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Archaeology at About.com

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Url:http://archaeology.about.com
Author(s):K. Kris Hirst
Language:English
Tags:archaeology, ancient history
Description:Indepth looks in plain English on news reports from the scientific archaeological world
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Popularity:34 Followers

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Winter Solstice
Today is solstice, the shortest day in the northern hemisphere, the longest day in the southern hemisphere, and one of those dates precisely marked by many different prehistoric astronomical observ...more
2009-12-21
Top Ten Archaeology News Stories of the Decade
You may quibble as to whether the end of the decade happens next week, or not until the end of 2010, but as for me, I think it is high time to look back and reflect on the amazing archaeological di...more
2009-12-20
The Inca Trail and the Inca Road System
The Inca Trail, that famous steep trek to Machu Picchu, is only a tiny sliver of the Inca Road System, one of the Inca Empire's finest achievements.
2009-12-14
Book of Archaeology Quotations
I am happy to announce that my first book, The Archaeologist's Book of Quotations, has just been published by the Left Coast Press. The Archaeologist's Book of QuotationsPhoto Credit: Left Coast Pr...more
2009-12-09
Should the Streets of Pompeii be Buried?
The Streets of Pompeii is a walking tour of the ruins of Pompeii, one of two Pompeii walking tours that were assembled from photographs taken by several tourists and posted on Flickr, among other p...more
2009-12-07
Help Wanted: Contributing Writer for Archaeology
About.com is looking for a professional writer with the background and experience in archaeology and history to cover the sub-topic of Pre-Columbian history in the Americas for my website, Archaeol...more
2009-12-06
Fieldwork in Focus: Rio Puccha, Peru
The 2010 season of the ongoing investigations of the Huari-Ancash Archaeological Project will be held in the Rio Puccha valley of Peru. The Huari-Ancash project has been run by Bebel Ibarra of the ...more
2009-12-01
Traveling the Silk Road: A Photo Essay
Last month, a new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History opened, called "Traveling the Silk Road". The exhibit features Silk Road artifacts and displays about that vast network of roads ...more
2009-11-29
Megafaunal Extinctions and Preclovis
Faithful reader Norah writes: "I read in the paper this week about the disappearance of woolly mammoth and other large-bodied animals at the end of the Ice Age, and how the disappearance happened e...more
2009-11-25
Vinland
Vinland is the name of the legendary place described in the Viking sagas that was said to have been founded by Leif Ericson on the North American continent. But its connection with the Viking archa...more
2009-11-22

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Facebook UserNov 23, 2008

I am looking for copyright free images of Theodorik's mausoleum in Ravenna, in high resolution for a non-profit article. Who can help?
Kind regards from the BaltiC Sea.
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