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Ancestral connections at Caherconnell cashel
Excavations at Caherconnell in the Burren region of county Clare on Ireland’s western coast are revealing some interesting practices undertaken by Ireland’s early Christians
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Pendant 200 BC - AD 1300 Calima (Yotoco) (Source: The British...
Pendant200 BC - AD 1300Calima (Yotoco)(Source: The British Museum)
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Harappan-era seal found in Rajasthan
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) last week unearthed a Harappan seal from Karanpura in the Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan. “The seal consists of two Harappan characters, with a typical...
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4,000-Year-Old Seal & Weight Unearthed in India
RAJASTHAN, INDIA—A seal and a weight were unearthed at a Harappan-period site in northwestern India. “The seal consists of two Harappan characters, with a typical unicorn as the motif and a pipal leaf...
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Traces of Medieval Church Grounds Found in Wales
ANGLESEY, WALES—A medieval wall constructed with local stones has been unearthed at the site of St Ffinan’s Church on an island off the northwest coast of Wales. A newspaper article from 1840 indicates...
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Call for Papers: New Open Access Journal: eisodos: Zeitschrift für Antike...
eisodos: Zeitschrift für Antike Literatur und Theorieeisodos – Zeitschrift für Antike Literatur und Theorie ist eine peer-reviewed, open-access, online-Zeitschrift für B.A.- und M.A.-Studierende sowie...
View ArticleThe British Institute for the Study of Iraq Books Online
[First posted in AWOL 9 April 2013, updated February 5 2014 (Ivories from Nimrud and other volumes added]The British Institute for the Study of Iraq Books OnlineSeventeen of BISI's books are now...
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Experiments in Arabic OCR
A correspondent has suggested to me the possibility of using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to read a portion of al-Makin that was published in the Bibliotheque d’etudes orientale 15,...
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More Reflections After #HamOnNye
There has been more discussion of the debate between Bill Nye and Ken Ham since I posted my round-up earlier today. And so here is more!Christian pastor Glenn Packiam compares Genesis to other ancient...
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Grieks/Nederlands Woordenboek
Grieks/Nederlands WoordenboekDit is de online editie van het woordenboek Grieks/Nederlands, een lexicon op Oudgriekse teksten van Homerus tot in de 2e eeuw n. Chr., onder hoofdredactie van Ineke...
View ArticleTentoonstelling ‘Vondsten Vertellen’ in Turnhout verlengd
De tentoonstelling ‘Vondsten vertellen – Archeologische parels uit de Antwerpse Kempen’ in het Taxandriamuseum in Turnhout, die normaal gezien tot begin maart zou lopen, wordt verlengd tot 4 mei. De...
View ArticleWORLD'S OLDEST MULTIPLICATION TABLE FOUND ON ANCIENT CHINESE STRIPS
Archaeologists and historians have just finished piecing together 2,200-year-old fragments of bamboo strips, which have turned out to be the world's oldest example of a multiplication table in base 10....
View ArticleONE MILLION-YEAR-OLD SETTLEMENT UNCOVERED IN BRITAIN--THE OLDEST EVER FOUND...
Archaeologists believe they have found the birthplace of British civilization, and it is underneath a £15-a-night caravan park in Happisburgh, Norfolk, England. Discoveries at the site include one...
View ArticleMöller's Hieratische Paläographie Online
Möller G. Hieratische Paläographie. Bd. I–IV (1909–1936) Neudruck der 2. verbesserten Auflage. Osnabrück, 1965Bd I. S. 1-22 [.pdf 4,26 MB] Bd I. S. 23-76 [.pdf 2,16 MB] Bd II. S. 1-30 [.pdf 2,23 MB] Bd...
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Blogging Archaeology #BlogArch – All of the Responses to the best and worst...
Another great response to the Blogging Archaeology blog carnival! If you don’t know what Blogging Archaeology is click on this link. A quick announcement- thanks to These Bones of Mine we have a new...
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Prambanan, a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in Central Java,...
Prambanan, a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in Central Java, Indonesia. Dedicated to the Hindu god Siva, Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple complex in Java, and an outstanding example of Hindu...
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New Sappho Poems Fake?
The sudden withdrawal of the online version of Dr Obbink's Sappho poems article and the lack of any sensible answers about where the papyrus on which they are written surfaced are being interpreted by...
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Before or After the Meek Inherit the Earth?
Today’s Speed Bump cartoon intersects with two interests of mine – the Bible and science fiction. It alludes to the beatitudes, and hints that the fulfillment of Jesus’ saying regarding the meek...
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Mackenzie Crook to play metal detector enthusiast in one of four new BBC4...
Mr Crook's slack-jawed depiction of a "heritage hero"Andy and Lance, "spend time in muddy fields with a metal detector and a packed lunch, dreaming of finding that priceless Saxon hoard that will make...
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Comic - Battle on the Harzhorn
A particularly strange piece in HNA.de. It is a comic based on the Battle of the Harzhorn... though to the trained eye (or even untrained eye) it owes a great deal to our favourite indomitable Gallic...
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