She Digs is a new monthly column featuring some of our favorite women in the archeology field. This month, we met with Black feminist, storyteller, artist, and archaeologist Dr. Ayana Omilade Flewellen. By: Tess Brock A Miami native with deep roots in Texas, Dr. Flewellen developed an interest in history and artifacts at a young […]
A roundup of Secrets in the News for October 2020. Ancient mummies unearthed in Egypt after more than 2,600 years If you like this, you might like: Egypt’s Darkest Hour. NBC News: SAQQARA, Egypt — More than 2,600 years since they were buried, archaeologists in Egypt said Saturday they had found at least 59 ancient coffins in […]
A roundup of Secrets in the News for September 2020. ‘Ghost Army’ in WWII used inflatable tanks to fool the Nazis and win the war Live Science: Today (Sept. 2) marks the 75th anniversary of World War II’s end. During this historic global conflict, hundreds of bloody skirmishes were waged on land, sea and air. […]
A roundup of Secrets in the News for August 2020. This Ancient Greek Shipwreck Is Now an Underwater Museum Smithsonian: A 2,000-year-old Greek shipwreck will open to the public next month as an underwater museum, reports Huw Oliver for Time Out. The maritime attraction, scheduled to welcome visitors from August 3 to October 2, is […]
A roundup of Secrets in the News for July 2020. The Dogs That Sniff Out 5,000-Year-Old Bones The Atlantic: “We both wondered how far back in time her dogs could smell.” What they did not expect was that the dogs would lead them to remains that had been buried in the eighth century B.C. … […]
A roundup of Secrets in the News for June 2020. Oldest and largest Maya structure on record discovered in southern Mexico Live Science: The oldest and largest Maya monumental structure on record has just been discovered after scientists shot millions of lasers from a plane to map an area in southern Mexico… [read more] […]
A roundup of Secrets in the News for May 2020. Were Vikings in South America over 400 years before Columbus? Ancient Origins: Academic historians generally do not admit the presence of European visitors to South America until after the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Therefore for them, all talk of Vikings travelling anywhere south of Nova […]
A roundup of Secrets in the News for April 2020. Medieval church discovered in Bulgaria Archaeology in Bulgaria reports: A previously unknown church from the major medieval Bulgarian city of Cherven has been discovered and excavated over the past three archaeological seasons, exposing surviving church murals from the 14th century containing a scene with “warrior […]
A roundup of Secrets in the News for March 2020. Read more below for a Mayan warrior queen discovery, a secret passage in London, and the biggest ivory workshop in the ancient world found. Mayan Warrior Queen May Have Built the Longest ‘White Road’ in the Yucatán Live Science: A ruthless Mayan warrior queen may […]
A roundup of Secrets in the News for February 2020. Read more below for talking Egyptian mummies, an art sanctuary uncovered in a Spanish cave, and bones recently recovered from underwater. Voice of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy reproduced by 3-D printing a vocal tract CNN reports: Scientists have revealed what the voice of a mummified […]
