David Stuart has published a wonderfully nerdy piece on super-massive public inscriptions comparing the the 2nd-century inscription of Diogenes of Oinoanda, Turkey, vs. the ancient Maya inscription on Copan’s Great Hieroglyphic Stairway. Yep. He did that! So get your geek on and… Continue Reading
A shipwreck from a failed Mongolian invasion of Japan in the 13th century has been discovered by archaeologists working at the underwater Takashima Kozaki site. Researchers from the University of the Ryukyus and the Matsuura city board of education said… Continue Reading
Egypt has lifted a 13-year-old ban on excavation permits issued to foreign archeology missions working in Upper Egypt, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Mostafa Amin was quoted by Youm Friday. For 13 years, the excavation permissions… Continue Reading
The last amphitheater of the northern Anatolian region will be unearthed in an excavation in Turkey’s province of Tokat. The amphitheater is located just east of the historic castle of Zile, a city with a long Roman history and battle… Continue Reading
The British Museum is trying to help preserve African rock art. They have created a database of known rock art and it is an amazing tool for amateur and professional archeologists. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_projects/all_current_projects/african_rock_art_image_project.aspx?fromShortUrl
I personally have lamented that the Italians don’t have a good record of taking care of their heritage. Pompeii is a good example. The site is need of repair. Walls are literally falling down in the site and much is… Continue Reading
Tipón is one of the most captivating archaeological sites in Peru and reflects the awe-inspiring accomplishments of the Inca Empire. While traces of occupation at Tipón date back thousands of years, its most impressive development occurred about 500 years ago,… Continue Reading
Researchers in England have pieced together about 1,500 metal fragments, including gold and silver, to reconstruct a 7th century AD helmet and a sword pommel from the Staffordshire Hoard. The artifacts, part of a cache of 4,000 items in the… Continue Reading
In 1928 Julio Tello, a Peruvian Archaeologist, found a graveyard of human skulls that were extremely elongated. These skulls are over 3,000 years old. Recently DNA tests demonstrate that they’re not like any known human on the planet. FYI, they’re… Continue Reading
Make room, Lucy! A fossil of a 3.4 million-year-old hominin has been found by researchers who say this could be an entirely new species of early human, previously unknown to history. This new and distinct hominin is thought to have… Continue Reading