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 ( Read more... )

Oh to be in Alexandria. Four lovely new tombs found.

Ongoing discoveries at Herculea Lyncestis in Macedonia. Founded by Philip II, this site is magnificent. They are looking for field workers for the 2012 season. What fun that would be!

Rune comb -- Lovely photo.

Blond woolly mammoth -- killed by lions, stolen by humans. Wonderfully preserved carcass ( Read more... )

Modern Berlin and ancient Colln. The city and the city for real.

Why did the Titanic sink? More than a big iceberg was involved.

Murder to gain eternal salvation. It is not comforting to know that, like the poor, fanatics are always with us.

2300 year old Scottish lyre -- includes a reproduction being played. Very lovely.

Celebrity recruiting -- for ( Read more... )

Archeology as post-war therapy. Soldiers returning injured from their tour of duty using their military training in archeology. Very moving and fascinating article.

Akkadian riddles: Sex, beer and politics. Some of these are of the "What have I got in my pocket?" variety.

Climate change destroys civilizations. Is anyone truly surprised by this?

( Read more... )

I hadn't planned on going to LA this year, but I just might have to for Cleopatra VII.

In Jerusalem, visiting the Western Wall Tunnels would definitely be on my "to do" list.

If you are interested in how archeology intersects with the Bible, the marvelous site, bibleandarcheology.com has been much improved and is well worth visiting. Lose an hour or ( Read more... )

In case the History Channel seems like a misnomer to anyone else. (With thanks to Mark for this.)

Click to view

Jamestown well archeology. The ongoing work at Jamestown is fascinating.

And now for something completely different: Ancient Greek Punishments -- The Flash Game.

Something to look forward to: Opening the Great Pyramid's secret doors in 2012.

Neanderthal town: Not just caveman anymore.

St. Edmund killed by Vikings?

Judean bathhouse. I like the notion ( Read more... )

This blog by post-doc candidate Johan Normark is the first commentary I've found (so far) from someone in the field and not (like me) a fascinated archeo observer.  His basis for disagreement is essentially linguistic. And, while I somewhat disagree with his theory that travel would be difficult -- there were pre-existing trade routes and again, ( Read more... )

There's been a lot of talk/controversy/Internet chit-chat about the discovery of Mayan ruins in Georgia.  Here is the original article from the Examiner.  It's very thorough and quite interesting.  One of the points it makes is the division between high culture Mayans, and middle class (artisans, merchants) and peasant class Mayans, who were most ( Read more... )

Top Ten Archeology Discoveries

Viking grave with treasure. A good reminder that young men always died in battle. Fortunately, they no longer have women sacrificed to go with them.

Medieval brooches classified as treasure. One silver boar brooch, likely commemorating Richard III. The other a silver stag's head. Good photos.

Re-examining the psychology ( Read more... )