ArtiFACTS: Recent News in Archaeology and Anthropology
Here’s what’s new in archaeology for the previous week (below the fold):2,100 year old melon… with flesh still on the rind! In Japan, archaeologists recovered […]
Archaeology
The Emergence of the Israelites in Canaan: Part II
In Part I of this two part series, I discussed a few of the hypotheses that exist to explain the emergence of the Israelites in […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Iranian Government With Panties in Wads over ‘300’
The Iranian government is bitching to the United Nations about a movie. I kid you not. They want the U.N., specifically, UNESCO to take action […]
Development of farming compared and contrasted between two regions: the Tehuacan Valley in Mesoamerica and the Levant in the Near East
Several hypotheses exist to explain the development of agriculture: Childe’s oasis theory; Sauer’s sedentary hypothesis; and Binford’s marginal habitat hypothesis. V.G. Childe’s oasis theory proposed […]
(FICTION) A Day in the Life of Aqhat -a Mesopotamian Farm Boy
This is the first time I’ve posted any fiction here at Hot Cup of Joe, but I thought I’d share this short, short story. It’s […]
The Rise of Sumerian Culture
There are those that might argue that no other single culture had such a lasting impact on humanity as that of the Sumerian. This is […]
ArtiFACTS: Recent News in Archaeology and Anthropology
Second Temple in Jerusalem in wrong spot!, Bulgarian archaeologists want higher wages, New Discovery of Old Sarcophagi in Egypt, and the 5,000 year-old embrace will […]