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25.07.08 - end of week 1
Ramat Rachel Archaeological Dig Blog | July 25th 2008 by Carnadine
Day 5 / 20 (25%) Today was a nice day on which to finish the first week of the season. The heat wave finally broke and it was much cooler - foggy and pleasantly chilly in the morning and tolerably hot in the afternoon. We’ve been making stead read more
24.07.08 - day 4
Ramat Rachel Archaeological Dig Blog | July 24th 2008 by Carnadine
Day 4 / 20 (20%) This rectangle of area C4 has been excavated down to the bottom. The part on the right - the white surface that was under the garden soil - is clearly different from the left part of the trench, which goes down lower. This was ei read more
23.07.08 - day 3
Ramat Rachel Archaeological Dig Blog | July 23rd 2008 by Carnadine
Day 3 / 20 (15%) We made considerable progress today, at least in my area (C4). We went down half a meter in parts of one of the squares today, and finally reached the layer of garden soil - brought up from the valley by (according to the current h read more
How to open a new square for excavation
Ramat Rachel Archaeological Dig Blog | July 22nd 2008 by Carnadine
Day 2 / 20 (10%) Hit ground with pickaxes. Extract pottery shards, pretty rocks, bones and broken glass and put in bucket. Shovel loose dirt into other buckets with hoes, then toss in dump pile. Repeat steps 1-3 until arrival at either: richer laye read more
La Ciudad Perdida (The Lost City), Colombia
RoundPicture's Travel Blog | July 5th 2008
Once you’ve been there, it’s easy to see how you can ‘lose’ a city. Picture of Kogi house style campsite. It is difficult to imagine how a ‘city’ that was once the centre of a thriving civilisation can be ‘lost’ w read more
‘Saint Ivan Rilski” church was found at Veliko Turnovo
Discover Ancient Bulgaria | June 17th 2008 by baksanir
After examination and researches of all historic sources for the “saint Ivan Rilski” chearch at Veliko Turnovo, the archaeologists Hitko Vachev and professor Nikolay Ovcharov are going to succeed with their 20 years dream- to find where e read more
Digging the basement today
Troy + Nicole + Timmy + Spencer = Fun | May 28th 2008 by Nicole
Which first- the good or bad news?Well, the good news is that 1 the excavators came out this morning to dig the basement.2 We also had out dumpster hauled away this morning. It was loaded to the brim.And 3 we got a port-a-potty. It is literally inch read more
Akrotiri Excavations, Santorini Island
Best travel with GPS locations | May 15th 2008 by Dankuna
Akrotiri is the name of an excavation site of an Bronze Age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini, associated with the Minoan civilization due to close similarities in artifact and fresco styles. The excavation is named for a modern Greek villa read more
Pennsylvania Smith and the Lost Gardens of Kitschylawn
Of Cabbages and Kings | May 7th 2008 by Jenn Thorson
With Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull coming out soon, my thoughts have turned to those of adventure, archaeology… and goose-shaped lawn ornaments.Er... I probably should explain.It's spring, and the neighborhood lawns are being trimmed, dug, pl read more
Ancient surgery performed nearly 1,800 years ago
Discover Rhodes | May 1st 2008 by nikos
A skull of a young woman found during a dig in northern Greece has revealed that she had undergone head surgery nearly 1,800 years ago. According to an article published by the Greek daily newspaper, Kathimerini, archaeologists who discovered the ske read more
New discoveries in the port of Rhodes
Discover Rhodes | April 23rd 2008 by nikos
Greek divers and archaeologists discovered the remains of three medieval ships with 4,000 golden coins and jewellery on the bottom of the Aegean Sea, near the port of Rhodes. Analysis of the wood suggests one ship was built in the 13th century. read more
Excavation begins at Railroad Reservation Park
The Terminal | April 3rd 2008 by Andre Natta
Bob Farley/f8Photo Workers remove old cobblestones along Powell Avenue in preparations for the construction of the Railroad Reservation Park. The park is scheduled to take about a year to complete. The stones will be stored and used in the park. The read more
Love of South and North (2003) (Korean)
AvistaZ Asian Movies | March 14th 2008 by Abi Xalmon
Chul Soo (Cho In Sung, A Dirty Carnival), the son of an intelligence officer, doesn’t take anything seriously. He’s only interested in girls and flirting and can’t be bothered with schoolwork. His professor sets an ultimatum, threat read more
February 16: Burial chamber of Tutankhamun is unsealed
10 Years Ago | February 16th 2008 by Kerstin Klein
Anatomy of an Excavation TimesOnline article read more
What's Going On At The Kotel...
Mystical Paths - Kabbalah, Israel, Politics | January 29th 2008 by Akiva Paths
Original Photos by Akiva at Mystical PathsFor a couple of years now, the back of the Western Wall Plaza has been walled off, under excavation. Here's what there is to see, as of today...Apparently, a street and a series of stores from ancient times, read more
“The Temple of Mankind”
Cool Things in Random Places | December 17th 2007 by David
The Eighth Wonder of the World has been built by a 57-year old former insurance broker. This man had childhood visions of his past life in a lost civilization, and swore to rebuild what he saw. He first dug a trial tunnel under his own parents house read more
World’s Oldest Ritual Discovered - Serpent Worship
Life in the Fast Lane | December 3rd 2007 by Deborah Petersen
Recent research has revealed that mankind’s oldest known advanced rituals were performed in Africa 70,000 years ago, not 40, 000 years ago in Europe, as history has understood up to now. Associate Professor Sheila Coulson, from the University o read more
105 Foot New Dinosaur Species Discovered
Life in the Fast Lane | October 16th 2007 by Deborah Petersen
The discovery of the Titanosaur — a colossal sized herbivore dinosaur — claimed to be an entirely new species to man measuring between 105 and 112 feet (32 and 34 meters) in length, was unearthed on the banks of Lake Barreales in the Arge read more
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Saturation: A Toronto Photoblog | October 11th 2007
Trackhoe - A company called Biogenie is cleaning up this site, where the old Glidden Paint factory once stood, off Wallace, west of Symington. I have no idea what is going in here after, but it will probably be townhouses or condos. This photo's Flic read more
Archaeology job is over
Ireland from a Polish Perspective | October 8th 2007 by Krystian Kozerawski
Due to so many things that happened during the last 2 weeks I forgot to mention that more than 1 week ago I have quit archaeology company, after more than 1,5 year of my presence in that business. What can I say about working on archaeological excava read more
Excavation
Speak The Speech | September 19th 2007 by Alexys Fairfield
"I think our true selves do exist underneath all of the doctrine. Life is about unburying ourselves to reflect the truth in our Soul. People who haven't found their true selves will often complain that it doesn't exist. They would rather spend a life read more
Ancient Escape Tunnel Discovered in Jerusalem
Life in the Fast Lane | September 10th 2007 by Deborah Petersen
An ancient tunnel was recently discovered in Jerusalem that Jewish residents used to flee the Romans 2,000 years ago, beneath the debris of a monument that depicted scenes of the destruction of the Second Temple in the year 70 A.D. They would flock i read more
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