Asharq Al Aswat (among many other outlets) ran a story about archaeological finds in Egypt pertaining to a Christian Monastic community in the 5th century. Just for context sake I’ll point out that this is the same century when the… Continue Reading
Plos.org recently published an article about a massacre that occurred in Croatia nearly 6,200 years ago. The introduction reads: “Violence on a massive scale has been present in human societies for at least 13,000 years as evidenced by numerous skeletons… Continue Reading
A recent academic paper by Idan Dershowitz makes a case for the manuscript fragments of passages from Deuteronomy written in paleo-Hebrew that were dismissed as fakes after their purchase in the 19th century by the British Museum actually being genuine.… Continue Reading
A goodly number of theorists hold that the tarot started as a deck of playing cards (I’ve got a friend in New Orleans who theorizes that the original cards and game referred to the activities of mediaeval ruling classes, gaining… Continue Reading
The New York Times Book Review ran a review of A World Beneath The Sands by Toby Wilkinson which recounts the “golden age of Egyptian archaeology” that occurred in the 19th century. This was a time, frankly of pillage, exploitation… Continue Reading
Late last year, the New York Times Book Review ran a review of Rebecca Wragg Skyes’ Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art. This is a synthesis of over 170 years worth of study of this highly intelligent hominid species… Continue Reading
Frontiers in Medecine recently published a piece by Zahi Hawass and Sahar Saleem regarding the finding of a recent tomographic investigation of the embalmed remains of Pharaoh Seqenenre-Taa-II, who was likely captured in battle, tortured and ritually executed by a… Continue Reading
England’s Daily Mail paraphrased an article in The Times about discoveries within the remains of the royal complex of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. I’m including the Daily Mail link coz The Times is behind a paywall. The article begins: “The… Continue Reading
One of the great continuing mysteries of Mediterranean archeology has been reading the Minoan Liner A script. This was the precursor to the Mycenaean Greek Linear B. Now it appears a serious step has been made in deciphering it. Some archaeologists… Continue Reading
A number of outlets including the Guardian recently published accounts of recent discoveries in the necropolis of Saqqara in Egypt, near the pyramid of King Teti. The article begins: “Egypt has announced the discovery of a new trove of treasures… Continue Reading