Arrr Says Blackbeard

A twelfth cannon has been raised off what is suspected to be Blackbeard's ship "Queen Anne's Revenge".

http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20081030/ARTICLES

Photos from the Crypt

From National Geographic comes this series of crypts and dead people.

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/gallery/crypt_capuchin-mummies.html

Dalheim Roman Dig

They have found a Roman alter at the baths under current excavation.

http://station.lu/newsDetails.cfm?id=22109

Oldest Hebrew Text

This article by discovery has a picture of the shard.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/31/earliest-hebrew-writing.html

Athens Acropolis

I thought part of the thrill was wondering when these temples will fall down now they will have machines to monitor the collapse. They would spend their money better by putting the temple of Athena Nike on a large floating rubber platform.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iokZ8Sd3sACnxEjAc8jLaDKicCuAD945GD9G0

Lake Erie Gives Up

Who would guess you would find shipwrecks at the bottom of a lake! It was one of those DUH moments. This article has a number of nice pictures of these 19th century wrecks.

http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2008/10/31/news/mj178046.txt

Babylon Myth and Reality

This excellent video focus's on the tower of Babel and its creator through art.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7697854.stm

First Temple Era Tunnel

There are many stories today on the history of Israel and the bible today including this one on a tunnel recently discovered in Jerusalem.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128152

Oetzi's Descendants

It turns out that the 5300 year old iceman may have no living descendants. Maybe he was gay and had no siblings?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1081865/Scientists-believe-5-300-year-old-mummified-ice-man-belonged-unknown-branch-human-family-tree.html

Oldest Hebrew Text

A short article on a five line text found on a shard of pottery.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE49T52A20081030

The James Ossuary

This hoax featured in last years show "Lost tomb of Jesus" may not stand up in court on the nuances but that does not make the hoax any less of a hoax.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/29/MN3U13QHMD.DTL

The lost tomb of Jesus:

http://thearchaeologicalreview.blogspot.com/2008/05/lost-tomb-of-jesus-3.html

The Baby and the Junkie

Here we have indications of hallucinogenic drug activity from two Andean mummies.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/29/andean-drug-mummy.html

All Hail the Spider God

The Video is not new though the article is on recent discoveries in the Lambayeque valley of large temples with depictions of the Spider God.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081029-peru-temple.html

Robinson Crusoe

An archaeological dig on the island that the real Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on and it is believed that they excavated his campsite on that island.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081029105803.htm

Afghan Museums

The leadership of Afghanistan are planning new museums and new archaeologists to help display and repatriate lost antiquities.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/30/afghanistan-taliban-heritage-museums-kabul

David & Goliath

Here is an article about a fortified archaeological site examined while its relation to the rule of King David is explored.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/world/middleeast/30david.html?pagewanted=1

The Vanishing Cardinal

After only 100 years the remains of the Cardinal's body have completely decomposed or have they?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7672099.stm

No Sugar Plum Ferries Here

This fine article is on one Sir George Simpson a great man who was known unjustly as the founding father of Canada and was a total prick.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article5026706.ece

Martin Luther's House

Archaeologists have been excavating the homes where the reformer Martin Luther lived.

Do not forget to check out the slide show.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,586847,00.html

King Solomon's Mines

This is a nice 12 minute video on the copper production in the 10th century bce.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-sci-solomon28-2008oct28,0,3656439.story

Nazi Dump

Though the article is quite speculative it is still a good read and brings to mind many good times excavating old dumps.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jj0RAA1QZYxUQbqmrLeHlbBmKePwD943ITFO0

The Antikythera Mechanism

This brilliant object was found in 1901 and this video of the mechanism is a 14 minute must watch, very interesting!

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/index.asp

Macchu Picchu's Diverse Staff

Recent examinations of human remains have shown that Macchu Picchu was staffed with people of diverse ethnic origins,

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081027-machu-picchu-diverse.html

Raphael Restored 461 Years Later

Unfortunately the article does not explain why the wealthy families home collapsed I will just assume it was tired of standing.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article5010289.ece

Trojan Life

This article is on recent finds including a rare broken sword from the time of the Trojan war.

http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1474064382

Jordon in the Tenth Century

Archaeologists have found a copper smelting site from 3000 years ago.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/38067/title/Return_of_the_kings

That Scottish Queen

This article is on the possible repatriation of the remains from Westminster abbey of Mary queen of Scots.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4968305.ece

Rare Burial Jars

Officials in the Philippines confiscated broken pottery from smugglers and found the material were unique burial jars with human faces on them.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE49N01120081024?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=10339

Medieval Church

A fragment of a carved sandstone column is likely the only known piece of the medieval cathedral of St. Colman.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7685803.stm

Medieval Ipswich

An interesting short video on a kiln site being excavated.

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED23%20Oct%202008%2016%3A13%3A52%3A240

Please Give Our Lion Back

Taken in 1855 by permission of the Ottoman palace the cnidos multi ton lion now stands at the entrance to the British museum.

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=156623&bolum=101

The British museum:

http://www.britishmuseum.org/search_results.aspx?searchText=knidos+lion

Titian in London

The London public have four weeks to view the work by Titian "Diana and Actaeon". This is an attempt to raise enough money by December 31 to buy the painting.

Personally I would have to pass on the purchase as I think the ugliest thing I have seen in ages.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7684471.stm

Temple of Augustus

The article is on the re-examination of an ancient Roman temple in Turkey.

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=156584&bolum=100

12th Century Hoard

Another hoard of coins has been found in Russia.

http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/7280/

Salisbury Plain

Fragments of the handle of a dagger excavated on the Salisbury plain in 1808 are to be reunited with other objects discovered at the same site.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3242724/Britains-most-important-archeological-discovery-found-in-desk-drawer.html

Peruvian Mummies on Drugs

The hair of Peruvian mummies has yielded drugs possibly medical and hallucinogenic.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081022-drug-mummies.html

King Solomon's Devotion

An article on the legendary King and the rituals that he observed.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1222017571748&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Peruvian Temple

Here is video of recently found temple complex being shown off by Walter Alva.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081020-temple-video-ap.html

Assyria Lost

Teams of excavators are scouring south east Turkey before a new damn puts the area at risk of drowning.

http://www.idw-online.de/pages/de/news284370

Lincoln's Coat

The issue is preservation, I myself would rather a reproduction be placed for display.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/18/AR2008101801943.html?sub=new

Back in Baghdad

Here is yet another depressing article on the destruction and theft of artifacts from Baghdad's museum.

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/10/20/58612.html

Authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Here is an article on one of my favorite subjects.

http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c347_a13745/The_Arts/Museums.html

A Simple Discovery

This is a nice article and picture of an unexpected find.

http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/894698?UserKey=

The Gladiators Tomb

Here is a video from National geographic on the remains of this important and beautiful tomb.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081017-gladiator-video-ap.html

The Best and Worst

Here we have the3 2008 list of best and worst places to visit and I have to say that none of them interest me in the least as places I would want to visit.

Though as usual for National geographic the pictures are nice.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/photogalleries/best-worst-historic-sites-photos/index.html

Auctioned Antiquities

With the antiquities markets drying up the prices are sky rocketing. Here is a report on sales at a recent auction.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/18/arts/melik18.php

Looking for Genghis

Scientists are searching for the tomb of Genghis Khan using non invasive techniques.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081017081030.htm

Gladiators Tomb

Here is a short video from the BBC on the discovery of the Roman generals tomb.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7675633.stm

and here from Discovery:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/16/gladiator-tomb-rome.html

Medieval Rome

Excavations around Rome are always of interest and this is a good story.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/17/rome-archaeology-tomb

and here:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4962109.ece

Cleaning the Acropolis

Greek scientists are using lasers to clean Athens famous acropolis.

http://africa.reuters.com/odd/news/usnTRE49G2NC.html

Earlier Structures at Hampton Court

Archaeologists have found the remains of an earlier building at Hampton court. Very good pictures.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1078477/Archaeologists-discover-earliest-foundations-Hampton-Court-Palace-800-years-ago.html

Gladiators Tomb

A famous Roman gladiators tomb has been found near the Tiber river. The tomb collapsed during antiquity but all the components are present.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4953947.ece

Movable Cathedral

This beautiful Catholic cathedral is being moved to make way for a road.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081015-church-video-ap.html

Roman Tombstone Goes On Show

The picture of this six foot high 1500 pound tombstone is great.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/7671372.stm

Preah Vihear Temple

Well now there are dead soldiers around the temple, I still believe the temple and its nearby sister temple should be sold off so that peace can come to the area.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4949166.ece

Those Idiot Monks

This story on the need for restoration of the church of the holy sepulcher being blocked by the covetous factions of monks from six different denominations is a disgrace.

The Cathars were right the earth and all within was created by the devil and these stupid monks prove it so.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4944164.ece

Artifacts Returned

That turtle egg eating collector has had some of his collection returned to Peru other pieces are being investigated by several Latin American countries.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7669264.stm

Snakes and Ladders

Personally I hope the church falls smack dab on top of all these morons and we can once and for all be rid of this abomination.

These idiots cannot even agree to move a ladder that was placed on a ledge above the door sometime before 1852.

That is how many generations of these holy men?

The message of this Christ guy must have been extremely covetous.

Kumbaya.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1027042

Here is a picture including ladder:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Holy_sepulchre_exterior.jpg

He's Eating Endangered Turtle Eggs!

Here we have an antiquities dealer who is quite the character and at the center of this prohibition on antiquities despite some of his other tastes.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iRZDkUknxHM_OIUR8L2-UiRA73FgD93OBRJ00

Mysteries of Carisbrooke Castle

A nice picture of the castle accompanies this short.

http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART61543.html

Ancient Ephesus

Archaeologists working in the necropolis at the famous site have found five tombs containing 55 bodies and gold jewellery.

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=155539&bolum=101

Indian Head Rock

This eight ton boulder was taken out of the Ohio river and taken to an Ohio storage facility unfortunately the next door state of Kentucky claims ownership of the rock.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/28/eveningnews/main3978764.shtml

Texas Ranger Hall of Fame Museum and Cemetery

When the museum was built it was Waco, Texas's best kept secret, the museum stood on a cemetery. Some years earlier the cemetery had been moved to accommodate building space but as it turns out that while the headstones made the move their accompanying corpses were left in place only to be acknowledged when it came time for the museum to expand.

One section of water pipe was laid directly on the burial of a women, her synthetic dress sticking out from underneath the pipe.

Sounds like years worth of lawsuit fun.

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/30659594.html

Those Byzantines

Here at last is a nice photo of this mosaic from Bulgaria.

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=97700

Sacred Soil

An analysis of soil from Greek temples try's to determine contents in relation to healing properties.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/07/greek-temple-soil.html

Son of the High Priest

Interesting video of this recent discovery.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/Page/VideoPlayer&cid=1194419829128&videoId=1222017491590

Stealing Peru

Yale and its Peabody museum officials are in possession of objects Hiram Bingham promised to return 100 years ago.

http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/25598

Roman Villa

This find may be the oldest Roman villa in Budapest.

Good picture.

http://www.caboodle.hu/nc/news/news_archive/single_page/article/11/roman_villa/?cHash=3a0dd74595

Afghanistan's Example

This is about the best reason for not stopping trade of a nations heritage for its own safety.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jm7R4Ty8mwP4nkbosX0kt4oz7mmw

The High Priest

A fragment of a sarcophagus has been found reused in a Muslim building and bears an inscription of "the high priest".

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081006/wl_mideast_afp/israelarchaeologyreligion_081006120523;_ylt=AvPapu8DgXJD1fi4DyhplC9FeQoB

No I Am Not a Cop!

It is days like this that I feel like I am writing a crime blog. This story has been in development since a trusted archivist stolen hundreds of documents from the New York state library.

http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2008/oct/03/1003_archivesguy/

That Greek Head

Finely a picture to go with the statue and head recently found in Greece.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article4870496.ece

Selling the Cause

These disputed temples and there are two of them need to be sold off on the world market so that they can be protected enjoyed and people will stop shooting at each other.

Ill take a window please!


http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iRr_dFjCnn3ciVM_gcr5W0tNBH3A

Iron Age Mausoleom

This article is from Armenia on a remarkable discovery.

http://armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&AID=3282&CID=3168&IID=1203&lng=eng

Fancy Smancy

A Mycenaean warrior was buried with a sword that was imported from Italy.

http://howrah.org/sci_tech_htm/32359.html

Never Enough Pyramids

Satellite technology has spotted an adobe pyramid and other structure buried in Peru.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/03/peru-cahuachi.html

Botanist May have Faked His Discoveries

A world famous botanist is now being accused of having faked some of his greatest discoveries.

This is a very interesting read.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article4863866.ece

Pre-Mongolian Hoard

This is the fifth time in this area of Russia that a hoard of jewelry has been discovered.

http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/7172/

Roman Sculpture

Two Roman period sculptures have been found in Greece being reused in ancient time in a wall. The torso and bearded head may actually be from one statue.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20081002-1123-eu-greece-ancientsculptures.html

Aids/HIV ca 1880

This is a remarkable article on globalization and the long term effects that may possibly be at work here.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081001-hiv-aids-africa.html

L1 Million Note Sold

Created as part of the Marshall aid plan after WWII it was one of eight printed and was only valid for six weeks.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4860670.ece

Wow Nothing Gets By Them

Apparently the Russian royal family known as the Romanov's were murdered by the government.

Who would have thunk it!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4863837.ece

Unknown Ostia

Italy has so many archaeological sites that it can be hard for many of them to attract tourists.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/arts/design/01fres.html?_r=2&ref=design&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

The Christ Bowl

A bowl has been found with an inscription that calls Christ a magician.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/01/jesus-bowl.html

Museum Czar Wanted

The Italian government are looking for a Czar to oversee all its archaeological treasures including Pompeii.

http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-35749820081001