Wikio - Archeology

'Indy' gets elected to archaeological group (MSNBC.com: Science)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:02:59 GMT

Actor Harrison Ford, who helped glamorize archaeology on the big screen, is lending his star power to the Archaeological Institute of America.

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Ford elected to Boston-based archaeological group (Examiner)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:28:02 GMT

The actor who helped glamorize archaeology on the big screen is lending his star power to the Archaeological Institute of America.

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Harrison Ford elected to Boston-based archaeological group (Examiner)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:17:55 GMT

The actor who helped glamorize archaeology on the big screen is lending his star power to the Archaeological Institute of America.

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Harrison Ford elected to Boston-based archaeological group (Seattle Times)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:11:18 GMT

The actor who helped glamorize archaeology on the big screen is lending his star power to the Archaeological Institute of America.

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Ford elected to Boston-based archaeological group (Miami Herlad)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:09:00 GMT

The actor who helped glamorize archaeology on the big screen is lending his star power to the Archaeological Institute of America.

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Harrison Ford elected to Boston-based archaeological group (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:07:00 GMT

BOSTON -- The actor who helped glamorize archaeology on the big screen is lending his star power to the Archaeological Institute of America.

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Archaeology: Ancient Algae Suggest Sea Route For First Americans (Complexity digest 2008.03)

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:36:16 GMT

Evidence is rapidly accumulating that the first Americans came from Asia and spread throughout the New World by at least 14,000 years ago (Science, 4 April, p. 37). But did they come by land or by sea? A paper on page 784 of this issue provides some support for the hypothesis that they took the coastal route rather than traveling inland. At the least, the report provides strong evidence that the...

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Numismatics and Archaeology (Blog Catalog Blog Directory)

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:14:37 GMT

Ponderings on Numismatics, Archaeology, and Cultural Heritage Issues

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Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center to host youth events (News from www.lacrossetribune.com)

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:10:16 GMT

Mississippi Valley Archae-ology Center will host these four events for children to learn more about archaeology:

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TV presenter to lecture on archaeology (Cornish Guardian)

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Truro College has welcomed a new celebrity to its faculty.Julian Richards, presenter of the BBC television series Meet the Ancestors, has joined the college as visiting lecturer in archaeology.His opening lecture to students was an overview of his career to date, drawing on his experiences in the field since 1975.Mr Richards told them that dig sites are selected on their potential for...

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ARCHAEOLOGY: Oldest bust of Caesar found in France (France24)

Wed, 14 May 2008 17:36:28 GMT

... one of the god Neptune dating from the beginning of the third century AD, were found at the same site. "I suspect the bust was thrown in the river after he was assassinated because it would not have been good at that time to be considered a follower of his," said French archaeologist Luc Long, who directed excavations at the underwater site. "In Rome you don't find any statues...

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Archaeology: Oldest known bust of Caesar discovered in Arles (i On Global Trends)

Wed, 14 May 2008 01:38:00 GMT

AAP reports that divers trained in archaeology have uncovered the oldest known bust of Julius Caesar. The divers made the discovery at the bottom of the River Rhone in Arles, a town Caesar founded in 46 BC. The life-sized bust showing the Roman ruler as a balding and ageing man with wrinkles and hollows in his face is tentatively dated to 46 BC. Among other items in the treasure trove of ancient...

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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (The Laboratorium)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:43:16 GMT

Notwithstanding the glowing reviews on Amazon and MetaFilter, this book is drier than a desiccated mummy. One yawn-inducingly dense essay follows another, never saying much. It doesn't work as history, as anthropology, as archaeology, as religion, and certainly not as...

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Harrison Ford is a Real Life Indiana Jones (OK! Magazine)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:00:00 GMT

The actor lends his star power to the Archaeological Institute of America. Harrison Ford , who helped glamorize archaeology on the big screen with his iconic character Indiana Jones is lending his star power to the Archaeological Institute of...

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Who is Indiana Jones? What we know (so far ) (KansasCity.com)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:47:00 GMT

As the Army intelligence officer in the movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark" describes him: "Professor of archeology, expert on the occult, and, uh, how does one say it? Obtainer of rare antiquities."

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Indian History Carnival - 5 (DesiPundit)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:04:32 GMT

(Image by Anoop HA) The Indian History Carnival, published on the 15th of every month, is a collection of posts related to Indian history and archaeology. On seeing a critical edition of Mahābhārata, Dr. Arvind Sharma notes that this Western trend is an artificial concept in the Hindu context and the misguided pursuit of Western methodology has [...]

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Monte Verde: Seaweed, Food, Medicine, And The Peopling Of South America (Complexity digest 2008.03)

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:36:16 GMT

Carbon-14 dates on seaweed brought to Monte Verde, Chile, show that the site was used 14,000 years ago and that the earliest New World people consumed marine resources. (...) The identification of human artifacts at the early archaeological site of Monte Verde in southern Chile has raised questions of when and how people reached the tip of South America without leaving much other...

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Indiana Jones: A Real Indiana Archeologist Debunks the Myths (YubaNet.com)

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:30:01 GMT

As Indiana Jones fans gear up for a new film featuring the swashbuckling archeologist character, scientists in the real world are bracing themselves for another round of misconceptions about the goals and methods of true archeology.

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An exercise in Ogham decipherment (Mirabilis.ca)

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:29:59 GMT

This must be the most fascinating thing on the web today: A Throng of Fifty Warriors Routed by a Single Scholar: An Exercise in Ogham Decipherment. The discovery of an Ogham stone during an episode of the cult British archaeology programme, Time Team, is something that I have been longing to blog about ever since I [...]

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Review: 2008 Mini Cooper S Clubman (Crave RSS)

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:35:00 GMT

(Credit: Corinne Schulze/CNET Networks) The new Mini continues its automotive archeology by bringing back the Clubman version. The 2008 Mini Cooper S Clubman shares the same powertrain and cabin gadget options with the Mini Cooper S, yet the Clubman gets a bit more cargo space and easier access to ...

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