More on spotted horse DNA and those beautiful cave paintings. And, just because they're gorgeous, I include a picture of a modern spotted horse, so yes, spotted horses still exist.  I want one, don't you?

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DeSoto ventured further east than thought. Spectacular find in Georgia changes expectations.

Viking "magic" sunstone may be more fact than fiction. If you don't know how it works, it might as well be magic. Which is surely how I feel about my iPhone so why not Vikings and sunstones?

Bulgarian coin hoard.

Medieval grave re-openings. Or, the unquiet ( Read more... )

Wow it's been nice working from home these past two days. How pleasant. How civilized. But not for long.

Neanderthals' short legs length due to mountainous living. So what's my excuse? Oh, yeah. Welsh.

13th century Mongolian invasion fleet. Pretty cool.

Archeology of cooking pots. And, what a lovely big jellyfish in that photo.

10th century tomb found ( Read more... )

This link via Mark, which reminds us all of how vital it is to cross pollinate between disciplines. Also, cool stuff about disease history, mummies, the history of cancer and dermatology. What's not to love?

Petrie catalog of 29,000 objects to go online. This will be very wonderful when it happens.  This is one more museum I have yet to see in ( Read more... )

Food archeology -- bringing ancient crops back to life an tables

300 year old Nordic toilets - as always, good for finding out what people ate and what they suffered from

Ancient Mexican cannibalism - I have some problems with the sensationalism of this. The religious practice of an ancient people may seem peculiar to us in the here and now, but they ( Read more... )

There are so many truly wonderful things at the British Museum that there's no point in my even trying to list the paltry amount of stuff that I went to see.  However, there was one thing in particular that was so incredible a combination of items I must share it.

In 701 BC the Assyrian army attacked the Jewish city of Lachish. The Assyrians ( Read more... )

It's finally sunk in. Saturday we leave for London. I'm somewhere between excited and panic-striken. Fortunately, as long as I don't forget my meds, I should be OK. I will not forget my meds. Already refilled and hanging out on the counter. Just checked. Yep, still there.

Everything else can be forgotten since I know London has stores shops where I ( Read more... )

Roman sword from the Second Temple's destruction. What a piece of history here! This link has better info, and a photograph of the stone with the drawing of the menorah. This link contains additional information, and more historical information about the end of the Second Temple. The fact that the sword was found in its scabbard, along with the ( Read more... )

2,800 year old lion statue found at Turkish site. The link contains other links to a video and photos. It's a beautiful piece.

Tomb of Sican sacrificer, or an important guy with knives, excavated in Peru. The blades will be analzyed for DNA evidence so a better determination of this high class person's rank and role can be determined. That alone is ( Read more... )

It's the digging season!

Nat Geo has an OK article out about Cleo VII. Great map of Roman Alexandria, worth it just for that. I disagree pretty strongly with the notion that Cleo and Mark Antony are 1) buried together and 2) buried in Taposiris Magna, but more power to her for following her beliefs and getting the dig going, they have found very ( Read more... )