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Finders Keepers: A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession...
Finders Keepers: A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession Written By Craig Childs Hardcover, 288 pages Little, Brown and Company List price: $24.99
View ArticleGraduate Schools Ranking For Degrees In Anthropology
Graduate Schools Ranking For Degrees In Anthropology
View Article"Every anthropologic and paleontologic discovery fits into its proper place,...
““Every anthropologic and paleontologic discovery fits into its proper place, enabling us gradually to fill out, one after another, the great branching lines of human ascent and to connect with the...
View ArticleEgypt's Iconic Antiquities Chief Fired
Egypt's Iconic Antiquities Chief Fired: Egypt’s antiquities minister, whose trademark Indiana Jones hat made him one the country’s best known figures around the world, was fired Sunday after months of...
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life: Acclaimed author Mark Adams not only visited the ancient...
life: Acclaimed author Mark Adams not only visited the ancient ruins of the cloud-ringed city of Machu Picchu in Peru — he attempted to recreate the trek of the man commonly credited with rediscovering...
View ArticleIn Palestinian City, Diggers Uncover Biblical Ruin
In Palestinian City, Diggers Uncover Biblical Ruin: “Archaeologists unearthing a biblical ruin inside a Palestinian city in the West Bank are writing the latest chapter in a 100-year-old excavation...
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All of the periods in local history, including that of the...
All of the periods in local history, including that of the biblical Israelites, are part of Palestinian history. It has been said that sites like this one “give Palestinians the opportunity to...
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Florida Fossil Hunter Gets Credit For Big Find Image...
Florida Fossil Hunter Gets Credit For Big Find Image 1-“James Kennedy, an amateur collector, found this fossilized bone with a mammoth or mastodon engraving in Vero Beach, Fla. It has been identified...
View ArticleTug-Of-War Over Iraqi Jewish Trove In US Hands
Tug-Of-War Over Iraqi Jewish Trove In US Hands: “A trove of Jewish books and other materials, rescued from a sewage-filled Baghdad basement during the 2003 invasion, is now caught up in a tug-of-war...
View ArticleTeen-aged Girls Pry Into the Past as Archaeology Project Volunteers
Teen-aged Girls Pry Into the Past as Archaeology Project Volunteers : “It’s been humbling, wonderful and enriching to work with the girls,” Judith Ambrose shares. “The future is in good hands.”
View ArticleMexican Archaeologists Find 2,800-Year-Old Monument
Mexican Archaeologists Find 2,800-Year-Old Monument: The work – standing more than 1.5 meters (5 feet) tall – was discovered in late April on the north slope of Chalcatzingo as archaeologists were...
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During the excavation of two separate ancient Peruvian sites,...
During the excavation of two separate ancient Peruvian sites, archaeologist found evidence which suggests that the people of “Pukara” set a fire to while waging war with another ancient Peruvian state...
View ArticleFossils Reveal that Maya People Knew About Prehistory
Fossils Reveal that Maya People Knew About Prehistory: “For Palenque inhabitants, marine fossils were the convincing proof of the land being covered by the sea long time ago, and parting from this fact...
View ArticleAnthropology & Cooperation- Why Do Humans Get Along?
Anthropology & Cooperation- Why Do Humans Get Along?: “A study by UCLA anthropologists suggests cooperation in large groups is maintained by punishment. The study found different motivations for...
View ArticleLife of Gertrude Bell
In the course of a few days of copious reading, I have unearthed a new personal Heroine: Gertrude Bell. I have been reading two separate biographies of this wonderfully modern women of the 19th...
View ArticleDesert Queen: Chapter Fourteen "A Tragic End" Page 142
“…Gertrude was stunned. Quickly and quietly, she left the table and rushed off to her sister Elsa. Months ago, Elsa had reassured her that, in-spite of difficulties, Gertrude had kept her integrity and...
View ArticleDesert Queen: Chapter Thirty-Two "The King" Page 329
“…Not all her visits to Arab women were gloomy. She enjoyed showing them how to dress in the European style, and once in a while she took it upon herslef to teach a child, such as a daughter of Musa...
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Archaeological Bicycling Tour Begins at Fort Pickens
Archaeological Bicycling Tour Begins at Fort Pickens: “The Destination Archaeology Resource Center (DARC) and the Gulf Island National Seashore will launch a new program, “Tour de Fort,” on Saturday,...
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