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The hinge of history swings in all directions
As the happenings of the past are written down.
Out of all that has occurred since man's beginnings,
Less has been recorded than waits to be found.

Tom Zart


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The first Roman tombstone found in Scotland for 170 years has been unearthed at Carberry, near Inveresk.

The red sandstone artefact was for a man called Cresce...
HOPEWELL COPPER IN CONTEXT AT MOUND CITY GROUP

arrod Burks
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Ohio Archaeological Council � 2002

Over eighty y...

Seip Earthworks Objects

The Hopewell people deposited a variety...
Isle Royale
The island is 45 miles (74 km) long and 9 miles (14 km) wide, with an area of 206.73 square miles (535.42 km�), making it the largest natural island in Lake Superior (though smaller than so...
Fascinating!
This has me worried, though: Between 700 BC and AD 0.
Evening  bush pilot:  Do you wish to use my OUIJI board? Seriously I have a friend in Green Valley, Az.,  that is an expet on copper culture. He has a piece of wood from the handle of a tool that has been partialy converted into copper from the ancient ...
HIO : *****  on the thought process, and presentation..   Loved it.  It also gives me a basis for a phychological analisis  -- picture or the author ? heheheh

Real de Tayopa 
Bart,

One of my favorite mysteries.  What I'd love to see is a comparative study of the smelting methods used by these folks and their counterparts on the other sides of the oceans.  Where was it discovered?  How did it end up on both sides of the ocean...
Crucibles For Casting Found At Cahokia?
Neiburger's Evidence: Native Americans
Melted, Cast Copper at 1,000 BC Site

Scientific evidence of prehistoric Indian copper casting was published in an article in North American Archaeologist, written by an Evans...
Old Copper Culture of Lake Superior

Copper tools from Northern Wisconsin, 4,000-1,200 B.C.

   Copper has been mined along Lake Superior's south shore for thousands of years. This photograph shows seven artifacts from the Society's Museum collections tha...
by scribe on Today at 02:29:13 PM

The first Roman tombstone found in Scotland for 170 years has been unearthed at Carberry, near Inveresk.

The red sandstone artefact was for a man called Crescens, a bodyguard for the governor who ran the province of Britain for the Roman Emperor.

The National Museum of Scotland said the stone provided the strongest evidence yet that Inveresk was a pivotal Roman site in...
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by Administration on October 26, 2007, 10:32:47 AM

By Talal el-Atrache - DAMASCUS

Deep in the heart of northern Syria, close to the banks of the Euphrates River, archaeologists have uncovered a series of startling 11,000-year-old wall paintings and artefacts.

"The wall paintings date back to the 9th millennium BC. They were discovered last month on the wall of a house...
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by Bart on October 25, 2007, 06:07:18 AM
   


   The Harrogate hoard is an undisturbed tenth-century Viking hoard of over 617 silver coins and other items. The hoard was discovered in 2007 near the town of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. The hoard is the largest discovered in western Europe since 1840, when the Cuerdale hoard was found in Lancashire.

   On 6 January 2007, David Whelan, a semi-retired businessman from...
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by ole.Grubstake on October 20, 2007, 11:03:46 PM
Son and I were recently out metal detecting on the ranch. He found a 1907 2.50 dollar gold piece and i scored a 10.00 dollar gold piece. Thought it was cool that a father and son would both strike gold on the same day using our Whites DFX detectors.
Grubby
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by Bart on October 19, 2007, 05:14:15 AM
Saxon Graves Find

Archaeologists examine remains at the Twyford School site

WHEN workmen discovered human remains as they cleared a site for new classrooms at a Twyford school, staff briefly thought they had a crime scene on their hands.

The panic soon turned into a historical feast for pupils and teachers alike, however, when it turned out the bones found at Twyford School were...
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by Bart on October 14, 2007, 10:55:26 PM
Divers Chart Historic Alaskan Shipwreck

Jeannette Lee, Associated Press

Oct. 9, 2007 � A private dive team exploring the waters of south-central Alaska has discovered the oldest American shipwreck ever found in the state, officials said Monday.

   The Torrent sank 139 years ago in Cook Inlet after tidal currents, among the world's most powerful, rammed it into a reef south of the Kenai Peninsula. Documents from the period show that all 155 people on...
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by Bart on October 11, 2007, 04:08:28 AM
Archaeologists In Portugal Net Haul of 4,500+ Roman Coins

AP 10 Oct 2007

LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Archeologists in Portugal have found more than 4,500 Roman coins bundled together inside the wall of a blacksmith's house dating from the fourth century. Antonio Sa Coixao, who is leading excavations in Coriscada in northeastern...
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by Bart on October 11, 2007, 03:32:29 AM
Ancient Roman Graveyard Found in Suburban Copenhagen

October 10, 2007 - Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Archaeologists have discovered a Roman cemetery from about 300 A.D. in suburban Copehagen with about 30 graves, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

   "It is something special and rare in Dnmark to...
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