500 Syrian Soldiers Enter Demilitarized Zone Near the Israeli Border
After 500 Syrian soldiers enter demilitarized zone near border, Israel complains to UN. Israel files official complaint to the UN after Syrian security forces came near the Golan Heights border,...
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When visitors come to an archaeological site and ask if you're doing...
egyptologifs: The number of people who have never heard of archaeology astounds me.
View ArticleField Notes, 27/6/12
Wednesday 27/6/12 Field Notes/Pottery Wash/ Lecture FN: Area-C & Square- KK21 4:00 -Wake, 4:30-Load Bus, 4:42- Bus Departs, 5:09-Bus Arrives, 5:20-Dig After arriving on the site, we unloaded the...
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“Frankenstein” Mummies Found Off Coast of Scotland
“Frankenstein” Mummies Found Off Coast of Scotland: The adult female skeleton from Cladh Hallan. This mummy’s lower jaw, arm bone and thighbone all came from different people megsontoast: “Mummies...
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unhistorical: July 24, 1911: Machu Picchu is...
unhistorical: July 24, 1911: Machu Picchu is (re)-discovered. In the fifteenth century, Machu Picchu was built by the flourishing Inca Empire for purposes that are still uncertain. Some scholars...
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You realize that all you are looking for is that someone who when you say, ”Babe, lets take a sabbatical and go to Machu Picchu next week.” And he responds “Grace, we cannot just do that….(90 seconds...
View ArticleField Notes, 28/6/12
Thursday 28/6/12 Field Notes/Touring/Pottery Washing/ No Lecture FN: Area-C Square- KK21 4:00 -Wake 4:29-Load Bus 4:43- Bus Departs 5:15ish-Bus Arrives 5:20-Begin to Dig We began in Area C as always....
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Archaeologists Discover “New” Ancient Language from the...
Archaeologists Discover “New” Ancient Language from the Eighth-Century B.C.E. Bible and archaeology news Biblical Archaeology Society Staff • 05/11/2012 When Cambridge archaeologist John MacGinnis...
View ArticleAncient language discovered on clay tablets found amid ruins of 2800 year old...
Ancient language discovered on clay tablets found amid ruins of 2800 year old Middle Eastern palace
View ArticleField Notes, 1/7/2012
Sunday 1/7/12 Field Notes FN: Area(s)-C and A Square(s)- C-KK21 A-(all over) Wake: –In Akko Breakfast Load Bus to Head back to Hostel Bus Arrives at Hostel 11:45AM Lunch at Hostel at 12ish Bus Departs...
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Monday 2/7/2012 Field Notes/ Pottery Washing/ Lecture FN: Area-C Square- KK21 Daily Height- 325.05 4:05 -Wake 4:34-Load Bus 4:43- Bus Departs 5:20ish-Bus Arrives 5:30-Begin to Dig The day began with...
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Tel Lachish Identified first as Lachish by Albright in 1929, the...
Tel Lachish Identified first as Lachish by Albright in 1929, the tell was excavated by James Leslie Starkey 1932-38 and by Tel Aviv University 1973-87. Lachish is generally regarded as the second most...
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sagenundlegenden: Gold flanged waist torq, Ireland,...
sagenundlegenden: Gold flanged waist torq, Ireland, 1300-1100 B.C. It was uncovered by an amateur metal detector who took it for a modern car spring. Thought to be a waist torq because of its size, it...
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emmakale: Quinta da Regaleira-Sintra ~ PortugalAn underground...
emmakale: Quinta da Regaleira-Sintra ~ PortugalAn underground tunnel with a spiral staircase, supported by carved columns, down to the bottom of the well through nine landings. The nine hole round...
View ArticleAt London Olympics, women’s athletes’ wardrobes are source of debate
At London Olympics, women’s athletes’ wardrobes are source of debate: coolchicksfromhistory: Best line: Still, that represented a major step forward from the ancient Olympics, in which women weren’t...
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Field Notes, 3/7/12
Tuesday 3/7/12 Field Notes/Pottery Wash/ Lecture 4:25 -Wake 4:35-Load Bus 4:43- Bus Departs (without me) FN: Sadly, I was suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration. I was feeling poorly, went to...
View ArticleGerman Archaeologists Unearth Tomb of Mayan Prince at Uxul
German Archaeologists Unearth Tomb of Mayan Prince at Uxul: scinewscom: A team of archaeologists from the University of Bonn, Germany, has discovered a tomb of a young prince at the ancient Mayan city...
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Archaeological News: Archaeologists Unearth Extraordinary Human Sculpture in...
Archaeological News: Archaeologists Unearth Extraordinary Human Sculpture in Turkey: archaeologicalnews: A beautiful and colossal human sculpture is one of the latest cultural treasures unearthed by an...
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culturalsecurity: Conflict and Looting Threaten Syrian...
culturalsecurity: Conflict and Looting Threaten Syrian Archaeological Heritage In May, Interpol joined UNESCO’s warning of “imminent threats” to Syria’s cultural heritage, which is “particularly...
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Archaeological News: Brewing Stone Age Beer
Archaeological News: Brewing Stone Age Beer: archaeologicalnews: Beer enthusiasts are using a barn in Norway’s Akershus County to brew a special ale which has scientific pretensions and roots back to...
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