SEATTLE, WASHINGTON—According to a report in The Sydney Morning Herald, humans first traveled to Australia […]
NYT nestselling author Gail Carriger talks about how academic expertise can impact enjoyment of a book, and what authors do about it.
Timgad, also called Thamugas or Thamugadi is an archaeological site and ancient Roman city, located near the modern-day town of Timgad in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
The Cave of Swimmers is a cave in southwest Egypt, near the border with Libya, in the mountainous Gilf Kebir region of the Sahara Desert. It was discovered in October 1933 by the Hungarian explorer László Almásy. It contains rock painting images of people swimming estimated to have been created 10,000 years ago during the time of the most recent Ice Age. Almásy devoted a chapter to the cave in his 1934 book The Unknown Sahara. In it he postulates that the swimming scenes are real depictions of life at the time of painting and that there had been a change in climate since that time. This theory was so new at that time that his first editor added several footnotes, to make it clear that he did not share this opinion. The cave is mentioned in the book The English Patient and the film based upon it. The cave shown in the film is not the original but a film set created by a modern artist. Substantial portions of the cave have been irreversibly damaged by visitors in the years since the film was released. Fragments of the paintings have been removed as souvenirs, and some surfaces have cracked after water was applied to 'enhance' their contrast for photographs. Modern graffiti has been inscribed upon the wall, and tourist littering remains a problem. Steps have been taken to reduce future damage by training guides and clearing litter from the vicinity, but this important rock art site remains fragile, and risks future disturbances as tourist traffic to the region increases.
Hey there travel lovers! It is amazing how traveling has an enlightening effect on us, don’t you think? The moment of getting out of the routine of your life and visiting new places, meeting new people, getting to know new cultures - all that is an experience that many would…
Documenting the development and cultural importance of the private collection before the age of the museum.
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal) The story of humanity is the story of textiles—as old as civilization itself. Since the first thread was spun, the need for textiles has driven technology, business, politics, and culture. In The Fabric of Civilization, Virginia Postrel synthesizes groundbreaking research from archaeology, economics, and science to reveal a surprising history. From Minoans exporting wool colored with precious purple dye to Egypt, to Romans arrayed in costly Chinese silk, the cloth trade paved the crossroads of the ancient world. Textiles funded the Renaissance and the Mughal Empire; they gave us banks and bookkeeping, Michelangelo’s David and the Taj Mahal. The cloth business spread the alphabet and arithmetic, propelled chemical research, and taught people to think in binary code. Assiduously researched and deftly narrated, The Fabric of Civilization tells the story of the world’s most influential commodity.
Lake Como needs no introduction: it is one of the best-known places in the world. . . Follow @spectacular.italy for more! . . The circumnavigation of Lake Como reveals a luxuriant historical and...
Take a virtual trip to England with us! Kids will love the crafts, activities, STEM projects and more. Don't miss making tea sandwiches and kicking a ball around for a game of soccer.
“Fowler’s and others’ interpretation of these mounds became the model that everybody across the east was looking at in terms of understanding status and gender roles and symbolism among Native American groups in this time.” – Thomas Emerson, Director of ISAS. CAHOKIA MOUNDS, ILLINOIS – Archaeologists have re-examined the burial mounds at Cahokia and discovered […]
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI—The International Business Times reports that Erik Trinkaus of Washington University in St. […]
From prehistory to the 21st century, human sacrifice has been practiced around the world by numerous cultures.
About Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History The world’s greatest archaeological finds and what they tell us about lost civilizations Renowned archaeologist Patrick Hunt brings his top ten list of ancient archaeological discoveries to life in this concise and captivating book. The Rosetta Stone, Troy, Nineveh’s Assyrian Library, King Tut’s Tomb, Machu Picchu, Pompeii, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Thera, Olduvai Gorge, and the Tomb of 10,000 Warriors—Hunt reveals the fascinating stories of these amazing discoveries and explains the ways in which they added to our knowledge of human history and permanently altered our worldview. Part travel guide to the wonders of the world and part primer on ancient world history, Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History captures the awe and excitement of finding a lost window into ancient civilization.
Does your name appear on an Indus Valley seal? Read to find out.
Malia, a coastal town and tourist resort in Hersonissos on the northeastern part of Crete, Greece, is known for its nightlife, beaches and historical attractions like the ancient Minoan palace of Malia. The town attracts a diverse crowd, particularly young adults, who enjoy the atmosphere, water sports and numerous bars and clubs. Malia also caters […]
Doggerland is a submerged land mass beneath what is now the North Sea, that once connected Britain to continental Europe. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
The best places to Visit in Ireland. including do's and dont's, tips and advice. The best cities, castles, pubs, clubs, shops, flights and tourist attractions to visit.
Take a look back at six of the most damaging raids on the Eternal City.
After examining dozens of Ice Age cave sites across Europe, paleo-archaeologist Genevieve von Petzinger found our ancestors used a small group of signs in common. Here, she walks us through her eye…
© Texto y fotografías: © José María Fernández Díaz-Formentí. Prohibida su reproducción / El 24 de julio de 1911 el profesor ayudante de historia latinoamericana en Yale, Hiram Bingham (1875-1956), …
A village in Ethiopia has been discovered which belonged to the little-known Empire of Aksum - a bustling, sprawling metropolis to rival Rome that survived for centuries.
In this book, Robert L. Kelly challenges the preconceptions that hunter-gatherers were Paleolithic relics living in a raw state of nature, instead crafting a position that emphasizes their diversity, and downplays attempts to model the original foraging lifeway or to use foragers to depict human nature stripped to its core. Kelly reviews the anthropological literature for variation among living foragers in terms of diet, mobility, sharing, land tenure, technology, exchange, male-female relations, division of labor, marriage, descent and political organization. Using the paradigm of human behavioral ecology, he analyzes the diversity in these areas and seeks to explain rather than explain away variability, and argues for an approach to prehistory that uses archaeological data to test theory rather than one that uses ethnographic analogy to reconstruct the past. 29 Tables, unspecified; 1 Maps; 19 Halftones, unspecified; 39 Line drawings, unspecified
The basement of a former strip club in the historic area of Lesser Poland, purchased 15 years ago, has accidentally revealed a historic Jewish site - a mikveh or Jewish ritual purification bath filled with water.
An important city in medieval Nubia, and the departure point for caravans west to Darfur and Kordofan, from the fourth to the fourteenth century Old Dongola was the capital of the Makurian state. More on www.christophecerisier.com
