Aegos Potami, a name meaning in Greek ‘Rivers’ (=Potami) ‘of the Goat’ (=Aega) – although the Greek prefix ‘aeg-‘ means a place generally near water -, was a stream with an ancient small town built next to its estuary on the eastern shore of the Gallipoli Peninsula in Eastern Thrace, opposite Lampsacus and Avydus. Continue reading “The fall of a meteorite at Aegos Potami and record of a comet passing close to Earth in the 5th century BC”
The Late Bronze Age Collapse and the ‘Greek Dark Ages’ have economic, military, and climatic explanations
At the end of the Late Bronze Age (LBA) most Eastern Mediterranean urban centers were either destroyed or abandoned throughout the Near East and Aegean. Continue reading “The Late Bronze Age Collapse and the ‘Greek Dark Ages’ have economic, military, and climatic explanations”
Etruscan Hydro-Technologies
Drainages, meanders and mazes are part of the heritage of symbols and water practices of the Etruscan civilization which settled in central and southern Italy from pre-historic times to Roman antiquity. Continue reading “Etruscan Hydro-Technologies”
Obsidian findings distribution may imply sociocultural boundaries during the Late Neolithic on the Great Hungarian Plain
Chipped stone tool analysis is an essential aspect of prehistoric archaeological research throughout Europe, especially in regard to reconstructing developments in technology, dietary and subsistence practices, and socio-economic systems of exchange. Continue reading “Obsidian findings distribution may imply sociocultural boundaries during the Late Neolithic on the Great Hungarian Plain”
Monuments from Xi’an & Baoji, Shaanxi, China
This post is mostly a photographic presentation of monuments from Xi’an & Baoji, Shaanxi, China. Continue reading “Monuments from Xi’an & Baoji, Shaanxi, China”
Monuments from Khalsi, Leh, Ladakh, India
This post is mostly a photographic presentation of monuments from Khalsi, Leh, Ladakh, India. Continue reading “Monuments from Khalsi, Leh, Ladakh, India”