Archaeological Atlas

This sounds great the difference 40 years can make in the history of the middle east

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/544745/#imagetop

Good Macchu Picchu

The remains of people found buried at the famous Peruvian site have ethnic origins from around the Inca empire.

Course we cannot let this opportunity go by without mentioning one more time that Yale and the Peabody museum still have not returned the artifacts taken from Macchu Picchu that they promised to return 100 years ago!

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/37043/title/Machu_Picchu%E2%80%99s_far-flung_residents

Take it Away

Park wardens are dealing with people who are picking up archaeological material including worse still people are hacking petroglyphs off rock faces.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/09/28/20080928desertranger0928side.html

Holy Cow

They spent $50 million on restoration of a stupid ship sounds like peoples priorities are screwed up. Imagine how many poor and sick people could have been helped with that money.

Disgusting!

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/30/cutty.sark.fire/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

The Iceman Cometh

This article has some useful information unfortunately it also has some junk and a good picture of Oetzi.

I hope I look better than that when I'm 5300 years old and for God's sake put some clothes on.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=639226

100 000 000 Smackaroo's

Wow that shipwreck found off Namibia sounds like a good time.

http://news.aol.com/article/shipwrecks-treasure-faces-new-threat/193385

The Aleppo Codex

The search for the missing pages of one of Judaisms most important holy documents. Take time to visit the website on the codex.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hQLaFlcqYt8--hOlAN1VlNITPB5gD93F4AKG0

The Stoneage

While hanging out on a beach in France a gentlemen found four stone age axes.

http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/3704380.Reward_awaits_axe_find_man/

Magnificent Peru

The Peruvian pyramid site of Caral may soon be a Unesco world heritage site but first the site will have to meet two requirements.

I imagine these would be the champagne logistics and the filling of the ambassadorial baggage with cash and antiquities.

http://www.livinginperu.com/news-7482-artculturehistory-peru-unesco-evaluates-include-caral-world-heritage-list

That Namibian Gold

Well actually it is Portuguese gold but the find is very exciting. They went looking for diamonds and found one.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7634479.stm

A Breath Taking Find

Those Greek bronzes found in the sea in 1999 are now all the rage whether the were stripped of their shields and spears plus a companion piece may yet be proved .

http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2008/09/25/feature-03

Ancient Parsa

Wonderful story on the discovery of ancient libraries at the Mesopotamian site of ancient Parsa.

http://www.payvand.com/news/08/sep/1270.html

Jar Burial

Found in Vietnam a prehistoric man buried in a jar complete with his jewelry,

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2008/09/805283/

Babylon Damaged

The video amazingly claims the ruins of Babylon are not a UNESCO world heritage site.

This is probably because there is no where safe on the site to store UNESCO's many crates of champagne

We know American tanks are crushing everything beneath them including ancient brick roads.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080924-babylon-video-ap.html

Bacteriology

Two new species of bacteria have been found in catacombs in Italy.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080924192443.htm

Chalk Man Re due

Terrific video of the re chalking of the giant.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7630518.stm

Archaeology

Here are a number of interesting article with pictures.

http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/blogs/lastwrites/11519

What is Missing?

The two famous Riace bronzes of a naked man and boy originally had sheilds and a third figure which were stolen during the recovery of the two statues.

http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-09-24_124243125.html

Parthenon Reclimation

Italy has returned part of the Parthenon's east freeze to Greek officials. Later in the year the Vatican will be returning two more.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h8CB4km-01Y4Ta3mxs6P0Z7hMzSA

London ca 1605

Interesting observations of London four hundred years ago in 150 letters sent back to Spain and Flanders have been translated into English.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4805843.ece

Neolithic Europe

So amusing to find styles from thousands of years ago which fit comfortably in our modern age.

Nice slide show!

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/22/cucuteni-neolithic-art.html

Nightmare for Discoverer of Chi Rho Amulet

The discoverer of the famous amulet regrets finding the object which has brought him nothing but misfortune.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4799762.ece

Stealing Maya

An unfortunate 69 year old has been found in possession of unregistered antiquities in Belize which can't be good.

http://www.lovefm.com/ndisplay.php?nid=8669

Good Old Stonehenge

Stonehenge has now been dated to 2300 bc for its foundation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7625145.stm

Rock Temple Found

The picture of the temple recently found in the jungle of Sri Lanka speaks for itself.

http://www.colombopage.com/archive_08/September21125528KA.html

The Green Sahara

Back to a time when large parts of the Sahara dessert were green and an unusual graveyard.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/09/green-sahara/gwin-text

The Lost Fleet

Four Hundred years ago in Florida French and Spanish fleets were not in love with each other and then came the hurricane.

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Opinion/Columnists/SensePlace/colSENSE092008.htm

Sunken Swedish Ships

A three hundred year old shipwreck has been found and excavated in Sweden. The battleship was embellished for display and contained caches of silver coins many of which bore the date 1676.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24364874-17102,00.html

Khazar Nation

This article is interesting and the find looks good however with no Jewish artifacts found this puzzle has a ways to go.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080920/ap_on_re_eu/russia_lost_capital_1;_ylt=ArnTbHiDcV_E3obaGzIjWANFeQoB

Hurricane Ike Finds Ship

The ship may be the Monticello which ran aground during America's civil war in 1862.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/09/ike-uncovers--1.html

Fake Christian Relic

The Chi Rho amulet has turned into a real pain in the ass as it is now being shown to be a fake.

Give my love to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4783042.ece

No Evidence

Unfortunately archaeologists searching the Bosnian pyramid site have found artifacts from the medieval period and no proof of a European pyramid.

http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2008/09/18/feature-02

Viking Shield

A viking shield has been pulled from the mud near a castle west of Copenhagen Denmark.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_sc/eu_denmark_viking_shield_1;_ylt=Ahl1r57.kBU3kTWuJ8y6G2RFeQoB

A Scandalous Star

In her day back in the eighteenth century Ann Cargill was a star a very naughty star who was lost at sea far to young.

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article4775914.ece

Gonna Get Me a Wife

Oh those lovely vikings so cuddly and who wouldn't want a Viking to hold and call ones own especially after he burned and pillaged your last home.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/17/viking-women.html

Looking at Troy

Archaeologists working at the site of ancient Troy have their work cut out for them the city having been rebuilt numerous times.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=afwbfeBA35og&refer=home

Destroying Graves

In India housing developers are raising graves and grave markers to make way for housing development.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/17/stories/2008091756481400.htm

Who Built Venice

With the fall of the Roman empire and repeated invasions from abroad Venice was built on a series of 118 islands.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4769204.ece

Spanish Flu

The well preserved remains of an aristocrat who died of Spanish flu in 1919 and was buried in a lead coffin are to be studied.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/humber/7617968.stm

How to Makeover a Naked Giant

The people of Cerne Abbas have been living with the giant since at least the 17th century but now he needs a makeover.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1056413/What-happened-Britains-naked-giant-got-BIG-makeover.html

A Long and Happy Life

Chianti for a long life sounds like a good life too though I don't like the idea of wine with cornflakes.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/15/chianti-elixir.html

Look its a Bird

As long as antiquities are under prohibition this problem will only get bigger and bigger. Egypt and Greece, Italy and Peru are just four countries with ancient heritage in jeopardy because of the loss of funds that these countries are loosing for objects that are doubles of objects already represented in their National collections.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080914/ap_on_re_us/smuggled_artifacts_1;_ylt=Aqr5vHifFWSww4iVYy1aLHFFeQoB

Giving Up Its Dead

Near Macchu Picchu a tomb has been found containing eighty burials and an abundance of textiles.

The finders may want to keep their finds close to themselves lest Yale and the Peabody museum try to steal them.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080915-machu-picchu.html

Ango Saxon Burials

During roadwork hundreds of graves were found three of which are Anglo Saxon burials.

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/roadwork-reveals-saxon-graves-in-uk_10095654.html

Excavations Stopped

Archaeological excavations at Kindos, Turkey have been stopped after a column restored in 2007 collapsed during a storm.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/14/europe/EU-Turkey-Ancient-City.php

19 000 Objects Found

An ancient Inca site has yielded a trove of sacred artifacts.

http://www.livinginperu.com/news/7380

Dying in Marvel

On the island of Cyprus two marble sarcophagus's have been found one carved in the shape of an ancient Greek temple the other in the shape of a woman.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20080912-1105-cyprus-ancientcoffins.html

Sacrificing the Pregnant

Archaeologists have found a number of sacrificed women and their fetus's in a dig in Peru.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080911/ap_on_sc/peru_pre_inca_tomb_1;_ylt=Av6cT2KVAdgfoRP5K7.Zc5RFeQoB

here is a video:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080911-pregnant-video-ap.html

Rich Burials

An ancient Greek cemetery being excavated in Greece is yielding large quantities of gold Jewelry and adornments deliberately created for the dead they adorn.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1054631/Greek-dig-unearths-remains-Alexander-Greats-warriors-heads-covered-gold-foil.html

New Online Database

Alright a new online database with some 2600 artifacts now accessible.

http://www.wfu.edu/news/release/2008.09.09.a.php

Tomb Found in China

For the last month archaeologists have been excavating a tomb from the warring states period. The article has 3 nice pictures.

http://www.cctv.com/english/20080910/101433.shtml

Virtual European

Shipwrecks are about to go online as part of a European virtual exploration project.

Looking forward to seeing this online.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/sep/09/archaeology

Insult to Injury

A brutal ending for this poor soul thousands of years ago and a rediscovery under a bus stop makes for an interesting story.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24316604-5006787,00.html

Riding the Leg

Well it is not like the UN has anything better to do I imagine the idea probably came to them when they were on the A344 driving by Stonehenge on their way to buy Champagne in France.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/sep/08/heritage.conservation

Unusual Divide

In Iran some 1500 year old graves are yielding objects clearly placed in the graves of young people in unusual positions.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=68815&sectionid=351020105

Novice Finds Bronze Bowl

In Sweden a member of the public invited to take part in an archaeological dig finds an Iron age bowl from a grave dated to 2000 years old.

http://www.thelocal.se/14050/20080901/

Reclining Buddha

A badly damaged 19m reclining Buddha has been found near the spot where the Taliban destroyed the two huge standing Buddha's in the Bamiyan valley in Afghanistan.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080908/lf_nm_life/afghan_statue_dc_1;_ylt=Alq8hWIBvY9rGk0EtEqD8zJFeQoB

Axum Obelisk Returns

This article comes with a dozen picture slide show of which some are of the obelisk before it was taken to Italy 70 years ago.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/04/axum-obelisk-ethiopia.html

The Bishops of Galloway

The Exhibition of objects discovered from the medieval priory at Galloway include sequins and jewelry.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7599705.stm

Bringing out the Fakes

Museums are giant sized representatives in the world of collecting objects and art but being big only means loosing big. As a collector of art objects for more than 30 years it is a sad reality that every once in a while we all collect the odd fake.

Maybe the price was right to take a chance or maybe the beauty of the object becomes motive however we acquire these pieces there comes a time for the fake to be removed from our collections in the effort to improve the collection.

These types of shows are excellent opportunities for displaying and teaching the rest of us what to look for in a fake.

BRAVO!

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0905/p13s01-algn.html

A Neolithic Treasure Trove

Ancient objects are emerging from melting glaciers.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jq06XaBVeoFDw8ema5tW2JrEl1mg

Greece Gets Goods

The famous antiquities collector Shelby White has returned two objects back to Greece one is pictured in the article.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100005_04/09/2008_100118

The Re erection of the Axum Obelisk

It is a proud day for the people of Axum Ethiopia as an ancient kings monument is now back where it originally stood. That idiot Mussolini had his army carry it to Rome back in the 1930's.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7597589.stm

A 7000 Year Old Statue

Czech archaeologists have found another ancient pottery statue. This will go nicely with one found last year.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/05/content_9772971.htm

Checkup for Wari Mummies

Those pre Inca mummies recently found intact are being x-rayed and readied to be displayed.

http://www.livinginperu.com/news/7310

Archaeology Films

This is a series of films based on history and archaeology in the United States.

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/

Jerusalem Wall

Article on the most recent excavation of a wall in Jerusalem, nice picture.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7595613.stm

Worlds Oldest Mummies on Display

The Chinchorro mummies of west South America predate Egyptian mummies by thousands of years.

http://news-panther.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080903-chinchorros-video-ap.html

Oldest Remains

Archaeologists have found a skeleton more than 13 600 years old in Mexico.

http://news-panther.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080903-oldest-skeletons.html

Montpelier

American President James Madison's home gets $24 million makeover.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-09-02-montpelier-restoration_N.htm

Yale's Theft

It amazes me that a major American institute can steal this collection of artifacts from Peru and almost 100 years later they still have what they promised to return early last century.

Boycott Yale and the Peabody museum!!!

http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/24899

Ancient Bronze Mirrors Stolen

Four bronze mirrors have been stolen from a museum in China and it sounds like an inside job.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKPEK15177420080903

Qing Dynasty Bowl Tomb

A tomb has been found in China constructed of blue and white porcelain bowls. The article has a nice picture.

http://www.china.org.cn/culture/2008-09/03/content_16383185.htm

Treasure

Those hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Spanish coins and objects found secretly by an American company last year continues to get juicier. No doubt this one will entertain well into the future.

http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2008_09_01_archive.html

The Pre History of Clothing

An article of interest on the history and use of clothing.

http://www.sciencealert.com.au/features/20080109-17884.html

A Significant Somebody

The recent discovery of human remains in a market place and complete with gold wreath from the 4th century bc are indeed an interesting find.

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gay0EpgO-SW_8uYkpdNK7tS-vG9A

10 000 Year Old Cult

A cult center and cemetery have been found including phalic figurines and other brick a brack.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1220186503343&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

The Old Lady

No I know she was only 30 but hey she did pass like 6500 years ago.

http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/news/?id=90480