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eBay has unexpected, chilling effect on looting of antiquities, archaelogist finds

Having worked for 25 years at fragile archaeological sites in Peru, UCLA archaeologist Charles "Chip" Stanish held his breath when the online auction house eBay launched more than a decade ago.

Archaeological discovery in Jordan valley: Enormous 'foot-shaped' enclosures

"The 'foot' structures that we found in the Jordan valley are the first sites that the People of Israel built upon entering Canaan and they testify to the biblical concept of ownership of the land with the foot," said archaeologist Prof.

The ideal measurements of a pre-Roman model

Noor van Krimpen has added a new weapon to the archaeologist's arsenal; the metrological analysis. This was already used to find out more about the design aspects of historical constructions. Van Krimpen, however, has now also used the method to add to our knowledge of the social significance of the houses of Pompeii's elite.

Archaeologist uncovers unluckiest church in the world

An archaeologist has uncovered what is probably the unluckiest church in the world. It was founded on what is now a cliff top because unfortunately that is where its patron saint was martyred. It was wrecked by two earthquakes, a flood, and a landslide ? all of which happened while it was still being built. It became an opium den and after its eventual abandonment ended up being washed away by the sea.



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