Gods, Graves, Glyphs
Weekly Digest #28
January 29th, 2005
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Let's Have Jerusalem
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Archaeologist Unearths Bibical Controversy
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 01/26/2005 8:44:58 PM PST · 154 replies · 3,072+ views
Globe And Mail | 1-25-2005 | Michael Valpy
Archeologist unearths biblical controversy Artifacts from Iron Age fortress confirm Old Testament dates of Edomite kingdom By MICHAEL VALPY Tuesday, January 25, 2005 Canadian archeologist Russell Adams's interest is in Bronze Age and Iron Age copper production. He never intended to walk into archeology's vicious debate over the historical accuracy of the Old Testament -- a conflict likened by one historian to a pack of feral canines at each other's throats. Yet by coincidence, Prof. Adams of Hamilton's McMaster University says, he and an international team of colleagues fit into place a significant piece of the puzzle of human history...
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Archeologist unearths biblical controversy
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Posted by Catholic54321
On Religion 01/27/2005 10:42:23 PM PST · 8 replies · 216+ views
chn | 26 January 2005
Canadian archeologist Russell Adams's interest is in Bronze Age and Iron Age copper production. He never intended to walk into archeology's vicious debate over the historical accuracy of the Old Testament -- a conflict likened by one historian to a pack of feral canines at each other's throats. Yet by coincidence, Prof. Adams of Hamilton's McMaster University says, he and an international team of colleagues fit into place a significant piece of the puzzle of human history in the Middle East -- unearthing information that points to the existence of the Bible's vilified Kingdom of Edom at precisely the time...
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Archeologist finds evidence of Old Testament Validity
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Posted by NYer
On News/Activism 01/29/2005 6:12:28 AM PST · 357 replies · 3,783+ views
Catholic News Agency | January 28, 2005
Hamilton, Ontario, Jan. 28, 2005 (CNA) - Canadian archaeologist Russell Adams, a professor at McMaster University has recently unearthed evidence, which helps to show the historical accuracy of the Bible.Professor Adams and his team of colleagues have found information that points to the existence of the Biblical Kingdom of Edom existing at precisely the time Scripture claims it existed. The evidence flies in the face of a common belief that Edom actually came into existence at least 200 years later. According to the Canadian Globe and Mail, the groupís findings ìmean that those scholars convinced that the Hebrew Old Testament...
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Mesopotamia
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Gilgamesh Tomb Believed Found
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 01/30/2005 2:51:03 PM PST · 87 replies · 2,152+ views
AINA/BBC | 1-25-2005
Gilgamesh Tomb Believed Found Posted 01-25-2005 10:02:40 (GMT 1-25-2005 (BBC) -- Archaeologists in Iraq believe they may have found the lost tomb of King Gilgamesh - the subject of the oldest "book" in history. The Epic Of Gilgamesh - written by a Middle Eastern scholar 2,500 years before the birth of Christ - commemorated the life of the ruler of the city of Uruk, from which Iraq gets its name. Now, a German-led expedition has discovered what is thought to be the entire city of Uruk - including, where the Euphrates once flowed, the last resting place of its famous...
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Ancient Egypt
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Mysterious Inscription on the Great Pyramid
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Posted by SunkenCiv
On General/Chat 01/29/2005 9:57:01 PM PST · 30 replies · 341+ views
RobertSchoch.net | 2004 | Robert Schoch
The inscription shown below occurs above the original entrance of the Great Pyramid.† I don't think it is original, but it could be relatively old.† If you have any idea what it may mean, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you.
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Ancient Australia
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Arid Australian Interior Linked To Lanscape Burning By Ancient Humans
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 01/26/2005 12:28:52 PM PST · 50 replies · 691+ views
University Of Colorado-Boulder | 1-26-2005 | Gifford Miller/Jim Scott
Contact: Gifford Miller gmiller@colorado.edu 303-492-6962 Jim Scott 303-492-3114 University of Colorado at Boulder Arid Australian interior linked to landscape burning by ancient humans The image of a controlled burn in the interior of Australia today, featured on the cover of the January 2005 issue of Geology, illustrates how Australia might have looked 50,000 years ago. Photo courtesy Gifford Miller, University of Colorado at Boulder Click here for a high resolution photograph. Landscape burning by ancient hunters and gatherers may have triggered the failure of the annual Australian Monsoon some 12,000 years ago, resulting in the desertification of the country's interior...
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Ancient Greece
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Excavation of Sybil's Cave to begin Tuesday
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Posted by restornu
On General/Chat 01/16/2005 7:16:21 PM PST · 5 replies · 140+ views
The Hudson Reporter | 01/16/2005 | By Tom Jennemann
First phase will include benches, historic marker The uncovering of Sybil's Cave, which has long been a dream of local historians and residents, is about to become a reality. Sybil's Cave is located off of Sinatra Drive on the property of Stevens Institute of Technology, across from the Castle Point Park fishing pier. In the cave's storied history, it was a site for picnics, a source of water for health seekers, and the inspiration for an Edgar Allan Poe detective story. Last year, Mayor David Roberts said that after years of hearing old-timers' legends about the cave, it was worth...
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Ancient and Medieval Europe
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Clay hearths up to 34,000 years old
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Posted by SunkenCiv
On General/Chat 01/26/2005 11:00:12 PM PST · 6 replies · 112+ views
Archaeology magazine | January/February 2005 Volume 58 Number 1 | From the Trenches
Now that the Olympics are over, archaeologists in Greece are back to business. They've found the world's oldest clay hearths. According to a report in Antiquity, the more than 70 clay hearths, ranging from 34,000 to 23,000 years old, were identified in a single cave in the northwestern Peloponnese. Remarkably, they've also uncovered four well-preserved 2,500-year-old pomegranates, found inside a sealed bronze vessel during a salvage excavation near ancient Corinth. The oxidation of the bronze prevented microorganisms from growing and destroying the fruit, says the archaeologist who made the find. Scientists are eager to study the remarkable specimens, which are...
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Asia
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7,000 Year-Old Village Found In Ningbo (China)
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 01/26/2005 12:17:54 PM PST · 37 replies · 629+ views
Peoples Daily/China.org | 1-26-2005
7,000-year-old Village found in Ningbo The Ningbo Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology announced this month that, after a 4-month excavation of 725 square meters, they have confirmed the discovery of a 7,000-year-old village of the early Hemudu culture. The site is at Fujiashan in the Jiangbei District of Ningbo City, in the eastern province of Zhejiang. According to a specialist from the institute, the site is one of the largest-scale, highest-yield and best-preserved sites in the province after the Hemudu site itself. The relics excavated showed it to be a Neolithic site in the early stage of Hemudu culture,...
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Archaeologists Find Ancient Musical Instruments
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 01/27/2005 11:43:50 AM PST · 27 replies · 500+ views
Vietnam News Agency | 1-26-2005
Archaeologists find ancient musical instruments (26-01-2005) Musical instruments thought to be about 3,000 years old have been found by a team of Vietnamese archeologists. Known as lithophones, the ancient instruments are typically made of 11 slabs of stone. The lithophones were found in the southern province of Binh Duong in early January at a site that stretches some 20ha near a small hill in My Loc village in Tan My Commune of Tan Uyen District. The broken instruments were buried deep in an 8sq.m pit, said Dr Bui Chi Hoang, deputy director of the Archaeology Centre of the Southern Institute...
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Archaeoastronomy
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Ancient Mound Used In Summer Moon Ritual (3,500BC)
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 01/28/2005 8:15:15 AM PST · 18 replies · 639+ views
Bangor News | 1-27-2005
Ancient mound used in summer moon ritual Thursday, January 27, 2005 - Bangor Daily News Sacred monuments The "hippie" revolution of the 1960s may have been predated by some 6,000 years if researchers' suspicions about the chambered mound called Gavrinis are correct. The mound, more than 26 feet high, is located on a small island off France's Brittany coast and dates to 3500 B.C., making it older than the pyramids. A passage into the mound extends for 40 feet before ending in a chamber. What immediately catches the eye are the walls that are covered with etchings of concentric rings,...
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Archaeologists Find 'Russian Stonehenge' (4,000 Years Old )
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 01/29/2005 11:51:49 AM PST · 16 replies · 456+ views
Big News Network/UPI | 1-28-2005 | UPI
Archaeologists find 'Russian Stonehenge' Big News Network.com Friday 28th January, 2005 (UPI) Russian archaeologists have found the site of a 4,000-year-old concentric wooden structure resembling Britain's Stonehenge, the Art Newspaper reported Friday. Evidence of the structure was found near Ryazan southeast of Moscow at the confluence of the Oka and Pronya rivers. The area long known for its archaeological treasures was settled by tribes migrating from Eurasia thousands of years ago. The report quoted Ilha Ahmedov of Moscow's State History Museum as saying a recent dig had uncovered evidence of a circular structure that would have been formed of wooden...
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PreColumbian, Clovis, PreClovis
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Archaeologists Eagerly Home In On Parker Digs (Colorado - 5K YA)
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 01/27/2005 2:54:35 PM PST · 6 replies · 379+ views
Denver Post | 1-27-2005 | Kathy Human
Article Published: Thursday, January 27, 2005Archaeologists eagerly home in on Parker digs By Katy Human Denver Post Staff Writer Among the relics found at the Rueter-Hess Reservoir construction site in Parker are, from top to bottom, a Mallory point and McKean Complex points dating back about 4,500 years; a gorget preform, left, with the indication of being drilled; two 2,000-year- old arrowheads; and a bison bone that probably was cut or broken by humans. Parker - Five thousand years ago, a band of ancient people built homes on the edge of a stream in what is now Parker. It was...
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Aztecs Cooked, Skinned, Ate Humans (Barbequed long pig)
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Posted by quidnunc
On News/Activism 01/27/2005 10:37:51 PM PST · 109 replies · 1,623+ views
Discovery News | January 25, 2005 | Jennifer Viegas
New finds from an archaeological site near Mexico City support certain written and pictorial evidence concerning Aztec human sacrifice that historians previously doubted because the accounts seemed too exaggerated to be true. The discovery adds to the growing collection of evidence supporting human sacrifice and cannibalism among the founders of the Mexican empire. It also suggests that researchers might now be able to verify some 16th century Spanish accounts on the subject. The Spanish and the Aztecs documented at least four observations of cannibalism in the 16th and 17th centuries. Spanish conquistador Hern·n CortÈs (1485-1547), whose men conquered the Aztecs...
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end of digest #28 20050129
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