2 days ago by Particular Kev

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered one of the earliest depictions of a menorah, the seven-branched candelabra that has come to symbolize Judaism, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Friday, reports Michael Ireland, сhief сorrespondent, ASSIST News Service. The menorah was engraved in stone arou ...

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3 days ago by Editor

The Indus Valley Civilization originated nearly 5000 years ago in the area irrigated by the mighty Indus River and it’s tributaries. This land is presently known as Pakistan. Two major archaeological sites which remind us of this once-great civilization are Moenjodaro and Harrapa. These sites were d ...

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4 days ago by Signs of the Times

Oregon caves yield evidence of continent's first inhabitants. Archaeologists claim to have found the oldest known artefact in the Americas, a scraper-like tool in an Oregon cave that dates back 14,230 years. The tool shows that people were living in North America well before the widespread Clovis cu ...

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4 days ago by Editor

Product DescriptionThis innovative analysis of archaeological settlement patterns as a guide to ancient political structure focuses on the Maya of Southeastern Mexico. Working principally with data from the Classic Period in the Rosario Valley, the author relates problem orientation and theory to th ...

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5 days ago by Signs of the Times

The work was carried out over the summer in preparation for Oxford University's proposed Radcliffe Observatory Quarter - plans for which were revealed earlier this month. In addition to these findings, the work has also uncovered evidence of a 6th century Saxon settlement, including a sunken feature ...

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6 days ago by noelbynature

Congratulations to Dr. Kira Westaway for winning one of the Science Gongs for her research with the homo floresiensis. photo credit: Ryan Somma Hobbit researchers win science gong Sydney Morning Herald, 29 October 2009 Unravelling the mystery of Indonesia’s hobbit-sized humans and discovering ways t ...

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8 days ago by Signs of the Times

An ancient South American civilization which disappeared around 1,500 years ago helped to cause its own demise by damaging the fragile ecosystem that held it in place, a study has found. Archaeologists examining the remains of the Nasca, who once flourished in the valleys of south coastal Peru, have ...

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11 days ago by Rubicworks

One doesn’t usually associate beautiful jewelry with the time of the Spanish Inquisition. But in the Smithsonian Institution’s collection of jewelry, there is an exquisite necklace holder stand and a necklace badge holder of diamonds and emeralds. It is a spectacular double row of diamonds and emera ...

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12 days ago by lukechandler

I have mentioned an urban legend that the most important archaeological discoveries are a result of sheer chance. How about this latest example? Michael Le Quesne, 16, was swimming off a popular beach in Montenegro with his parents and his ten-year-old sister Teodora when he spotted an odd looking ’ ...

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13 days ago by Big Blue Tech

An anchor from a shipwreck thought to be Blackbeard’s flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, was so unstable that divers in North Carolina retrieved it Wednesday rather than waiting until next year. Divers raised the 4.5-foot, 160-pound grapnel, or anchor, from the wreck in the Atlantic Ocean near Beau ...

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