Resource Manager Posted August 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 The 5,000-Year Secret History of the Watermelon Ancient Hebrew texts and Egyptian tomb paintings reveal the origins of our favorite summertime fruit. By Mark Strauss, National Geographic PUBLISHED AUGUST 21, 2015 "To taste a watermelon is to know “what the angels eat,” Mark Twain proclaimed. The angels, however, would have gagged if they had eaten the watermelon’s wild ancestor—a bitter fruit with hard, pale-green flesh. Generations of selective breeding, spanning several countries and cultures, produced the sweet red fruit that’s now a common sight on picnic tables."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted August 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 ASOR Archives Can you guess the location of these photos from the ASOR Archives? Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Of interest the comment that the "2,500 year old Saka settlement" who were also mentioned by Herodotus:One More Ancient Civilisation Found in Lake Issyk-Kul: Could this be Where St Matthew is Buried? By Olga Gertcyk 01 September 2015 Siberian scientists make discovery of 2,500 year old Saka settlement in up to 23 metres of water in Kyrgyzstan."The new find at the lake is separate from the discovery in 2007 of the ruins of an ancient metropolis of roughly the same age and Scythian burial mounds under its waters. Divers from Tomsk State University say they have located another 'previously unknown' outpost of the ancient world, along with 200 artifacts from this long-lost culture. Our exclusive pictures show these finds." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Archaeologists Discover Early Christian Medallion in Burgos (Poros) Fortress in Bulgaria’s Black Sea City Burgas September 11, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Antiquity, Byzantine Empire, Christianity, Middle Ages "A previously unseen Early Christian bronze medallion is the most intriguing recent archaeological find from the excavations of the ancient fortress Burgos (Poros) on Cape Foros in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas. The medallion in question is the second notable Early Christian artifact discovered in the Burgos (Poros) Fortress in 2015, after in the spring the local archaeologists found there a lead reliquary containing ashes from the grave of St. John the Baptist. The medallion has been discovered during the excavation of a building from the 6th century AD, i.e. the Early Byzantine Period, in the Burgos (Poros) Fortress, Milen Nikolov, Director of the Burgas Regional Museum of History, has announced at a news conference in Bulgaria’s Burgas." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 16 Pyramids Discovered in Ancient Cemetery by Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | September 16, 2015 09:06am ET "The remains of 16 pyramids with tombs underneath have been discovered in a cemetery near the ancient town of Gematon in Sudan. They date back around 2,000 years, to a time when a kingdom called "Kush" flourished in Sudan. Pyramid building was popular among the Kushites. They built them until their kingdom collapsed in the fourth century AD."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 Virtual World Project "The Virtual World Project presents interactive virtual tours of archaeological sites in Israel and Jordan. The project is designed to aid in the teaching and study of antiquity." Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Oxford Archaeology Image Database About the Oxford Archaeology Image Database: "The OAID was established in June 2015 by Tim Clayden (Wolfson College, Oxford) with support from the Lorne Thyssen Research Fund for Ancient World Topics. Its initial aim was to preserve and make available to as wide an audience and user group as possible images of archaeological sites recorded on slide film. The concern being that as the slide films age and decay the quality of the images deteriorates. In many cases these images are a unique record of the sites at a particular time and once the slide is lost, so too is the image and the information it contains. More recent events in Iraq and Syria have urged a more pressing need to record and preserve the record of some archaeological sites. For that reason the project has expanded to include images in whatever format they are available ..."Continued and Images @ Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 NGSBA Archaeology Journal ISSN 2227-9008 "NGSBA Archaeology is our platform for presenting the results of our fieldwork. The contents consist mainly of reports on salvage archaeology projects conducted by Y.G. Archaeology under NGSBA oversight. But from time to time reports of our community archaeology and research projects will also be published. We will also accept field reports of projects executed by other organizations. The journal is peer reviewed, edited by David Ilan, the director of the NGSBA, and is overseen by a board of editors. It will appear more or less annually—depending on the quantity of material available for publication—in print and digital form. The digital version can be downloaded from our website for free."Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Photographic Archives (The Oriental Institute) Exhibitions of Photographs Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and Sudan (66 Photographs)Persepolis and Ancient Iran (967 Photographs)The 1905–1907 Breasted Expeditions to Egypt and The Sudan (1055 Photographs)Breasted's 1919-1920 Expedition to the Near East (1,875 Photographs) "The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago is among the leaders in the recovery of the history, languages, and cultures of the ancient Near East. In the halcyon days of the 1930s, when universities and museums conducted expeditions on a scale now unheard of, Oriental Institute teams worked in nearly every country of the Near East. An integral part of each excavation was the expedition photographer, who was entrusted with capturing not only the routine of each day’s work but also the moments of discovery and exploration. These images recount some of these memorable moments, as the Oriental Institute sifted the sands of time."Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 Oriental Institute Annual Reports 2011–2020 "The print versions of the Oriental Institute Annual Report are available for members as one of the privileges of membership. They are not for sale to the general public. They contain yearly summaries of the activities of the Institute’s faculty, staff, and research projects, as well as descriptions of special events and other Institute functions."2014–2015 Annual Report now available:Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 A Rich History Uncovered: Sharjah Exhibition Showcases Unearthed UAQ Artefacts Rym Ghazal November 3, 2015 Updated: November 3, 2015 09:18 AM "As ancient pagan gods go, Shamash was one of the nicer ones. While others ruthlessly demanded blood sacrifices, sometimes animal, occasionally human, this Mesopotamian deity was associated with truth, justice and healing. From Shamash’s name we get the Arabic word Shams, or the Sun. With his light, Shamash was said to banish darkness and evil. The deity appears in the 4,000-year-old Epic of Gilgamesh: "May Shamash give you your heart’s desire, may he let you see with your eyes the thing accomplished which your lips have spoken; may he open a path for you where it is blocked, and a road for your feet to tread." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 Sayce’s Archaeology & the Cuneiform Inscriptions "The following book by noted archaeologist Archibald H. Sayce is now available for free download in PDF: Archibald Henry Sayce [1846-1933], The Archaeology of the Cuneiform Inscriptions, 2nd edn. London: Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, 1908. Hbk. pp.220. Download Complete book [4.22MB]" Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 Fall 2015, Cover Stories, Daily News Early Farmers Exploited the Honeybee at Least 8,500 Years Ago Wed, Nov 11, 2015 Study shows widespread use of beehive products during the Neolithic. UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL —"Humans have been exploiting bees as far back as the Stone Age, according to new research from the University of Bristol published in Nature today. Previous evidence from prehistoric rock art is inferred to show honey hunters and Pharaonic Egyptian murals show early scenes of beekeeping. However, the close association between early farmers and the honeybee remained uncertain." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 A Reporter at Large NOVEMBER 16, 2015 ISSUE The Invisible Library Can Digital Technology Make the Herculaneum Scrolls Legible After Two Thousand Years? BY JOHN SEABROOK "It was a warm day in Paris, and the library of the Institut de France was stuffy and hot. Daniel Delattre, a distinguished French papyrologist, did not remove his suit jacket. The institute, which includes the Académie Française, is a jacket-and-tie sort of place." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Greek New Testament Papyrus Is Discovered on eBay By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER NOVEMBER 20, 2015 "Last January, Geoffrey Smith, a scholar of early Christianity at the University of Texas, noticed something startling: an eBay listing for an ancient Greek papyrus fragment of the Gospel of John — with an opening bid of only $99."Continued also here (in depth). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 The Chicago Hittite Dictionary Project Introduction "The Hittite language is the earliest preserved member of the Indo-European family of languages. It was written on clay tablets in central Asia Minor, modern Turkey, over a five hundred year span (c. 1650-1180 B.C.). The vast majority of Hittite tablets were excavated from the ruins of the ancient Hittite capital Hattusa located near the modern Turkish town of Boghazkale (formerly Boghazköy) about 210 kilometers east of Ankara."Website Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Ancient Bibles Were Made From Livestock By Andrew Curry 23 November 2015 3:00 pm Comments "Medieval “pocket Bibles,” which proliferated in 12th century France, England, Italy, and Spain, were small and portable, a technological breakthrough at the time. Extremely thin animal skin pages made the books possible, and manuscript experts have long debated how medieval craftsmen produced such thin sheets. One hint lay in ..."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 The Future Of Archaeology Is Not Digging Anything Up November 23, 2015 | 6:00 AM The 2016 TED Prize winner is reinventing how we discover—and preserve—the past. "Most archaeologists can be happy to uncover a small handful of important ancient sites in their careers. Sarah Parcak, a young professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has already pinpointed thousands, making her among the most productive archaeologist working today. How is this possible? She hunts for evidence of buried civilizations from the vantage of space. Using satellite imagery, she can see traces of underground artifacts that no one on Earth could ever spot without a shovel. In Egypt alone, where there are 138 known pyramids, she’s identified 17 potential new ones, as well as 1,000 tombs and 3,100 unknown settlements. All of this won her this year’s TED Prize, a $1 million award announced last week, along with countless comparisons to Indiana Jones."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Huge Geometric Shapes in Middle East May Be Prehistoric by Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | December 01, 2015 10:25am ET "Thousands of stone structures that form geometric patterns in the Middle East are coming into clearer view, with archaeologists finding two wheel-shaped patterns date back some 8,500 years. That makes these "wheels" older than the famous geoglyphs in Peru called Nazca Lines."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Archaeologists Uncover Bronze Age Trade Routes Between Iran and Mesopotamia Posted on December 3, 2015 "The impressive statues of ancient Mesopotamian rulers bear witness to the wealth of Bronze Age Akkadian and Sumerian city-states more than four thousand years ago. But they are made of black diorite and gabbro stone not found in the region of today’s Iraq and northeastern Syria. Where did it come from? The blocks of stone must have been transported along ancient roads from distant trading partners to the Bronze Age cities of Mesopotamia."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Dead Sea Scrolls History: Looking Back on the Last 75 Years Martin Abegg, Peter Flint and Andrew Perrin reflect on the Dead Sea Scrolls’ history Megan Sauter • 12/11/2015 "With one of its long-term co-directors continuing on at the helm (Dr. Peter Flint) and the other (Dr. Martin Abegg) passing the baton to a new faculty member (Dr. Andrew Perrin), the leadership of the Trinity Western University Dead Sea Scrolls Institute—North America’s only research center dedicated to Qumran studies—provides a snapshot of both the perspectives of different generations of Dead Sea Scroll scholars and a view of the discipline’s past, present and future. In this exclusive Bible History Daily interview, these three colleagues reflect on some major moments in recent Qumran scholarship and pressing issues that lie ahead."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Biblical Archaeology’s Top Ten Discoveries of 2015 A glimpse at the important excavation work revealed this year. Gordon Govier/ DECEMBER 30, 2015 "Archaeological discoveries made public in 2015 have given us new information about biblical events and people."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Free e-books available at BAR (Biblical Archaeology Review)Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Italian-Russian Archeologists Make Major Discovery in Sudan (AGI) Rome, Jan 11 - "A team of Italian and Russian archeologists has made what the Sudan Antiquities Service is calling the most important discovery in the last decade. A basalt ritual altar, a base for a sacred boat, and a hieroglyphic inscription were uncovered at Abu Erteila, around 200km north of Khartoum, shedding new light on the Nubian civilisation that existed between the 1st century BC and 1st century AD." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Winter 2015/2016, Daily News Behind the Myth of King Midas Wed, Jan 13, 2016 PHILADELPHIA, PA January 2016—"What was behind the legendary story of King Midas and his golden touch? That is the question to be answered—not with chests full of gold, but with a spectacular array of 150 objects, including more than 120 specially-loaned ancient artifacts from four museums in the Republic of Turkey, keys to telling the true story of a very real and powerful ruler of the Phrygian kingdom."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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