As some of you would be aware by now I have an interest in the use of technology in teaching, history and archaeology. In 2013 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by English Heritage to revisit an 18th Century Dutch Shipwreck and update the survey. Continue reading “3D technology used to recreate elements of an 18th Century Dutch Shipwreck”
As we have already reported Isis has been destroying our shared cultured heritage in Syria for some time. Continue reading “Isis destroys Palmyran tombs”
We recently reported the discovery of a new Greek palace near Sparta. Continue reading “New Linear B tablets discovered at Greek palace”
Researchers from the University of Texas are studying the impact of the Mayans on their, and our, environment. Continue reading “Clues from Ancient Maya Reveal Lasting Impact on Environment”
The 26,000 year old piece of carved woolly mammoth tusk, which is only 4.8 cm long smaller than a thumb, was discovered in Moravia (the Czech Republic). Continue reading “The first ever portrait of a woman”
In an innovative new program Seljord folk high school in Telemark Norway gives students the opportunity to learn viking skills and crafts. Continue reading “School program uses experimental archaeology to learn to live like a Viking”
A group of researchers trying to determine the reason for the number of mummified birds of prey found in Egyptian tombs are one step closer after recent research. Continue reading “Overfed Kestrel indicates active breeding in Egypt”
A group of international scientists have used forensic reconstruction techniques to determine what the oldest mummy at the Egyptian museum of Florence actually looked like when he was alive. Continue reading “Forensic facial reconstruction of Mummy”
Bulgarian archaeologists have discovered a huge marble sarcophagus. Continue reading “Thracian burial tumulus discovered”
Police raids on a house in Heyuan city in southern Guangdong Province on 29 July uncovered 231 fossilised dinosaur eggs Continue reading “Smugglers caught with 231 fossil dinosaur eggs”
The site located in Cyprus on the Akrotiri pennisula and was originally a harbour complex dated to the late Roman or early Byzantine period. Continue reading “Rescue excavation of a late Roman / early Byzantine harbour at UK airbase”
The 10′ tall Shigir Idol which was discovered in the Ural Mountains in 1894 has had a new set of Radiocarbon dates assigned to it. Continue reading “New dates for the Shigir Idol”
Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary-General issued a statement through his spokesperson regarding the systematic destruction and plunder of Syria’s cultural heritage. Continue reading “UN Secretary-General – “destruction of our common cultural heritage is a war crime””
With the destruction of sites in the Middle East by ISIS digital preservation of archaeological sites has again become a point of discussion. Continue reading “VR, the future of site preservation?”
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