archaeology

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Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21497) • London, England 4 Aug 22

The Roman conquest of Britain began in 43AD, with Londinium being established as port and major city. It wasn’t until the about 100AD that a work on a wall began. A little late as the Boudica uprising took place in 60-61AD and the...

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Israeli archaeologists may have uncovered the ruins of the town of Emmaus

Gary Sibio @garysibi (702) • Chicago, Illinois 2 Sep 19

According to the Bible, hours after his resurrection, Jesus appeared to two disciples who were walking from Jerusalem to the nearby town of Emmaus. Initially, they didn't recognize Him. This isn't surprising since they thought...

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News that tickled my daughter.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 13 Apr 19

My doctor of a daughter has no time to watch the news. She has no time even for a decent sleep. So, whenever I fetch her in the hospital and she is munching some fast food I brought for her first meal in 36 hours, I say something...

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Why were the huge statues on Easter Island built? A new theory.

Gary Sibio @garysibi (702) • Chicago, Illinois 11 Feb 19

Easter Island (AKA Rapa Nui) is an island in the Pacific Ocean best known for its gigantic human-like statues. Archaeologists studied them trying to determine how they were built and why they were built. Carving one and getting it...

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5th Century Grave Reveals Child Buried with a Stone in It's Mouth

Gary Sibio @garysibi (702) • Chicago, Illinois 14 Oct 18

A grave dating back to the 5th century AD contained the remains of a 10 year old child who had died of malaria. The child was buried with a stone in its mouth. Archaeologists speculate that this was done to prevent the child from...

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If you found out an ancient city was buried under your house ???

Robin @Daelii (5619) • United States 21 Aug 18

Archaeologist may have found the lost city of Etzanoa in Kansas which is part of the United States of American. Its a Native American settlement that may have housed 20,000+ people that is contradictory to what is taught about...

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What Can A Person Learn From Archaeology?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 4 May 17

I have been researching some information about what archaeologists have found concerning Biblical accounts. Most of these discoveries are not well-known by people in general. I do wonder why that is so. But, I suppose it’s...

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The Bronze Age!

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 15 Jul 16

I would have loved to be a part of this archaeological dig! Now if you know me, you know I have a sort of "pick and choose" love of history. I came across this article on one of the many facebook groups I follow. The article...

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Disappointed with The Smithsonian Magazine

Vincent Summers @KuznVinny (768) • United States 16 Apr 16

A man I know gave me a whole stack of the Smithsonian Magazine. I found perhaps 2 or 3 articles, total, that appealed to me. Some of the articles were just not worth reading in my opinion. However, that was OK. What really did...

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Archaeology and the Bible: Beehives

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 28 Mar 16

I have written several posts about this subject, but I just came across another interesting find and thought it would be worth sharing. At Exodus 3:8 says: “And I am proceeding to go down to deliver them out of the hand of the...

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New stuff about a very old site!!!

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 22 Jul 10

I love history, I think I've mentioned that before. And one of the COOLEST sites I've ever been to is Stonehenge. Now, they've discovered some new information about it using "radar"... I'm guessing its that ground penetrating...

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Do ou believe History to be true?

GADHISUNU @GADHISUNU (2162) • India 20 Jul 10

Yeah, that is the question. Do you think a historical account of someone could be totally true.For, if the person is-- let's say a King/Queen and one of his courtiers writes about him/her then what about the writer's bias, and the...

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Ship found under World Trade Center site!

Guit08 @Guit08 (597) • United States 15 Jul 10

Has anybody else heard about this? I tried to post a link to an article but I can't, as I don't have a high enough rating on myLot... Anyway, just do a Google search and you will see what I am talking about. I think it's...

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Archaeology - Important Biblical Find

easterangel @easterangel (139) • Philippines 19 Dec 08

Archaeologists have recently found coins that are specifically used by the Jews to pay for the temple tax. This is the half-shekel coin talked about in the Bible (Exodus 30:15). There have been other discoveries of this kind of...

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I need ideas for tomorrow! help!

sephrenia @sephrenia (567) 18 Sep 07

My husband was supposed to go and teach my daughters class about roman forts tomorrow but he's been called into uni for the next two days. I got volunteered in his place. Oh yay. I have talked with the teachers this afternoon...

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Let's invent a game!

gardengrrl @gardengrrl (1445) • United States 29 Jul 07

Here's my latest idea to battle the summertime blues currently suppressing discourse on myLot: a new game I'll call, "What a Future Alien Archaeologist Finds", or WaFAAF, for short. The premise: many millenia from now, after...

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hype a dead discussion too

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Whats your favourite Time team episode?

dbfreak @dbfreak (115) • Sweden 28 May 07

Whats your favourite Time team episode? Mine have to be South Wales, the worlds first railway viaduct

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Archaeology and my area of the world

ESKARENA1 @ESKARENA1 (18260) 11 Mar 07

Yesterday, on my walking in the hills, we came upon medieval burial mounds, they looked so dramatic i had to take a picture, anyone else found anything like this?

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Sphinx

belladonna474 @belladonna474 (34) • United States 8 Mar 07

I do way to much research on the internet and not enough in the library. Therefore I take in a ton of theorist propaganda that may be off the wall, but this one I am truly curious to know if anyone else has deeper knowledge on the...

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What do you think about the supposed finding of jesus' remains???

Joey322 @Joey322 (272) • United States 27 Feb 07

i saw a blip about this yesterday on the today show and i was very interested, but i had to go to work. while at work i found a little info about it online. apparently, james cameron, the famous hollywood movie director,...

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