Historic Bottle Index
For you collectors of historical bottles, this is an amazing database of dating and understanding the history about a bottle that you dug up. http://www.sha.org/bottle/index.htm
Archaeology
Google Earth and U.S. Archaeology
Thelemites are going to love this. Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), in partnership with Google Earth, unveiled a new Google Earth layer displaying popular archaeological sites located throughout the United States and Canada http://www.archaeological.org/news/aianews/6871#sthash.mt6BOpJn.dpuf
Vatican Makes 4000 Ancient Religious Manuscripts Available
According to the International Business Times: “The Vatican Apostolic Library is now digitising its valuable ancient religious manuscripts and putting them online via its website, available for the public to view for free, as well as turning to crowdfunding to help… Continue Reading
Strata – Sailing the Canoe
The documentary film, “Sailing Canoe,” follows the efforts of people across Micronesia to re-learn the art of sailing canoes. It traces the connections of people from Guam and Rota to Yap and the outer islands of Micronesia that once were… Continue Reading
Ancient DNA shows earliest European genomes weathered the Ice Age
A ground-breaking new study on DNA recovered from a fossil of one of the earliest known Europeans – a man who lived 36,000 years ago in Kostenki, western Russia – has shown that the earliest European humans’ genetic ancestry survived… Continue Reading
Woolly Mammoth Mummy Yields Well-Preserved Brain
Thanks to the find in Siberia, we can now begin to understand the brain of the Woolly Mammoth. http://www.livescience.com/48625-mummy-woolly-mammoth-brain-revealed.html
Archaeologists study Thracian burial ground and settlement in Romania
Archaeologists have just completed their sixth season of excavation at a large burial ground consisting of nearly 100 mounds. The site was constructed in the 1st millennium BC at Teliţa-Celic Dere in south-east Romania. The cemetery sits alongside a settlement,… Continue Reading
New Mosaics Unearthed in Ancient City of Zeugma
Three new mosaics have been unearthed during the Muzalar House excavations in the ancient city of Zeugma in Turkey’s southern province of Gaziantep. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/new-mosaics-unearthed-in-ancient-city-of-zeugma.aspx?pageID=238&nID=73808&NewsCatID=375
Strange Skull of Ancient Mammal
Recently found skull of an ancient mammal that lived during the time of the dinosaurs. http://news.yahoo.com/weird-skull-madagascar-reveals-ancient-mammal-184845557.html
British Museum Current Exhibit
What’s at the British Museum, an exhibit on Witches and Wicked Bodies runs from September 2014 to January 2015. http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/witches_and_wicked_bodies.aspx