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Theban Harbours Project back in the field
EES Theban Harbours and Waterscapes ProjectOur first full day in the field was a great relief to us after our work was cut short last season. It is great to be back in Egypt and Luxor where everyone is...
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Restoration of second Khufu boat commences
Washington Post Archaeologists on Monday began restoration on a 4,500-year-old wooden boat found next to the pyramids, one of Egypt’s main tourist attractions.The boat is one of two that were buried...
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Amara West dig at an end for the season
British Museum (Neal Spencer)I've been enjoying this dig diary and will miss it. Work on site finished yesterday, with final recording, photography and then the logistics of getting all our equipment...
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Doctor Who: Timelash
The episode “Timelash” sees the Doctor visit a planet he had previously been to, supposedly in the Jon Pertwee era, and involves direct references to that visit – including a mural of the Third Doctor...
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On-site and off-site at Pyla-Koustopetria: A Response to Chris Cloke’s...
Last week Chris Cloke generously shared some of his work with the pottery from the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project over at Corinthian Matters in a three part post. In a nutshell, he argued that...
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Open Access Journal: ‘Atiqot
[Furst posted 10/31/10, updated1/9/11, 4/26/11, updated 6/5/11, updated 7/25/11, updated 11//30/11, updated 02/21/12 (‘Atiqot 55)]‘Atiqot [Open Access after registration] 'Atiqot is the refereed...
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Battlefield Archaeology in Singapore – Bukit Brown
Jon Cooper, a battlefield archaeologist who last year excavated a World War II battle site in Singapore, has a video series on another potential battlefield site – the Bukit Brown Cemetery. The...
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Stolen small objects from Olympia
This is a list of the vases, figurines and other small objects that were stolen from the Old Museum at Olympia. Here I include a golden Mycenaean ring with the representation of tavrokathapsia.
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MENALIB / MENADOC update
Update from Dr. Lutz Wiederhold on MENALIB / MENADOC activities:"Dear Colleagues, In 2010, the German National Middle East and North Africa Collection at the University and State Library (ULB) in Halle...
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Collecting surface litter is one way of constructing an archaeological portrait of a city. As I walk to work, I spend a lot of time staring at the pavements of Lancaster. Yesterday, I decided to do a...
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Taking Archaeology Digital conference, Puget Sound Oct 25-28 2012
In my mailbox: Taking Archaeology Digital A Conference on the Use of New Technologies in Archaeology University of Puget Sound, Oct. 25-28, 2012 Technology is changing our world in ways that previous...
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Dallas and Almagia
Maxwell L. Anderson, Director of the Dallas Museum of Art, appears to be concerned about some of the acquisitions made by the museum before his appointment. He has placed a number of recent...
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Extralegal Import Restrictions Discussed
A discussion about extralegal import restrictions on coins took place at the recent ACCG gathering conducted during the New York International Coin show. See...
View ArticleOne Week To Carnaval
And you thought it was yesterday. Well, I’m talking about the March Biblical Studies Blog Carnival. While a few of you have nominated posts, I’m still looking for more. Considering my own interests and...
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Egyptian Antiquities Minister: We've Got Things Under Control
Egypt's current antiquities minister is quoted as stating,"All the warehouses of antiquities are fully secured, noting that only 2 percent of the artifacts were stolen during the state of lawlessness...
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Open Access Journal: Muftah
MuftahDigital magazine publishing the work of experts on the Middle East and North Africa with a fresh, new perspective on regional policy-making.Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Middle...
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Italian Archaeologist Turns Dodgy Dealer?
.Late last year, Italian authorities raided two homes as part of a two-and-a-half-year investigation (Operation Nemesis) into a gang suspected of trade in archaeological artefacts, robbery and fraud....
View ArticleGrand Canyon, Bigger Lies
A geologist from the NCSE explains why young-earth creationism’s Flood geology doesn’t fit the evidence:Click here to view the embedded video.In other related news, it sounds like we haven’t heard the...
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