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- Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:29 am
- Forum: Old World
- Topic: Tel Gezer Essentially Unscathed After Wildfire
- Replies: 1
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Tel Gezer Essentially Unscathed After Wildfire
Stone doesn't burn. https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-07-05/ty-article/conflagration-at-tell-gezer-destroyed-the-thorns-not-the-antiquities/00000181-cd31-db80-a9b7-ed3765ed0000?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=archaeology-and-science&utm_content=8621ed4fdb Conf...
- Tue Jun 14, 2022 7:31 pm
- Forum: Old World
- Topic: 17th Century Shipwreck Identified as the Gloucester.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4969
17th Century Shipwreck Identified as the Gloucester.
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/wreck-of-historic-royal-ship-discovered-off-the-english-coast/143816 Wreck of historic royal ship discovered off the English coast A royal shipwreck has been discovered off the English coast. The wreck is of one of the most famous ships of the 17th century – The...
- Mon May 30, 2022 10:07 am
- Forum: Old World
- Topic: Egypt Keeps Trying
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4992
Egypt Keeps Trying
to resurrect the tourist industry! https://www.rawstory.com/statuette-of-architect-among-new-cache-of-ancient-egyptian-artifacts/ Statuette of architect among new cache of ancient Egyptian artifacts Egypt on Monday unveiled a cache of sarcophagi and bronze statuettes -- including one of pioneering a...
- Fri May 20, 2022 3:21 pm
- Forum: Old World
- Topic: Significant Illegal Antiquities Bust in Israel
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3004
Re: Significant Illegal Antiquities Bust in Israel
If you were a Palestinian would YOU trust the Israeli government for anything?
- Thu May 19, 2022 9:51 am
- Forum: Old World
- Topic: Significant Illegal Antiquities Bust in Israel
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3004
Significant Illegal Antiquities Bust in Israel
https://haaretz.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d3bceadb340d6af4daf1de00d&id=5afde4df2f&e=e481685249 Huge Cache of Stolen Antiquities Found in Central Israel Cuneiform tablets, jewels, and 1,800 coins, including one bearing the name of Shimon Bar Kochba, found in antiquities trader's hous...
- Tue May 10, 2022 8:40 am
- Forum: Old World
- Topic: Dutch Find 18th Century British Cemetery
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2441
Dutch Find 18th Century British Cemetery
Based on location and timing, it dates from the War of the First Coalition against France.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61391848
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61391848
Dutch 18th Century mass grave: Skeletons in Vianen were British soldiers
- Sun May 08, 2022 6:42 pm
- Forum: Old World
- Topic: New excavations at Predynastic Egyptian site of Kafr Hassan Dawood
- Replies: 1
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Re: New excavations at Predynastic Egyptian site of Kafr Hassan Dawood
A scholarly paper on the site: Over a thousand burials does seem quite impressive. https://www.archeonil.fr/images/revue%202000%202003/AN2003-04-Hassan_et_al.pdf Social Dynamics at the Late Predynastic to Early Dynastic Site of Kafr Hassan Dawood, East Delta, Egypt Fekri A. Hassan (Institute of Arch...
- Sun May 08, 2022 9:56 am
- Forum: Old World
- Topic: Phoenecian Site Found in Inland Spain
- Replies: 1
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Phoenecian Site Found in Inland Spain
Most Phoenician/Carthaginian sites in Spain are coastal. This one apparently came as a bit of a surprise. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/26/unprecedented-phoenician-necropolis-osuna-spain Workers discover ‘unprecedented’ Phoenician necropolis in southern Spain Preliminary surveys in Osun...
- Tue Apr 26, 2022 10:36 am
- Forum: Old World
- Topic: Bronze Age Statue Found in Gaza
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2548
Bronze Age Statue Found in Gaza
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-61228553 Gaza farmer finds 4,500-year-old statue of Canaanite goddess A stone statue of an ancient goddess of beauty, love and war has been found in the Gaza Strip. Hamas, the Islamist militant group which governs the tiny Palestinian territory, says the he...
- Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:40 pm
- Forum: Old World
- Topic: Archaeologists To Open Coffin Found At Notre Dame
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3793
Re: Archaeologists To Open Coffin Found At Notre Dame
Doesn't have to be a pope. Could be some nobleman's illegitimate kid.
- Sat Apr 16, 2022 8:26 am
- Forum: Old World
- Topic: Archaeologists To Open Coffin Found At Notre Dame
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3793
Re: Archaeologists To Open Coffin Found At Notre Dame
It was the 14th century.
- Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:56 am
- Forum: Old World
- Topic: Archaeologists To Open Coffin Found At Notre Dame
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3793
Archaeologists To Open Coffin Found At Notre Dame
This should prove interesting. If they can do it to Ramses II they can do it to whoever this was. https://www.rawstory.com/mystery-sarcophagus-found-in-notre-dame-to-be-opened/ Mystery sarcophagus found in Notre-Dame to be opened Agence France-Presse During preparatory work to rebuild the church's a...
- Wed Apr 13, 2022 12:20 pm
- Forum: Old World
- Topic: Tombos in Sudan.... Neighbor of the Old Kingdom of Egypt
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2808
Re: Tombos in Sudan.... Neighbor of the Old Kingdom of Egypt
Absolutely. But it was a commonplace attitude at the time as you say.
- Wed Apr 13, 2022 9:07 am
- Forum: Old World
- Topic: Tombos in Sudan.... Neighbor of the Old Kingdom of Egypt
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2808
Tombos in Sudan.... Neighbor of the Old Kingdom of Egypt
The author is correct. One rarely hears about anything outside of Egypt. https://theconversation.com/archaeological-site-along-the-nile-opens-a-window-on-the-nubian-civilization-that-flourished-in-ancient-sudan-174575 Archaeological site along the Nile opens a window on the Nubian civilization that ...
- Fri Apr 08, 2022 5:38 pm
- Forum: Anthropology and Primitive Societies
- Topic: For Min ~ Boats
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3170
Re: For Min ~ Boats
That's better than the Clovis-First types who insisted that their view was the only one possible and attempted to destroy the careers of any who disputed them. Once pre-Clovis sites were identified they had little choice but to cling to their outdated theories for dear life. Always best to leave a l...