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Secrets of the Dead: Caveman Cold Case
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Sunday, May 12, 2013
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The episode of Secrets of the Dead called Caveman Cold Case is an excellent discussion of two Neanderthal cave sites and what archaeologists have learned about our not-so-distant cousins. -
Chichén Itzá (Mexico)
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Sunday, July 08, 2007
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Monday, May 13, 2013
New Seven Wonders Chichén Itzá - Mexico -
Lisht
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Sunday, January 15, 2006
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Monday, May 13, 2013
A brief description of the pyramids at Lisht: ancient egyptian culture egyptology resources kingdom egypt nile river glossary definition -
La Draga (Catalonia, Spain)
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Friday, November 11, 2011
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Sunday, May 12, 2013
La Draga is an early Neolithic village, occupied between 5300-5100 BC on the shore of Lake Bayoles in Catalonia, Spain. -
Neanderthals at Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
Researchers working on the Gibraltar promontory have amassed a suite of about 30 AMS radiocarbon dates from stacked Neanderthal occupations at Gorham's Cave that suggest Neanderthals were still liv... -
El Sidrón (Spain)
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
El Sidron is an archaeological site in the Asturias region of northern Spain where the remains of at least 12 Neanderthals have been recovered. -
Sago Palm - Metroxylon sagu Rottboell
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013
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Friday, May 10, 2013
The sago palm was likely domesticated in Papua New Guinea perhaps 2,000 years ago. -
What is the Aztec Calendar Stone?
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Saturday, March 05, 2011
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
The Aztec Calendar Stone, known more properly as the Aztec Sun Stone, is a basalt sculpture with carvings related to the sun god Tonatiuh and other calendar symbols -
Charlie Lake Cave (Canada)
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Sunday, March 30, 2008
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
Charlie Lake Cave is a stratified rockshelter in northeastern British Columbia located within the so-called "Ice Free Corridor". -
Damascus Steel - Sword Makers of the Islamic Civilization
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Thursday, November 30, 2006
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
Damascus steel, the legendary steel blade scimitar of the Islamic side in the Crusades, was a formidable piece of weaponry for the middle ages. Modern science has given us new insights into how thi... -
Archaeology of North America
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Saturday, December 03, 2005
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
Archaeology of the world, from your About.com Guide -
Plant Domestication
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013
A collection of plant histories, when and where humans domesticated them, with a table of dates and places and links to the stories themselves. -
Khmer Empire
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Monday, May 06, 2013
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Tuesday, May 07, 2013
The Khmer Empire is the name of a large and complex civilization which ruled a major chunk of Southeast Asia for five hundred years between 800 and 1300 AD. -
Roman Empire in the Netherlands
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Sunday, March 24, 2013
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Sunday, May 05, 2013
The Roman Empire had lasting effects on the Iron Age cultures of Europe, not the least of which is the low country of Netherlands. -
Nanoscale Precipitation in Genuine Wootz Steel Blades
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
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Saturday, May 04, 2013
Wootz steel blades were formed into extraordinary arms by the sword makers of the Islamic Civilization. But the precise chemical formation of the carbon atoms is still being debated today, as Madel... -
Identifying Mechanical Structures in Damascus Sabers
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
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Saturday, May 04, 2013
Professor Peter Paufler discusses the implications of Madeleine Durand Charre's comments concerning the possible presence of carbon nanotubes in medieval Islamic steel swords. -
A Photo Essay of Moundville
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
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Friday, May 03, 2013
Moundville is an archaeological park in Alabama, the ruins of a Mississippian chief's capital city, between 1200 and 1500 AD. -
Octagon Moon Rise at Newark Earthworks
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Monday, September 12, 2005
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Friday, May 03, 2013
The Newark Earthworks, an ancient Hopewell civilization observatory and sacred enclosure, will witness the Octagon Moon Rise event in the fall of 2005, when observers may watch the moon rise using ... -
Mississippian Period Archaeological Sites
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
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Friday, May 03, 2013
An annotated list of Mississippian period mound centers and villages, occupied by American horticulturalists in what is today the United States between AD 1000 and 1500. -
Inca Trail Photo Essay
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Sunday, May 04, 2008
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Friday, May 03, 2013
The Inca trail system was an essential part of the success of the Inca Empire, which included an estimated 40,000 kilometers of road way -
Aspero (Peru)
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Friday, October 22, 2010
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Friday, May 03, 2013
Aspero is a large mound site on the arid central coast of Peru, dated to the preceramic period beginning about 5,000 years ago and part of the Caral-Supe civilization, one of the oldest mound-build... -
Aztec Culture: The Aztec Capital City of Tenochtitlan
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Sunday, April 11, 2004
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Friday, May 03, 2013
The Aztec culture site called Tenochtitlan was located in a very peculiar place today, in a marsh in the middle of a lake surrounded by mountains--a place now called Mexico City. -
Indus Seals and the Indus Civilization Script
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
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Friday, May 03, 2013
Recent investigation of seals from the ancient Indus Civilization suggest that the glyphs represent a full, as-yet-deciphered language. -
Preclassic Maya Sites in the Southern Lowlands
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Saturday, September 17, 2011
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Friday, May 03, 2013
List of important pre-classic Mayan sites in the Southern Lowlands. Refer to this page to discover the most important pre-classic sites of the Maya Lowlands. Learn about the most ancient cities of ... -
Walking Tour of the Maya Town of Comalcalco
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Sunday, September 16, 2012
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Friday, May 03, 2013
Comalcalco is a well-preserved but little known Maya civilization archaeological site in the state of Tabasco, about 40 miles from the capital of Villahermosa. -
The Murals of Bonampak, Chiapas Mexico
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Friday, June 24, 2011
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Friday, May 03, 2013
Although known to the local Lacandon Maya people, Bonampak's mural paintings were first seen by non-Maya eyes in the early 20th century -
Early Monumental Architecture in Maya Ceibal
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Wednesday, May 01, 2013
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Friday, May 03, 2013
Archaeological research at the Maya site of Ceibal have identified the remains of what appears to be the earliest E-Group in the Maya Lowlands. -
Ceibal (Guatemala)
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Friday, April 26, 2013
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Friday, May 03, 2013
Ceibal is the name of one of the most ancient of Maya capitals in Mesoamerica, located on a tributary of the Usumacinta River of Guatemala. -
The Library of Alexandria (Egypt)
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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Thursday, May 02, 2013
The Library of Alexandria was Alexander the Great's dream of scholarly pursuits, housed in his capital city on the Nile Delta of Egypt. -
Rosetta Stone
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Friday, December 17, 2004
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Thursday, May 02, 2013
The Rosetta stone is a big hunk of volcanic basalt found near the town of Rosetta, Egypt in 1799, by the French emperor Napoleon's expedition. -
Egyptian Blue
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Sunday, August 07, 2011
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Thursday, May 02, 2013
Egyptian Blue is the name of a blue pigment used by the artists of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Imperial Rome. -
Ptolemy [87-150 AD]
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Saturday, November 13, 2004
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Thursday, May 02, 2013
Roman scholar Claudius Ptolemaeus (known as Ptolemy) was an astronomer, mathematician and geographer at the Library of Alexandria.