In a small room inside Kabul museum, staff are slowly unwrapping hundreds of stolen pieces of Afghanistan’s past.
Worth a fortune on the black market, the smugglers’ hoard was spotted and seized by customs officers at Heathrow airport in London.
Now it has been returned to Afghanistan.
More than 1,500 artefacts were recovered in an 11-day operation. Many [...]
Well, as I have just returned from Croatian Island of Cres (where I have been on survey – more about that later) I found this.. and could do with a find like tht myself!! Pity I can’t stand doing more than paddling!
http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/14498.htm
read the whole article above
Archaeologists have found an ancient sewn ship over 2000 years [...]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7874415.stm
While at the Current Archaeology conference in Cardiff, I was lucky enough to see part of this..
BBC news report.. and you even get to hear an excerpt
A musical experience with a difference is being previewed at the National Museum Wales in Cardiff – an attempt to recreate the sound of the Neanderthals.
Jazz composer Simon Thorne [...]
Now for those of you who knew/know me as Rat, I have to confess a love for all things rodent. Over the years some of my bet friends have been rats.. bless! However, this news report did make me re-access if I would have been so happy at sharing my life with one of these [...]
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