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“Faking It” at the Met
An exhibition of Bronze Age reproductions rounds out the museum’s Greek collection Continue reading
Posted in Europe
Tagged archaeology, Bronze Age, Crete, Emile Gilliéron, Greece, Knossos, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sean Hemingway
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Making Peace with the War
Kitschy carpets from Afghanistan unravel the mystery of a transforming rug market Continue reading
Posted in Middle East
Tagged Afghanistan, Brian Spooner, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, war rugs
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We Really “Are” What We Eat
Excavations at Azoria, Crete, reveal a 3,000-year-old diet and its surprising connection to early Greek city life Continue reading
Posted in Europe
Tagged archaeology, Archaic, Azoria, Crete, Donald C. Haggis, Food, Greece, Iron Age, Mediterranean Diet, Olive Oil, Wine
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How to Make a Dinosaur
The artistry behind the star of the AMNH’s supersize exhibit Continue reading
Posted in Asia
Tagged American Museum of Natural History, AMNH, China, Hall Train, sauropods, World's Largest Dinosaurs
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Through Nubian Eyes, Part II
Archaeologist Geoff Emberling sees the beauty in a culturally diverse land that has yet to be fully understood Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Middle East
Tagged archaeology, Egypt, Geoff Emberling, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, ISAW, Jennifer Chi, Nubia, pottery, Sudan
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Through Nubian Eyes, Part I
This spring’s ISAW exhibition looks at a distinct African civilization on its own terms Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Middle East
Tagged archaeology, Egypt, Geoff Emberling, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, ISAW, Jennifer Chi, Nubia, pottery, Sudan
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The Long and Winding Road
A photo exhibit leads to the door of the AMNH gift shop, offering passersby a snapshot of the Inca highway Continue reading
Posted in South America
Tagged American Museum of Natural History, AMNH, archaeology, Inca, photography, R. Alan Covey
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Survivor: Dig Site
Three men, one excavation, and a century-old scandal in the mudflats of southern Iraq Continue reading
Posted in Middle East
Tagged archaeology, cuneiform tablets, Hermann Vollrath Hilprecht, Iraq, John Henry Haynes, Mesopotamia, Nippur, Osman Hamdi Bey, Ottoman Empire, photography, Robert G. Ousterhout, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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Ötzi Turns 20
Two experts discuss the Iceman’s tattoos, reconstruction, and significance as the famous mummy turns 20—give or take 5,300 years Continue reading
Posted in Europe
Tagged Alfons and Adrie Kennis, Andreas Putzer, archaeology, Beat Gugger, Copper Age, Iceman, Italy, mummies, Ötzi, South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, tattoos
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