A Viking burial.
From around 900 CE, in a boat on Scotland’s west coast, comes a dead Viking warrior. BBC reports on the most complete Norse grave site found in the UK:
… Read the rest “A Viking burial.”Archaeologist Dr Hannah Cobb said
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Goblin holes!
Der Spiegel probes the long-buried secrets of the Erdstalls – Bavaria’s ancient underground mazes:
… Read the rest “Goblin holes!”At least 700 of these chambers have been found in Bavaria alone, along
Science Art: “Fig 44: Painting of a Bantu Wedding Dance” from The Pre-Historic Period in South Africa, 1910
It’s a party!
I can’t tell if those are balloons or knobkerries. Either way, windows would have been broken… were there windows to break.
[Book preserved… Read the rest “Science Art: “Fig 44: Painting of a Bantu Wedding Dance” from The Pre-Historic Period in South Africa, 1910”
Found: God of silence. Slightly used. Won’t talk.
The (not exactly) god of silence and secrecy, Discovery reports, is at the heart of a new Egyptian antiquities mystery. Of four statues recovered by authorities following the January revolution… Read the rest “Found: God of silence. Slightly used. Won’t talk.”
Words on sling stones can SO hurt me.
That’s the gist of an AFP report on the messages ancient soldiers carved into their ammunition:
… Read the rest “Words on sling stones can SO hurt me.”Slingers, also known as sphendonetai, have been used in warfare through antiquity,
Neanderthal Heaven.
Discovery News unveils the religious life of Neanderthals:
… Read the rest “Neanderthal Heaven.”The Neanderthals were found covered together with rocks burying their remains. The researchers believe it’s likely
Go find Genghis Khan. Yes, YOU.
Washington Post extends an invitation to you – and to everyone else – to search for the tomb of the Mongol emperor:
… Read the rest “Go find Genghis Khan. Yes, YOU.”Through a Web site called Field Expedition Mongolia, which
The jug or the loaf?
“Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” is a question for paleontologists. Anthropologists ask a much more vexing question about bread and beer – it’s all… Read the rest “The jug or the loaf?”
Miniature Holy War (over huge holy library)
The Jewish nation of Israel and the Muslim nation of Jordan are duking it out, BBC News reports, over the world’s oldest Christian library:
… Read the rest “Miniature Holy War (over huge holy library)”A group of 70 or so “books”,
When life was more easily lost
Science Daily takes us back to an age undreamed of, when shining cities gleamed like jewels beneath the stars. Hither came archaeologists, seeking what killed this Iron Age warrior…… Read the rest “When life was more easily lost”
SONG: Blood Sweat Horses (Hàn Xiě Mǎ)
SONG: “Blood Sweat Horses (Hàn Xiě Mǎ)”. (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “Mausoleum… Read the rest “SONG: Blood Sweat Horses (Hàn Xiě Mǎ)”
Sacred greenhouses.
DiscoveryNews digs up evidence of American slaves holding religious rituals and conducting scientific research in the masters’ greenhouses:
… Read the rest “Sacred greenhouses.”As they dug below a north-facing
Science Art: The Kincaid Site in Massac County, Illinois, by Herbert Roe, 2004
At one point in history, one of the world’s largest cities was in America – and it wasn’t New York or Los Angeles. It was the heart of an area on the banks of the Ohio River … Read the rest “Science Art: The Kincaid Site in Massac County, Illinois, by Herbert Roe, 2004”
Blood. Sweat. Horses.
Archaeology Daily closes in on the real story behind ancient China’s legendary blood-sweating horses:
… Read the rest “Blood. Sweat. Horses.”The bones of 80 horses unearthed from the mausoleum of a Chinese emperor who
Why thank you, Br’er Fox….
Humans weren’t best friends with dogs first, says the Discoveryon blog. Archaeologists have found evidence that foxes may have been our pets first:
… Read the rest “Why thank you, Br’er Fox….”Scientists analysing remains