Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 HOW TO MAKE CUNEIFORM TABLET COOKIES By: Tom Stanley "In my own opinion, the best recipes go beyond the taste buds, and serve as a topic of discussion as well. A pre-made jar of salsa doesn’t facilitate conversation, but a recipe with unique ingredients or preparation—something that says something about the person who made it—is all the more valuable for its ability to make connections between the people consuming it. A good example: a batch of cuneiform tablet cookies, baked up by Katy Blanchard, Keeper of Collections in the Museum’s Near East Section. Here’s how she did it."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Satellite Bible Atlas by William Schlegel Continued @Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Solomon’s Temple in Brazil Posted on January 19, 2016 by Leen Ritmeyer "Last year, a new church building was constructed in São Paulo, Brazil, by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) "The creation of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University has its roots in the passion that Shelby White and Leon Levy had for the art and history of the ancient world, which led them to envision an Institute that would offer an unshuttered view of antiquity across vast stretches of time and place."Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Wednesday, February 03, 2016 Images Related to the Bible from the New York Public Library "On Jan 6, 2016, the New York Public Library released more than 187,000 items in their digital collection into the public domain. Mark Hoffman sent along some of the treasures he found and that motivated me to dig deeper. The list below reflects highlights of what we discovered."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 What Does the Oldest Human Music in the World Sound Like? Songs and melodies transcend time in a way no other language can. STARRE VARTAN March 9, 2016, 7:52 a.m. "If you love the English language, you might know that it takes quite a bit of effort to understand older versions of the language. Many words have changed definitions entirely. Check out the Lexicon Valley podcast that delves into the original meaning of "sad" — which has gone through many more shades of meaning than you might expect for a simple, three-letter word. Other languages have changed more or less than English, but accessing anything over 200 years old requires effort and a translation of sorts."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Paris, 10 March 2016 First Non-Utilitarian Weapons Found in the Arabian Peninsula "An exceptional collection of bronze weapons dating from the Iron Age II (900-600 BC) has been uncovered near Adam, in the Sultanate of Oman. The remains were discovered scattered on the ground in a building belonging to what is thought to be a religious complex, during excavations carried out by the French archaeological mission in central Oman. In particular, they include two complete quivers and weapons made of metal, including two bows, objects that are for the most part non-functional and hitherto unknown in the Arabian Peninsula. Additional archaeological research, which began in 2011 in the region, will be needed to elucidate the political system, social practices and rituals existing in the Arabian Peninsula at the time. Headed by Guillaume Gernez from the Laboratoire Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité (CNRS / Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne / Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense), the excavations also involved the Laboratoire Archéorient (CNRS / Université Lyon 2). The campaign was notably supported by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, as well as by Oman's Ministry of Heritage and Culture."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Near Eastern Archaeology Archaeological discoveries continually enrich our understanding of the people, culture, history, and literature of the Middle East. The heritage of its peoples - from urban civilization to the Bible - both inspires and fascinates. Near Eastern Archaeology brings to life the ancient world from Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean with vibrant images and authoritative analyses. NEA (ISSN 1094-2076) is published four times each year (quarterly); March, June, September, and December. Current Issue: Free access to latest issue here until 4/18/16! Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 When Vineyards Bloomed in Sudan ... 25.03.2016 HISTORY & CULTURE"Poznań archaeologists discovered settlements, towns and cemeteries from the Middle Ages during research in northern Sudan, in the area of the Letti Basin. Now, researchers intend to examine one of these places in more detail. In the mid-seventh century, Egypt was conquered by Muslim armies. The pressure of the invading army, advancing south along the Nile Valley, stopped the Christian kingdom of Makuria. The relics of this civilization have been discovered by Poznań archaeologists in the area of the Letti Basin, about 350 km north of Khartoum. Makuria was a powerful kingdom, which existed from the sixth to the fourteenth century between II and V cataracts of the Nile. For several centuries its power reached even farther north almost to the modern Aswan."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Popular Archaeology Spring 2016, Cover Stories, Daily News Ancient Mesopotamian Culture Vanishing Before Our Eyes Fri, Mar 25, 2016 ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA—"For thousands of years, the marshes at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern day Iraq were an oasis of green in a dry landscape, hosting a wealth of wildlife. The culture of the Marsh Arab, or Ma'dan, people who live there is tightly interwoven with the ecosystem of the marshes. The once dense and ubiquitous common reed (Phragmites australis) served as raw material for homes, handicrafts, tools, and animal fodder for thousands of years. Distinctive mudhif communal houses, built entirely of bundled reeds, appear in Sumerian stonework from 5,000 years ago. Now that culture is drying up with the marshes."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Holy Land Digital Image Collections Holy Land Collections at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries "Penn's libraries are home to a wide range of special and general collections related to the Holy Land. These include primary sources such as rare manuscripts, early modern printed books, travelogues, early photographs and printed postcards, engraved and hand-illustrated maps and atlases, original archeological artifacts, field reports, and extensive circulating secondary sources. Among the most important are the Lenkin Collection of Photography, which consists of over 5,000 early photographs of the Holy Land, dating from 1850-1937 and the Paola and Bertrand Lazard Holy Land Print collections, including hundreds of early printed books, postcards, maps, drawings, and watercolors. Recent acquisitions include the Moldovan Family Digital Holy Land Map Collection and the Zucker Holy Land Travel Manuscript. Related materials at Penn are found in the University of Pennsylvania Museum's rich collection of early photographs, including nearly 1,500 original Maison Bonfils photographs, as well as in the Museum's historical records and field reports of archeological excavations at places like Bet Shean in Israel."Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted April 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Kenneth A. Kitchen, The Bible in its World: The Bible and Archaeology Today. Exeter: The Paternoster Press, 1977. Free .pdf Download Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Spring 2016, Cover Stories, Daily News Ancient Trading Networks and Arabian Camel Diversity Mon, May 09, 2016 "A study of modern and ancient camel DNA finds that the movement of ancient caravan routes may have shaped the genetic diversity of Arabian camels. Despite the widespread use of camels in hot, arid conditions for the past 3,000 years, little is known about their evolutionary history and domestication."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture "JRMDC is an international, peer-reviewed academic journal, publishing original research and book reviews on any aspect of the social-scientific study of religion and digital media. The Editor is Dr Tim Hutchings (Stockholm University)." Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 MONDAY, MAY 16, 2016 Open Access Publications on Persepolis from the Oriental Institute [First posted in AWOL 24 April 2014, updated 16 May 2016] Open Access Publications on Persepolis from the Oriental Institute Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Vol. 22 Spring 2016 - Print the Spring 2016 Issue Spring 2016, Cover Stories, Daily News Ancient DNA Study Finds Phoenician from Carthage had European Ancestry Wed, May 25, 2016 "A 2500-year-old Phoenician shows ancient ancestry on the Iberian Peninsula."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Greek Archaeologists Announce the Discovery of Aristotle's Tomb "There are strong indications that a peculiar ancient tomb found in the area of Stagira, in central Macedonia, is the tomb of the Greek philosopher Aristotle, archaeologist Kostas Sismanidis said on Thursday, during an international conference on the famous philosopher in Thessaloniki." Source: ANA-MPA [May 26, 2016]Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted June 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Monday, May 30, 2016 New Videos and Update on Satellite Bible Atlas "Bill Schlegel has produced new two teaching videos as a companion to the Satellite Bible Atlas:" Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted June 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 Tracking the Glass Road Posted on June 7, 2016 "The glass trade between Mesopotamia and Egypt was only known from the so-called Amarna letters, a set of tablets in Akkadic language detailing diplomatic correspondence and referring to the glass trade between Syria and Egypt, while no archaeological evidence had ever been found."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted June 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 Yale Researchers Map 6,000 Years of Urban SettlementsKevin Dennehy PUBLISHED: June 7, 2016 "As the growth of cities worldwide transforms humans into an “urban species,” many scholars question the sustainability of modern urbanization. But in reality there aren't much data on long-term historical urbanization trends and patterns. A recent Yale-led study offers new clarity on these historical trends, providing the first spatially explicit dataset of the location and size of urban settlements globally over the past 6,000 years."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Free until July 07, 2016 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5615/neareastarch.79.issue-2 and Journal of Cuneiform Studies http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5615/jcunestud.68.issue-2016 H/t: PaleoJudaica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Addressing Survey Methodology in the Southern Levant By Aaron TavgerIsrael Heritage DepartmentAriel University Joe UzielIsrael Antiquities Authority Dvir RavivBar-Ilan University, the Martin (Szusz) Departmentof Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology Itzhaq ShaiIsrael Heritage DepartmentAriel UniversityJune 2016 Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 DIGGING HISTORY Holocaust Escape Tunnel Found: Prisoners Dug with Spoons to Escape Nazis By Rob Verger Published June 29, 2016 FoxNews.com "A tunnel in Lithuania that allowed Jewish prisoners to escape to freedom has been discovered at an infamous location called Ponar, decades after they used it to flee the Nazis one night in April 1944. The escapees were part of a group tasked with the horrific job of burning bodies to cover up the Nazi’s crimes."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Geography in the Ancient World BY DUANE W. ROLLER FEBRUARY 3RD 2016 "Imagine how the world appeared to the ancient Greeks and Romans: there were no aerial photographs (or photographs of any sort), maps were limited and inaccurate, and travel was only by foot, beast of burden, or ship. Traveling more than a few miles from home meant entering an unfamiliar and perhaps dangerous world. Celestial bodies could provide orientation to the north and south, but there was no way to determine east and west except by dead reckoning. Yet despite this, Greeks, beginning in the sixth century BCE, were able to travel far and wide, and by the third century BCE had determined the size and shape of the earth, using nothing but mathematics and simple tools."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 This is the Oldest Surviving Melody Dating Back to 1400 BC, and it Sounds Totally Amazing … Jun 29, 2016 "The Hurrian songs are a collection of music inscribed in cuneiform on clay tablets excavated from the ancient Amorite Canaanite city of Ugarit which date to approximately 1400 BC. One of these tablets, which is nearly complete, contains the Hurrian hymn to Nikkal ,making it the oldest surviving substantially complete work of notated music in the world. While the composers’ names of some of the fragmentary pieces are known, h.6 is an anonymous work."Contiunued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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