Was graphic code a forerunner to writing?
A recent study carried out by Genevieve von Petzinger and anthropology professor April Nowell (both of the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) has raised doubt over the age of...
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A debate has begun over the discovery, in south west China, of the bones of what could possibly be a new human species. The fossilised skeletons and skulls have been...
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Online reference collections for archaeology and palaeoecology
I’m (very slowly) working through my mollusc shell reference collection, taking photographs, making drawings and adding it all onto a database which I hope to put online. Until then, I thought it might...
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Wall Mile 20
The Vallum at Down Hill The plantation on Down Hill itself is eye-catching in its own way, but cannot match the silhouette of the Vallum as it soars over the crest of the ridge. Walking towards it, we...
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Jesus Discovery/Talpiot (Talpiyot) tombs latest
JAMES MCGRATH: The Talpiot Tomb Jumps the Tropical Fish.Background here and links.
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Greatest archaeological finds in Israel
TODD BOLEN blogs on a recent article on Greatest Archaeological Finds in Israel. I've been meaning to get to it ever since the article came up on Joseph Lauer's list, but now I'll just refer you to...
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New Book from the Oriental Institute: Pesher Nahum: Texts and Studies in...
Announced today:SAOC 66.Pesher Nahum: Texts and Studies in Jewish History and Literature from Antiquity through the Middle Ages Presented to Norman (Nahum) Golb.Edited by Joel L. Kraemer and Michael G....
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Elaine Pagels meets Buffy
ELAINE PAGELS'S REVELATIONS receives an enthusiastic review by Dwight Garner in the NYT: Into the Apocalypse With an Unruffled Tour Guide. How unruffled?The cool authority of Ms. Pagels’s voice serves...
View ArticleMAPPA partecipa a CAA 2012
The Department of Archaeological Science of the University of Pisa… →
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Theft of two of the historic embroidered pieces of Al-Kaaba fabric
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref)A poor comment on Egyptian museum security.Last Wednesday, the people of Cairo woke up to a piece of bad news. Two 19th-century pieces of embroidered Al-Kaaba Kiswa (the...
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The story of the Leeds Mummy
Yorkshire Evening Post (Neil Hudson)It’s not every day the YEP gets to talk about the relics of ancient Egypt – but thanks to a tour of the British Museum’s Egyptian collection at Leeds Museum,...
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Photos from the Temple of Tod
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar)I was at Tod myself in Christmas 2010, and it was just as quiet then as it is in the photos on the above page.I had guest going to Tod Temple today and she could not...
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Reign of Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose II Suggests Crisis
SBWireWith thanks to Tony Cagle's Archaeoblog for this link. See Tony's page for his doubts on the subject. The story was based on a paper published by the Paleontological Research...
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More re 17th Dynasty granary gate at Karnak
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)Luxor was in the spotlight this week. On its east bank, the French-Egyptian Centre for the study of the Karnak Temples (CFEETK) came across what is believed to be a...
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New Book: Amenhotep III, Egypt's Radiant Pharaoh
Cambridge University PressThanks very much to Pat Kennedy for alerting me to this new publication.Arielle P Kozloff: Amenhotep III, Egypt's Radiant Pharaoh. Cambridge University Press.Excerpt:...
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Metro line to pyramids to be built
Rocket News 24 On March 20, Japan signed a deal with Egypt agreeing to finance the development of a new metro rapid transit line from Cairo to the Pyramids of Giza with a loan of 33 billion yen ($395...
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Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 97
EESThe Society is pleased to announce the publication of Issue 97 of the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. This volume has now been dispatched to members, and should be arriving with them soon (if you...
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Amara West 2012: looking back on the season in the cemetery
The British Museum (Michaela Binder)With photos.After seven weeks of excavation we can look back to a very successful season in the cemetery at Amara West. In total, the two field school members...
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Sad News: Egypt mourns environmentalist Mohamed Kassas
Egypt Independent (Louise Sarant)The environmental and scientific communities in Egypt are mourning the death of one of its most renowned colleagues and friends, Mohamed Kassas.The 91-year-old,...
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Udate from Kom el-Daba
EES Delta Survey (Patricia Spencer)With photos. Many of the tells of the Nile Delta have house plans visible on their surfaces – as we had noted at Kom Ineizi on our visit two days ago. These are...
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