in Guatemalan jungle are oldest known Paintings of the Mayan king and astronomical hieroglyphs unearthed in a room buried under a collapsed building “Contrary...
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infoneer-pulse: Unknown language found stamped in ancient clay...
infoneer-pulse: Unknown language found stamped in ancient clay tablet In deciphering the tablet seen above, John MacGinnis of the University of Cambridge found that many of the names on the list are...
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National Geographic Reports: Unprecedented Maya Mural Found, Contradicts 2012...
National Geographic Reports: Unprecedented Maya Mural Found, Contradicts 2012 "Doomsday" Myth: tlatollotl: In the last known largely unexcavated Maya megacity, archaeologists have uncovered the only...
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Archaeological News: Update: Pictures: New Maya Mural
Archaeological News: Update: Pictures: New Maya Mural: archaeologicalnews: Archaeologist William Saturno scrapes ancient debris from a scribe’s painting-filled, roughly 1,200-year-old home in...
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gunhilde: This fragment of a floor mosaic includes three of the...
gunhilde: This fragment of a floor mosaic includes three of the four main colours used in Roman mosaics, the fourth being blue. Mosaic tiles were often made from reused material. For instance, the red...
View ArticlePainted Maya Walls Reveal Calendar Writing
Painted Maya Walls Reveal Calendar Writing: centuriespast: Inscriptions on a wall of what appeared to be a studio for royal scribes in Guatemala may date to the early ninth century, several hundred...
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