archaeologicalnews:

Security forces seized 40 pieces that make up the top parts of Pharaonic Shawabti figurines, an Egyptian security source said on Thursday. The artifacts were stolen from the Cairo University excavation warehouses located in the archeological Saqqara region in Giza.

Investigations revealed…

In response to positivelyriddikulus: they would not allow us to take photos of her close up. But I took a picture of the hallway leading up to her. You can just barely see her in the far background! :)

It was absolutely fantastic! If you love archaeology, you will love this museum! It is nothing but! There was everything from Ancient Egypt to Middle Ages Europe. The best part? Getting to see Nefertiti’s bust up close and personal. She was beautiful! I could have stayed and stared at her for ages! One of the more famous archaeological discoveries sitting only a few inches in front of me on the other side of some glass. I haven’t had that many goosebumps since I saw the Dead Sea Scrolls in Raleigh.  You could see the aging that had happened over the years, but I felt like I could scratch one thing off of my bucket list. So if you ever get the chance to go to the Neues Museum in Berlin, Germany, DO IT! Don’t think twice! Just go! You won’t be sorry!

archaeologicalnews:

Evidence for a forgotten ancient language which dates back more than 2,500 years, to the time of the Assyrian Empire, has been found by archaeologists working in Turkey.

Researchers working at Ziyaret Tepe, the probable site of the ancient Assyrian city of Tušhan, believe that the…

archaeologicalnews:

Archaeologists will be leading a group of pilgrims to the site of Britain’s oldest-known leprosy hospital on Thursday.

The walk gets underway at Winchester Cathedral at 5:30pm and will end at the site of the Hospital of St Mary Magdalen at Magdalen Hill a short distance away.

Dr Phil Marter…

archaeologicalnews:

Rare finds have prompted archaeologists to rewrite the history of an ancient north Pembrokeshire stone.

The Trefael Stone, a scheduled ancient monument in a Nevern field, was originally thought to be an ancient standing stone, but is actually the capstone of a 5,500-year-old tomb, according to…

positivelyriddikulus asked: Haha I know right! Everything Publix-brand always cracks me up. Whoever's in charge of naming them either has a GREAT sense of humor or is way too ridiculously happy about life. Or maybe both.

I miss Publix so much!!! They always make me feel good about myself when I walk in there.

They would seriously have to be! 

So I am partaking in a Study Abroad program in Berlin, Germany for 10 days. So I created a blog! Everyday I will post an update on my adventures. This could be in the form of pictures or videos, even a text post! It would amke my day if all y’all wonderful people would check it out!

The link to the blog is: http://ashleyandtheworld.tumblr.com/

I’m overly excited about the new memories I will be creating and I want to share them with as many people as I can! 

This was a very interesting article. I love that this involves faculty from two universities near me. I think this may become a huge controversy (bigger than it is now) in the future, especially between religions. What do you guys think?

fyeah-history:

On the streets of Alexandria, Egypt, a mob led by Peter the Lector brutally murdered Hypatia - 415 AD. Hypatia (ca. AD 350–370–March 415) was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher in Roman Egypt who was the first notable woman in mathematics. As head of the Platonist school at Alexandria, she also taught philosophy and astronomy.

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