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Frustrating but fun, I reckon

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Very interesting findings about the ancient Egyptian family. This is doctoral research that I very much hope gets published.

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Love this type of garden. Such a wonderful example of experimental archaeology.

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Roman depictions of dolphins always look so odd. Nice mosaic, though.

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Almost unbelievably large. You know what they say about big feet...

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HUGE villa! Seems to go on and on and on and...

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Honestly, nothing ever changes.

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Hugely useful. So many excavations don't get published for one reason or another, like the death of the principle investigator.

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Interesting article on how government policies on archaeological finds can abet antiquities theft.

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This kind of discovery makes the past seem realer, somehow, more present.

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A fascinating, long, and relatively academic article on the 'invisibility' of Egyptian archaeologists in the early 20th century. The paradigm shift Doyon discusses has been slow in the making, but is extremely important in the field of Egyptology as a whole.

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Ugh. Humans being humans.

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Follow-up to the article I posted earlier this week.

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The article says that the wood was crushed, but the photo shows something that looks like a log cabin. Reconstruction, I'm sure.

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Well, of course no-one knows why. We hardly ever do know why when it comes to ancient stuff.

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So some dating to the period of their original authors? That's incredible.

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I love the decoration on these. Wonderful use of stone.