Posts Tagged ‘ancient history’
Mosaics tell 100,000-year-old fish tale
STANFORD (US) — Ancient mosaic art is helping researchers look far back into the history of the dusky grouper to determine how effective efforts to reverse the decline of the fish species have been. Continue…
Friday, September 9, 2011 11:50 - 6 Comments
Society & Culture - Aug 25, 2011 10:12 - 1 Comment
Lost Roman port found in Wales
CARDIFF U. (UK) — The remains of a 2000-year-old Roman port have been discovered in south Wales by archaeologists from Cardiff University. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 10, 2011 9:59 - 0 Comments
Gatekeeper lion dates back 3,000 years
U. TORONTO (CAN) — Archaeologists have discovered a gate complex adorned with stone sculptures, including a magnificently carved lion that dates back to the end of the second millennium. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 8, 2011 10:46 - 2 Comments
Decoded: 28,000 words from Mesopotamia
U. CHICAGO (US) — Scientists have written the final chapter of a near century-long project to document words written in cuneiform on clay tablets in Mesopotamia between 2500 B.C. and A.D. 100. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 13, 2010 10:59 - 0 Comments
Remains of amphitheater found in Roman port
U. SOUTHAMPTON (UK)—A major excavation of Portus, the ancient port that once served as the maritime gateway to Rome, has revealed the remains of an amphitheater-shaped-building, solving a mystery that has puzzled experts for more than 140 years. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 30, 2010 11:19 - 1 Comment
Who’s in the coffin: Gladiator or bishop?
U. MICHIGAN (US)—In the ruins of a city that was once Rome’s neighbor, archaeologists last summer found a 1,000-pound lead coffin. Who or what is inside is still a mystery, says Nicola Terrenato, who leads the project—the largest American dig in Italy in the past 50 years. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 19, 2010 11:44 - 0 Comments
Carthage infant sacrifice debunked as myth
U. PITTSBURGH (US)—New research refutes the millennia-old conjecture that the ancient empire of Carthage regularly sacrificed its youngest citizens. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 15, 2009 16:26 - 0 Comments
Images capture details of ancient tablets
U. CHICAGO (US)—High-quality scans of ancient documents discovered in Iran are shedding new light on Imperial Aramaic, the dialect used for international communication and record-keeping in many parts of the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian empires, including parts of the administration at the imperial court of Persepolis. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 3, 2009 15:48 - 1 Comment
Free ancient treasures, no digging required
U. CHICAGO (US)—A wealth of material that documents the ancient Middle East has become available through a new, free online service at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. (more…)
