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Swords, Armor, and Figurines

K. Aslihan Yener Metal mining and manufacture were critical high technologies in the ancient world: metal provided the standard of value, medium of exchange, and the raw material of tool and weapon industries. Analysis of the "fingerprints" of ores and artifacts has begun to display the complex tableau of ancient metal industries. Lead-isotope anal...

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From the Sands of Saqqara

"From the Sands of Saqqara" transports us to the mesmerizing world of one of Egypt's most iconic archaeological sites. Situated on the outskirts of Cairo, Saqqara is a vast, ancient burial ground that spans thousands of years of Egypt's history. As the sands of Saqqara whisper the tales of dynasties long past, we embark on a captivating journey thr...

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Yemeni Megaliths

A chance discovery of a group of megaliths on a coastal plain in western Yemen has sent scholars scrambling to explain why and how people were living there between ca. 2400 and 800 B.C.--SPENCER P.M. HARRINGTON Archaeological Institute of America [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News]...

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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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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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