collapse

* Recent Posts

"Christ Is King" by Altair
[Today at 01:09:34 am]


Re: Cill Shift Schedule by SunflowerP
[Yesterday at 11:04:57 pm]


Re: Stellar Bling: The Good, the Bad, the OMG! by SunflowerP
[March 21, 2024, 11:21:37 pm]


Re: Spring Has Sprung! 2024 Edition by SunflowerP
[March 21, 2024, 10:24:10 pm]


Stellar Bling: The Good, the Bad, the OMG! by Altair
[March 21, 2024, 02:52:34 pm]

Author Topic: July 2011 Archeology - Ancient Near East and Egypt  (Read 2330 times)

Aisling

  • Senior Staff
  • *
  • Join Date: Jun 2011
  • Posts: 4222
  • Country: us
  • Total likes: 463
    • View Profile
  • Religion: Eclectic Pagan Witch
July 2011 Archeology - Ancient Near East and Egypt
« on: July 02, 2011, 08:45:20 pm »
Data mining courtesy of: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Explorator/messages

Egypt
Finds from Osorkon II's time (or thereabouts) at San El-Hagar:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=48637
 
After five years of restoration, Egypt is opening up the Avenue of the Sphinxes to the public:
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/173157/egypt-open-avenue-sphinxes-public.html

A look at Alejandro Botta's class:
http://www.bu.edu/today/node/13172

More on Egypt's pending restoration of a solar boat:
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=48543

Israel
An ossuary found three years ago with a reference to a Caiaphas has been judged authentic:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=48679

The Mughrabi Gate thing is heating up big time (Jordan is now voicing 'concerns'):
http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=32568

Feature with videos etc. on a long-occupied site near Kibbutz Tzuba:
http://www.foundationstone.org/

Syria
Finds from various periods in Hasaka Province:
http://www.sana.sy/eng/35/2011/06/29/355335.htm

Turkey
Feature on assorted in-house burials at Catal Houyuk:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43580320/ns/technology_and_science-science/

"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you." -
Neil deGrasse Tyson

Aisling

  • Senior Staff
  • *
  • Join Date: Jun 2011
  • Posts: 4222
  • Country: us
  • Total likes: 463
    • View Profile
  • Religion: Eclectic Pagan Witch
Re: July 2011 Archeology - Ancient Near East and Egypt
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2011, 10:52:45 am »
Quote from: Aisling;313

 
Data mining courtesy of: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Explorator/messages

Using technology to discern the DSS provenance:
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/89/i28/8928scene1.html

Egypt
Some 'new' items from Karnak:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/187745.html
 
Some very interesting 5200 years b.p. petroglyphs from near Aswan (not sure if this is a repeat)
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=48810

... meanwhile, Zahi Hawass was getting awards in Peru:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/~/NewsContent/9/44/15746/Heritage/Museums/Hawass-receives-Perus-highest-award.aspx
 
... and people were still calling for his resignation:
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/474052

Recreating Luxor in 3D:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110630165959.htm

Israel
The Philistines and the dig at Gath/Tel el-Safi are getting some press attention:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=48948

A Kingdom of Israel-era house from Tel Shikmona:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-uncovering-kingdom-israel.html
 
Semi-related feature on Khirbet Qeiyafa:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2011/07/06/ime.maktabi.city.of.david.cnn/

They've wrapped up the season at Tel Burna:
http://telburna.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/wrapping-up-2011-season/

Latest in the Temple Mount saga:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/145492

Jordan
More on Jordan's archaeological database:
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Jordan-gets-a-%E2%80%9Cmega%E2%80%9D-archaeological-database/24318

Lebanon
Phoenician artifacts from Sidon:
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Jul-07/Sidon-excavations-unearth-5000-year-old-antiquities.ashx

"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you." -
Neil deGrasse Tyson

Aisling

  • Senior Staff
  • *
  • Join Date: Jun 2011
  • Posts: 4222
  • Country: us
  • Total likes: 463
    • View Profile
  • Religion: Eclectic Pagan Witch
Re: July 2011 Archeology - Ancient Near East and Egypt
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2011, 12:05:37 pm »
Quote from: Aisling;313


 
Data mining courtesy of: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Explorator/messages

Another technique to determine the DSS origins:
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/89/i28/8928scene1.html

Egypt
Overview of recent finds from assorted sites in Egypt:
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2011/1056/heritage.htm

A major cache of Ushabtis:
http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-discovery-at-dra-abu-el-naga-and.html

Recovery of more items stolen during Egypt's revolution in January:
http://channel6newsonline.com/2011/07/more-artifacts-stolen-during-egyptian-revolution-recovered/

Another mummies-had-heart-disease story:
http://news.yahoo.com/scans-egyptian-mummies-show-heart-disease-ancient-malady-160405961.html
 
... and they found all sorts of interesting things when they did the CT scan thing on mummies at the
Field Museum:
http://www.suntimes.com/6461128-417/ct-scans-unravel-mysteries-of-field-museums-mummies.html

Feature on animal mummies:
http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=32703

More scrutiny of/interviews with/features about Zahi Hawass (all different):
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=guardian-of-the-pharoahs
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/world/middleeast/13hawass.html

... and an interview with Fayza Haikal:
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/476827

Israel
Folks think there are Second Temple artifacts beneath an Ein Karem toilet:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/second-temple-artifacts-may-be-buried-under-ein-karem-toilet-1.373285

A Shabbat boundary stone with some Hebrew writing on it:
http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=228941

Suggestion that Israeli archaeology is an 'old boy's club':
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/professor-b-z-kedar-is-israeli-archaeology-an-old-boys-club-1.372752
 
On problems with cement and Temple Mount:
http://www.bib-arch.org/scholars-study/temple-mount-walls.asp

On some mystery kosher ungulates from Deuteronomy:
http://newmedia-eng.haifa.ac.il/?p=5275

More on finds from Gath:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/07/13/biblical-bad-guy-archaeologists-uncover-goliath%E2%80%99s-hometown/
 
More on finds from Khirbet Qeiyafa:
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/07/14/israel.cityofdavid.archeology/index.html

Landmines interviews about assorted digs in the 2011 season:
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/downloads-3/files/LM-130711a.mp3
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/downloads-3/files/LM-130711b.mp3 http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/downloads-3/files/LM-130711c.mp3(Elah Fortress)
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/downloads-3/files/LM-130711d.mp3(cont.)

Video report on the dig at Tel Akko:


Feature on synagogue excavations in Israel:
http://www.bib-arch.org/bar/article.asp?PubID=BSBA&Volume=37&Issue=4&ArticleID=7

Simcha's got more stuff coming out ... you've been warned:
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2011/12/c4756.html

Syria
Nice feature on archaeology at Dura Europos:
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/june-2011/article/study-sheds-new-light-on-archaeology-of-the-dura-europos-expedition

... somewhat related, artifacts from Mount Scopus which were supposed to go on display in 1948 finally are going on display:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/ruins-from-ancient-syrian-synagogue-put-on-display-in-israel-after-63-year-delay-1.373628

"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you." -
Neil deGrasse Tyson

Aisling

  • Senior Staff
  • *
  • Join Date: Jun 2011
  • Posts: 4222
  • Country: us
  • Total likes: 463
    • View Profile
  • Religion: Eclectic Pagan Witch
Re: July 2011 Archeology - Ancient Near East and Egypt
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2011, 03:43:20 pm »
Quote from: Aisling;313


 
Data mining courtesy of: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Explorator/messages

A symbol in Syriac might be the first example of a question mark:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-riddle-syriac-dot-world-earliest.html

Egypt
The Hawass saga resumed ... first he was fired/quit:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/egypts-antiquities-chief-says-he-will-lose-his-job/
 
... and replaced:
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/479253
 
Then he wasn't replaced/was rehired:
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Zahi+Hawass+remains+antiquities+minister%E2%80%94for+now/24336
 
Then he had to talk about it:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/22/zahi-hawass-discusses-his-departure/

Then the antiquities ministry was dissolved (although the order of all these is very confusing):
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/eqypt-antiquities-department-downgraded/

And there were opinion pieces, of course:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/22/sacking-zahi-hawass-egypt-revolution
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=230113

Israel
A tiny, Second Temple bell from near the Siloam pool:
http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=230527

Archaeologists are trying to keep politics out of the IAA:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/archaeology-professors-call-on-livnat-to-keep-posting-scientific-1.374336
 
.. while work has resumed to remove a number of 'fake gravestones' from the Mamilla Cemetery:
http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=230291
 
Palestinian Territories
They're digging again at Tell Belata (Nablus):
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/in-west-bank-city-of-nablus-archaeologists-uncover-biblical-ruin-1.374728
« Last Edit: July 24, 2011, 03:44:04 pm by Aisling »

"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you." -
Neil deGrasse Tyson

Aisling

  • Senior Staff
  • *
  • Join Date: Jun 2011
  • Posts: 4222
  • Country: us
  • Total likes: 463
    • View Profile
  • Religion: Eclectic Pagan Witch
Re: July 2011 Archeology - Ancient Near East and Egypt
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2011, 10:49:50 am »
Quote from: Aisling;313


Data mining courtesy of: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Explorator/messages

A Dead Sea Scroll was a 'precursor' to the Jewish calendar:
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=7274

... perhaps you want to adopt your own DSS:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2020595/

Op Eddish thing on conservation efforts to raise awareness of sites:
http://www.jpost.com/Features/InThespotlight/Article.aspx?id=230962

More on that Syriac question mark:
http://blogs.forward.com/the-shmooze/140323/

Egypt
Suggestion that a mystery object from and Egyptian tomb might be the first protractor:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20748-egyptian-tomb-mystery-may-be-worlds-first-protractor.html

On the "serious weaponry" wielded by ancient Egyptian royalty:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/07/25/ancient-egyptian-royalty-wielded-serious-weapons/

A 3D trip through the pyramid of Khufu:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14334046

I'm really not sure what Zahi Hawass' employment situation is anymore:
http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/egypts-own-indiana-jones-zahi-hawas-is-pushed-from-power

Israel
A 3000 years b.p. altar from Tel Tzafit:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/3-000-year-old-altar-uncovered-at-philistine-site-suggests-cultural-links-to-jews-1.375305

A 3000 years b.p. stone altar from Tel Tzafit (Gat):
http://www.foundationstone.org/ (with links to audio)
 
... see also Aren Maeir's blog posts on same:
http://gath.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/the-news-is-out-a-large-stone-altar-in-area-d/
http://gath.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/the-altar-is-out-and-a-possible-inscription/
http://gath.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/removing-the-altar-from-area-d/
http://gath.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/short-clip-explaining-about-the-altar/
http://gath.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/inscription/

Some backtracking on those lead codices:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-14251461

The clash between politics and archaeology continues in Jerusalem:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/knesset-legislation-gives-right-wing-group-control-over-city-of-david-park-1.375645

More on that bell from Jerusalem's Old City:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=49345
 
... and if you want to hear it ring:


Palestinian Territories
More on Tell Balata:
http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=230833

Syria  
Pondering why Tell Qarqur seemed to thrive when other places were struggling:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43945216/ns/technology_and_science-science/
 
Bronze Age burials from Terqa:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2011/07/tough-times-reported-for-ancient-warrior/1

Turkey
The tomb of St Philip has apparently been identified:
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/75127/
 
 A 2800 years b.p. lion statue from Tell Tayinat:
http://www.unreportedheritagenews.com/2011/07/2800-year-old-lion-statue-discovered-at.html

Turkish archaeologists have taken over excavating at Xanthos:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=xanthos-excavations-turned-over-to-turkish-archaeologists-2011-07-26

"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you." -
Neil deGrasse Tyson

Tags:
 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
3 Replies
1953 Views
Last post August 27, 2011, 10:57:10 pm
by Aisling
3 Replies
1696 Views
Last post September 25, 2011, 10:57:05 am
by Aisling
4 Replies
1591 Views
Last post October 30, 2011, 12:21:08 pm
by Aisling
1 Replies
780 Views
Last post July 21, 2013, 01:39:14 pm
by Aisling
4 Replies
1212 Views
Last post August 02, 2014, 10:08:48 pm
by Aisling

* Who's Online

  • Dot Guests: 224
  • Dot Hidden: 0
  • Dot Users: 0

There aren't any users online.

* Please Donate!

The Cauldron's server is expensive and requires monthly payments. Please become a Bronze, Silver or Gold Donor if you can. Donations are needed every month. Without member support, we can't afford the server.

* Shop & Support TC

The links below are affiliate links. When you click on one of these links you will go to the listed shopping site with The Cauldron's affiliate code. Any purchases you make during your visit will earn TC a tiny percentage of your purchase price at no extra cost to you.

* In Memoriam

Chavi (2006)
Elspeth (2010)
Marilyn (2013)

* Cauldron Staff

Host:
Sunflower

Message Board Staff
Board Coordinator:
Darkhawk

Assistant Board Coordinator:
Aster Breo

Senior Staff:
Aisling, Allaya, Jenett, Sefiru

Staff:
Ashmire, EclecticWheel, HarpingHawke, Kylara, PerditaPickle, rocquelaire

Discord Chat Staff
Chat Coordinator:
Morag

'Up All Night' Coordinator:
Altair

Cauldron Council:
Bob, Catja, Chatelaine, Emma-Eldritch, Fausta, Jubes, Kelly, LyricFox, Phouka, Sperran, Star, Steve, Tana

Site Administrator:
Randall

SimplePortal 2.3.6 © 2008-2014, SimplePortal