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May 31, 2011 0 Comments

Marlborough mound mystery solved – after 4,400 years

Hill in Wiltshire school grounds nicknamed Silbury’s little sister revealed as important neolithic monument

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May 31, 2011 0 Comments

Otford – The Lost Palace of Henry The VIII

When we think of the Palaces of Henry VIII, the images and pictures of Hampton Court and Eltham Palace spring

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May 30, 2011 0 Comments

UK landmarks saved by £11m lottery grant

Greenhouse in Barnsley, Solent submarine, Welsh pier, London music hall and Tees transporter bridge gain financial support

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May 30, 2011 0 Comments

440-year-old document sheds new light on native population decline under Spanish colonial rule

According to the analysis, the native Andean population in the Yucay Valley of Peru showed a remarkable ability to bounce

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May 29, 2011 0 Comments

Archaeologists uncover oldest mine in americas

Archaeologists have discovered a 12,000-year-old iron oxide mine in Chile that marks the oldest evidence of organized mining ever found

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May 29, 2011 6 Comments

An Interpretation of the Ancient Egyptian Concept of Death and Dying

In order to understand the ancient Egyptian concept of death and dying, one must first understand the absolute longing and love for life the ancient Egyptians had (Brewer & Teeter 2008: 166).  The latter devotion and love for life propelled the ancient Egyptian people into an obsessive desire (Richards 1997: 33; Brewer & Teeter 2008: 166) for their lives to continue in heaven [the field of reeds] in the same manner of luxury, pomp and pageantry as their lives had been whilst they were alive. Egyptian Egypt and the Egyptians The Art of Ancient Egypt

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May 29, 2011 0 Comments

Are these the 100 places that made Britain?

Castles, cathedrals and the Cavern Club: historians make their choices of key sites in Britain’s past for book

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May 28, 2011 0 Comments

Physicists Explain The Long Useful Lifetime Of Carbon-14

The long, slow decay of carbon-14 allows archaeologists to accurately date the relics of history back to 60,000 years. And

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May 28, 2011 0 Comments

Archaeology Exhibit planned at Allison Antrim Museum in Greencastle

Josepth Rothrock was a leader in conservation and reforestation with a primary goal. to preserve, protect and propagate the forest.

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May 26, 2011 0 Comments

Warriors wielding metal detectors redraw ancient maps of England

Treasure and artefacts found by amateurs have changed the understanding of how the country was invaded and settled

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May 25, 2011 0 Comments

How satellites are mapping our ancient past

Satellites using infra-red imaging are disclosing hidden archaeological treasures such as entire ancient Egyptian cities

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May 25, 2011 0 Comments

How significant is the Dover Bronze Age Boat?

On a rainy 28th September 1992, during a watching brief on the development of a new section of the A20

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May 25, 2011 0 Comments

Can Lady with an Ermine really take down Mona Lisa in the battle of the Leonardo blockbusters?

Sam Leith: As the National Gallery prepares for its forthcoming blockbuster show, Lady With an Ermine is being tipped to become the next Mona Lisa

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May 25, 2011 0 Comments

Search for Blackbeard’s Anchor Is Underway at QAR Shipwreck Site

Just as moviegoers across America are excited about the latest “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie, true pirate lovers are excited

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May 24, 2011 0 Comments

The English Civil War, its Fortifications and a ‘Modern’ Parliament?

The English Civil was one of those periods in history which is best known for the people who instigated it

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May 24, 2011 0 Comments

Churchill’s Secret Army Headquarters – Will It Reveal More Secrets?

The Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART) and other organisations now has the green light for stage two of an archaeological

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May 24, 2011 0 Comments

Beyond Sensible archaeology in Ireland

With our tongues held firmly held in our cheeks and feeling decidedly anachronistic we define ‘Sensible Archaeology’ as projects which

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May 24, 2011 0 Comments

Dung loaming: how llamas aided the Inca empire

Inca culture spread from Andes after manure from llama herds provided fertiliser for corn crops at high altitude

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May 22, 2011 1 Comment

London parish’s descent from glamour to grime charted in exhibition

Archaeological finds in St Giles on show at London gallery give insight into the lives of the infamous Rookery slum dwellers, once the capital’s most notorious slum

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May 22, 2011 0 Comments

Jane Austen rare manuscript up for sale

A rare, handwritten manuscript of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel The Watsons is to be sold at auction at Sotherby’s in London

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May 19, 2011 0 Comments

Egypt’s man from the past who insists he has a future

Zahi Hawass, appointed by Hosni Mubarak to oversee Egypt’s cultural riches, is the great survivor of the revolution

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May 19, 2011 0 Comments

Who are the Coptic Christians?

The clue to the identity of this small religious minority survives in the art and archaeology of ancient Egypt – and reveals a most magnificent ancestry