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Virtual archeology digs and stage sets - Universities in Second Life (This is Herd)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:08:00 GMT

According to the Guardian's director of digital Emily Bell, when it comes to the virtual world Second Life: ‘It’s so over – nobody’s left in it.' That's really only true when it comes to brands. For most it is indeed "so over" (with some exceptions, for example mobile phone giant Orange ). But for companies who use it as a virtual meeting space / office, and for Universities who use it as a virtual...

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Fire lays bare prehistoric secrets of the moors in Yorkshire (Mirabilis.ca)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:09:52 GMT

From The Guardian: Fire lays bare prehistoric secrets of the moors in Yorkshire. A catastrophic fire which "skinned" a precious moorland to its rocky bones has unexpectedly revealed some of the most important prehistoric archaeology found in Britain. The uncontrolled six-day blaze on Fylingdales Moor in North Yorkshire has exposed a lost landscape dating back 3,000 years [...]

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Favourite Things (Aardvarchaeology)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:22:20 GMT

My current ten favourite things: Books Boardgames Podcasts Tea Sunshine Archaeology Sleep Nookie Music E-mail And yours, Dear Reader? Read the comments on this post...

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Infection Blocks Lung's Protective Response Against Tobacco Smoke (Science Daily)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:18:48 GMT

An infection that often goes undetected can block the lung's natural protective response against tobacco smoke, according to researchers at National Jewish Health. Mice exposed to tobacco smoke infected with the common lung pathogen Myclplasma pneumoniae fail to mount the protective antioxidant response in the lungs that mice do when exposed to tobacco smoke alone. The findings suggest one mechanism...

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Chemist Travels World To Study Mysterious Properties Of Neutrinos (Science Daily)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:18:48 GMT

In the quest to better understand one of nature's most "ghostly" elementary particles -- the neutrino -- scientists at the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory are spreading their expertise from the mines of Canada to the mountains of China.

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Jack Shainman Gallery: Shimon Attie, New Video Installations (ArtCal)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:38:02 GMT

Jack Shainman Gallery 513 West 20th Street, 212-645-1701 Chelsea September 4 - October 4, 2008 Opening: Friday, September 5, 6 - 8PM Web Site Shimon Attie Viewing schedule: September 4 - 20: Racing Clocks Run Slow: Archaeology of a Racetrack September 23 - October 4: The Attraction of Onlookers: Aberfan - An Anatomy of a Welsh Village Jack Shainman Gallery is pleased to announce Shimon Attie:...

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Student discovers soldier skeleton (Family Research)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:03:04 GMT

An archaeology student has uncovered the body of an Australian soldier 90 years after he died in battle during the First World War. Graham Arkley, 21, a student at Bradford University, discovered the skeleton, dressed in full kit, while excavating the German trenches near St Yves, in Wallonia, Belgium, on August 6. for more click here

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Daily Photo - Decorated rim sherd from the Petrie (Egyptology News)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:41:00 GMT

UC19110 . Rim sherd from large red ware black fracture pottery jar with black and white running calf on blue background, painted. length 27.7 cms. Eighteenth Dynasty. Found at Luxor . Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology , University College London With my thanks Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes

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Journey's End Offers Five Distinctive Mayan Adventure Tours in Belize (PR Leap - Recent News Releases)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Journey's End resort on Ambergris Caye in Belize offers guided tours to mysterious, beautiful, and fascinating Maya archaeological sites throughout Belize. Experience your own Indiana Jones movie adventure in Belize with Journey's End Resort.

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A 2,600-year-old clay seal uncovered intact in Jerusalem dig (Archaeonews)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:26:00 GMT

A 2,600 year old clay seal impression, or bulla, bearing the name Gedaliah ben Pashur has recently been uncovered completely intact during archaeological excavations in Jerusalem's ancient City of David, located just below the walls of the Old City near the Dung Gate. The name appears in the Book of Jeremiah (38:1) together with that of Yehuchal ben Shelemayahu, whose name was found on...

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Oetzi the Iceman dressed like a herdsman (Eurekalert)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

( Wiley-Blackwell ) A famous Neolithic Iceman is dressed in clothes made from sheep and cattle hair, a new study shows. The researchers say their findings support the idea that the Iceman was a herdsman, and that their technique, reported today in the journal Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, has use in the modern clothing industry.

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Daily Photo - Bronze vase from the Petrie collection (Egyptology News)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:35:00 GMT

UC16428 . Bronze vase of piriform shape with long neck and flared rim, with incised hieroglyphic inscription 'for the washer of the sandals of Amen, Dhutihotep', between horizontal lines. 22.5cm. Eighteenth Dynasty Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology , University College London With my thanks Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes

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Daily Photo - Ivory wand fragment from Petrie (Egyptology News)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:30:00 GMT

UC16384 . Fragment of ivory (hippopotamus) magic wand, incised from R-L with frog on basket (HEQT), TA-URT with knife, two human heads and crocodile. 10.6cms. Possibly Eighteenth Dynasty. Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology , University College London With my thanks Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes

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Toward Plastic Spin Transistors: Ultrafast Computers And Electronics On The Horizon? (Science Daily)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:10:55 GMT

Physicists successfully controlled an electrical current using the "spin" within electrons -- a step toward building an organic "spin transistor": A plastic semiconductor switch for future ultrafast computers and electronics. The study also suggests it will be more difficult than thought to make highly efficient light-emitting diodes using organic materials. The findings hint such LEDs would convert...

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Virtual Reality Gets Real (Science Daily)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:10:49 GMT

Up to now virtual reality has proved cumbersome as a design tool, but European researchers are finalizing a system that brings ‘virtuality’ to the wider world.

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Olympic Swimmers Shattering Records In NASA-Tested Suit (Science Daily)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:10:43 GMT

Swimmers from around the world are setting world and Olympic records in Beijing this month and most are doing it wearing a swimsuit made of fabric tested at NASA. Among the Olympic gold medalists wearing Speedo's LZR Racer are Americans Michael Phelps -- who has now won more Olympic gold medals than any athlete in the modern era -- and Natalie Coughlin. Both had a hand in developing the skintight body...

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Newly Detected Air Pollutant Mimics Damaging Effects Of Cigarette Smoke (Science Daily)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:10:29 GMT

A previously unrecognized group of air pollutants could have effects remarkably similar to harmful substances found in tobacco smoke, according to a new report. Inhaling those pollutants exposes the average person up to 300 times more free radicals daily than from smoking one cigarette, the researchers added, noting that the study could help explain why nonsmokers develop tobacco-related diseases like...

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Molly (London Walks)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:21:12 GMT

Molly guides at the British Museum and lectures on Art, Archaeology, and London History. An Art Historian, she is a Freeman of the City of London and a top flight professionally qualified Blue Badge and City of London Guide. And by all means have a listen - here's a soundbite from the Moll's Ripper Walk. More... ...

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‘Popular culture’ and the archaeological imagination: A commentary on Cornelius Holtorf’s Archaeology is a Brand! (2007) (Archaeolog)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:28:49 GMT

... farm as a kid. 2) From age 10, when my mother purchased the subscription, I regularly read about archaeology in National Geographic (this routine was tempered by my love of fantasy world literatures). 3) Indiana Jones was one of my childhood heroes. Now it should go without saying that none of these responses, when taken on their own, even comes near to accounting for why I was drawn down...

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Arid discovery in Sahara opens window to past (Houston Chronicle)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:30:00 GMT

The archaeological site at Gobero in the Eastern Sahara is not going to rewrite the history of Stone Age man, or even the history of settlement in North Africa, where desert and lake have played tag with each other for eons.

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