http://www.mnahimisaias.com Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:36:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust is recruiting volunteers for the second summer of the Akin House Archaeology Project. Join Dr. Christina Hodge, students from UMass Dartmouth, and other volunteers on the project that continues through Aug. 6 at the 1762 Elihu Akin House located at 762 Dartmouth St. They will be digging ... http://www.mnahimisaias.com/volunteers-needed-for-dartmouth-dig/ A new BBC show that's a mix of Time Team, National Treasure and The Da Vinci Code? What could go wrong...? Ryan Lambie "Forget the slow, painstaking archaeology popularised by Time Team, where vase fragments are carefully teased from the soil with tiny brushes; Gillian's crew pile in ... http://www.mnahimisaias.com/bonekickers-episode-1-review/ Din l-Art Helwa is pleased to note that the Heritage Team at Mepa was vigilant enough to discover important archaeological remains dating to the Temple Period at a demolition site in Tarxien. This site lies within the buffer zone of the Neolithic Temples, and the discovery is being described as the ... http://www.mnahimisaias.com/important-archaeological-sites-%e2%80%98must-be-given-maximum-protection%e2%80%99/ Archaeology was a comparatively new discipline in the early years of the 20th century and, like the antiquarianism from which it derived, it had thitherto been exclusively the domain of gentlemen amateurs and their skivs. O G S Crawford (1886-1957) belonged to the same generation as Mortimer "Rik" Wheeler and ... http://www.mnahimisaias.com/ancient-and-modern/ Egypt said on June 30 that it retrieved a 2,500-year-old limestone relief from London after its sale was blocked by Bonhams auction house there because it had been looted from a pharaoh's tomb. A team of Egyptian archaeologists travelled to Britain to retrieve the artefact, which bears hieroglyphic text engraved in ... http://www.mnahimisaias.com/egypt-retrieves-looted-stone-relief/ A PENSIONER who owned a provisional licence for 45 years was celebrating after finally passing his driving test. Retired dock worker Kevin Daly (75), admitted he was thrilled when he passed his driving exam this week -- and was finally able to apply for his full driving licence. It is believed that ... http://www.mnahimisaias.com/great-grandfather-passes-test-after-45-years-with-an-l-plate/ ISTANBUL, Turkey: Most tourists to Istanbul inevitably make their way to its historic core along the Golden Horn, a peninsula rich in relics and monuments from the mighty Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires. These days, the area is host to a modern-day battle over the expansion of a five-star hotel amid ... http://www.mnahimisaias.com/in-istanbul-luxury-hotel-amid-byzantine-ruins-stirs-debate-over-turkeys-heritage/ MORE than 150 people learned about archaeology on Saturday - and then had an opportunity to get hands-on experience. They could use a crossbow and hunt for treasure with a metal detector or even wear "ancient" headgear, as the Mayor of Royston, Cllr Paul Grimes, and his son, Oliver, did. This was ... http://www.mnahimisaias.com/a-step-back-in-time-at-museum/ A team of archaeologists in Leicestershire has uncovered several ancient bodies at the site of a new park-and-ride development. Excavations are continuing in Enderby after what are thought to be four skeletons from the Iron Age - dating from before 43AD - were discovered. The team from the University of Leicester said ... http://www.mnahimisaias.com/iron-age-bodies-at-park-and-ride/ 10 July 2008 | An extremely precious statue of the goddess Venus, dating from the third century, was found recently during archaeological excavations at the Skupi site near Macedonia’s capital Skopje, national media reported today. According to archaeologists, quoted by the Dnevnik newspaper, the statue is an original and its value ... http://www.mnahimisaias.com/precious-third-century-statue-of-venus-uncovered-in-macedonia/