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While the British Isles fell under the realms of the Christian Church, this did not mean that its practices perfectly mirrored that of the continent. In actuality, the people within the region adapted their religious practices, making it local and idiosyncratic. Much of the previous narrative of the pre-Norman, Christian religion in England related to the necessity of proving that the Anglo-Saxon’s were deficient in their religious practices. As the Norman conquest was frequently framed as one…

locations. In 2008, a set of three “pyramids” were found in Visoko, Bosnia. Bosnia is located in Eastern Europe near Croatia and Serbia, and the discovery of these pyramids was quite shocking to some archeologists and most of the world. The archaeological site, now called the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids didn 't look like the way one might imagine a pyramid to appear. These pyramids were seen as a tumulus. “A tumulus is a…

Otzi the Iceman PBS NOVA Iceman Murder Mystery 2011. YouTube, 16 Feb. 2013. Web. 23 Oct. 2016. Jessica Alcala Professor Patrick O’ Neil Anthropology Introduction: In September 1991, a pair of hikers wandered off the trail in the Italian Alps discovered a frozen body laying on a rock. The body was later confirmed by experts to be the preserved body of a man who was about five thousand years old during the the time of the Neolithic era. The man was named “Otzi” after the…

messages such as "Vorsicht beim Heizenl Du zerstorst sonst historische Werter ' (Caution with heating! It may destroy historic works!) Posters such as this were hung in noticeable areas throughout the German occupied territories. Somewhat surprisingly, in light of infamous art theft and persecution of occupied peoples at the hand of the Nazi Party, the German officers of the Kunstschutz were quite successful at maintaining positive relationships with occupied peoples. These positive…

powerful dynasties in Egypt. Overall, ancient Egyptians believed in the afterlife and spent their lives preparing for it. Pharaohs built the finest tombs, collected elaborate funerary equipment, and were buried in luxury which can be seen in the archaeological record…

tentatively informed and elaborately narrated by those people, whose ethnic journeys she has explored. Her wide-ranging interviews disclose the dominant enthusiasms that keep her informers on course in the face of the demanding biographical archaeological sites many must take on along the way and the cynicism they come across on the path to becoming Indian. This book also makes available another important lens from end to end examination and understanding of the ever-changing American ethnic…

apart the first Emperor of China. “In March 1974, a group of peasants digging a well in drought-parched Shaanxi province in northwest China unearthed fragments of a clay figure—the first evidence of what would turn out to be one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of modern times.” (Lubow). The Terracotta army consist of nearly 8,000 warriors and each warrior has a distinct face with unique facial features. Now This tomb where the Army has been located is now a UNESCO world Heritage…

Today, at an archaeological site on the West side of the ancient town of Mt. Pleasant, in a living complex known as Tallgrass, we have made an interesting and rare discovery. We have found an artifact only seen a few times. This artifact is mostly black, with some raised buttons of varying color, including grey, green, red, and yellow. There is an emblem that appears to be painted onto the front of a flaming circle, with two lines separating the circle into four pieces. The object seems to have…

split up his companies because he had a monopoly in the oil industry, which isn’t allowed in the state of Wyoming. The final example of scandals is the Antiquities Act, which is when the President has the authority to set aside valuable archaeological or historical sites as federally protected national monuments. This was somewhat a scandal because JD Rockefeller Jr. wanted more of Teton Range federally protected but many people weren’t for it. Rockefeller bought all the land at the base of the…

generations by word of mouth. Despite the fact that the ancient objects from Pompeii were discovered sporadically, the city itself was not found until the 18th century. Ever since, excavations have gone deeper into the city’s mysterious secrets. Archaeological finds reveal how people lived during that time, as well as how they died during the…