Greek Mythology and Archaeology The Paleoanthropology Society Home Page Xiongnu Archaeology Finally, we note the striking results of the excavation of another major elite tomb in Buriatia, by Sergei Miniaev of the Institute of Material Culture in the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. Between 1997 and 2005, he supervised the excavation of tomb complex no. 7 at Tsaraam, just north of the border between Russia and Mongolia. The internal tomb structure, carefully documented in this excavation, was particularly complex, and the finds of artifacts particularly rich. Among the latter were the remains of a Han Chinese chariot, numerous fragments of Han mirrors which had been ritually broken and fired, and several "sacrificial dolls," constructed around the real skulls of babies. There were finds of lacquer and gold, a birchbark box with an incised picture of nomad gers, and much more. Daniel C.
Society for American Archaeology > Home Egyptian Art and Archaeology at Memphis Univeristy IEAA NEWS and INFORMATION The Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology is a Tennessee Center of Excellence. It is a component of the Department of Art at The University of Memphis, in Memphis, Tennessee (USA). The IEAA is dedicated to the study of the art, history and culture of ancient Egypt through teaching, research, exhibition, and community education. The Egyptian Gallery is OPEN "Featured Creatures: Animals in Ancient Egyptian Art." Now open in the Egyptian Gallery at the University of Memphis Art Museum, through November 26, 2014. Come see animals, both wild and tame, as they were represented in ancient Egyptian art at the Art Museum of the University of Memphis. For additional information, click here. Dr. For more information, click here. CHECK OUT the newest updates for this bibliographic resource for Egyptology! Compiled under the direction of Dr. For more information and to access the list, click here. Events and Programs about Ancient Egypt 2014 - 2015 Dr. "Title to be Announced."
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Archaeology and Landscape in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia Discover Archaeology Chinese Archaeology at Harvard University Harvard has a long history in the field of Chinese archaeology.The beginnings of archaeology as a scientific discipline in China are intimately connected to Harvard's Department of Anthropology and Fogg Museum. These beginnings involved foreign archaeologists/collectors such as Langdon WARNER (1881-1955), and indigenous scholars such as LIANG Siyong (1904-1954) and LI Ji (1895-1979), the father of Chinese Archaeology, both of whom were trained in the Department of Anthropology. Their work at Yinxu and other sites around Anyang, and elsewhere, were fundamental to the development of the field in China. Harvard remained a critical training ground for important Chinese archaeologists in subsequent years. CHENG Te-k'un (1907-2001), the "father of Sichuan archaeology," for example, was trained at Harvard between 1938 and 1941. Since the departure of CHANG more than a decade ago, Chinese archaeology has continued to thrive at Harvard.