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WebPARIS, FRANCE—According to a Live Science report, a new study of a granite fragment unearthed in Abydos in 2009 suggests that it was part of a sarcophagus that belonged to the 19th Dynasty ...
The World's Oldest Writing - Archaeology Magazine
WebFirst developed around 3200 B.C. by Sumerian scribes in the ancient city-state of Uruk, in present-day Iraq, as a means of recording transactions, cuneiform writing was created by using a reed ...
Uncovering Troy - Interactive Map of the Ancient City of Troy ...
WebTroy VIII-IX (ca. 700 B.C.-. A.D. 500) Hover over dots "" for information. [reset map] Thank you to Richard C. MacDonald for providing funding for this interactive map. 1. Gate. The main gate to ...
Who Was First to the Faroes? - Archaeology Magazine
WebChurch notes that sixth-century Irish monks left accounts that mention islands that could be the Faroes, which lie some 600 miles to the north of Ireland. “Monks of that era were known to make ...
Searching for the Comanche Empire - Archaeology Magazine
WebIn 1834, an American expedition to the Plains encountered a Comanche chief wielding a white buffalo skin as a flag of truce, immortalized in this painting by George Catlin. The archaeological ...
Paradise Lost - Archaeology Magazine
WebBy DANIEL WEISS. March/April 2022. (© Jamie Robertson) This patchwork of fields in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, was tidal marshland when Acadian settlers arrived in the seventeenth century. The ...
Top 10 Discoveries of 2021 - Archaeology Magazine
WebAround the World. Uncovering a whisky distillery, the first Azoreans, Chinese mummy genetics, and an ancient hangover cure
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Messengers to the Gods - Archaeology Magazine
WebBy ERIC A. POWELL. March/April 2014. (Courtesy Brooklyn Museum) A shrew mummy (top), found at an animal cemetery in Abydos, was made sometime between 30 B.C. and A.D. 100, during Egypt’s Roman ...
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