Archaeology
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- Scythian Artifacts
- Prof. John Haskins' collection of photographs of Scythian metal works (including gold objects), pottery, wooden objects, and textiles, together with a bibliography and maps.
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- Wikipedia: Scythia
- Lengthy, illustrated article with references from the collaborative online encyclopedia.
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- Birka and Hovgården
- UNESCO describes this archaeological complex which illustrates the elaborate trading networks of Viking Age Europe.
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- Explore a Viking Village
- NOVA Online's video tour of a life-like scale model of Birka, a medieval Viking village that archaeologists excavated near modern-day Stockholm.
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- Hammer in the North: Mjollnir in Medieval Scandinavia
- An article with bibliography by Daniel Bray at Sydney University on the proliferation of small metal amulets representing Mjollnir, the magical hammer of the god Thor, in the archaeological record of tenth century Scandinavia.
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- Lost Civilizations - Vikings
- Article provides an introduction to these warriors, also called Norsemen, as well as information about the Isle of Man, and Leif Eriksson.
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- The Nibelungs Saga - Its True Core by the Svava
- Site by Rolf Badenhausen arguing that the Old Nordic Theoderic Codices provide evidence of the historical Nibelungs.
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- AncientScripts.com - Zapotec
- Study of the evolution of Zapotec writing. Includes several pictures of carved glyphs with historical context.
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- Wikipedia - Zapotec Civilization
- Encyclopedic entry on indigenous pre-columbian civilization of southern Mesoamerica which is known as the Archaeological evidence shows their culture goes back at least 2500 years.
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- Africa Rock Art Archives
- Provides articles on the paintings and engravings found at various locations on the continent.
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- African Archaeology - the World Wide Web Virtual Library
- Offers links to field data, documentation, networking, institutions, universities, and SAFA, the Society of Africanist Archaeologists.
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- African Rock Art
- Article on the rock paintings and engravings found all over the continent which are Africa's oldest continuously practiced art form.
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- Apollo 11 (25,500–23,500 BC) and Wonderwerk (8000 BC) Cave Stones
- Provides information on paintings from these two locations which have been found by radio-carbon dating to be some of the oldest art in Africa.
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- Archaeology of Africa
- Offers information from research programs in Namibia and the eastern Sahara. Includes images, profiles and preservation data.
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- Donkey Domestication Began in Africa
- Article discusses the origin of the donkey's domestication. From New Scientist. (June 16, 2004)
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- Institute of History and Philology
- Academia Sinica, a Taiwanese institute, describes its research departments on history, linguistics, archaeology, anthropology, and the Chinese writing systems.
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- New Light On A Forgotten Past
- Synopsis of the book written by Wilhelm G. Solheim II which re-examines established beliefs on ancient horticulture, bronze casting, migration, and other aspects after new discoveries in southeast Asia.