Excavation

According to the San Diego History Center, “George Marston was one of the great community servants in the history of San Diego” (San Diego History). In 1907, George Marston along with Charles kelly, John D. Spreckels, E.W. Scripps, and A.G. Spalding acquired fourteen lots center in Presidio, with the goal of preserving the site. Marston first attempted to interest the city in taking possession of the land for a memorial park in the mid-1920s. Marston then changed his plans after five years of no…

The notion of a monolithic or unified Jewish religion during the time period between the Testaments was quickly dispelled after the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Through examples like this, we can see the timelessness of the Bible. Even the excavation of a town not mentioned in the Bible, like Pompeii mentioned in Reed’s Visual Guide to the New Testament (Reed 27,31), which was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, gives us a clear idea of the type of town in which Paul would have delivered…

Galilean hills, which sloped down to the “east to Peqi’in valley” in northern Israel . The Peqi’in cave was discovered in 1995, when a road was being built when a “bulldozer accidentally” collapsed the roof of the cave . In the summer of 1995, salvage excavation was conducted by Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) . This Chalcolithic burial site was revealed to be a geologically active cave. Stratigraphy The length of the cave is 17 metres, with a width of 5-7 meters . It “consists of three units…

The Terra Cotta Soldiers. The accidental find that led to a full-blown excavation. It consists of three giant pits of Terracotta warriors sculpted to protect the Emperor, Qin Shihuang after he died. They were buried for thousands of years, undisturbed until fairly recently. The find was a goldmine for artifacts and records from ancient China, and it solidified the evidence of the reign of Qin Shihuang. The time of the First Emperor’s rule all took place during Qin, as a state. This was from 221…

This case focuses on Aqulaisa, a U.K. shower manufacturing company. Since its start, Aqualisa has done a fairly decent job at market research. They identified the issues that both consumers and plumbers had with their current showers and produced several different product lines to address a few of these issues. However the existing brands were not addressing all the needs of the consumers or the plumbers. Aqualisa spent 3 years and millions of dollars conducting research to find out what area…

Despite the desire for the holes to be from an ancient people scientists had to rule out the possibility of simple septic tank erosion in order to properly adhere to the scientific process and pursue all data presented by the excavation of the holes. The holes were later proved to predate the tank upon the analysis of the limestone and the discovery of duracrust on the inner parts of the holes, displaying just how easily an idea can be proven and disproven in science. With the…

archaeologists believes that working with Native Americans can allow them to guide us through their past. Today archaeologists strive to form relationships with NA and have a generally better understanding of their spiritual beliefs and the way that the excavation of these objects can affect them. (SROUCE) There has also been more participation by Native American groups by encouragement from archaeologists, as well as more Native Americans pursuing careers in archaeology.…

and the Colossal Statue of King Tutankhamun The University of Chicago Oriental Institute is an archeology museum and serves as the research center for ancient Near Eastern studies. The Oriental Institute has participated in major archaeological excavation in the Near East and as a result they feature incredible objects that are in their permanent collections. Two sculptures in particular from two different exhibits stood out amongst the rest for me upon my visit, they were so impressive that I…

On Tuesday, October 11 my mom and I went to the The Field Museum in downtown Chicago. We went to various exhibits, in addition to the Terracotta Warriors exhibit, we also saw many others including the Cyrus Tang Hall of China and we watched the movie The Mysteries of China. These exhibits were both interesting and very helpful to help get a full understanding of Chinese history. What did you learn? Since I had already seen the terracotta warriors before I was not as interested in them but i…

Tartarus – “The infernal regions of ancient Greek and Roman mythology, or the lowest part of them; hence sometimes used for hell (Oxford English Dictionary).” Tartarus is an afterlife for the wicked where they are punished for their cruel behavior and tortured for all eternity. In other words, hell. The Maids' Tartarus is a paper mill where they are worked from dusk till dawn. With strict rules forbidding them from having a life outside of the factory, it is truly hell on earth. In “The…