Oops---Photo Gallery of Sipán
Tuesday July 31, 2007
A faithful reader just pointed out that the link to the Sipán gallery was broken in the earlier post. Here's the corrected URL:
New Burial at Sipán: A Photo Gallery
Site of the Day: Mount Carmel (Israel)
Tuesday July 31, 2007
Mount Carmel is a region is what is now Israel
Mt. Carmel, Palestine, ca. 1880-1920, from the Carpenter Collection Photo Credit: Library of Congress, via pingnews.com
that includes several very important, ... Read More
New Elite Burial Discovered at Sipán
Monday July 30, 2007
A new discovery at the site of Sipán, Peru, holds the potential to shed additional light on the ritual behaviors of the ancient Moche past.
The Warrior Priest, Moche Sacrifice ... Read More
Top Books on the Indus Civilization
Sunday July 29, 2007
Fortunately for me (and with any luck, you too), I've gotten to look at (and review) several excellent books on the fascinating Indus Civilization over the years.
The Indus Civilization: A ... Read More
Amalgamated Friday #21
Friday July 27, 2007
The Simpsons
Does this seem somewhat frivolous? Hmmm... Heard the movie was good, though
Nature and the Simpsons, Pharyngula brings us the link to an interview in Nature's blog with the executive ... Read More
Ephesus (Turkey) - Site of the Day
Thursday July 26, 2007
Today's site of the day is the site of Ephesus,
Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Photo Credit: Marie Jeanne Iliescu
located in Western Turkey about sixty miles south of the modern town ... Read More
Photo Essay: Dugout Dwellings
Wednesday July 25, 2007
Dugout dwellings, a type of house which was built on a deep hole excavated into the side of a hill, were used by 19th century European pioneers as first homes ... Read More
Babylon (Iraq) - Site of the Day
Tuesday July 24, 2007
In the heart of the most war-torn city of our modern age is one of the oldest capitals of the Mesopotamian world: Babylon.
Babylon, Iraq, Basalt Lion with Figures; Matson ... Read More
Olduvai Gorge - Site of the Day
Monday July 23, 2007
Olduvai Gorge, a nine-mile long trench located in the Rift Valley of Tanzania, eastern Africa, is one of the most important archaeological regions in the world
Rift Valley, Tanzania Photo ... Read More
Top Books on African Archaeology
Sunday July 22, 2007
Everything I know about African archaeology draws me deeper into it.
African Archaeology, David W. Phillipson Cambridge University Press
Although I haven't seen an enormous number of books on the subject, ... Read More
Amalgamated Friday #20
Friday July 20, 2007
Harry Potter?
J.K. Rowling, a biography from Jen Rosenberg on About.com's 20th century history
Welcome Back, Potter, Kotter/Potter, Hogwarts/Sweathogs, I suppose it was inevitable, via Cory Doctorow on BoingBoing
Spells: The ... Read More
Nakbe, Guatemala: Site of the Day
Thursday July 19, 2007
There are a lot of interesting archaeological sites in the world, and I've got some information and a picture or two on a bunch of them, so let's spend the ... Read More
Top Battlefield Sites to Visit
Tuesday July 17, 2007
A lot of us get into archaeology because of a love of the past---the great, sweaty, sword-bashing past of wars fought without the threat of nuclear weapons or global involvement. ... Read More
10,000 BC, Kinda
Monday July 16, 2007
A new movie is apparently due out in 2008 called 10,000 BC, which might be a kind of interesting movie to see,
Mezhirich Ukraine (Diorama display at the American Museum ... Read More
Secrets of a Lost Queen: Hatshepsut on Discovery
Sunday July 15, 2007
Well, tonight's the night: the Discovery Channel presents its documentary on the identification of Hatshepsut this evening. There are lots of useful bits of information about the New Kingdom pharaoh ... Read More
Amalgamated Friday #19
Friday July 13, 2007
The Last of Hapshetsut
Discovery Channel’s Secrets of Egypt’s Lost Queen, NS Gill, Ancient History at About.com
Review: Egypt's Lost Queen, Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com's guide to Women's History, has seen the ... Read More
Interview with Kara Cooney
Friday July 13, 2007
The next stop on our Everything-New Kingdom-Week is Jone Johnson Lewis's interview with archaeologist Kara Cooney. Cooney is the public archaeologist assigned to the excavations, and Jone's interview covers what ... Read More
Determining Who Was Who in Ancient Egypt
Thursday July 12, 2007
One of the interesting things brought up by Hatshepsut's discovery is why she was hidden for so long.
Mummy of Tuthmosis IV Photo Credit: Electronic Open Stacks, University of Chicago ... Read More
Tuthmosis III and the Battle of Mediggo
Wednesday July 11, 2007
Hatshepsut's successor in the New Kingdom of Egypt was another one of those imperialist types, Tuthmose (or Tuthmosis) III, and one of his great battles was at the site of ... Read More
Hatshepsut: Female Pharaoh
Tuesday July 10, 2007
Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com's guide to Women's History, takes up the Hatshepsut story today with a terrific picture gallery of statuary, architecture and other things related to the New Kingdom ... Read More
Hatshepsut's Palace at Deir el-Bahri
Monday July 9, 2007
Pharaoh Hatshepsut was an Egyptian rarity: a New Kingdom female pharaoh who ruled between about 1473-1458 BC.
Hatshepsut's Temple at Deir el-Bahri Photo Credit: Oscar Dahl
Hatshepsut has made the news ... Read More
The New Seven Wonders
Sunday July 8, 2007
The news is out today, that the new Seven Wonders of the World have been selected. Six of the seven are archaeological in nature, and I heartily agree with all ... Read More
Amalgamated Friday #18
Friday July 6, 2007
More on Hatshepsut
When Was Hatshepsut Pharaoh of Egypt?, N.S. Gill on Ancient History
Egyptian Archaeologists Identify Remains of Hatshepsut, Female Pharaoh, Jone Johnson Lewis on Women's History
Field photos of KV-20, Anthony ... Read More
Qin's Terracotta Army: A Walking Tour
Wednesday July 4, 2007
The emperor Shi Huangdi [246-210 BC] was called the Tiger of Qin,
Two of Emperor Qin's terracotta soldiers stand quietly awaiting conservation in a storage shedPhoto Credit: Amy Hirst
the first emperor ... Read More
Top Five Megalithic Monuments to Visit
Tuesday July 3, 2007
Megalithic monuments are, basically, huge hunks of stone
Mjandra Temple, MaltaPhoto Credit: Glen Bowman
which were dragged, shoved, and wrestled into a discernible pattern by our Neolithic ancestors some 4,000 to ... Read More
Have Trowel, Will Travel
Monday July 2, 2007
If you're going to be an archaeologist, chances are the very first job you'll ever have is as a field technician.
Saxon grave excavation Photo Credit: Matt Nicholas
Also called "shovel ... Read More