Been wondering, what does the archaeological excavations of Sparta say? Does it confirm or disprove what the sources say about Sparta? Any new discoveries?
Hi my name is Kristin Romey and I cover archaeology and paleontology for National Geographic news and the magazine. I wrote the cover story for the Dec. 2017 issue about “The Search for the Real Jesus.” Do archaeologists and historians believe that the man described in the New Testament really even existed? Where does archaeology confirm places and events in the New Testament, and where does it refute them? Ask away, and check out the story here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/12/jesus-tomb-archaeology/
Exclusive: Age of Jesus Christ’s Purported Tomb Revealed: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/jesus-tomb-archaeology-jerusalem-christianity-rome/
Proof: https://i.redd.it/4ji9owrtrq001.jpg
https://twitter.com/NatGeo/status/935886282722566144
EDIT: Thanks redditors for the great ama! I'm a half-hour over and late for a meeting so gotta go. Maybe we can do this again! Keep questioning history! K
Hey guys. This is something I worked up after realizing gathering from excavation points may give you a lot of extra damaged artifacts you don't have the materials for. Basically you can enter the total amount of each material you currently have and the damaged artifacts you have and the calculator will tell you the amount of each material you will need to complete restoring your damaged artifacts.
Check it out and let me know if you have any comments!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1th6QEHQR2fD4Rd4u61zQnVfgHyAsXFpRFcJ96qaoxmA/edit?usp=sharing
Edit: Got the new version uploaded with the artifacts split into the collections so they are easier to track. My task for tomorrow is to add wiki links to the artifacts for easy level and excavation reference.
Edit2: Added links to all of the materials and artifacts to the wiki. Next update (not coming for a little bit) will be linking to the GE prices so you can calculate what your cost would be if buying the materials instead of going to caches.
Edit3: Updated to add linking to GE prices and calculating cost.
I found this paper interesting to read, especially given recent conversations about the primacy converts may tend to ascribe to texts, "early" or otherwise.
>It would appear, then, that the ascription of primacy to textual sources in Buddhist studies not only effectively neutralizes the independence of archaeological and epigraphical sources as witnesses, it also effectively excludes what practicing Buddhists did and believed from the history of their own religion [...]
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>Notice only that it is again clear that for this position Buddhism is based on "texts," that it can be really-do we dare to say "correctly"-understood only by a study of its "scripture." The implicit judgment, of course, is that real Buddhism is textual Buddhism. Notice that Buddhist "ideas" at least "correct" Buddhist ideas-apparently do not reside in what Buddhists actually do or in what their "priests" say in conversation. Notice that knowledge based on observation of actual behavior is not adequate. But if actual religious behavior cannot tell us about religious "ideas" then this, again of necessity, has radical implications for the uses of archaeology and epigraphy: since archaeology and epigraphy tell us what people actually did they cannot tell us about "real" or "correct" religion. "Real" or "correct" religion, we are given to understand, and it is assumed, resides in scriptural texts, in formal doctrine.
As many have pointed out here, this may bear direct relevance with regards to the habitual erasure of Asian Buddhist practice, and the tendency for actual, authentic practice to be relegated to the domain of mere cultural accretion in favor of textual description.
Schopen goes on to explain how this might be said to have religious (and in our specific context, we might say "colonial") origins in Reformation-era doctrine of sola scriptura (or prima scriptura), which of course is based on a number of other concepts and values.
A less explicitly religious critique might investigate the philosophical history of logocentrism, and investigate whether individual instances of bias in favor of textual authority may be rooted in a kind of fundamentalism or essentialism with regard to referents.
I should say, my intention in sharing this is not to cast out all textual analysis. As has been the case with a lot of this style of decolonial inquiry, the most fascinating
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Unfortunate Criminology student here, think it’s a popular degree so probably lots of people in my boat. 12 months out of Uni, was unable to get my foot in the door with an internship due to COVID and now working part time at a clothes shop for $22 an hour while doing an extra Diploma to try and make myself more marketable. I’d imagine it’s a similar story for a lot of people so would love to hear from you! And if you’ve managed to graft yourself into a good position then would also love to hear your story!
It’s not a new skill anymore, the hiscore races are long settled, the grace period long over. Let’s bring the skill fully into the game now; urns are crucial to skilling, and arch is primarily a gathering skill (as far as how training time is spent percentage-wise), where it just makes sense to have urns.
(Could also use a new arch-focused familiar that offers an invisible boost or a precision boost and forages for certain materials or something, a counterpart to globster/arctic bear/beaver/lava titan, as an alternative to waterfiend/yak. This is definitely lower priority tho lol.)
As a longtime subscriber to archaeology magazines, I really came to enjoy that aspect of the show. Especially give that they weren’t discovering anything else.
Christopher G. Janus was a Chicago stockbroker and one of the first Americans allowed in the People’s Republic of China in the 1970s. When he returned to America, he revealed that he has been tasked by the government to look for the Peking Man – a collection of early human fossils discovered in China and lost during WW2 – in the United States. According to the story, the fossils were entrusted to U.S. Marines for safeguarding from the Japanese invaders. Then, the fossils disappeared.
Soon, Janus announces that he was getting closer to the fossils. After he offered rewards for the fossils, he said, a woman contacted him. She claimed to be the widow of a U.S. Marine, and that she had the fossils with her. They arranged a meeting at the top of the Empire State Building. The woman gave Janus a photograph of a box full of bones. Then, Janus recounted, “a man appeared from the shadows and pointed a camera toward them,” and the woman vanished.
With this dramatic story, Janus managed to collect $640,000, raised from investors and loaned from banks, to fund his search for the fossils and to produce a feature film – said to be directed by the renowned Otto Preminger. Janus published a book, The Search for Peking Man. In the book, he described his attempts to locate the fossils were being thwarted by a Dr. Fu Manchu-like figure who was “a person of immense intelligence and cunning [...] who could manipulate people and control situations.” On the back cover, he notes that “this is a true story” and the book was “soon to be a major motion picture.”
As you might have suspected, Janus was a fraudster. In the 1980s, he was charged with two counts of fraud. He did not actually use the money for the search nor the filmmaking. The photograph Janus produced has since been described as dubious. While Janus’ search may be fake, the frenzied search for the Peking Man was very much real. What really happened to the Peking Man?
The discovery
In the 1920s, an international archaeological team working at a site 50km southwest of Peking (Beijing), China, discovered two human-like teeth. Davidson Black, a Canadian anatomist at the Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), saw it as a breakthrough in human anthropology, creating an entirely genus/species for the discovery – Sinanthropus pekinensis. In the following decade, the
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And your archaeologists are scrambling back to their digging sites. What did they find? What era is it from? Is it worth anything? What is the historical significance? Is it an everyday item, or did it belong to someone special? If your world is magic, is it magic and is it dangerous? What's going to happen to the items they found?
Sorry if this isn't the right place for this, r/archaeology didn't seem right either. I just got accepted to an incredibly prestigious summer dig, and I am really excited to finally apply my major. However, I estimate my program costs at $7k+ total. I am applying to every scholarship I can find, but I'm anticipating winning one at the most. There's also the opportunity cost of not being able to make money for one month of the summer when normally I'd be working full time. I really don't want to miss out on this opportunity, but I just don't know if it's worth the massive amount of money. Any archaeology students have any experience doing this sort of thing? Was it worth the money? Any advice is appreciated! I'm a junior graduating in May 2023 if that makes a difference.
Edit: Thanks for all your input so far; I don't have much time now but I will come back to read all of the comments later! As of right now, I think I might wait a year or two on doing something like this (and look for a cheaper program) because I am taking some time off before grad school.
Edit 2: I've crossposted to r/Archaeology and between here and there there's over 50 comments full of great advice! I won't respond to every person, but thanks so much for everyone who's given advice. For now, I am going to look at domestic field work and/or working/volunteering at a museum. I didn't realize that you don't necessarily have to do your dig in the same area you want to study (I study Ancient Rome, which is probably more expensive than a lot of other places).
Has anyone else made the switch from Anthropology (undergraduate) to Archaeology (graduate) and found yourself struggling immensely with archaeological practices, concepts and theories ?
Hey all, so I recently started doing Archaeology again on my Ironman, and was interested in the spots that give all the materials required for the Artefacts you receive. This saves having to go to Material Caches. Anyway thought I'd share my findings on all Excavation Hotspots that give the required materials for the Artefacts.
Hopefully it helps someone.
https://preview.redd.it/dsam414m4uc81.png?width=1630&format=png&auto=webp&s=9fbdfdbefcb1a25166bc6bb1e0cb2870d87a7a28
So im following the Wiki guide, telling me which artefacts to get at what level. Question : how am i supposed to Turn in a Collection ( 74 arch btw) when almost all collections Need higher Level artefacts? Is there any Spot i should Camp for Collections at my Level ?
Hi everyone, l would like to know if someone ever have done digs to find some proof of the existence of Mecca earlier than Islamic era. Do Saudis allow to make such research? How is the situation? It's hard to find trustworthy readings online about the matter. I am currently reading books about ancient Mesopotamic era, but it's hard to find unbiased and scientific stuff about Mecca.
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