MetaFilter posts tagged with Archaeology and ancient

Looking Good, Ancient Rome

Miko — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:28:21 -0800

Amateur archaeologist and "forensic hairdresser" Janet Stephens has discovered how to recreate the Seni Crines, the elaborately braided hairstyle worn by the vestal virgins. Don't miss Stephens' other classical hairstyle videos.

Neolithic Grog!

zarq — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 07:51:54 -0800

The Beer Archaeologist. "Biomolecular archaeologist" Dr. Patrick McGovern has unearthed millennia-old alcohol recipes and ancient medicinals, "by analyzing residues in ancient pottery. Now he's working with brewer Sam Calagione, (of Discovery Channel's Brew Masters, (autoplaying video)) whose pub Dogfish Head serves up beers based on recipes that are thousands of years old." (Via) Mr. Calagione: previously on MeFi. Interview with Dr. McGovern (2009). Did a thirst for beer spark civilization? Dr. McGovern's bio. He is "Scientific Director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory for Cuisine, Fermented Beverages, and Health at the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia, where he is also an Adjunct Professor of Anthropology. In the popular imagination, he is known as the "Indiana Jones of Ancient Ales, Wines, and Extreme Beverages." Also see: "The Origins and Ancient History of Wine."

A three-thousand-year-old ruin with its own web site

XMLicious — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:05:07 -0800

Archaeologists find a pottery fragment with the oldest known example of written Hebrew at the Elah Fortress_(YT) in Israel - or maybe not Phot os of the shard, video concerning the find specifically, other photos from the site, and if you speak Hebrew a 5-minute interview with one of the archaeologists Already sparking nasty words about Israeli-Palestinian land rights. At least the archaeologists haven't unearthed an unspeakable ancient horror too... yet! Follow the action and / or buy a t-shirt at http://www.elahfortress.com/.

Online archaeology and anthropology exhibits

Upton O'Good — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:06:16 -0800

The Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has a nice collection of online exhibits, including ones on Roman glassmaking, the ancient history of wine, and a history of body modification. (Other exhibits have appeared on Mefi pre vio us ly.)

Of Beer And Chocolate

amyms — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:07:09 -0800

Chocolate and the Beer of the Ancients. New archaeological evidence suggests that primitive beer brewers were the first to discover the goodness of chocolate.

Lost Cities

Wolfdog — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:20:49 -0800

Lost Cities.

Samarra, Iraq

grahamwell — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:04:46 -0800

Samarra is in the news. The modern city is small, but built on the colossal ruins of the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. Google Earth reveals amazing details of the ancient city, one of the largest archaeological sites in the world.

Plain of Jars

moonbird — Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:27:33 -0800

What is the Plain of Jars, what does it look like, and where is it?

protecting ancient sites in Iraq

mcgraw — Tue, 25 May 2004 10:41:57 -0800

Protecting the Cradle Kirkuk Air Base -- US Army Colonel works with Iraqi archaeological officials to protect nearby ancient sites.

Meanwhile at more secluded mounds, looters continue to plunder the sites and to erase the tangible record of the world's earliest civilizations. "When you come here at night, it looks like a city, there are so many lights," [Archaeological official Abdul-Amir] Hamdani said, looking out over the arid scrubland where thieves swarm after dark.

Tunnel Under Stonehenge?

Slagman — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 14:34:51 -0800

Archaeologists are denouncing plans for a tunnel under Stonehenge. It's not the idea of the tunnel itself that is drawing fire, so much as the execution. The govt seems to be doing it on the cheap, in a way that won't solve the problem of the modern world intruding on the prehistoric megalith.

Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford. - Cindy Crawford

Irontom — Wed, 30 Jul 2003 07:21:07 -0800

Roman Cosmetics Found at Temple Dig: Stunningly well preservered, the cream still bears the fingerprints of whoever used it last, almost 2,000 years ago.

Ancient Werewolves

Irontom — Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:56:48 -0800

Ancient Werewolves - 'These composite beings ... are a common theme from the beginning of painting.' (link via Weblogging Considered Harmful)

Those French have been at it for a very long time.

lagado — Thu, 05 Jul 2001 04:22:31 -0800

Those French have been at it for a very long time.

New Ancient Civilization found

stbalbach — Sun, 06 May 2001 17:10:05 -0800

New Ancient Civilization found compareable to the Indus Valley and Mesopotamia civilizations. By Crom!