*Maltese claims extraordinary discovery in Sahara desert * ** Explorers just returning from the Sahara desert have claimed they found a remarkable relic...
*Pyramid Discovery in Mexico City Could Mean City is Older* ShortNews.com,Germany- 13 hours ago The uncovering of an 800-year-old pyramid built by the Aztecs...
I have stumbled onto this Yahoo Group on archeology, and look forward to interact with fellow archeology enthusiasts, sharing knowledge of different sites of...
Jain Glory of Maharashtra There are many ancient caves, historical places and pilgrimage centers related to Jains and Jainism in every part of Maharashtra, but...
Dear all, I am going to be offering my online archaeology courses again over the course of the coming six months, starting in the middle of January 2008. The...
Candi Mendut is an ancient temple located about 3km from the world-famous Borobudur. I visited it when I was documenting Borobudur and the other heritage...
*Water plant work digs up evidence of Roman fort *The Edinburgh Evening News, 04 January 2008 A 2000-YEAR-OLD Roman fort has been uncovered on the site of a...
*Historic site smashed to pieces* Tenerife News [Spain], Jan 2, 2008 The site was located in Santa Cruz, some 250 metres above the TF-1 autopista that links...
*Clues from the mists of time* The Los Angeles Times, January 5, 2008 The broken skeletons were scattered like random pottery shards, rediscovered where they...
Bob Brier is Mr. Mummy The Courier-Journal [USA], January 4, 2008 Ancient Egyptians thought that by carefully and ritualistically mummifying their nobility,...
*Last of the ancient wonders* Al-Ahram [Egypt], 3 - 9 January 2008 For thousands of years, the riddle of the Pyramids has puzzled observers. Assem Deif...
*Beer From the Bronze Age* Der Spiegel [Germany], December 31, 2007 Two Irish archaeologists have tried to brew beer like their ancestors used to make -- 3,000...
*Bodies point to Alaska's past* BBC, 31 December 2007 It is not the type of a call that an archaeologist receives every day. There are bodies, the voice on the...
*Can Ice Age art survive Man's attempt to save it?* The Times [UK], January 2, 2008 The survival of the most important cave paintings in the world is in doubt...
*Archaeologists find thousands of items after Prague flat fire *Prague Daily Monitor [Czech Republic], 4 January 2008 Archaeologists have found thousands of...
New Pharonic mummy found State Information Service [Egypt], December 31, 2007 Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities has stated that the mummy which had been...
December 21, 2007 ARCHAEOLOGY IN CRISIS Bulgaria Plagued by 'Grave Robbers' By Marion Kraske <Marion_Kraske@...> From an archaeological point of view,...
*Surprise Finds at Egypt Temple "Change Everything" *National Geographic News, December 17, 2007 A series of surprising discoveries has been made at the foot...
*First Temple seal found in Jerusalem* The Jerusalem Post, Jan 17, 2008 A stone seal bearing the name of one of the families who acted as servants in the First...
Thanks for sharing this. I took a look at the link and saw the nice photo of the seal. The engraved letters were clearly legible: taw, mem, het, with the...
The article said that the crescent was the sign of the Babylonian god Sin. Was it usual to have a pantheonic god on a Jewish seal? I too found this really...
... god Sin. ... The crescent moon as symbol of the moon god goes back to the third millennium, when it was used for the Sumerian god Nanna (Akkadian Suen =...
Thank you very much..what a great explanation! Allison ... From: "kgarryh" <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> To: <archaeology2@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, January...
More on: Can Egypt Copyright the Pyramids? National Geographic News, January 15, 2008 If they get their way, Egyptian officials will make it illegal to produce...
*Ancient Maya sacrificed boys not virgin girls *Reuters, Jan 23, 2008 The victims of human sacrifice by Mexico's ancient Mayans, who threw children into...
*Top-10 lists leave out some important discoveries *The Columbus Dispatch, January 15, 2008 2007 appears to have been a banner year for archaeology. Both the ...
*New discoveries at the ash altar of Zeus, Mt Lykaion, offer insights into early origins of ancient greece's most powerful god* Penn Museum News, 24-Jan-2008 ...
