Archive for the 'Archaeology' Category
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
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Here is the story.
Images: (Top) Yul Brynner as Ramses in Moses via images.bloguez.com via omurtlak.com; Pyramid via;
(Middle) Wences’ man in the Box via povonline.com: Senor Wences’ arm and Johnnie 2.bp,blogspot.com via historiasdeiregatecha.blogspor.com: Senor Wences & Johnnie via magicposters.net: Head of Amenhotep III via bbc.co.uk; (Bottom) Land Rover via vismod.com; Omar Sharif s3.hubimg.com via hubpages.com; […]
Posted in Movies, Egypt, Archaeology |
Monday, October 26th, 2009
Nero’s banquet hall uncovered in Rome
12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The Associated Press
ROME – Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled what they think are the remains of Roman emperor Nero’s extravagant banquet hall, a circular space that rotated day and night to imitate the earth’s movement.
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Images: (forkandspoon)asoftplacetoland-kimba.blogspot.com via 1.bp.blogspot.com; (Ustinov in Quo Vadis) theancientweb.com; (square […]
Posted in Italy, Cuisine, Archaeology, Interior Design |
Monday, November 10th, 2008
2,000-year-old gold earring found in Jerusalem
By SHAWNA OHM, Associated Press Writer Shawna Ohm,
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AP – This undated photo made available by the Israeli Antiquities Authority on Monday, Nov. 10, 2008.
JERUSALEM – A luxurious gold, pearl and emerald earring provides a new visual clue about the life of the elite in Jerusalem some 2,000 years ago. And […]
Posted in Movies, Israel, Archaeology |
Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Posted in Egypt, Archaeology |
Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Tue Jul 8, 8:20 PM ET
Art of deception: Crystal skulls in British, US museums were fakes
by Richard Ingham Tue Jul 8, 8:20 PM ET
PARIS (AFP) - How about this for the next instalment of the Indy franchise: “Indiana Jones and the Dodgy Antiques Dealer”?
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Crystal skull which is displayed in the British Museum’s Wellcome Trust Gallery. […]
Posted in Art, Great Britain, USA, Mexico, Museums, Archaeology |
Monday, July 7th, 2008
The ancient scripts that predate - and might rewrite - the Bible
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:47 AM on 07th July 2008
A fresh interpretation of a stone tablet dated to the decades before Jesus’s birth could undermine some fundamentals of the Christian faith, experts claim.
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A fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls which set the […]
Posted in Religion, Archaeology, Bible |
Sunday, March 16th, 2008
They could have saved their shovels and rock brushes.
Posted in Africa, Archaeology, Darfur, Sudan |
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
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Archaeologists dig up Roman bath complex
By MARTA FALCONI, Associated Press Writer
ROME - Archaeologists said Thursday they have partly dug up a second-century bath complex believed to be part of the vast, luxurious residence of a wealthy Roman.
The two-story complex, which extends for at least 5 acres, includes exceptionally well-preserved decorated hot rooms, vaults, changing rooms, […]
Posted in Italy, 1950s, Archaeology, Interior Design |
Sunday, July 8th, 2007
I don’t conveniently forget about my forays into the crystal ball. The enclosed post was a response to the story about the New Seven Wonders poll in March.
I present for all to see that I failed to agree on even one of the winners. As it was an international poll, I can assuredly say […]
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Sunday, June 24th, 2007
Obviously, scientists found them at an 80,000-year-old pawn shop.
Heather Whipps
Special to LiveScience
LiveScience.com 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
Even the very first modern humans may have spruced themselves up with beaded bling.
Twelve shell beads discovered in a cave in eastern Morocco have been dated at more than 80,000 years old, making them one of the earliest examples […]
Posted in Archaeology, Anthropology |
