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Discovery News Rossella Lorenzi on mummies, buried treasures and more

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  • Last Post on Archaeorama

    Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 09:35

    Archaeorama has got a new home! We have moved  to the new Discovery News site: Discovery News Archaeology And there's more: all my work -- news stories, blog postings, slideshows, and videos -- can be found at: Rossella Lorenzi See you at the  n...

  • Ancient Civilization Collapsed After Cutting Key Trees

    Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 11:17 in history, archaeology, ancient civilizations, archaeology of the americas

    From today’s Discovery News story on the Nazca people:We have important lessons to learn from this ancient civilisation, which exposed itself to floods after chopping down thousand year old trees in order to make way for agriculture.Best known for...

  • Amelia Earhart Eaten By Coconut Crabs?

    Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 11:45 in Current Events, archaeology, asia and far east archaeology

    As a new biopic about legendary aviatrix Amelia Earhart launches onto movie theater screens this weekend, speculations about her mysterious disappearance over the Pacific on July 2, 1937 have resurged. One of the most plausible theories comes from r...

  • How Animal Mummies Were Made

    Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 16:40 in mummies

    While Swiss researchers have succeeded in mummifying a body part using the salty recipe of the ancient Egyptians, in this Heritage Key video, Salima Ikram, professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo and a leading expert on animal mu...

  • Fingerprint Points To New Leonardo Da Vinci's Work

    Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 14:17

    Is this chalk, pen and ink drawing made on animal skin a long-lost work by Leonardo da Vinci? Leading scholars seem to have little doubt about the attribution. With her an elaborated hairstyle and dress, the aristocratic young girl in......

  • Buried Coins Speak Of Population Declines in Ancient Rome

    Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 08:55 in archaeology, ancient civilizations

    Buried Roman coins that citizens hid to protect their savings in times of instability, indicate that during the 1st century B.C the population of ancient Rome was smaller than sometimes suggested.The approximate population size of the late Roman Rep...

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