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- Ancient erotic carvings found in Germany
- Time team dig up the dirt: experts push back origins of farming in city’s history
- 3,000 Roman 3rd Century coins found in Montgomery field
- July issue of BBC History Magazine features the Crusades
- Streetmuseum : The only way is Londinium
- Archeologists discover church remains in Turkish ancient city
- Should Pompeii have a theme park?
| Ancient erotic carvings found in Germany Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:15 AM PDT Researchers in Germany have discovered Stone Age cave art including carvings of nude women. Archaeologists working for the Bavarian State Office for Historical Preservation came upon the primitive engravings in a cave near the southern city of Bamberg, about 200km east of Frankfurt. The engravings are believed to be around 12,000 years old, which would make them the first Stone Age artwork ever found in Germany. "They include schematic depictions of women's bodies and unidentifiable symbols, among other things," said spokeswoman Beate Zarges. The ancient artists appear to have taken their inspiration for the erotic images from rock formations in the caves resembling breasts and penises, and then carved the images in the walls of the cave. Die Zeit quotes geologist and archaeologist Bernhard Haeck, a member of the discovery team, as saying that the five metre (16-foot) long chamber in the cave may have been used for fertility rituals. "It is a place full of magic," he said. Read the rest of this article...  |
| Time team dig up the dirt: experts push back origins of farming in city’s history Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:12 AM PDT ARCHAEOLOGISTS working at a Sheffield farm have dug up a mystery – the remains of a settlement which could date back 8,000 years to the Iron Age. The dig, aided by volunteers at Whirlow Hall Farm, has found a rectangular-shaped enclosure formed by a ditch. It was revealed during a geophysical survey undertaken by a team as part of an ongoing Heritage Lottery funded project at the farm. Read the rest of this article...  |
| 3,000 Roman 3rd Century coins found in Montgomery field Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:10 AM PDT More than 3,000 Roman coins have been discovered in a field, it has emerged. The hoard of copper alloy coins, dating from the 3rd Century, was unearthed in Montgomery, Powys, several weeks ago. About 900 were found by a member of a Welshpool metal detecting club, with the rest of the discovery made with help from archaeologists. Read the rest of this article...  |
| July issue of BBC History Magazine features the Crusades Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:04 AM PDT BBC History Magazine, a leading monthly periodical on all things history, features an article about the Crusades and Christian-Muslim medieval interaction. "Traders and Crusaders", by Thomas Asbridge of Queen Mary University of London, examines how relations between Europe and the Islamic Middle East "were about more than war and hatred." Read the rest of this article...  |
| Streetmuseum : The only way is Londinium Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:01 AM PDT Following on from the success of award-winning phone-app Streetmuseum, the Museum of London has joined forces with the HISTORY Channel to develop a new app which gives users the opportunity to see Roman London as it was 2,000 years ago. Immersive experiences of Roman London Streetmuseum Londinium directs users to locations across London where they can immerse themselves in the sights, sounds and remains of Roman life in AD 120. Users can digitally excavate Roman artefacts, including leather bikini briefs and an ancient manicure set, each item telling the story of life in Roman London. Using amazing technology, the user can reveal the objects on the very spot where they were first found in the capital. Read the rest of this article...  |
| Archeologists discover church remains in Turkish ancient city Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:41 AM PDT Archeologists have unearthed remains of a church in an ancient city in the Mediterranean province of Isparta, head of the team said on Monday. Associate Professor Mehmet Ozhanli, the head of Suleyman Demirel University's Archeology Department who heads excavations in the ancient city of Pisidian Antioch, said they had discovered remains of a church during their excavations. "We have found the remains of a three-nave church one and a half meters below the surface," Ozhanli told AA correspondent. Read the rest of this article...  |
| Should Pompeii have a theme park? Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:34 AM PDT Should archaeologists reconstruct ruins as they decline or should they preserve them as best they can until there is nothing left? Caroline Lawrence, archaeologist turned children's author, and Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, director of the Herculaneum Conservation project and master of Sidney Sussex College Cambridge, debate the future of Pompeii. Read the rest of this article...  |
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