YekPare: A 8500 Year Old Tour of Istanbul

‘YEKPARE’ (monolithic) from nerdworking on Vimeo. "Yekpare" is a storyteller which narrates the 8500 year story of Istanbul. The story embraces symbols from Pagans to Roman Empire, from Byzantine Empire to Latin Empire, and finally from Ottoman Empire to Istanbul at the present day. The story is...

The Tudor Dynasty

The Tudor dynasty reigned for 118 years,after the first Tudor King,Henry Tudor, defeated Richard III at the battle of Bosworth in August 1485. The death of the Yorkist king and defeat of his army, saw...

Wilczy Szaniec: Hitler's War Time Headquarters

The ruins of the Wolf's Lair (Wilczy Szaniec), are all that remain of Adolf Hitler's WWII headquarters near Ketrzn in the Mazurian region of Poland, now a museum. The Wolf's Lair consisted of a complex...

Monday Ground Up: Sumerian Cities

The Sumerian cities were surrounded by walls, much like the Forbidden City, as a way to keep their culture secret and sacred. Sumerian city dwellings were constructed out of sun-dried bricks, including...

The Royal Ontario Museum Hosts the Terracotta Army

TORONTO.- The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) hosts the Canadian premiere of The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army from June 26, 2010. Prior to its embarking on a Canadian national tour, the...

Differences Between Buddhist and Hindu Religion

Religion gives people a sense of hope and a purpose in life. There are many differences in the two major religions in East Asia. The most significant difference between Hinduism and Buddhism is in...

112 Year Old Lost Shipwreck Found in Lake Michigan

My mom and stepfather have a home right on the water in Lake Michigan, so imagine their surprise to be right in the middle of some good old fashion archaeology, with a huge chunk of missing history....

Keble College at Oxford

Michael Johnson is a lecturer and fellow history writer, recently publishing a fascinating piece about Keble College at Oxford University . Keble College is renowned for its visually striking Gothic...

Top Archaeology School: Arizona State University

If you searching for schools that focus on anthropology or archaeology, in most cases, the BS degree you will receive will be in anthropology. I'm not satisfied with that, especially considering I prefer...

Archaeological Discovery: Technology reveals Images of the Apostles in Rome

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Virtual Archaeology: Why So Many Schools Are Going 3D

The Digital Age of Archaeology, otherwise called Virtual Archaeology, is here. As new technologies are made available to universities, researchers, archaeologists, and historians, the field of archaeology will naturally evolve. As such, many archaeology departments are now using 3D modeling software...

Lecture Discussing Life of Saxon Queen Edith At Bristol University

Shot at the Bristol University in June 2010, Dr. Alistair Pike and Professor Harald Meller lecture on the archaeological findings of  Eadgyth (Edith). It was this tomb that was opened by German archaeologists in 2008, a tomb long expected to be empty...But instead it contained a lead box...

Breaking Archaeology News on Discovery: Ancient Egyptian Town Found Using Radar

Radar imaging in Egypt's Nile Delta has unveiled the outlines of a buried city that was the stronghold of foreign occupiers some 3,500 years ago, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities announced Monday. Discovered...

Monday Ground Up: Archived Photography of the White Star Line and Her Ships

The White Star Line was a British shipping company most famous for its ill fated flag ship the RMS Titanic and World War I sister ship, Britannic. The White Star Line was originally founded in Liverpool...

Medieval Mason's Marks The End of Boxed Furniture

Gone are the days where quality furniture was carved out of one piece of solid wood, or a swivel office chair was already put together, included in the price of course.That must be by I adore the architectural...

Heinrich Himmler, Nazi Occultism , and Astrology

Heinrich Himmler, the notoriously ruthless chief of Hitler’s Schutzstaffel (SS) and one of the most compelling Nazi’s, embodied the true occultist and was enamored by unorthodox theories inspired by...

Oldest remains of English Royalty Finally Confirmed

Archeologists dug up the 1,000 year-old skeleton in 2008 in one of the most exciting historical founds of recent years. They believed they belonged to Queen Eadgyth, the great granddaughter of Alfred the Great, but could not prove it. Now scientists using hi-tech radioactive analysis of the remains...

Excavation of an Archaeological Site, Tell en-Nasbeh

After World War I, when Palestine became a British mandate, archaeologists were able to work under a board of antiquities, established to protect historic sites. Dr. BadA arrived in Jerusalem in 1926 and drove north to Tell en-Nasbeh....

Digging on Carriacou

Archaeology in CarriacouAway from the big resorts and private villas of other nearby islands, the small island of Carriacou is a sleepy stopover for only the most adventurous of tourists and sailors. It...

Dambusters dig to find secret bunker

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have begun an investigation at the home of the Dambusters in a bid to find a secret hidden bunker. St Vincent’s, off Harrowby Road in Grantham, will forever be assured a place in British history as the headquarters for No. 5 Bomber Group during the Second World War and the birthplace...

The Island of Bones

Worshipers from far flung regions of the globe made the pilgrimage to the Island of Bones throughout the year. Each night hundreds of believers would gather at the water’s edge to pay homage to the...

The Atapuerca Caves in Spain

In the late 19th century, a railway cutting driven through the Atapuerca Mountains in Spain led to the discovery of the ancient limestone caves near Burgos. After several excavations during the 20th...

Monday Ground Up: Knight'sTemplar Connected to Adolf Hitler

In 1139 Pope Innocent issued a bull placing the Templars under an exclusive vow of papal obedience - a measure by which Aimeric effectively put all Templar resources at the disposal of the papacy....

ECU Maritime Archaeology survey of the "Oriental"

ECU Maritime Archaeology graduate students have been mapping and documenting the Oriental, a Civil War Federal transport vessel that ran aground and sunk in the waters off Pea Island in 1862. Locally...

Maya People Knew about Prehistory

For Palenque inhabitants, marine fossils were the convincing proof of the land being covered by the sea long time ago, and parting from this fact they created their idea of the origin of the world. MEXICO CITY.- Recent interdisciplinary investigations regarding 31 marine fossils found at Palenque...

Ancient Egyptian Jewelry

Ancient Egyptian jewelry is among some of the most rare and exquisite pieces of ancient history every found. Both men and women wore the Ancient Egyptian jewelry, and these personal adornments were...

The Buganda Kings: The Resting Place At the Kasubi Hill Tombs

(Source Laser scan used for reconstruction of the Kasubi Hill Tombs) The state of Uganda was created from a small territory during the late  19th century by the Bantu speaking Baganda people...

Letter of Intent to the Top Archaeology Schools of Your Choice

As an aspiring archaeology student, you will reach the point of the graduate application process. At this time, you will need to figure out your focus and what you are planning to accomplish. All of the archaeology graduate schools you are applying to will need a letter of intent and Lesley Nicholls...

The Elgin Marbles Argument

The New Acropolis Museum is receiving tons of slack from many archaeologists and residents. The main argument, of course, is about the Elgin Marbles which have been in Great Britain for over 200 years. Dimitrios Pandermalis explains why the marbles should be returned to their homeland. Dimitrios...

Cooler Pacific Ocean Affected Medieval Europe, North America

Using cores of fossil coral from the Palmyra Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, Burgman and a team used reconstructed sea surface temperatures from the period 1320 to 1462 to simulate medieval climate...

Rob Philpott : Head of Archaeology at National Museums Liverpool.

Ask the curator - Rob Philpott from National Museums Liverpool on Vimeo. ed Rob Philpott, the Curator of the National Museum Liverpool, talks about what actually happens at the museum. The video explains the research, fieldwork,  and technical aspects about the work that's being done. Philpott...

Serapeum: The Tomb of the Apis Bulls

During the middle of the 19th century, a young Frenchman by the name of Auguste Mariette was exploring Egypt in search for Coptic manuscripts for the Louvre Museum. He became enamored with the surrounding...

Monday Ground Up: The Masada Palace in Israel

Masada in Israel was built by Herod the Great in 37BC overlooking the Dead Sea. Masada, which is actually a fortified palace, was occupied by a Roman garrison following the death of Herod the Great....

When Mummies and Archaeologists Fall In Love

Once in a while we have to feature the funny side of archaeology, and this song about a mummy and archaeologist falling in love is too adorable to pass up. Ok, maybe cute is the wrong word-bizarre may...