There have been quite a few of the ice mummies found, and more were known to have been "created" that were lost to time. The ones that have come down to us unnoticed like this are the ones at the highest peaks where no one but those Inca long ago went.
Some were drugged and went to sleep to freeze to death, some were drugged and then killed. I don't think there's been a
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Katherine Reece
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Ancient History
The gods always seem to want young pretty women, at least according to the old men.
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Katherine Reece
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Ancient History
The girls usually did come from noble families.... I've tried to make this same point about other cultures/civilization with human scarifice. If you are going to give a gift to your gods then you want it to be the BEST gift you have. What is it worth if you just say... oh here's this one that no one wanted anyway.
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Katherine Reece
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Ancient History
Mystery surrounds Egyptian sphinx unearthed in Israel
QuoteInexplicably buried far from Egypt, the paws of a sphinx statue, resting on its base, have been unearthed with an inscription in hieroglyphs naming King Mycerinus. The pharaoh ruled in 2500 BC and oversaw the construction of one of the three Giza pyramids, where he was enshrined.
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Katherine Reece
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Ancient Egypt
I was drooling over those shoes.... I don't think I've EVER read anything about shoes. I also really like her waistband.
Not only young and pure, but she also had to be attractive. It was considered an honor for her and for her parents and only the best were selected. After all, why would you send less than your best to the gods? Their daughter went to the gods to help her peop
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Katherine Reece
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Ancient History
Incan Girl Who Had Been Frozen For 500 Years
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Katherine Reece
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Ancient History
New mystery at Richard III burial site: A coffin inside a coffin
Archaeologists working at the site in central England where Richard III's body was found underneath a parking lot are currently puzzling over a sealed lead coffin containing the remains of a yet-to-be-identified person.
The lead coffin was found encased in a larger stone coffin.
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Katherine Reece
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Ancient History
DNA reveals origin of Greece's ancient Minoan culture
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Katherine Reece
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Ancient History
If they reflected off torches and flame that could work.... anicent disco balls!
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Katherine Reece
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Ancient History
Warwick... I need to talk to you .. can you please message me on facebook or here? Thanks!
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Katherine Reece
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Coffee Shop
I would be panicing too! So glady they are all ok.
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Katherine Reece
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Coffee Shop
We are having some trouble with another domain on our server. Jeff will be resetting the server which means Ma'at will not be available for a short time.
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Katherine Reece
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Coffee Shop
Monmouth, Ill. —
Jason Nethercut, visiting assistant professor in classics at Knox College, will present the next archaeology lecture series program at Monmouth College at 7:30 p.m. March 25 in the Morgan Room in Poling Hall.
Nethercut’s lecture, “Image and Text: Methodological Preliminaries,” will explore some of the pitfalls that attend interdisciplinary approaches to classical antiquity,
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Katherine Reece
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Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
A Super-Telescope Goes to Work
It’s not often you get to see a telescope dance, but that’s exactly what happened in the thin, dry air of Chile’s Atacama Desert on March 12. That’s when astronomy’s newest, biggest, most powerful stargazing machine was formally dedicated, after more than a year of preliminary operations. As the speeches from various political and scientific dignitaries came to a
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Katherine Reece
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Laboratory
Although there does seem to be some debate about it....
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Katherine Reece
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Laboratory
Stunning reproductions of the famed cave paintings of Lascaux are being displayed for the first time outside of France at an exhibit in Chicago opening Wednesday.
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Katherine Reece
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Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
hursday, March 14, 2013
7:30pm in UTC-04
The McClung Museum will be presenting lectures by renowned scholars on topics that pertain to the Museum’s collections and research in honor of our 50th Anniversary.
The first lecture will be by Dr. Vernon Knight, professor of anthropology at the University of Alabama, on Thursday, March 14, 7:30 PM in the Museum auditorium. Dr. Knight’s topic
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Katherine Reece
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Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
What: Archaeology Fest: Voices from Native Florida.
When: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Where: New College Public Archaeology Lab, 410 College Drive, Sarasota.
Speaker: C. Randall Daniels, also known as Sakim, who is carrier of traditions for the Apalachicola, will present a lecture at 11 a.m.
Activities: Exhibits by archaeology, ecological and historical preservation organizations, children
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Katherine Reece
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Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
Frozen in Time - The Story of "Otzi the Iceman"
Sponsored by Houston Society, AIA
AIA Society Event: Houston
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Location:
Houston Museum of Natural Science
5555 Hermann Park Drive
Houston, TX 77006
United States
Dr. Patrick Hunt, Director, Stanford Alipine Archaeology Project
In the coldest case on record, a five-thousand-year-old man is brough
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Katherine Reece
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Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
Call for Papers: Southeastern College Art Conference 2013, Greensboro NC
Call for Papers: Southeastern College Art Conference 2013, Greensboro NC,
October 30 – November 2, 2013
Paper proposals deadline: April 20, 2013
Website:
Session chairs: Jennifer Siegler (jennifer.siegler@emory.edu) and Meghan Tierney (mtierne@emory.edu), Emory University
Session title: “Between s/States"
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Katherine Reece
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Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
It's nice to see the younger generation stand up and fighting against this sort of garbage in our schools.
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Katherine Reece
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Laboratory
Duncan Craig Wrote:
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> Linguistic 'evidence' is dicey at best,...but how
> is it that the Incan 'quipu' performed the same
> function as the Hawaiian 'ki'ipu'u' i.e. recording
> taxes, lineages etc. with a knotted cord? Both
> 'quipu' (de la Vega) and 'ki'
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Katherine Reece
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Ancient History
donald r raab Wrote:
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>Dismissing contact
I wasn't at that post, I was address your comments to Alan about Polynesians... but never mind.
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Katherine Reece
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Ancient History
Donald... if you've been there. Do you think I could get around the site in an electic wheelchair? I've got good nobby tires.
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Katherine Reece
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Ancient History
Pacal Wrote:
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> Contrary to one of the authors recorded statements
> the Archaeological and linguistic evidence
> supporting contact with South America by Polynesia
> is at best tentative.
I agree. Words that are now considered to be completely South American in origin, Chicha, for example are not. Chicha is actuall
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Katherine Reece
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Ancient History
Uhhh... no. If you read Alan's post again you'll see the implication (whether Alan intended it or not) is that the Polynesians brought the bottle gourd with them.
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Katherine Reece
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Ancient History
el Inca said there were no chickens or rats (a Polynesian marker) before the Spanish came.
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Katherine Reece
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Ancient History
We have three feral cats living in our yard, they appear to be eating quite well and coincidentally the mice that kept sneaking into our house have stopped. My son latest girl friend works at an animal clinic and they're going to trap them and fix them and then release them back into the yard. I don't them being around at all, I just don't want 60 cats in a year.
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Katherine Reece
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Coffee Shop