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Archaeology News: Stonehenge

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:45:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: putting together new evidence

New research into burials at Stonehenge:

“Stonehenge was a place of burial from its beginning to its zenith in the mid third millennium B.C. The cremation burial dating to phase is likely just one of many from this later period of the monument’s use and demonstrates that it was still very much a domain of the dead,” Parker Pearson said in a statement.

Archaeology News: Shroud of Turin

Sun, 11 May 2008 16:01:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: revival of hopes about it's authenticity

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Archaeology News: Shroud of Turin

The Turin Shroud is far older than carbon dating suggests and may indeed date to biblical times as believers claim, a study has found. The findings may revive hopes that the cloth, far from being a medieval fake, is a miraculous recording of the face of Jesus after the Crucifixion.

Archaeology News: Bog Bodies

Sun, 11 May 2008 15:50:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: New studies on this intriguing Iron Age practice

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Archaeology News: Bog Bodies

New technology is now being applied to the study of Clonycaven Man and other bog bodies in an attempt to learn more about the preliterate Iron Age society that buried them.

Archaeology News: the Romanovs

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:04:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: new DNA evidence

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Archaeology News: May the Romanovs Rest in Peace

For nearly 100 years, speculation has circulated that three of the children, Anastasia, crown prince Alexei, and Maria, survived the massacre of the royals.

What Killed Napoleon?

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:45:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: forensics strikes again!

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Archaeology News: What Killed Napoleon ?

ROME (Reuters) - Italian scientists say they have proved Napoleon was not poisoned, scotching the legend the French emperor was murdered by his British jailors.

Archaeology: The Birth of Animation

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:41:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It's a lot older than you think!

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Archaeology News: The Birth of Animation

This is amazing! World’s first Walt Disney?

There is a teensy video at the website along with the rest of the article:

Ruthwell Cross and Dream of the Rood

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:25:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ancient carving illustrating a poem

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Ruthwell Cross and The Dream of the Rood

The Ruthwell Cross itself is believed to have been made sometime around 660, and probably served as a “preaching cross”, which marked the site where Christian sermons and lessons were given on a regular basis. It has suffered many indignities, including defacement and demolition by the zealots of the Protestant reformation. Dr. Henry Duncan is credited with the restoration of the Ruthwell Cross, a 24 year project that he began in 1799. It is now housed in Ruthwell Church in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

Tags: archaeology, literature, history

Roman House of Augustus Opens

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:59:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: newly restored treasure

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Archaeology News: House of Augustus, Rome

House of Augustus opens to public

A single fragment of painted plaster, discovered in masonry-filled rooms, led the experts to unearth a series of exquisite frescoes commissioned by the man who would later become Rome’s first emperor. On Sunday following decades of painstaking restoration, the frescoes in vivid shades of blue, red and ochre went on public show for the first time since they were painted in about 30BC.

A Maritime Pompeii Found in Pisa

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:56:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It's not just the leaning tower anymore.

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Archaeology News: A Maritime Pompeii in Pisa

The San Rossore train station on the edge of Pisa, Italy, is a lonely stop. Tourists who visit this city to see its famous leaning tower generally use the central station across town. But San Rossore is about to be recognized as one of the country’s most significant archeological digs. For nearly a decade archeologists have been working near and under the tracks to unearth what is nothing short of a maritime Pompeii.

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Circus Maximus

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:51:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: retoration project - finally!

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Archaeology News: Circus Maximus to be Restored

After 1,500 years as a ruin, gladiators’ stadium to be restored

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Gladiators!

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:04:33 GMT

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Archaeology News: Roman Gladiators

Discovery News has posted an intriguing new article about the lives and training of Roman gladiators, which, it turn out, were not at all like we see in the movies: