Last fall the discovery of a 2,700-year-old toilet made headlines around the world. Its significance had less to do with long-ago plumbing than with the site of its discovery: Jerusalem. No place on ...

(See Cover) Even as his spaceships reach toward the future and the stars, modern man is more concerned than ever with his past on his own planet. From China to Peru, diggers are everywhere. And ...

ANTH copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents 13 After Processualism14 The Future; Glossary: Archaeological Sites and Cultural Terms; References; Index; Beginnings; A ...

The "backward-looking curiosity" -- Donkeys and pharaohs -- Reading ancient Egypt -- Digging into Nineveh -- Tablets and tunnelling -- The Maya revealed -- Axes and elephants -- A huge turning point - ...

Ancient Tamil civilisation's origins are being pushed further into antiquity thanks to groundbreaking evidence uncovered by ...

Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

Hence what might be considered overdue: a telly history of archaeology. This being telly history, it is naturally called Archaeology: A Secret History. In which “secret” seems to mean “not a lot of ...

Applying the longest average reign length from the historical period to the six pre-Alexander I monarchs yields a foundation date of 573 BC, which the researchers round to 575 BC. This mathematical ...

Join a small, faith-infused program that prioritizes hands-on learning. You might do research at the internationally -known Umm el-Jimal Project in Jordan , or learn in Calvin's cutting-edge ...

The 20-centimeter glass phallus, dating from the 16th or 17th century, was discovered in a two-meter-deep latrine shaft connected to the living quarters of a noblewomen's religious house in Herford.

Note: The following transcript was transcribed digitally and validated for accuracy, readability and formatting by an OPB volunteer. Dave Miller: This is Think Out Loud on OPB. I’m Dave Miller. Over ...