Today, feluccas and motorboats bob in the waters of Egypt’s Abu Qir Bay near Alexandria. A mere twenty-two feet below the water’s surface, the ancient cities of…… Read more “Before the flood by Carolyn Stewart | The New Criterion”
Tag: Archaeology
ANE TODAY – 202009 – Max von Oppenheim and His Tell Halaf –
Among his most sensational finds were several monumental stone sculptures and relief slabs dating from the early first millennium BCE. They originated from the period when Tell…… Read more “ANE TODAY – 202009 – Max von Oppenheim and His Tell Halaf –”
Age of Gilgamesh (3000 BC to 2500 BC) : Geopolitics of Ancient Mesopotamia
https://www.youtube.com/embed/z8rMp_AeR5M Age of Gilgamesh In this presentation we will begin exploring the beginnings of recorded history in Mesopotamia, beginning from the early third millennium BC. We will…… Read more “Age of Gilgamesh (3000 BC to 2500 BC) : Geopolitics of Ancient Mesopotamia”
Exhibition of underwater cultural relics underway in northwest China – CGTN
The sunken merchant ship, 20 meters in length and 6 meters in width, was built during the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). It was discovered in 1996 in…… Read more “Exhibition of underwater cultural relics underway in northwest China – CGTN”
Millennia-Old Rock Art in Israel Offers Window Into Lost Culture | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
Archaeologists in northern Israel have discovered 4,000-year-old rock art engraved on the walls of three stone burial monuments, or dolmens, reports Ruth Schuster for Haaretz. An analysis…… Read more “Millennia-Old Rock Art in Israel Offers Window Into Lost Culture | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine”
Archaeologists Discover Enormous Ring of Ancient Pits Near Stonehenge | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
Stonehenge is arguably the most well-known megalith in the United Kingdom. But the structures surrounding this roughly 5,000-year-old monument boast equally fascinating histories. Take, for instance, Durrington…… Read more “Archaeologists Discover Enormous Ring of Ancient Pits Near Stonehenge | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine”
Evolution of Political Order in the 6000 BC Sumerian City
https://www.youtube.com/embed/nOllWKdbO-k As social scientists, civilisations are the only laboratory we have – so as we look at the rise of Sumeria let us begin by understanding the…… Read more “Evolution of Political Order in the 6000 BC Sumerian City”
Angkor Wat’s Collapse From Climate Change Has Lessons for Today
ANGKOR, CAMBODIANext to the road leading into Angkor Thom—one of the walled cities that make up Angkor, the ancient Khmer empire in Cambodia—stands a solitary but crumbling…… Read more “Angkor Wat’s Collapse From Climate Change Has Lessons for Today”
Divers Find 16th-Century Shipwreck Off Coast of Northern Italy | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
Two professional divers exploring the waters off the coast of northern Italy have discovered the wreck of a large wooden ship thought to date to the 16th…… Read more “Divers Find 16th-Century Shipwreck Off Coast of Northern Italy | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine”
Rise and Fall of the Indus Valley Civilisation: a perspective
The Indus Valley Civilisation lasted from the late fifth to the second millennium BC, developed a vast network of well planned settlements and engaged in…… Read more “Rise and Fall of the Indus Valley Civilisation: a perspective”
