Combining religion and science is impossible unless you’re willing to get err… creative? Not quite true: although they might quarrel about the details, archaeologists and the scriptures do quite agree on major historical facts such as the destruction of Jericho, the rule of Herod the Great as well as King…
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Roman Invasion – Soldiers Advance on Somerset This Weekend
Somerset is getting ready for a Roman Invasion this saturday, thanks to a free archaeological open day organised by Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society (BACAS). Ceri Lambdin from BACAS told This is Somerset: Its not every day that Roman soldiers appear in Somerset and children and adults will be amazed…
A Hundred new Terracotta Warriors? Better Make it Ten
China’s media will be scratching its collective head this week, as a cache of 100 new Terracotta Warriors it claimed to have been unearthed may be ten at best. The embarrassing shortfall comes two months into excavations of ‘pit three’ of the First Qin Emperor‘s Mausoleum in Xi’an. And while…
Roman Ninth Legion Set To Invade Scotland Again – Twice
Bringing to mind an old adage about buses and waiting, almost 1,900 years since the Roman Ninth Legion, Legio IX Hispana, is said to have last invaded Scotland, the big screen is set to witness its return, twice in the space of just a few months. Two very different major…
Call the Cops! Naked Woman Arrested for Art Stunt at the Met
Although it seems that museums no longer have any kind of dress code these days, a young woman recently fell foul of the requirement to at least be wearing, like, something. A story in the UK’s Guardian newspaper tells the tale of woe of Kathleen “KC” Neill, who was arrested…
Ancient Egypt Lego Models and Plastic Pyramid Builders
While Heritage Key’s virtual engineers and construction team are still building away on our Nile Villa – a virtual, avatar-accessible reconstruction of an ancient Egyptian villa from the city of Akhetaten, Amarna – Flickr user Higdon took a more physical approach, and resurrected an ancient Egyptian nobleman’s villa using Lego…
Egypt’s Oldest Church to Reopen this Year
Egypt’s oldest church will finally reopen its doors this December, after Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass announced that a project to save it from harmful air is coming to an end. The 3rd century AD Hanging Church has been decaying sharply over the past few hundred years, with much of its…
Does Shamanism Explain the Similarity Between These two Crowns?
As this is being written, New Yorkers and out of town visitors are taking in,Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul, now on display at the Met. As Heritage Keys Helen Atkinson writes,the exhibit isa real treat. But, while youre looking at the artefacts, heres an ancient mystery you…
The Mummy Project: Swiss Anatomy Experts Mummify Human Leg
First they perfected chocolate, then the penknife. Now the Swiss are seeking to unlock the mysteries of mummification. According to a recent article in The Journal of Turkish Weekly (“Swiss Research Unlocks Mummy Secrets”), A leading Swiss anatomy expert has managed to mummify a body part using the same salt…
How to Cope With Disaster: Mitchell and Webb Pompeii Sketch
Try if you can to imagine this scenario: you are in the Roman town of Pompeii and the date is mid August, 79 AD. There is one week to go before Vesuvius spews its molten lava everywhere and obliterates the place. Sulphur is in the air and the earth is…