Research has shown that using ancient scripture as a source for determining historical fact is a tricksy pursuit. While millenia old literary sources can tell you a lot about how the author(s) viewed themselves and their relationship to the enviroment,… Continue Reading
National Geographic reports on archaeological finds indicating large scale sacrifice of children and animals during the reign of the Chimu. Their story begins: “Evidence for the largest single incident of mass child sacrifice in the Americas— and likely in world… Continue Reading
The Guardian posted a story reporting on archaeological findings published in the scholarly journal Antiquity about a brutal massacre that occurred in Sweden during the 5th centurary EV. The story begins: “Archaeologists in Sweden have uncovered startling evidence of a massacre more… Continue Reading
Media the world over recently covered the unveiling the latest archaeological finds uncovered during excavations connected to work on a new subway line in Rome. In this case what was found were well preserved remains of a large house, likely… Continue Reading
Ya know, when yr the adherent of a religious creed that expresses shades of deity with the archetypes of the ancient Gods and Goddesses of Khem, the Black Land, new discoveries in Egyptian archaeology tend to be of interest —… Continue Reading
Profane Egyptologists is a new book by Paul Harrison published by Routledge detailing the modern practice of Kemetic i.e. ancient Egyptian (“Egypt” is actually the Greek term for what the natives referred to as “Khem”). The publisher’s site says: “It… Continue Reading
The J. Paul Getty Museum has an exhibit running through September called Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World which examines the interaction between the civilizations of Egypt, Greece and the Roman Empire – influences actually feeding back and forth… Continue Reading
Here’s a wonderful story from The Guardian regarding Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz resistance via monumental art to the tyranny and vandalism of Daesh. The story starts: “In February 2015, Isis militants videoed themselves drilling the face off one of the commanding stone statues that had… Continue Reading
Newsweek reports that excavations in the Greek city of Thessaloniki that a part of building a subway system there have uncovered some amazing artifacts. The story begins: “A headless statue of Aphrodite was discovered during subway work in the Greek port city… Continue Reading
CBC.ca (that’s basically the NPR of Canada ya dumb Yanks!) just posted a piece about a Polish paleontologist who discovered what he proposes might be the oldest human-like footprints ever found… in Greece. This of course throws the most widely… Continue Reading