UCLA: Saving Ethiopia’s cultural gold
In the Shire region of northern Ethiopia, UCLA professor Willeke Wendrich and her team of archaeologists enlist members of the local community to help preserve cultural heritage. Feb 22, 2017 [...]
Live Science: Trophy Heads and Mummies Discovered in Ancient Peruvian Pits
The nearly 1,500-year-old remains of at least 60 people and six trophy heads have been discovered in deep pits in Vitor Valley in southern Peru. Due to the arid climate, some of the remains became [...]
BBC: Ribchester Revisted Project – BBC North West News
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Live Science: A Face from the Bible May Appear in This Tiny Sculpture
"A tiny but intricately carved sculpture of what may be the head of a biblical king, dating back over 2,800 years, has been discovered at the ancient city of Abel Beth Maacah in northern Israel." [...]
Associated Press: Walrus bones provide clues to mystery of lost Viking colony
"Clues to the mystery of why Viking colonies in Greenland flourished and fell have been found in the DNA of medieval walrus bones housed in more than a dozen European museums." Associated Press Aug 8, [...]
Smithsonian Magazine: Why Did Greenland’s Vikings Vanish?
"Newly discovered evidence is upending our understanding of how early settlers made a life on the island — and why they suddenly disappeared" By Tim Folger SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE MARCH 2017