Monthly Archives: June 2006

ArtiFacts: Recent News in the Field of Archaeology

Posted on June 30, 2006 by Carl Feagans

Yet Another Ancient Observatory In Brazil, archaeologists have discovered a circle of granite blocks, 127 in all, that reach as much as 9 feet in height. The winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year and it’s reported that … Continue reading →

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Battle of the Starbucks

Posted on June 26, 2006 by Carl Feagans

I’m hooked. As a pre-adolescent, I was very much a fan of Battlestar Galactica, the television series that fell on the heals of George Lucas’ Star Wars and took advantage of the tremendous potential for the space opera genre of … Continue reading →

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Pseudoarchaeology: Raiders of the ‘lost ark’

Posted on June 19, 2006 by Carl Feagans

Ed Brayton turned me on to this pseudoarchaeological report in Christian Worldview Network. It would seem that the “expedition” was “[l]ed by explorer, adventurer, and featured Worldview Weekend speaker Dr. Bob Cornuke,” an apparently fake doctor of Lousiana Baptist University … Continue reading →

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Dr. Bill Lucas: A “Cracked Up” Pseudoscientist

Posted on June 18, 2006 by Carl Feagans

Silkworm at Defending Science is in the trenches with CORR (Christians for Origins and Religious Research), and he hammers their lead speaker, Dr. Bill Lucas. According to Dr. Lucas’ resume, he holds a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from William and … Continue reading →

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ScienceBlogs School Supply Fundraiser

Posted on June 18, 2006 by admin

The bloggers over at ScienceBlogs, the Seed Magazine blog portal, are participating in a fundraiser to generate money for science education. The reason is simple and Janet at Adventures in Ethics and Science puts it best: A lot of us … Continue reading →

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A Bronze Age Harbor at Sidon

Posted on June 16, 2006 by Carl Feagans

The Journal of Archaeological Science has an article in press, "Geoarchaeology of Sidon’s ancient harbours, Phoenicia (Marriner, Morhange, & Doumet-Serhal 2006, in press)"  in which the authors use geoarchaeological data to clarify the developmental stages of Sidon’s bronze age harbor. … Continue reading →

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Another Reason to Drink Coffee!

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Carl Feagans

Science NOW Daily News ran an article titled, Another Cup of Joe, Bartender, which caught my eye. Researchers from the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Oakland, California may have discovered that coffee can protect the liver against cirrhosis. They … Continue reading →

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Got Trowel? The New Egyptian Tomb on Video

Posted on June 12, 2006 by Carl Feagans

In February, I blogged about An 18th Dynasty Tomb in Luxor, and the cache of mummies that were found in it. YouTube has a video clip that shows some of the details, gives life to some of the archaeologists who … Continue reading →

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Stone Tools of a new Hominid Species?

Posted on June 12, 2006 by admin

On 5/23/06, I blogged about Homo floresiensis: New Species or Modern Human? and I mentioned the debate over whether H. floresiensis represents a new species of hominid or just a pathologically affected modern human. These are the two primary dogs … Continue reading →

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Pseudoarchaeology: The “Bosnian Pyramid” is a Natural Formation

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Carl Feagans

Afarensis commented a couple of days ago about a report that UNESCO is sending a team to Bosnia to inspect the alleged pyramid, a.k.a. Visocica hill, which has been heralded by Semir Osmanagic, a self-described amateur archaeologist. “Self-described” is the … Continue reading →

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