Archeology passes the two month point

Apr 25, 2012 19:41

Their tiny, blind, and kind of adorable. Who knew moles were also archaeologists?  This article comes with bonus, obscure Jacobean toast you can use at your next party to amaze your friends and family.

17th century town in New Berwick, Maine. Nice discoveries, and some interesting history.

More on the "Jonah" ossuary in Jerusalem. The quality of photos from the robot cameras is very impressive.

Cleopatra's twins. Interesting piece of sculpture.

Meat a contributor to human species' success. This does not seem surprising.

13 BCE scarab links Egypt and Jerusalem. It always leaves me a little awed that things so old and so small are discovered.

What did Stonehenge sound like? Or rather, what did you hear within Stonehenge? For those of here in the PNW, the answer is pretty easy -- you can read the article and listen to the video -- or drive out to Maryhill and hang out there like the researchers did. How cool is that?

Rare Egyptian manuscript found in Brisbane.

Victorious female gladiator statue. Only the second image of a woman gladiator found.

Roman parenting. Mary Beard on Romans and their children. Lots of fun as she always is.

Video games, 3-D, and archeology. Yes, rebuild those virtual ancient cities!

Digging the other Jewish Temple. Researching Samaria and its history.

Identifying a civil war soldier from his photo. Wow. This is impressive research.

Women and power: 13th century Peruvian priestess.

Mary Beard talks about gladiators.

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