Features January/February 2012
Arab Spring Impacts Archaeology - Libya/Egypt/Tunisia/Syria
o discussion of the year 2011 can be complete without a reference to what's been termed Arab Spring. The political phenomenon has the potential to have an extraordinary impact on ARCHAEOLOGY for years to come.
Around the World September 1, 2011
EGYPT
Digs & Discoveries September 1, 2011
A Peek Inside Two Secret Chambers
Miniature cameras are providing archaeologists with a new way to explore the inaccessible parts of the tombs of two ancient kings, one in Egypt's Great Pyramid of Khufu and another at the Maya city of Palenque in southern Mexico.
Artifacts May 1, 2011
Egyptian Artificial Toe
Until now, an artificial leg made of bronze and wood and found buried with a Roman aristocrat in southern Italy dating to 300 b.c. was thought to be the first prosthesis. Finch's work suggests, however, that the Egyptians be credited with pioneering prosthetic medicine.
Around the World May/June 2024
EGYPT
Around the World March 1, 2011
EGYPT
A 25,000-square-mile lake-- one of the largest in the world if it existed today--once waxed and waned in southern Egypt, 250 miles from the nile.
Features January 1, 2011
Cave of the Swimmers - Egypt
The Neolithic rock art at the Cave of the Swimmers, made popular by the 1996 film The English Patient, is being admired to death by tourists who feel compelled to touch the 10,000-year-old paintings.
Off the Grid November 1, 2010