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Seagoing ships, tunas, and tassels in the Aegean Sea of the 3rd millennium BCE
As the 19th century was coming to a close, Christos Tsountas, a charismatic and dynamic curator of antiquities in Athens, excavated the...
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Dec 1, 202210 min read
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Dogs, Boats, Shells, and Goats: Musings on the Decorations of the Musandam battil
Many years ago, as an archaeology student in the early 1990s, I had the amazing luck and privilege of participating in a project entitled...
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Oct 30, 20227 min read
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Pinna Goldilocks and the philosopher’s stone
In the past, when people snorkeled in the Mediterranean, in its shallow protected coves, chances were that they would see colonies of...
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Jul 30, 202210 min read
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The pearls of others
here was much rejoicing last November in Atlanta, the great city of the new American South. The Atlanta Braves won the Super Bowl!!...
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Jun 23, 202211 min read
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Octopus the magnificent and its Aegean Bronze Age connections
This post was born out of awe at a piece of kirie art, by Japanese artist Masayo Fukuda. Fukuda created a magnificent paper-cut octopus...
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Apr 30, 20229 min read
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