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For thousands of years, the ancient Egyptians inscribed hieroglyphs on tombs, papyri and, in some cases, pyramids. But when were hieroglyphs invented? Research shows that they emerged about 5,200 years ago, at around the same time another writing system, called cuneiform, was being invented in Mesopotamia. "German excavations at Abydos in Egypt have revealed hieroglyphic inscriptions fby Hermione - Ancient Egypt
The Menkaure Pyramid Review Committee (MPRC) has unanimously rejected a plan to restore the granite casing blocks scattered around the base of the smallest of three Pyramids of Giza for thousands of years onto the monument to preserve the universal and archaeological value of the site.by Hermione - Ancient Egypt
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These sunken islands are very near the sites described here: I don't know if there's any relationship between them.by Hermione - Ancient History
(And no ... it's not that one ....) QuoteRavenser Odd is the Atlantis of the East Riding. A medieval town built on the sandbanks of the Humber estuary, it now sits below the waves. The Township and port of Ravenser Odd was located at the mouth of the Humber Estuary. It was settled on the north shore very close to the tip of the sand spit known today as Spurn Point. Its existence was flby Hermione - Ancient History
Abstract (trans.): QuoteIn epigraphy, the term fecit generally appears in monuments or public infrastructures indicating that the person associated with this verb was the evergete of these constructive enterprises. However, the term is also documented for a few thousand years during the reigns of Trajan, Hadrian and Severus Alexander. (Rest of paper in English)by Hermione - Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
Including "Pharaohs and Animals in Ancient Egypt"by Hermione - Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
Experiments suggest ancient four-holed ivory baton was used to make rope Rope making in the Aurignacian of Central Europe more than 35,000 years ago (Acknowledgements to Dr. Troglodyte)by Hermione - Laboratory
This volume offers a practical introduction to the repertoire of personal names recorded in cuneiform texts from Babylonia in the first millennium BCE. In this period, individuals moved freely as well as involuntarily across the ancient Middle East, leaving traces of their presence in the archives of institutions and private persons in southern Mesopotamia. The multilingual nature of this name maby Hermione - Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
Hans_lune Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Were there any inscriptions on it or has any > additional studies been done on it? Well ... there's an image of it here: - and here: It certainly doesn't look as if there's much in the shape of an inscription. But there's no mention of the sphinx in this Griffiths Institute list: (by Hermione - Ancient Egypt
Hidden just beneath the surface of the water, there are lost towns and cities right across the world. Forget about the mythical Atlantis – these are places that were once bustling with people, but have been buried by natural disasters, rising sea levels or deliberate flooding. Dive below the waters with BBC Bitesize and explore the intricate mosaics, amazing hieroglyphics and towering statuby Hermione - Ancient History
A "spectacular" image of the Milky Way has been announced as the winner of the annual South Downs National Park astrophotography competition. The winning photo in the Starry Skyscapes category was a night-time image of Cuckmere Haven and the Seven Sisters in East Sussex. Giles Embleton-Smith, from Eastbourne, took the photo, entitled Galactic Bay.by Hermione - Humanities
On Monday, Nat Friedman, a US tech executive and founding sponsor of the challenge, announced that a team of three computer-savvy students, Youssef Nader in Germany, Luke Farritor in the US, and Julian Schilliger in Switzerland, had won the $700,000 (£554,000) grand prize after reading more than 2,000 Greek letters from the scroll. Papyrologists who have studied the text recovered from the blaby Hermione - Ancient History
A week ago, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, posted a Facebook video showing workers setting blocks of granite on the base of the shortest of the three Giza pyramids. The footage sparked a storm of criticism from Egyptologists who voiced fears that a wholesale reconstruction of the famed monument was under way, to the detriment of the preservation of itsby Hermione - Ancient Egypt
Could the answer lie in Immingham? Bristol? The centre of the earth ... ?by Hermione - Laboratory
QuoteWe launched a new initiative, directed by Mohsen Kamel and Ali Witsell, to explore the older layers of the Heit el-Ghurab (“Wall of theCrow,” HeG) site. In some areas we have seen an older, different layout below what we have so far mapped, which dates to Khafre and Menkaure. We believe that the older phase settlement and infrastructure, which was razed and rebuilt, served Khufu's buiby Hermione - Ancient Egypt
Paul H. Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- This link has a reconstruction of the ancient tree: ... > Weird ancient tree from before dinosaurs found in > Canadian quarry > Before age of dinosaurs, plants experimented with > bizarre forms, > discovery shows. Emily Chung · CBC News · Posted: > Feb 02, 2024 > ... Looks a bit liby Hermione - Laboratory
QuoteAbundance peaks in microscopic materials, including meltglass, microspherules, Ni, Ir, and Pt have been found in Native American Hopewell-age cultural strata. This discovery includes micrometeorites (possibly pallasites) recovered from heavily burned strata in two Hopewell villages. This evidence suggests that a prehistoric cosmic airburst/impact event occurred in the Ohio River valley. Theby Hermione - Ancient History
Except ... the 2014 paper wasn't the end of the story. The Norrises returned to Death Valley, and made an even more astonishing discovery. (14:28; promotion between 4:30 and 6:00; the real nitty-gritty starts at about 6:00).by Hermione - Laboratory
A 15th Century manuscript has helped to prove a former Archbishop of York was a saint, according to English Heritage. Thurstan, who was archbishop from 1114 to 1140, was previously thought to have been passed over for sainthood, the organisation said. A service book from Pontefract Priory listed him in a calendar of saints' feast days observed at the monastery. Dr Michael Carter, frby Hermione - Humanities
Some readers might find the following chapter of particular interest: The Egyptian mud-brick silo. Technical and functional analysis of a grain storage device (p. 151 [153])by Hermione - Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
In 2020 and 2021 the Research Group on Storage in Ancient Egypt and Sudan organised two online workshops focusing on earthen storage buildings in ancient Egypt and Nubia. Following these two meetings, the nine contributions of this volume present often unpublished case studies (from the IVth millennium BCE to the Greco-Roman Period), as well as issues and perspectives of current research. They arby Hermione - Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
The longitudinal axes of the Middle Kingdom tombs excavated in the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa were precisely oriented to the summer and winter solstices. Located on the western side of the Nile, opposite Elephantine Island, the architectural design of these tombs differed greatly from that of the Old Kingdom with elongated spaces around these axes in relation to the solar cycle. As architectureby Hermione - Exhibitions, Conferences, Lectures, Journals
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Monica Hanna (BBC, Radio 4, World at One, 02 02 2024) doesn't think it's a good idea. Her reasons are that there's no conservation need; no condition assessment report has been made (as required by the Venice Charter ); the existing blocks would have to be re-worked, which is interfering with the authenticity of what the AE did; Menkaure was essentially an unfinished building, aby Hermione - Ancient Egypt
You've heard of "Galaxy" - - and "Milky Way" - ) Well: now you've got "Smarties" as well ... QuoteNew planets formed around stars have flattened shapes "similar to Smarties", scientists have found. Researchers at the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan) in Preston used computer simulations to model the formation of planets. It isby Hermione - Laboratory
Paul H. Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 4,000-year-old 'Altar of the Sun' tomb > rediscovered in Ireland > The ancient burial tomb was believed to have been > lost to > history in the 19th century, Alana Loftus, Irish > Star, Jan. 24, 2024 > > > Everyone Thought This 4,000-Year-Old Tomb Had Been > Destroyed. &gby Hermione - Ancient History
waggy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ... > I recall some years back a destroyed temple in > Italy l think, was rebuilt using 3d scanning and > computers ... I don't know if you perhaps had in mind Palmyra? Apparently, there were problems even with that ...by Hermione - Ancient Egypt
Over the past few years, more YouTube videos have emerged publicising the (so-called) "Montana Megaliths." As might have been expected, Semir "Sam" Osmanagic (of Bosnian "Pyramids" fame - see Le Site d'Irna, e.g. ) was eager to visit what have been described by Paul Heinrich as: "deeply weathered jointed bedrock, including corestones and exhumed etched sby Hermione - Ancient History