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Diver Finds Million Dollar Golden Chalice Off Florida Coast; ‘S…
Asia Divers Technical News | August 14th 2008 by asiadiver
Key west, Florida — Divers for the historic shipwreck search and salvage company Blue Water Ventures Key West have discovered an intact, centuries old, golden chalice in the waters of the Florida Straits. The ornately etched vessel, which the read more
Warhammer Online: The Bastion Stair
GameZig | July 2nd 2008
The first of dungeon to be announced by the Warhammer Online team is The Bastion Stair. Both the Order and Destruction are drawn to this source of Chaos power. The Order will be venturing into the twisted and torn landscape of the Chaos wa read more
This old dinosaur, will he ever retire?
Jokes With Occassional Pot Shots | June 24th 2008
I have to admit I seldom watch CNN, don't care for their portrayal of the news. The network runs the same old stories into the ground. They just want overanalyze issues, mostly pointless ones about politics. What I can't fathom is having Larry King read more
Gaming in Ancient Rome
Critical Hits | June 13th 2008 by Danny
A friend sent me a link for something really interesting, it’s an auction by Christie’s for a d20 from Ancient Rome! It looks like the Caesars may have been playing D&D pre-1st Edition. From the site: A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE Circa 2 read more
Back on Track
Port Tobacco Archaeological Project | June 6th 2008 by April Beisaw
We are back in the office today after the storms knocked us out for a little while. As Jim prepares for the Annapolis City 300 presentations tomorrow at St. John's College in Annapolis, I am working on updating our database and maps from the field s read more
Alien Artifact
Weird, Strange, or Crazy Auctions | June 5th 2008
Yeah, sure. Riiight.Alien artifact?This post came from Weird, Strange, or Crazy Auctions read more
…Doritos wants to send you on a quest?
Didn't You Hear | June 4th 2008 by Cory OBrien
Doritos has released a mystery flavor that it calls simply “Quest”, and if you can guess the name of this mystery flavor, you may soon find yourself $100,000 richer. By logging on to SnackStrongProductions.com, you can begin your quest by guessin read more
Baker Museum: He Slept on Pillow of Leopard Skin
Moth Shut Up | May 24th 2008 by Moth
Police recover huge cache of illegal artifacts hoarded by American explorer Nepal Police on Friday said it confiscated vast range of illegally possessed ancient idols, artifacts and woodcrafts of archaeological importance including skins and bones of read more
Review of “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull…
Maxim's Movie Reviews and Opinions | May 23rd 2008 by Maxim
19 years after “The Last Crusade”, Indiana Jones is back. So excited to see the favorite character of my childhood. The plot: 1959. Indiana Jones is kidnapped by KGB agents to help them find the Crystal Skull, whose powers they plan to us read more
Lab Update
Port Tobacco Archaeological Project | May 19th 2008 by April Beisaw
After a brief outing to another site, we came back to the office to catch up on the artifact analysis and mapping of the fields south of Port Tobacco. As Jim has mentioned, over the weekend we found a early 18th Century site. Today we have been washi read more
Museo Universitario de Artes Populares
Colima | May 16th 2008 by sparks
This museum is located in a neighborhood known as “La Atrevida,” on the corner of Gabino Barreda and Manuel Gallardo Zamora streets. To get to here from downtown Colima, coming from Torres Quintero Square specifically, you need to walk 7 blocks u read more
Morrison's Unconscious Manifests, Storms Runway
Double Articulation: A Comic Book Life | April 30th 2008
I sure hope Gareth Pugh is picked up as a costumer designer for Batman III; I'm going to have nightmares tonight. Morrison's Batman meets Morrison's Doom Patrol? [The Independent] read more
Alien Object
Weird, Strange, or Crazy Auctions | April 14th 2008
Or piece of junk? You decide. Alien Object Found in Desert Near Roswell New Mexico read more
Banana Not Included
Double Articulation: A Comic Book Life | April 13th 2008
"The playful little sweethearts in this baby monkey doll collection are quite a handful - and as much fun as a barrel of you-know-whats! They're sure to make your heart wild with joy..."Available exclusively from The Ashton-Drake Galleries, the darli read more
R.I.P. Mr. Ashtray
Baddieverse | March 27th 2008 by Gino Carteciano
I know it doesn’t look like it (or does it? whatever.), but I’m a very sentimental person. I put a lot of sentimental value on stuff. As soon as I pay for a ballpen, BAM! There’s a connection between me and the pen. If I lose it 2 h read more
The Rosetta Stone
Cool Tool Deluxe | March 20th 2008 by Cool-Tool
The Rosetta StoneThe Rosetta Stone is an Ancient Egyptian artifact which was instrumental in advancing modern understanding of hieroglyphic writing. The stone is a Ptolemaic era stele with carved text. The text is made up of three translations of a s read more
Country Music of Hall of Fame
Country Music | February 23rd 2008 by Corey Palmer
The home of country music lies at the heart of Nashville, Tennessee. The Country Music of Hall of Fame soothes our music experiences with vast collection of music story that features all the greatest country and iconic artists like Vince Gill, Dolly read more
National Museum of Iraq to reopen
Pollocksthebollocks’s Weblog | November 25th 2007 by Pollocks TheBollocks
According to The Art Newspaper the National Museum of Iraq is to reopen. Is this a good move? The museum has already been looted once resulting in 1000’s of precious artifacts being destroyed or stolen. Read the full article below. Museum read more
Artifact
ultrasound technique, health, radiology, radiography, ultras… | October 28th 2007 by mustika
An artifact is an echographic image is everything that does not conform to the idealized section image described so far. Recognition of such artifact is important because they sometimes mislead and some times yield additional data about character of read more
Heritage archaeological sites in limbo, new law sought
Building a better Lower Mainland | October 25th 2007 by vancouversun
VANCOUVER SUN — Victoria area MLA Maurine Karagianas yesterday introduced a private members bill intended to toughen protections for first nation archaeological sites. In the City of Vancouver alone there are 125 such sites, although the list of th read more
The Fossil of a Trilobite -A Sea Arachnid that Became Extinct 280…
Science Student | October 11th 2007 by Nate
By Leonardo Vintiñi Approximately 320 million years ago, a species of small lobed creatures began to populate Earth’s seas. These relatives of sea arachnids—similar to lobsters and crabs—once flourished but became completely extinct 280 read more
NOtes From the Mothership The Naked Invisibles, the cover!
9 Months to Birthing my BestSeller | September 10th 2007 by Adrienne Zurub
My Book Cover for 'Notes From the Mothership The Naked Invisible'! Obsession, Love, Invisibility, Family, pOetic justice. read more
Cursed Stolen Pharaonic Carving Returned
Life in the Fast Lane | August 27th 2007 by Deborah Petersen
A German man returned a parcel bearing a piece of a Pharaonic carving to Egypt’s embassy in Berlin last week, with an anonymous note stating his stepfather had suffered the ‘Pharaoh’s curse’ for stealing it. Scene is from the outer hall read more
2000 Year Old Etruscan Tomb Discovered
Life in the Fast Lane | August 14th 2007 by Deborah Petersen
An Etruscan tomb more than 2,000 years old has been discovered by archaeologists in the hills of Tuscany at the town of Civitella Paganico, found to be perfectly preserved. A wealth of artifacts were uncovered inside, including urns bearing the remai read more
Aztec Emperor Ahuizotl Tomb Found
Life in the Fast Lane | August 4th 2007 by Deborah Petersen
Using ground-penetrating radar, archeologists have uncovered underground chambers beneath the Tlaltecuhtli monolith in Mexico that they believe contains the remains of Emperor Ahuizotl, who ruled the Aztecs when Columbus landed in America. If finding read more
Scientific Marvels of Toe-tankhamun - Ancient Mummy Prosthesis
Life in the Fast Lane | July 28th 2007 by Deborah Petersen
Scientists have discovered an ancient Egyptian mummy bearing an artificial toe prosthesis which could prove to be the world’s earliest functional prosthetic body part. Researchers at The University of Manchester are scrutinizing a wood and leather read more
Metal Detector Unearths Viking Horde Worth Millions
Life in the Fast Lane | July 20th 2007 by Deborah Petersen
The most significant Viking hoard discovered in Britain in the last 150 years has been unearthed by David Whelan and his son Andrew on farmland near Harrogate, in northern England. Photo British Museum After unsuccessful previous attempts, a signal read more
130 Year Old Outhouses - Treasure Trove for Artifacts
Life in the Fast Lane | July 18th 2007 by Deborah Petersen
Think you have a ‘dirty job’? Archeologists in Ventura, Spain may have you beat by a landslide. The location where a pair of outhouses once stood 130 years ago is proving to be a gold mine for archaeologists who braved the lingering smel read more
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