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1. Diving Under the Pyramids: THE PYRAMIDS IN EGYPT ARE MORE FAMOUS, BUT THE ONES IN SUDAN HIDE ROYAL BURIAL SITES THAT ARCHAEOLOGISTS CAN EXPLORE--AS LONG AS THEY DON'T MIND DIVING

Author

Sobecki, Nichole

Subjects
Sudan -- Discovery and exploration -- Natural history, Pyramids -- Discovery and exploration, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Methods, Tombs -- Discovery and exploration, Burial -- Discovery and exploration, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Environmental issues, General interest, Geography, History, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

I COULD FEEL MYSELF SUFFOCATING. Each step down the bedrock passageway brought me closer to what I'd long imagined: the pool of khaki water, the flooded tunnel it hid, and [...]

Published
2022

2. The Search for Troy

Author

Abbink, Emily

Subjects
Turkey -- Discovery and exploration, Mounds -- Discovery and exploration, Ancient cities -- Discovery and exploration, Ancient history -- Discovery and exploration, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Methods, Business
Abstract

According to the Iliad, Troy was a great walled city. Within were palaces, temples, streets, and houses. For 10 long years, the Greeks struggled to take control of it. Unable [...]

Published
2017

3. A flood devastates Sanyangzhuang

Author

Pruech, Margarette

Subjects
Henan, China -- Discovery and exploration, Floods -- History, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Methods, Business
Abstract

Farmer Yan was on his way to pick leaves from the mulberry tree for the starving silkworms. His wife was at home with Xiao Ma, their little son. They had [...]

Published
2015

4. SYNAGOGUE SURPRISE

Subjects
Israel -- Discovery and exploration -- Natural history, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Methods, Synagogues -- Discovery and exploration, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

SYNAGOGUE SURPRISE: The remains of a 2,000-year-old synagogue have been unearthed in Migdal (also known as Magdala), the fishing village where Mary Magdalene is believed to have been born. The [...]

Published
2022

5. How to excavate an archaeological site: These experts use patience, precision and problem-solving to retrieve history from the ground

Subjects
Problem solving -- Methods, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Methods, Archaeology -- Methods, Ancient cities -- Methods, Science and technology
Abstract

The remains of ancient cities, people and their belongings are of great importance to historians. They can provide information about our ancestors and tell us how human behaviour has changed [...]

Published
2021

6. Middens

Author

Slavicek, Louise Chipley

Subjects
Prehistory -- Discovery and exploration, Kitchen middens -- Discovery and exploration, Ancient history -- Discovery and exploration, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Methods, Business
Abstract

Archaeologists can discover a lot about ancient people by sifting through their garbage. 'Midden' is the term that archaeologists use for an ancient trash heap, where all sorts of unwanted [...]

Published
2017

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