History Forum / General / Archaeology / June 2007

Do you want to be able to live free and be prosperous, or do you want
yourself and your children to soon live your lives as slaves, or be
killed?
Fight back now, whilst you still can, against a coming total global

28.06.2007
A farmer in Benken, Switzerland, made some interesting
archaeological finds in his carrot field. One carrot was
grown right throug a medieval spindle whorl and three were

What are the oldest signs of human habitation in Sri Lanka and what
period are they dated to, according to a majority of archaeologists?
Which archaeological study provides the data best suited to the
drawing of an inference (by someone motivated to do so) that there

Just out of interest I was wondering how many people in sci.archaeology are
actually professional archaeologists.
So, hands up everybody who is a professional archaeologist by training or
occupation.

Original site has a photo of the disc.
Calendar question over star disc
Archaeologists have revived the debate over whether a spectacular
Bronze Age disc from Germany is one of the earliest known calendars.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://home.online.no/~joeolavl/viking/he
lleristning2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://spectralvortex.stumbleupon.com/archive/80/&h=4
50&w=600&sz=42&hl=en&start=10&sig2=FPjBDrCciBmcnMJClRmuXQ&tbnid=N5vtItpR_QH-6M ...

Comments sent to DAILY TELEGRAPH, Australia,  by Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud
following article published today (see below) making reference to
NASA's  new terrible findings ( which are still short of the mark
though ) :

    Years ago when I started deconstructing the myth of Israel I learned to say
biblical Israel as there were so many believers around who were willing and in
fact able to jump from any sign of human habitation to the existence of Israel.
I found it nearly impossible to get through ...

Big Bang?
One might also ask where the "cosmic egg" came from if there was a big
bang. Of course, the question is unanswerable. Pushing any origin
explanation back far enough raises similar questions-all

AUSTRALIA'S DROUGHT UNLIKELY TO BREAK IN 2007... and this the breaking
news for you Bastards ! You believed I had lost control over that
Collective Chastiment which was duly, justly and in all Justice
bestowed on you all for your Collective Crimes !  You thought to get

Sci.Archaeology, established in May 1991, is an
unmoderated newsgroup dedicated to the discussion
of archaeology in its many aspects.
Charter

Zahi Hawass claims that the mummy found by Howard Carter in 1903 in Tomb
KV60 is that of Hatshepsut.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6244516.stm>
"'Find of century' for Egyptology

Who here approves of the sneering, intellectual thuggery of Peter
Alaca acting as the bouncer at the door of the sci.archaeology group?
I write this in defense of the stand for civility Eric Stevens made
against Peter's childish brutality. Peter recently suggested to Eric,

Korean word is Ondol, invention believed to be independent of a Korean
source as there are no known intervening systems beyond  the Maritime
Province of Russia.
Ancient 'Ondol' Heating Systems Discovered in Alaska