The Emergence of the Israelites: an Archaeological Perspective
In a previous post, I discussed the Exodus myth and the archaeological evidences (and lack thereof) associated with the period. I recall a comment on […]
Month: May 2007
Playing God? Life Created in the Laboratory
Newsweek’s Cover story is about abiogenesis and synthesis of self-replicating organisms. I just finished reading this article online [NewsWeek at MSNBC.Com] and noticed that PZ […]
Is Sailing a Raft of Reeds Across the Atlantic Experimental Archaeology?
Not a chance. It’s more like pseudo-experimental, pseudo-archaeology. But, either way, a German man plans to sail his Bolivian made raft across the Atlantic as […]
The Gilgamesh Epic and its Relationship to Other Mesopotamian Myths – part 2 –
In my last post, I discussed both the Old Babylonian and the Akkadian versions of the Gilgamesh Epic and some of their similarities and differences. […]
The Gilgamesh Epic and its Relationship to other Mesopotamian Myths
The Epic of Gilgamesh is a story of heroism and adventure that still has an appeal to the reader today, suggesting that the human need […]
New Egyptian Tomb Find May Be Best Preserved
Belgian archaeologists of the Leuven Catholic University discovered a tomb of Henu, a high-ranking estate manager and Egyptian courtier. The tomb dates to about 4,000 […]
Loch Ness to become World Heritage Site
Nessie Fans take notice! The Loch Ness, about 37 km from Inverness, Scotland may be destined to become a World Heritage Site. the UK’s largest […]
Hot Cup of Joe’s "Hot Cup"
ScienceBlogger Dave at The World’s Fair is asking SciBloggers about their mugs. I might not be his “SciBling” but with a blog title like mine, […]
Colony Collapse Disorder… is it the bee rapture?
Probably not. But honeybees everywhere are disappearing. They aren’t dying in their hives. They’re leaving and not returning, absconding the hive only to leave it […]
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