Archaeology

Athens Metro Update

Greek archaeologists and scholars are worried that ancient remains in Athens could be damaged or destroyed by a new subway tunnel.--NIKOS AXARLIS Archaeological Institute of America [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News] [Greece and Rome]...

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Plague Victims Found: Mass Burial in Athens

April 15, 1998 A unique mass grave and nearly 1,000 tombs from the fifth and fourth century B.C. were recovered during excavations prior to construction of a subway station just outside Athens' ancient Kerameikos cemetery.--NIKOS AXARLIS Archaeological Institute of America [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News] [Greece and Rome]...

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Ephesus Bibliography

Paul's Ephesus, Turkey. According to Church tradition St. John brought Mary here after Jesus' crucifixion. Brandon Wason, December 2006. NovumTestamentum.com [Biblical Archaeology] [Excavations]...

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Ritmeyer Archaeological Design

"The analysis of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem...where Leen Ritmeyer relates his discoveries of the 500 cubit square Temple Mount, built by King Hezekiah, the location of Solomon's Temple and where the Ark of the Covenant stood in the Holy of Holies of that first Temple" [Biblical Archaeology] [Research Organizations]...

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Digging Up the Past

Australian publishers of two publications concerning biblical archaeology: Diggings, a 16-page news journal devoted to the latest discoveries, expert theories and archaeological news from the area covered by the empires of Parthia and Rome in the time of Christ. Archaeological Diggings, a bi-monthly, 40-page full color magazine exploring the histo...

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Early Egyptian Presence in Canaan

From Near Eastern Archaeology [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News] [Biblical]...

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A Synthesis of Cultures

From Near Eastern Archaeology [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News] [Biblical]...

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Oil in Hittite Texts

Harry A. Hoffner, Jr. Hittite literature urges: Give bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked, and to the desiccated, give oil. Oil was one of the minimal essentials in ancient Anatolia, as in the rest of the Near East. Sleuthing the various Hittite words for oils, lard, grease, and fat, philologist Hoffner discovers the basi...

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Mummification in the Necropolis of Alexandria

Forensic anthropologists have recognized signs of mummification of the skeletal remains at the Gabbari necropolis in Alexandria, Egypt.--COLIN CLEMENT Archaeological Institute of America [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News]...

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Bodies of the Bogs

Over the past centuries, remains of many hundreds of people have come to light during peat-cutting activities of northwestern Europe. Archaeological Institute of America [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News] [Europe]...

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