ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
In this post we present selected parts of the very interesting paper titled “Surface luminescence dating of some Egyptian monuments“, by Ioannis Liritzis and Asimina Vafiadou (2015). Continue reading “How surface luminescence dating (SLD) works – SLD dating of several famous Egyptian monuments”
The Argaric Bronze Age of south-eastern Spain (c. 2200–1550 cal BC) represents a unique socio-economic and political development in the later prehistory of the western Mediterranean. Continue reading “La Bastida; Argaric Bronze Age of S-E Spain – what we know so far”
There are ∼35,000 presently extant European Megaliths – ancient monuments constructed from one or more blocks of stone – that remain all across Europe. Most of them come from the Neolithic period and the Copper Age. The majority of them are concentrated in coastal areas, while there are quite a few in the inland, too (e.g. Thrace -modern day Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey). Continue reading “Does the Megalithic Tradition have an ‘origin’?”
In this post we present the Minoan seal-stone CMS XI No. 325. It is a finding that, if proved genuine, implies radical changes on the History of Alphabetical Writing. Continue reading “The Minoan seal-stone CMS XI No. 325 – A demand for a proper Dating of the item”
The eruption of the Thera volcano was an event that changed/re-shaped the Aegean and the entire Eastern Mediterranean. Specialists always wanted to know the exact time this disaster took place, as it would be a very helpful tool in dating archaeological sites of the same era with greater accuracy. Continue reading “Dating the eruption of the Thera volcano”
In this post we present selected parts of the very interesting paper titled “Early art in the Urals: new research on the wooden sculpture from Shigir“, by Mikhail Zhilin et al. Continue reading “Prehistoric art in the Urals (Shigir); the oldest wooden monumental sculpture in the world”
