Kevin BeachusEnvironment A Tale of Survival, Wrapped in a 19th-Century Reindeer-Skin Sleeping Bag verified_publisherAtlas Obscura - Betsy Golden Kellem In 2013, Barnum Museum curator Adrienne St. Pierre discovered what she described as a “rather decrepit old cardboard box” in the museum’s offsite …
Kevin BeachusSpain This 2,400-year-old statue reveals insights into ancient Spain verified_publisherNational Geographic - Benjamin ColladoHungry for artifacts from an elusive Iberian civilization, archaeologists were thrilled to find an elaborate funerary statue dubbed the 'Lady of Baza.' North of the small city of Baza in southern Spain...
Kevin BeachusArchaeology 6,000 years of arrows emerge from melting Norwegian ice patch verified_publisherNational Geographic - Andrew CurryThe record-setting discovery of 68 projectiles from the Neolithic to the Viking Era also upends ideas on how ice both preserves and destroys archaeological finds. Archaeologists in Norway have discovered...
Kevin BeachusMiddle East Counterfeiting Began Even Before Money Was Invented, Archaeologists Deduce haaretz.com - Ruth Schuster Around 3,200 years ago, the great civilizations around the Mediterranean collapsed. The sprawling empire of ancient Egypt shrank back to the land by …
Kevin BeachusMiddle East Hegra, an Ancient City in Saudi Arabia Untouched for Millennia, Makes Its Public Debut smithsonianmag.com - Lauren Keith In the scrub-speckled desert north of AlUla in Saudi Arabia, rocky outcrops and giant boulders the size of buildings, beautifully carved and with …
