The following lists, presented in reverse chronological order, provide links to interesting articles and discussions elsewhere on the web.
- Yet another NW site found by construction crews A
from ArchaeoBlog on 26 February 2005Yet another NW site found by construction crews Artifacts dug up at light rail bridge siteA significant Indian archaeological site has been uncovered on the banks of the Duwamish River exactly where Sound Transit plans to build columns to carry its elevated light rail line across the river ...
- Royal Tara extends well beyond the hill
from Archaeology in Europe on 26 February 2005WE strongly reject the implication that we have ‘hoodwinked’ the public into thinking that the proposed road goes over the Hill of Tara, contained in recent testimony to the Oireachtas Committee on Transport ...
- Ancient Stronghold Discovered in Varna
from Archaeology in Europe on 26 February 2005An unknown stronghold wall has been discovered in the coastal city of Varna, the regional historical museum officials announced Friday ...
- Mystery of 49 headless Romans who werent meant to haunt us
from Archaeology in Europe on 26 February 2005ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed a Roman cemetery in York with the skeletons of 49 beheaded young men. Experts from the York Archaeological Trust have yet to explain why the men had been decapitated ...
- In a history class on the Roman empire, a 20-page
from Christian Origins Blog on 25 February 2005In a history class on the Roman empire, a 20-page paper is due at the end of the semester. I have finished writing a possible abstract and a bibliography ...
- This weeks EEF news as promised: "Curse of King
from ArchaeoBlog on 25 February 2005This weeks' EEF news as promised:"Curse of King Tut haunts mourning woman"http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1108983601114B221The SCA will repatriate from South Africa a scarab believed stolen from the tomb of King Tutankhamen ...
- archaeological falsehoods and fakes in the German academy
from Michael Shanks on 25 February 2005A fascinating item today in the Guardian - History of modern man unravels as German scholar is exposed as fraud Flamboyant anthropologist falsified dating of key discoveries Luke Harding in Berlin It appeared to be one of archaeology's most sensational finds ...
- International Architecture Database
from The Stoa on 25 February 2005The Scout Report today includes a description of the International Architecture Database, which includes textual and visual information concerning a few ancient temples ...
- Visualization
from The Stoa on 25 February 2005We are slowly making progress on a "tagger" that uses methods from computational linguistics to identify and tag named entities in arbitrary ancient texts ...
- Google Maps and Safari
from The Map Room on 25 February 2005Attention Mac users: Google Maps now works with Safari. Via TUAW....
- Archaeological dig sniffs out worlds oldest perfumery
from Archaeology in Europe on 25 February 2005MUSKY, with a woody tone and spicy hints of cinnamon - the perfect fragrance for a Bronze Age date.Italian archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest perfumery and have identified the smells popular with the people of the time ...
- Archaeologists Baffled by Headless Bodies Find
from Archaeology in Europe on 25 February 2005Archaeologists have been left mystified by the discovery of 36 decapitated bodies, it was revealed today ...
- Mystery over decapitated Roman skeletons found under York street
from Archaeology in Europe on 25 February 2005A MACABRE mystery from York's ancient past has been uncovered in a city street.Experts from York Archaeological Trust have unearthed an "extraordinary" Roman cemetery near The Mount ...
- A Rich Handover
from Egyptology News on 24 February 2005http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/731/eg7.htm A cache of artefacts hidden in Egypt since 1971 have been released from confiscation ...
- SCA Suspends agreement with Qatar
from Egyptology News on 24 February 2005http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/ The third item on this page: "Dr Hawass revealed that the SCA has suspended the archaeological agreement signed with the Qatari Antiquities Authority because the latter failed to fulfill its commitment of subsidising the translation of foreign books released in Tel El Amerna ...
- Maintaining World Heritage Sites
from Egyptology News on 24 February 2005http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/ A brief discussion of Egyptian sites listed as World Heriage Sites by Unesco, and some of the issues to be raised at the forthcoming conference in June this year ...
- A "SHARP RISE in thefts of antiquities in 2004" in
from PaleoJudaica.com on 23 February 2005A "SHARP RISE in thefts of antiquities in 2004" in Israel according to Ha'aretz: According to [director of the robbery prevention unit, Amir] Ganor, the phenomenon of antiquities theft has taken on gold rush dimensions, with an antiquities site plundered every day on average ...
- Online Map of Switzerland
from The Map Room on 23 February 2005Map.search.ch is an online map of Switzerland; it launched last October. Like Google Maps, it uses the XMLHttpRequest object (a ...
- Roman coin hoard revealed
from Archaeology in Europe on 23 February 2005These are just some of the nearly 1000 silver coins found in Norfolk's biggest ever hoard of Roman money ...
- Earlychurchorguk has a blog
from Hypotyposeis on 22 February 2005For those who like the materials at Earlychurch.org.uk, I have discovered that its maintainer, Rob Bradshaw, has started an announcement blog for his site ...
- Tel Dan III
from Hypotyposeis on 22 February 2005(Last substantive update: Feb. 22, 2005). There's been a lot developments in the time I've been sick ...
- Tomb of Saint Paul Found
from Roman Archaeology on 22 February 2005Discovery Channel : "A tomb that may contain the remains of Saint Paul, one of the Christian church's most important leaders and the author of much of the Bible's New Testament, has been unearthed in Rome, according to a Vatican Museums archaeologist ...
- Tsunami Uncovers Ancient City in India AP
from Yahoo! News: Science News on 22 February 2005AP - Archaeologists have begun underwater excavations of what is believed to be an ancient city and parts of a temple uncovered by the tsunami off the coast of a centuries-old pilgrimage town ...
- VMap0
from Brain Off on 22 February 2005VMap0 VMap0 is an incredible set of geospatial data. Unclassified and published by the US Military National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the same agency that publishes the GEONet Names Server (which backs the worldKit geocoder) ...
- Stop the. . .bulldozers! City Urged To Avoid Buil
from ArchaeoBlog on 21 February 2005Stop the. . .bulldozers! City Urged To Avoid Building on Indian Village Site A city committee of archaeologists has recommended that Santa Fe leaders avoid building a new civic center on a downtown site because of concerns that construction could ruin an undisturbed Indian village buried there ...
- Ancient Routes
from The Map Room on 21 February 2005Ancient Routes, "[a] site devoted to exploring the ancient trade routes around the Mediterranean," has a few maps of said trade routes, mostly of the Middle East ...
- Poyarkovs Map of Ukraine
from The Map Room on 21 February 2005MetaFilter is one of the best-kept secret sources for map links, and now that Matt has added tag support, they're all the easier to find: just look for the map and maps tags ...
- What Amarna Looked Like
from Egyptology News on 20 February 2005http://www.archaeology.co.uk/cwa/issues/cwa1/CWA_issue_1.pdf Although this dates back to 2003, I have only just found this article which, however, is timeless ...
- Ancient Egyptians Hoarded Crude Oil
from Egyptology News on 20 February 2005http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050214/egyptoil.html A Discovery Channel news item about use of tar in mummies and the trade in oil in the Middle East 3000 years ago ...
- Tel Dan Inscription Follow Up
from Hypotyposeis on 20 February 2005I've been able to glean a little more information as to the provenance of the fragments that presently make up the Tel Dan Inscription ...
- Is there a Mafia in Egyptology
from Egyptology News on 18 February 2005http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/730/he2.htm Zahi Hawass in his regular Al Ahram spot talking about the internal politics currently being played out in the French Institute in Cairo (IFAO) ...
- BMSAES Updated
from Egyptology News on 18 February 2005http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/bmsaes/issues.html#is4 The December 2004 issue of the British Museum's online publication, the "British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES)" has been published on the BM's website at the above address ...
- Coptic Trove
from Egyptology News on 18 February 2005http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/730/he1.htm "In Al-Gurna where several excavation missions are probing for more Ancient Egyptian treasures under the sand, a team from the Polish Centre for Mediterranean Archaeology has stumbled on a major Coptic trove buried under the remains of a sixth-century monastery located in front of a Middle Kingdom tomb ...
- Archaeologists discover Pauls tomb
from NT Gateway Weblog on 17 February 2005Or so this report claims, with thanks to Jim West for the link (and earlier also Rogueclassicism on an Italian article on this): Archaeologists discover Paul's tomb The article is from Catholic News ...
- Archaeologists Find Ancient Pueblo Site AP
from Yahoo! News: Science News on 17 February 2005AP - A 600-year-old pueblo is buried under Santa Fe's City Hall, its convention center, the parking lot they share and nearby federal buildings ...
- worldKit geocoder
from Brain Off on 17 February 2005worldKit geocoderIt's pretty simple. Search for latitude/longitude. Enter US street address, zip code, or any international city ...
- mappr and mapping delicious
from Brain Off on 16 February 2005mappr and mapping del.icio.us mapping del.icio.us can now map based on purely descriptive locations ...
- Firefox Plugin: Annotating Google Maps
from Brain Off on 16 February 2005Firefox Plugin: Annotating Google Maps This is a way to arbitrarily annotate Google Maps, using the Greasemonkey Firefox Plugin ...
- MountMaps
from The Map Room on 16 February 2005Have you ever wondered what would happen if a topo map mated with a pop-up book? No, you probably haven't; you're not that strange ...
- Tel Dan Inscription and André Lemaire
from Hypotyposeis on 15 February 2005The Tel Dan inscription was found at an archeological site in Israel in 1993 and contains what may be the earliest reference to the historical David ...
- A guide to international fieldwork projects, publi
from ArchaeologyOnline on 15 February 2005A guide to international fieldwork projects, published in England. Archaeo-Volunteers
- Late Antiquity Conference Program
from Inscriptiones-l at Yahoo! Groups on 14 February 2005CONFERENCE UPDATE SHIFTING FRONTIERS IN LATE ANTIQUITY VI ROMANS, BARBARIANS, A
- Classical Language Standards
from The Coding Humanist on 14 February 2005I really wish I could spend more time reading and responding on B-Greek. I barely even get to read it these days ...
- the end of the Neanderthals - biology and culture
from Michael Shanks on 13 February 2005photo - BBC - amended There is an item today on the BBC web site connected with what sounds like a comprehensive TV treatment of the now classic puzzle of the end of the Neanderthals - BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | The icy truth behind Neanderthals ...
- seeing the past - archaeology conference at Stanford
from Michael Shanks on 13 February 2005I wound up a fine conference at Stanford today - Seeing the Past - Building knowledge of the past through acts of seeing ...
- To Constantinople and Back Again - CSNTM Update
from The Coding Humanist on 11 February 2005Alright, Greek geeks. We just finished an update of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts site, www ...
- Hittites and the Legendary Critics
from Christian Origins Blog on 11 February 2005One can find in many books and essays a statement like this: It was once thought that the reference to the Hittites was a historical error ...
- Roman coffin found intact in London
from Roman Archaeology on 10 February 2005Times Online - Britain"A ROMAN wooden coffin has been unearthed in London, the only example of its kind found in Britain ...
- google maps tile grabber
from Brain Off on 10 February 2005google maps tile grabber another week, another new bigplayer geo service to poke at. here's the google maps dissection discussion ...
- Trypillian Civilization is an archeological name f
from ArchaeologyOnline on 6 February 2005Trypillian Civilization is an archeological name for the Neolithic culture that existed on the territory of present-day Ukraine. Trypillian culture
- mapping delicious
from Brain Off on 5 February 2005mapping del.icio.us in Nov. I launched an experiment which mapped delicious entries tagged with "geolicious" and geo tags, in the form "geo:lat=*" and "geo:long=*" ...
- MuseumsToday has an excellent section on archaeolo
from ArchaeologyOnline on 3 February 2005MuseumsToday has an excellent section on archaeology museums and related subjects. Archaeology history and museums :: MuseumsToday.com
- The Cave of Lascaux in France has the famous cave
from ArchaeologyOnline on 2 February 2005The Cave of Lascaux in France has the famous cave paintings that we all learned about in Archaeology 101 ...
- Roman mosaic of naked harvesters is revealed under Trajans Bath
from Roman Archaeology on 1 February 2005Roman mosaic of naked harvesters is revealed under Trajan's BathA well-preserved, nearly 2,000-year-old mosaic depicting five frolicking naked men in a grape harvest scene is Rome's latest new, stunning find from digs into layers of history under the city's modern-day surface ...
- Fedora Release 20
from The Stoa on 1 February 2005As noted at Open Access News, Fedora Release 2 is now available. Fedora is a general purpose repository service developed jointly by The University of Virginia Library and Cornell University ...
- Scientists Unravel Mysteries Of Egyptian Mummy
from ScienceDaily Headlines on 28 February 2005The secrets of a 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy are about to be revealed, thanks to experts at The University of Manchester.
- Ancient sky map or fake? German experts row over star disc (Guardian Unlimited
from Yahoo! News - Search Results for archaeology on 28 February 20053,600-year-old disc depicting stars and planets at centre of dispute following claims that it is a modern forgery.
- Roman coin hoard found in Norfolk
from Roman Archaeology on 28 February 2005Roman coin hoard revealed: "A collection of 963 Roman denarii, including coins from 270 years of early British history, have been found by hobbyists near Norfolk ...
- 49 Headless Roman skeletons unearthed
from Roman Archaeology on 28 February 2005Times Online - Britain: "ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed a Roman cemetery in York with the skeletons of 49 beheaded young men ...
- Breaking news Ancient earth drawings found in Per
from ArchaeoBlog on 28 February 2005Breaking news Ancient earth drawings found in Peru Archaeologists have discovered a group of giant figures scraped into the hills of Peru's southern coastal desert that are believed to predate the country's famed Nazca lines ...
- Along the Silk Road
from About Archaeology on 28 February 2005The Silk Road was a web of caravan tracks that connected China to Rome during the Han Dynasty of the 2nd century BC; archaeological investigations at sites along its way indicate the cities were truly cosmopolitan ...
- Boston University, Archaeology Graduate School
from About Archaeology on 28 February 2005Boston University is one of the few stand-alone Archaeology departments in the Americas (rather than within an Anthropology department), and has a large research and teaching staff with varied interests ...
- Cucuteni culture
from About Archaeology on 28 February 2005The Cucuteni culture is a Neolithic/Chalcolithic civilization dated to 5400-2750 BC....
- Sepphoris Israel
from About Archaeology on 28 February 2005The site of Sepphoris (known as Zippori in Hebrew) was the capital of the Galilee region at the time of the Roman occupation....
- Seriation
from About Archaeology on 28 February 2005he technique of dating archaeological sites and materials by seriation was invented by William Flinders-Petrie....
- Serovo Glazkovo Culture
from About Archaeology on 28 February 2005The Serovo-Glazkovo culture refers to a Siberian Late Neolithic to Bronze Age culture (4200-3200 BP) located in the Baikal area....
- Settlement Patterns
from About Archaeology on 28 February 2005One of the core concepts of the study of archaeology is settlement pattern studies....
- Thracian Gold Fever
from About Archaeology on 28 February 2005Archaeology Magazine reports on the problematic findings in the Valley of the Thracian Kings, Bulgaria Thracian Gold Fever...
- University of Massachusetts at Boston: Archaeology Graduate Schools
from About Archaeology on 28 February 2005The M.A. program at UMass Boston plays a key role in training students to participate in the field of historical archaeology....
- Women in Archaeology: New Listings
from About Archaeology on 28 February 2005Ruth Benedict, Barbara Bocek, Mildred Mott Wedel, Susan Kent, Lynn Ceci, Deborah Pearsall, Barbara Mertz, Linda Schele, Susan Shennan...
- Aust archaeologists find ancient mummy (Australian Broadcasting Corporation
from Yahoo! News - Search Results for ancient on 28 February 2005Australian archaeologists have discovered one of the best preserved ancient Egyptian mummies dating from about 2,600 years ago, Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities said on Monday ...
- Many many things to post today. Here is the first
from ArchaeoBlog on 28 February 2005Many, many things to post today. Here is the first batch.Seattle-area construction find update Archaeological find shouldn't delay Sound Transit project, officials sayThe discovery of a significant Indian archaeological site where Sound Transit's light-rail line crosses the Duwamish River probably won't delay or disrupt construction, Sound Transit and the state archaeologist say ...
- Near Cancun, finding life in ancient ruins of Coba and Tulum Canadacom
from Yahoo! News - Search Results for ancient on 28 February 2005CANCUN, Mexico (AP) - Most people know Cancun as a beach resort and spring break destination. But if you're an adventurous traveller looking to channel your inner Indiana Jones, there are also ancient Mayan ruins to be explored within a short drive of the beach ...
- Atomic Paring Knife Will Help Probe Ancient Civilizations Newswise
from Yahoo! News - Search Results for ancient on 28 February 2005Newswise — Mississippi State researchers are acquiring a high-tech laser instrument described as an “atomic paring knife” that will be used, among other things, to probe the mysteries of ancient civilizations ...
- Google Maps Goes on Safari (The Mac Observer
from Yahoo! News - Search Results for maps on 28 February 2005The new Google Maps service is now compatible with Safari and Opera Web browsers
- Team Finds Best Preserved 26th Dynasty Egypt Mummy Reuters
from Yahoo! News: Science News on 28 February 2005Reuters - Australian archaeologists have discovered one of the best preserved ancient Egyptian mummies dating from about 2,600 years ago, Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities said Monday ...
- Google Maps adds browsers CNET
from Yahoo! News - Search Results for maps on 28 February 2005Google said its new map feature now supports the Opera browser and Apple Computer's Safari browser.
- MSN Boosts Mapping Features (Ziff Davis via Yahoo! News
from Yahoo! News - Search Results for maps on 28 February 2005MSN Maps and Directions now offers more detailed maps for worldwide locations.
- Ancient Earth Drawings Found in Peru (ABC News
from Yahoo! News - Search Results for ancient on 28 February 2005Peruvian Archaeologists Find Ancient Earth Drawings Older Than Country's Famed Nazca Lines
- Ancient Earth Drawings Found in Peru AP
from Yahoo! News: Science News on 28 February 2005AP - Archaeologists have discovered a group of giant figures scraped into the hills of Peru's southern coastal desert that are believed to predate the country's famed Nazca lines ...
- Russia refuses to give up Trojan treasure
from Archaeology in Europe on 28 February 2005Moscow - A legendary collection of gold objects from ancient Troy that was seized by Soviet troops in Berlin in 1945 should become Russian government property, a top cultural official said in an interview published on Saturday ...
- Russia claims golden art from ancient city of Troy (The Philadelphia Inquirer
from Yahoo! News - Search Results for ancient on 28 February 2005MOSCOW - A legendary collection of gold objects from ancient Troy, seized by Soviet troops in Berlin in 1945, should become Russian government property, a top Russian cultural official says ...
- Sticky porridge used to cement ancient Chinese wall: (New Kerala
from Yahoo! News - Search Results for ancient on 28 February 2005[World News]: Beijing, Feb 27 : The legend that ancient Chinese used glutinous rice porridge in the mortar while building ramparts has been verified by archaeological research in northwest China's Shaanxi Province ...
- The Oldest Homo Sapiens: Fossils Push Human Emergence Back To 195,000 Years Ago
from ScienceDaily Headlines on 27 February 2005When the bones of two early humans were found in 1967 near Kibish, Ethiopia, they were thought to be 130,000 years old ...
- UVM Geologists Explore Link Between Human Action And Landscape Change
from ScienceDaily Headlines on 27 February 2005Since they began clearing valleys and slopes for agriculture more than 9,000 years ago, and continuing with the construction of roads, buildings and cities, people have been altering landscapes ...
- Indian archaeologists divers discover ancient port city in south India (AFP via Yahoo! News
from Yahoo! News - Search Results for ancient on 27 February 2005Indian archaeologists have found what they believe are undersea "stone structures" that could be the remains of an ancient port city off India's southern coast, officials say ...
- Perthshire Archaeology Week events unveiled
from Archaeology in Europe on 27 February 2005Perthshire (Scotland) boasts a wealth of prehistoric monuments, the legacy of Roman occupation, ancient burgh towns, picturesque castles and long-abandoned hidden settlements and a nine-day programme of events - set to start on May 28 and run until June 5 - should offer a little insight into each ...
- THE JAMES OSSUARY is the subject of a recent artic
from PaleoJudaica.com on 27 February 2005THE JAMES OSSUARY is the subject of a recent article in the Washington Post. I noted this on the 21st, but have only had time this morning to read it carefully, after a reprint came up on Google and reminded me of it ...
