archaeology

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  6/29/2020
  

  In Search of King David’s Lost Empire

  The evidence of David’s life is sparse. Was he an emperor? A local king? Or, as Biblical archaeologist Israel Finkelstein claims, a Bedouin sheikh?

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• 6/7/2020
  

  Contagion and Recovery in the Hittite Empire

  by Eva von Dassow

  The progress of an ancient plague shows that when faith--in gods or medical research--fails, it's a long road to safety.

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• SOURCE: DCist
  5/19/2020
  

  The Bible Museum Has Another Epic Issue With One Of Its Artifacts

  Federal prosecutors in New York filed a civil action to forfeit one of the museum's clay tablets containing an excerpt of the "Epic of Gilgamesh."

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• SOURCE: Science
  5/14/2020
  

  From Black Death to Fatal Flu, Past Pandemics Show Why People on the Margins Suffer Most

  Evidence from bioanthropology and history suggests that late medieval plagues (and other pandemics) are not levelling forces; they often reinforce the divisions in society.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  5/13/2020
  

  A Mystery at Oxford

  A well-funded effort by American evangelical Christians to identify archaeological evidence for the New Testament is at the center of a scandal. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/11/2020
  

  The Elites Were Living High. Then Came the Fall.

  Modern cities can learn from the fate of the collapsed civilizations at Ugarit and Mycenae.

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• 3/22/2020
  

  Our Stories Will Carry Us to the Future. Can They Save Us Now?

  by David Farrier

  To avert a climate disaster, science is essential, but we also need stories. We know ourselves first and foremost in the tales we tell.

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• SOURCE: UC Santa Cruz
  3/4/2020
  

  Elaine Sullivan Uses 3D Technologies to Peel way the Layers of History

  Professor Elaine Sullivan's publication is among the first to include interactive 3D models that can be navigated both spatially and temporally. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/4/20
  

  Tulsa plans to dig for suspected mass graves from a 1921 race massacre

  Nearly a century after a race massacre left as many as 300 people dead, the city plans to dig for suspected mass graves that may have been used to dispose of African American bodies.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/24/20
  

  A Civil War-era ‘witch bottle’ may have been found on a Virginia highway, archaeologists say

  Witch bottles can be traced to the East Anglia region of England in the late Middle Ages.

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  12/9/19
  

  Civil War Soldiers Used Hair Dye to Make Themselves Look Better in Pictures, Archaeologists Discover

  Researchers have uncovered evidence indicating that Civil War soldiers dyed their hair to look better in photos.

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• SOURCE: National Geographic
  8/22/19
  

  Diving into the unfolding history of wrecked slave ships

  The black underwater archaeology advocates searching for slave shipwrecks. 

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine
  Accessed 8/22/19
  

  The New Treasures of Pompeii

  From gorgeous artworks to grimacing corpses, archaeologists are still uncovering the truth about life—and death—in the doomed city.

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• SOURCE: Phys.org
  8/5/2019
  

  Archaeologist works with tribe to explore its history and to repair historic injustices

  Archaeology Professor Matthew Liebmann took a group of undergraduate and graduate students to Jemez this summer to help members of the tribe excavate the site of two mission churches.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  7/8/2019
  

  Archaeologist Sarah Parcak Thinks We Need to Learn From the Fall of Egypt’s Old Kingdom

  In a new book, the archaeologist makes the case that ancient history illuminates solutions to modern problems.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  5/26/2019
  

  Beer Archaeologists Are Reviving Ancient Ales — With Some Strange Results

  Travis Rupp has traveled the world in search of clues as to how ancient civilizations made and consumed beer. With Avery Brewing Co., he has concocted eight of them in a series called "Ales of Antiquity."

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• SOURCE: NPR
  3/10/19
  

  Archaeologists Find Trove Of Maya Artifacts Dating Back 1,000 Years

  This collection may help researchers in their quest to learn more information about the rise and fall of the ancient Maya civilization.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/4/19
  

  Egypt Unveils Dozens of Newly Discovered Mummies

  Archaeologists in Egypt uncovered a tomb that consisted of a number of chambers that dated from 323 B.C. to 30 B.C. that were accessible through a corridor and sloping set of stairs.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
  1/7/19
  

  In Land of Lincoln, Long-Buried Traces of a Race Riot Come to the Surface

  by Megan Gannon

  Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of five houses that lay witness to the tragedy that set Springfield, Illinois, on fire in 1908.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
  1/3/19
  

  Archaeologists Find First-Known Temple of ‘Flayed Lord’ in Mexico

  While the rituals associated with the site may not be entirely clear, identifying the ruins of a temple to the deity Xipe Tóte is an important discovery