The benefits to ending the rule of a twisted and bloody dictator are endless. Often, the science of archaeology is a beneficiary: The fall of Gaddafi has opened the way for archaeologists to explore the country's pre-Islamic heritage, so long…
After all the trouble they've gotten themselves into, The Getty clings desperately to the statute of limitations in a silly attempt to keep part of a stolen sacred Armenian manuscript. The J. Paul Getty Trust failed Thursday to derail a…
It is snowing on the mountain this morning and I'll be heading out to take pictures soon after the light. All yesterday the sky spit rain and tiny balls of ice. The wind blew. The air was chilly. I'll be…
Any interest in a story that involves tax-evasion, Swiss bank accounts, imaginary archaeologists, the mafia, bribery, money-laundering, art thieves, reclusive billionaires, ethically challenged CEOs, obsessed police investigators, and the world’s most incredible archaeological treasures? Pulitzer Prize finalists Jason Felch and…
In the Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area. Taos County, NM, USA
There has been a rush of archaeological news the past month while I've been on the road. This one stood out: Armada Ship Found Off Donegal Coast: A wreck believed to be a ship from the Spanish Armada, discovered by…
"An ambitious project to identify, explain and provide citations for the words written in cuneiform on clay tablets and carved in stone by Babylonians, Assyrians and others in Mesopotamia between 2500 B.C. and A.D. 100 has been completed after 90…
The national debt is growing out of control, a vicious and divisive political climate inhibits the nation, the moneyed elite are running the government, economic collapse and financial meltdown put millions out of work, foreign military deployments are a constant…
I love this stuff. Dan Bailey, the Director of the Imaging Research Center (IRC) at the University of Maryland in Baltimore County, put together this fabulous little film as part of his four year research into Washington DC history. Very…
Meet me at Cowboy Wash for dinner. Bring....just....just you...
Author’s note: One doesn’t tend to think of Finland and Sweden as a hot-bed of multiculturalism. Think again. The culture of the Fenno-Swedish border is a fascinating mix of peoples that came from all over the region. In Part I,…
Author’s note: One doesn’t tend to think of Finland and Sweden as a hot-bed of multiculturalism. Think again. The culture of the Fenno-Swedish border is a fascinating mix of peoples that came from all over the region. In Part…