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Nationwide, there are only about 15 Native American doctorate-level archaeologists involved in the interpretation of their archaeological past. On Dec. 17, William "Rex" Weeks, an Arizona State University graduate, joined their ranks.
BLANDING, Utah (AP) — High above the spiky sandstone spine known as Comb Ridge that snakes for 120 miles through the desert, archaeologist Winston Hurst treads carefully through a cave of ruins.
The consumption of wild cereals among prehistoric hunters and gatherers appears to be far more ancient than previously thought, according to an archaeologist who has found the oldest example of extensive reliance on cereal and root staples in the diet of early Homo sapiens more than 100,000 years ago.
Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Egypt will demand the return of Queen Nefertiti’s bust from Berlin as the diary of the archaeologist who discovered it shows that he misled authorities when it was transferred abroad, the antiquities authority said.
Friendster was finally sold last week to Malaysian conglomerate MOL Global Pte; around the same time, the social network also happened to have been found by the 'internet archaeologist' Maxwell Frey, who discussed his discovery on the Onion News Network.
I was attacked by red ants. Sat on a cactus. Almost stepped on a rattlesnake. And given the chance, I'd take the same vacation again. For five days last May, I worked as a volunteer archaeologist with the U.S. Forest Service in Southern California's Cleveland National Forest.
The Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders voted unanimously Thursday (Dec. 10) night in favor of County Executive Brian Hughes’ recommendation to hire the Philadelphia, Pa.-based firm of John Milner Associates to do an archeological study of the Jacob’s Creek bridge area.
Kimberly Johansson's Oakland gallery, Johansson Projects, has quietly but quickly won a reputation as one of the Bay Area venues to watch for new art. A Midwest native with degrees in art history and anthropology from the University of Wisconsin, Johansson... San Francisco Bay Area - Oakland California - Art history - United States - Midwestern United States
A Western Kentucky historian is calling for the site of a defunct hotel to be excavated and searched for any relics from a Civil War battle.
(SWIC photo by Linda Gass-Burgess) The Southwestern Illinois College History and Anthropology clubs recently took their lessons outside the classroom with a Native American re-enactment in celebration of Native American Heritage Month, which was November.
COLD SPRING HARBOR, NY (GenomeWeb News) – Neandertals and modern humans diverged approximately 600,000 years ago and probably did not interbreed, according to a recent analysis of the complete Neandertal mitochondrial genome sequence by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig.
Israel has admitted that in the 1990s, its forensic pathologists harvested organs from dead bodies, including Palestinians, without permission of their families.
Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said on Sunday that Cairo will demand the return of a 3,400 year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti, accusing Germany of fraudulently acquiring it.
But some new grads say they face struggle find any work at all University of Michigan graduates crossing the stage at Crisler Arena Sunday got a serenade, tough advice and the option of a fist bump or handshake with President......
Mike Nourse, a co-founder of the Chicago Art Department, has reconciled his love/hate relationship with iPhones by creating an art class around the phone.
The language of the Comanche people, a lifeline of its culture, is fading fast.
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