Archaeological section

concerns how and when civilization initially ascended in Mesoamerica – much of modern day Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador (Blomster et al. 2005). Approximately 3000 years ago, Mexico’s Gulf Coast was inhabited by the Olmec – an archaeological culture that differs from a conventional culture as it is a classification term used to describe consistently reoccurring material culture and is not a coherent population (Backes et al. 2012; Blomster et al. 2005; Cheetham et al. 2009;…

The archaeological evidence in support of the historicity of the Bible is overwhelming! “On the whole … archaeological work has unquestionably strengthened confidence in the reliability of the Scriptural record. More than one archaeologist has found his respect for the Bible increased by the experience of excavation in Palestine. Archaeology has in many cases refuted the views of modern critics.” – Millar Burrows, Professor of Archaeology, Yale University1 Not any one of the multiple…

The first known settlement dates back to 400,000 years ago and the Terra Amata archaeological site shows one of the earliest uses of fire and construction of houses around 230,000 years ago. It was once the busiest port of the Ligurian coast in around 350 B.C when the Greeks owned it. Nice is divided into sections. ONe section is called Old town and it has more of the medieval architecture and archeological sites due to its rich history. One of their…

The author, Steven Murray, does this by citing written and archaeological evidence found by scholars and classicists alike. He further tells of the daily lives of both gladiators in general and the public reaction of female gladiators and the women that took up the position. Finally, Murray goes on to discuss whether…

Through an investigation of the hermeneutical and archeological evidence available, Yamauchi argues that there is little reason to doubt that Daniel should be attributed to the sixth century B.C. Archaeological Background The main idea of this article is to reason that the available archaeological evidence testifies to a sixth century dating of the book of Daniel. First, Yamauchi explores the considerations given to Nebuchadnezzar. Here, the author brings into question the idea of the…

Inca glory. Machu Picchu is the most visited archaeological site in whole South America. In old Inca language ‘machu’ means old and ‘picchu’ means peak, so the name actually stands for old peak. The citadel is located 7970 feet…

Monte Albán is a huge pre-Columbian archaeological place in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The site is located in a small mountainous area increasing higher the field in the central section of the Vale of Oaxaca where the end northern Ella, eastern Tlacolula, and southern Zimatlán & Ocotlán parts meet. The currently-day state capital Oaxaca City has located roughly 6 miles east of Monte Albán. Beyond being one of the newest towns of Mesoamerica,…

of Chile.It is 2,700 km or 2,300 miles. This island is very isolated and inhabited with only 5,761 people living there(in 2012). The area of this island is 63.17 mi2. Easter Island’s capital is Hanga Roa. This island is famed for the wonderful archaeological sites with around 900 monumental statues. These statues were made between the 10th -16th century, They are called moai, having large heads and smaller bodies. The largest moai dates to the middle time period. the measurements being 32 ft…

Before the war, his garments was dreamed by the doomed heroines of Remarque's novels, after the war he dressed the richest women of the Old and New Worlds. At the end of May 2017, for the first time in the UK, the London Museum of Victoria and Albert opened a large-scale exhibition - a retrospective of the heritage of the Spanish couturier: “Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion.’. The project is timed to the 100th anniversary of the opening of the first studio Balenciaga in Spanish San Sebastian and the…

Archaeological Evidence & Historical Evidence Similarly any research done today on any time period from Ancient Rome to American history, using the archeological evidence and the historical evidence that is available can really be helpful for understanding a history. There is so much to be learned from the sources created by people who actually lived in the Roman Empire, even if years or generations had passed before they were documented. These forms of evidence can be enlightening but it is…