These Articles Are Reproduced With Special Permission From Archeological Diggings MagazineFor More Information And A Subscription, Please Visit www.DiggingsOnline.Com Tourists visiting Pompeii are commonly accosted by guards who will offer, in return for a suitable...
The Hittites were an ancient people in Anatolia who spoke an Indo-European language, and established a kingdom centered at Hattusha (Hittite URU?attu?a) in north-central Anatolia from the 18th century BC. In the 14th century BC, the Hittite empire was at its height,...
The Nag Hammadi Library is a collection of ancient religious texts which were discovered in Egypt in 1945. The people who collected and buried the library are believed to have been Gnostic Christians. The various scriptures are considered to be examples of texts used...
Archeology Free Online Course 1, Lesson 2History of archaeology The history of archaeology has been one of increasing professionalisation, and the use of an increasing range of techniques, to obtain as much data on the site being examined as possible. The exact...
Ever since Lord Caernarfon died shortly after the opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb, the “Curse of the Pharaohs” has been a popular theme with newspaper journalists and those optimists determined to find some evidence for mystery and magic in ancient Egypt....
