YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
In this detailed account of an archaeological dig along the banks of the Upper Sacramento River in Northern California, we gain unforgettable glimpses into the village life of a Wintu tribe 175 years ago, including signs of their often contentious interactions with other groups and evidence of the epidemic that nearly destroyed the tribe in 1833.
Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... has to be worked out on the basis of geomorphological- sedimentological analyses as well as of archaeological excavations including palaeobotany and archaeozoology. Within the general theme of the SFB - man and environment - this sub-project focuses on the earliest level of relevant interdependence between economic/social life and environmental conditions, investigates the transition...
Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | yesterday
A LONG-TERM strategy is planned to protect one of Europe's most important archaeological sites from erosion. A consultation was launched yesterday into a future management plan for the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site (WHS), which aims to protect, conserve and improve understanding of the historic area. The WHS comprises six sites: the Skara Brae settlement, Maeshowe chambered tomb, the...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
A federal grant means a 20th-Century Italian artist's watercolor recreations of wall paintings from ancient Pompeii will get a $320,000 restoration at the University of Michigan's Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.
ShoutWire.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
New evidence from the Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile confirms its status as the earliest known human settlement in the Americas and provides additional support for the theory that one early migration route followed the Pacific Coast more than 14,000 years ago.
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
There's wah-wah and fuzz-box abuse to the max on this deranged-sounding archaeology of the Seventies military-occupation years of Brazil's acid rock, prog and mutant funk explosion.
Science Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Scientists have developed a new technique for fabricating nanowire photonic and electronic integrated circuits that may one day be suitable for high-volume commercial production. The fabrication technique could yield low-cost, scalable nanowire photonic and electronic circuits.
Science Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Quantum cryptography has been regarded as 100-percent protection against attacks on sensitive data traffic. But now a research team in Sweden has found a hole in this advanced technology. The risk of illegal accessing of information, for example in money transactions, is necessitating more and more advanced cryptographic techniques.
Science - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The report by Stefan Kropelin with the Institute of Prehistoric Archeology at the University of Cologne in Germany contradicts previous research suggesting......
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
New evidence, more questions. That's the thumbnail of the first new data reported in 10 years from Monte Verde, the earliest known human settlement in the Americas. Evidence from the archaeological site in southern Chile confirms Monte Verde is the Americas earliest known settlement and is consistent with the idea that early human migration occurred [...]
www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
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BiblePlaces Blog (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Insight for Living , the ministry of Chuck Swindoll, has just released Archaeology Handbook: The Key Finds and Why They Matter . This is a 120-page introduction to the top ten archaeological discoveries related to the Bible. I think it's an excellent overview of artifacts like the Merneptah Stele, the Tel Dan Inscription, and the Sea of Galilee boat. There are also chapters on the Temple...
ximblr.com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... Big Horn Mountains back to Slim Buttes to take part in a Passport in Time (PIT) volunteer archaeology project. For the third year, I would be part of a team under rock art expert Linea Sundstrom's watchful eyes. This time around we would do interviews with ranchers to get oral histories of the area. (I figured I should be able to do an interview, right'), plus doing a pedestrian survey....
Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
An archaeological dig is taking place in the planned site of a supermarket car park after it was found it could be part of an ancient settlement. Historians moved into Neston, Cheshire, after investigations revealed it may be part of a 1,000-year-old settlement. Fragments of memorial stones from the parish church suggest that there has been a settlement there for at least 1,000 years. The work is being...
Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The legend goes something like this: after the disastrous Battle of Mohács in 1526, the twenty-one-year-old Queen Mary of Hungary fled the encroaching Ottoman army on a caravan of ships headed to Vienna. But, on her way up the Danube a few ships sank along with their valuable cargo. It is said that to this day they remain hidden in the murky depths of the river. Soon, any truth to this story may soon...
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israelonblog | 02/14/2008
The city of Lachish, located in the maritime lowlands of Judea, is first mentioned in the Bible during Joshua’s conquest. After the Gibeonites deceptively made a covenant with Joshua, many of the Canaanite kings were alarmed that they might be conquered with Gibeonite assistance, and therefore set out to fight the Gibeonites. Joshua took over all of these rebellious cities, and Lachish, being one
israelonblog | 01/30/2008
The oldest part of Israelite Jerusalem, known as the city of David, is located on a narrow ridge just south of the walls of the current old city of Jerusalem. After conquering Jerusalem from the Jebusites, David established the city as his capital and began to develop it. David's Jerusalem was extremely small and was populated mainly by the king and his staff.
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...
