Archaeology

Ancient Chinese Secret- Soup From 400 B.C.

If you think people in your family can't cook, imagine how bad the soup must have been to bury it and leave it untouched for 2,400 years.    Chinese archaeologists say a bronze cooking pot dug up near the former capital Xian (for 1,100 years- go see t ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Dec 14 2023 - 11:06am

The Rise Of Empires As Seen By Trees

In ancient times, when things went wrong in battle or the economy, people blamed leaders (if they didn't like them) or the Gods (if they liked the leaders) but maybe they should have blamed global warming.   Errr, and cooling. A new study in Science u ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 14 2024 - 10:39pm

The Worst Disaster In The History Of British Polar Exploration Now Yields Archeological Treasure

In 1845, two ships under the command Captain John Franklin, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, left England on a voyage to chart the top of North America and a Northwest Passage that would connect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.  Like the interior of Africa a ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 25 2024 - 3:39pm

Questioning Cleopatra's Origins

New exciting proof that Cleopatra was of African descent and killed her sister! Really? Yes, if you believe the BBC. The story, reported by AFP, the Times, and the Daily Telegraph, goes like this: In the 1920s a tomb at Ephesus in Turkey was opened which c ...

Article - Erika Hert - Aug 5 2024 - 11:44am

Did Ancient Turks Beat The Greeks To Precession By 10,000 Years?

If you ever get the chance to visit Turkey, I encourage you to do so. Like Civil War battlefields in the southern US, you can trip and stumble across something old- except in the case of Turkey it could be 2,000 years old. Some sites are archaeological res ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 7 2024 - 9:47pm

Here's Your Chance To Buy Gems Buried With Buddha 2000 Years Ago

Almost 2,000 years ago in modern-day Uttar Pradesh, India, someone deposited a cache of gems inside a reliquary (a container for holy relics), along with some bone fragments and ash. The gems were precious, but the bones and ash even more so, for accordin ...

Article - The Conversation - May 11 2025 - 4:30am