3D Virtual Reality Environment Developed at UC San Diego Helps Scientists Inn...

Coming soon to your living room; full immersion "virtual reality" extreme sports, action, romance, horror, scifi and shopping"The StarCAVE is a five-sided virtual reality (VR) room where scientific models and animations are projected in stereo on 360-degree screens...

Plagiarism and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Did NYU department chairman pilfer from ...

A little-known case of apparent academic quackery has recently surfaced again,                    which deserves, perhaps, renewed attention in light of the media’s ongoing celebration of...

Did Christian agenda lead to biased Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit in San Diego?

Please note: I have added an update towards the end of this article (before the massive series of angry, blustering comments submitted by a supporter of the San Diego museum). And I have added links to a pair of...

Dead Sea Scrolls coming to New York

New York's famous Jewish Museum has announced its upcoming Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit, produced by the Israel Antiquities Authority and entitled "The Dead Sea Scrolls: Mysteries of the Ancient World." In a marked departure from previous Dead Sea Scrolls exhibits, the...

Big archaeology find in Egypt

While it has been historically difficult to get access to dig and study ruins in Egypt, a University of Chicago expedition has discovered a large administration building and silos dating back to early Egyptian...

Stonehenge 'a long-term cemetery'

Stonehenge may have served as a burial ground for much longer that has been previously suggested, according to new research conducted by the University of Sheffield."The site was used as a cemetery for 500 years,...

Norwegian blue parrot did exist

"This parrot is deceased A Monty Python fan has discovered that Norwegian parrots really did exist. Some 55 million years before John Cleese and Michael Palin immortalised the "Norwegian...

Archaeological finds dated to 35,000 years

" ANCIENT Aboriginal tools found on a Pilbara mine site in Western Australia have been dated at 35,000 years — among the oldest so far discovered in Australia.Archaeologists believe the dig could yield material up to 40,000 years old, comparable with the internationally...

New Book: Star of David Album

Three months after publishing his Hebrew book Magen David Black & White Israeli author Ze’ev Barkan (59) just published his English book titled Star of David Album. The book is about the pictorial history...

Digging for Oak Island Treasure Resumes

This is an exciting time, excavations of Oak Island have resumed. If you have never heard of Oak Island, I suggest reading up on it. Situated in Nova Scotia's Mahone Bay, a depression in the ground was first...

Pirates of the Caribbean 4 - Captain Kidd's Ship

The wreckage of a pirate ship abandoned by Captain Kidd in the 17th century has been found by divers in shallow waters off the Dominican Republic, a research team claims. The underwater archaeology team, from Indiana University, says they have found the remains of Quedagh...

Lepenski Vir Archaeological Site from 7000 BC

Complete multimedia article about Lepenski Vir Archaeological site from 7000 BC located on the banks of the river Danube in Eastern Europe. Over 50 images, video, links and...

Tara: Voices from Our Past ~ a recent discovery

Hello again, friends, Below is the cover note Sean Moriarty is sending out with the link to a new short film I just put together for Tara.The film is based on Sean's thesis, that the orthostat, the large stone, with engravings, just inside the Mound of Hostages on...

Car park dig for medieval castle

"Volunteers are helping archaeologists search for signs of a medieval castle thought to be under a village car park. Researchers believe the castle once stood at the site in Maenclochog at the foot of Pembrokeshire's Preseli Hills. Villagers are working with professional...

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