An Outline of the Pre-Clovis Archeology of SV-2, Saltville, Virginia, with Special Attention to a Bone Tool Dated 14,510 yr BP
PaleoJudaica.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
A MAP OF ARCHAEOLOGY SITES has won an award at the ASOR meetings, which are taking place here in New Orleans alongside of SBL: Archaeologists publish first map of contested sites in Middle East New online map reveals archaeological activity on Holy Land sites in the West Bank and East Jerusalem By UCLA Newsroom November 20, 2009 Category: Research A team of archaeologists from UCLA, USC, Israel and...
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SCOTLAND already has more identified Roman camps than any other European country – reflecting Rome's repeated attempts to stamp its rule on the troublesome north. Now the number is set to increase. The first comprehensive survey of Roman remains for 30 years will boost the total of officially recognised sites and give them greater legal protection, officials said yesterday. Traces of at least...
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A Vatican scholar claims to have deciphered the "death certificate" imprinted on the Shroud of Turin, or Holy Shroud, a linen cloth revered by Christians and held by many to bear the image of the crucified Jesus. Dr Barbara Frale, a researcher in the Vatican secret archives, said "I think I have managed to read the burial certificate of Jesus the Nazarene, or Jesus of Nazareth."...
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Mammoth dung has proved to be a source of prehistoric information, helping scientists unravel the mystery of what caused the great mammals to die out. An examination of a fungus that is found in the ancient dung and preserved in lake sediments has helped build a picture of what happened to the beasts. The study sheds light on the ecological consequences of the extinction and the role that humans may...
Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | yesterday
A race of intelligent, diminutive hominids co-existing alongside humanity in South-East Asia? In the year 2003, a creature from mythology stepped out of the shadows and into the cold, hard light of science when an archaeological dig revealed what appeared to be a new species of hominid that matched closely with local myths of a creature known as the Ebu Gogo. Read the rest of this article...
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Remains of a burial site on Skye thought to date back to Neolithic times and uncovered during house building work look set to be relocated. Flint tools and urns along with damaged skeletal remains were found at Armadale on the Sleat peninsula. The artefacts along with stone slabs used in creating the graves have been removed. Read the rest of this article...
Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Woolly mammoths and other large, lumbering beasts faced extinction long before early humans perfected their skills as spearmakers, scientists say. The prehistoric giants began their precipitous decline nearly 2,000 years before our ancestors turned stone fragments into sophisticated spearpoints at the end of the last ice age. The animals, which included mammoths, elephant-sized mastodons and beavers...
Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | yesterday
A SUFFOLK farmer is leading calls for a new law to punish unscrupulous metal detector enthusiasts who he claims are “ripping apart” England's heritage for their own personal gain. John Browning, who owns farmland covering a former Roman settlement in Icklingham, has been targeted by illegal treasure hunters - known as Nighthawkers - countless times during the past 30 years. His frustration...
Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
drhawass.com With photo. The Austrian Archaeological mission from the Austrian Archaeological Centre in Egypt unearthed a fragment of a cuneiform seal impression dating to the last decades of the Babylonian Kingdom. Culture Minister Farouk Hosni made the announcement today, adding that the seal impression was found inside a pit that cuts into layers of the Late Period in Tel El-Daba, an archaeological...
Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
New York Times (John Tierney) I rather like the picture of the Egyptian statue with suitcases. Zahi Hawass regards the Rosetta Stone, like so much else, as stolen property languishing in exile. “We own that stone,” he told Al Jazeera, speaking as the secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. The British Museum does not agree — at least not yet. But never underestimate...
Jewish Internet Defense Force (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
by Ben Hartman, JPOST Israel's greatest archeological treasures are in danger of being destroyed by natural disasters and vandalism, and preventative measures must be taken, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) warned on Wednesday. The statement came at the end of a three-day workshop in Acre called "Disaster Risk Reduction to Cultural Heritage," convened by the IAA and the Israel Commission...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Department of Archaeology celebrates World Heritage Week
Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
In a strange case of science imitating art, one hobbit has again become the center of a heated and ongoing conflict. Since its 2003 discovery on the Indonesian island of Flores, the Homo floresiensis (nicknamed hobbit because it only grew to be about three feet tall) has caused scientists across the world to debate whether the find is a new species or simply a variation of the modern human. The difference...
Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A second look a the 4.4-million-year-old primate that has sparked debate about upright walking and what it means to be in the human tribe For such a petite creature, the 1.2-meter-tall "Ardi" (Ardipithecus ramidus) has made big waves in the paleoanthropology world. The momentous find—announced 15 years ago and formally described in Science this October—has deepened academic debates...
Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Greater protection could be given to Roman military sites in Scotland, a country with more Roman camps than any other part of Europe. A team from Historic Scotland is seeking to identify significant remains which do not have scheduled monument status. It will also update information on scheduled sites following new research. Read the rest of this article...
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Introduction Archeologists tell us that human beings began decorating and ornamenting their dinnerware utensils in the Late Stone Age, some 30,000 years ago. With their efforts to beautify common utensils, our ancestors from prehistory apparently viewed dining together as a way to strengthen social ties and create pleasant memories. Replacements, Ltd. founder and owner Bob Page hasn’t been in the dinnerware
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Can This Be Right, over 300,000 Tableware Patterns In One Place
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legionofmarduk | 01/22/2008
1,050,000 u.s. dollars (700,000 Euro) this is the amount needed by the Commune of Ortonovo, in the Lunigiana coast of Eastern Liguria (bordering Tuscany) to renew and relaunch the touristical infrastructure of the Luni archeological site, at the mouth of the River Magra. Luni, founded in the year 155 of the Ancient Era (576 years after Rome) and consecrated to Diana Lucifera...
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