Egypt
- Photos From Kom El-hisn
ArchaeoBlog - first set and second set (Tony Cagle) Thanks to Tony for posting some great photos from the excavations at Kom el-Hisn, a multi period site in the Delta.Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Graves Found From Sahara's "green" Period
Another one which drifts somewhat off topic - out of Egypt altogether. For anyone who has a feel for the prehistoric archaeology of the Egyptian Western and Libya this article may be of interest. Well it interested me! The article is accompanied by an...
- Discoveries In Sudan Reveal Economic Organization
University of Chicago Chronicle (William Harms) I can see nothing in this article that hasn't been mentioned in the previous plethora of articles on the subject, but it might be of interest to the newest visitors to the blog. See the above page for...
- More Re Recent Discoveries Re Economic Organization Of Kush
The University of Chicago Chronicle (William Harms) Archaeologists from the Oriental Institute have discovered a gold-processing center along the middle Nile in the Sudan, an installation that produced the precious metal sometime between 2000 and 1500...
- Eight New Granaries Found In The Faiyum
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=7193576 Thanks to Tony Cagle for directing my attention to this item on his blog at http://www.archaeoblog.blogspot.com/. The Faiyum Depression is a triangular depression to the southwest...
Egypt
Saharan Burials
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From the National Geographic webiste: "Archaeologists have excavated a trove of Stone Age human skeletons and artifacts on the shores of an ancient lake in the Sahara. The seven nearby sites include an extensive cemetery and represent one of the largest and best preserved concentrations of ancient skeletons and artifacts ever found in the region, researchers say.Harpoons, fishhooks, pottery, jewelry, stone tools, and other artifacts pepper the ancient lakeside settlement. The objects were left by early communities that once thrived on the former lake's abundant fish and shellfish".
And to put it into context, here's Tony Cagle's comment on the subject from his excellent Archaeoblog:
http://archaeoblog.blogspot.com/2005/10/stone-age-cemetery-artifacts-unearthed.html
The date(s) have been put at between 10-5k BP, which would work for Neolithic, and there is pottery and grinding stones. . . .it seems to be fairly extensive at least seasonal occupations. It seems similar to habitations found by Wendorf et al. around some of the now-dessicated playa lakes in the western deserts of Egypt and elsewhere". See Tony's posting, above, for more information.
And to put it into context, here's Tony Cagle's comment on the subject from his excellent Archaeoblog:
http://archaeoblog.blogspot.com/2005/10/stone-age-cemetery-artifacts-unearthed.html
The date(s) have been put at between 10-5k BP, which would work for Neolithic, and there is pottery and grinding stones. . . .it seems to be fairly extensive at least seasonal occupations. It seems similar to habitations found by Wendorf et al. around some of the now-dessicated playa lakes in the western deserts of Egypt and elsewhere". See Tony's posting, above, for more information.
- Photos From Kom El-hisn
ArchaeoBlog - first set and second set (Tony Cagle) Thanks to Tony for posting some great photos from the excavations at Kom el-Hisn, a multi period site in the Delta.Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Graves Found From Sahara's "green" Period
Another one which drifts somewhat off topic - out of Egypt altogether. For anyone who has a feel for the prehistoric archaeology of the Egyptian Western and Libya this article may be of interest. Well it interested me! The article is accompanied by an...
- Discoveries In Sudan Reveal Economic Organization
University of Chicago Chronicle (William Harms) I can see nothing in this article that hasn't been mentioned in the previous plethora of articles on the subject, but it might be of interest to the newest visitors to the blog. See the above page for...
- More Re Recent Discoveries Re Economic Organization Of Kush
The University of Chicago Chronicle (William Harms) Archaeologists from the Oriental Institute have discovered a gold-processing center along the middle Nile in the Sudan, an installation that produced the precious metal sometime between 2000 and 1500...
- Eight New Granaries Found In The Faiyum
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=7193576 Thanks to Tony Cagle for directing my attention to this item on his blog at http://www.archaeoblog.blogspot.com/. The Faiyum Depression is a triangular depression to the southwest...