This Saturday, October 19th, is International Archaeology Day and organizations around the world will be commemorating the event. Visit the Archaeological Institute of America’s website for information on happenings across the United States and abroad. There’s something for everyone! Continue reading
Tag Archives: ancient history
Ancient History Inspires Modern Creativity for International Archaeology Day
Download AntiquityNOW’s Timeline Bookmark and Become the Talk of the Ages
How long does it usually take chewing gum to lose its flavor? Bet you can’t beat 5,000 years. Remember your first computer and how amazing new technology seemed? What about the world’s first computer from 100 BCE that tracked astronomical patterns? Are you a sports fan? Tell me who loved baseball better than the Mesoamericans in 1,400 BCE? Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Education, Kids: Education, Public Life
Tagged ancient history, AntiquityNOW, bookmark, inventions, timeline
AntiquityNOW Celebrates International Day of the Girl
This year’s theme for the International Day of the Girl is “Innovating for Girls’ Education.” Today we honor women throughout history who paved the way for girls and women to become forces for change in their communities and around the globe. Each of these women, through their refusal to be marginalized, and their tenacity and curiosity, fought for their rights as human beings. They confronted many challenges during times when because of their sex they had little or no rights. Through their steadfast contributions, these women continue to be examples for girls today of how to stand strong and make a difference in their worlds.
Posted in Blog, Culture, Education, Holidays, Human Rights, Public Life
Tagged ancient history, AntiquityNOW, human rights, International Day of the Girl, women's rights
Turn Up the Radio and Name That Ancient Tune: Archaeological Legacy Institute to Launch 24-Hour Indigenous Music Programming
UPDATE! Originally posted on August 6, 2013, today we are republishing our post about Indiji Radio, a new indigenous music program by AntiquityNOW’s partner the Archaeological Legacy Institute. This month ALI is raising funding through a 30-day Kickstarter campaign (ends on October 24, 2013), so we thought we would delve once more into the mystery and beauty of ancient sound with ALI’s President Rick Pettigrew.
Music has had a special place in the human experience. It has defined many a people and given shape to cultures throughout time. However, unlike ancient paintings and artifacts, music is evanescent, its notes sometimes captured in memory and ritual, but all too often lost in the recesses of time. Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Culture, Music
Tagged ancient history, AntiquityNOW, Archaeological Legacy Institute, hopi, indigenous music, IndijiRadio, native american
On World Teachers’ Day AntiquityNOW Celebrates Knowledge Through the Ages
The gift of knowledge comes in many forms. Today we recognize those people who through the millennia have taught and inspired us, who have found a curious beauty in the unknown and who diligently pursue the truth for the betterment of us all.
Posted in Blog, Education, Holidays, Public Life
Tagged ancient history, AntiquityNOW, education, teachers, World Teachers Day
KIDS’ BLOG! How “Thinking Outside the Box” Has Helped Archaeologists
Suppose that you have a problem to solve, but nothing you’ve tried so far has worked. What would you do? You could try “thinking outside the box.”
“Thinking outside the box” is a creative way to imagine other possibilities. It involves coming at the problem from a different perspective—one that hasn’t been tried yet. The “box” is a fun way of picturing the ordinary ways of solving a problem. It contains all the things that have been tried before. When you think outside the “box,” you stretch your imagination and explore how else the problem could be solved. Scientists, philosophers and inventers have all discovered that this method is one of the best ways to figure out the answer to a stubborn problem. Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Kids Blog, Kids: Science and Tech, Science and Technology
Tagged ancient history, AntiquityNOW, Bayesian Model, Egypt, radio carbon dating
The Origins of Golf
Throughout history, several civilizations have used a club and ball as an entertainment or game. The Romans, for example, played pangea, which according to the Roman scribe Catullus would appear to be the father both of modern hockey and the Celtic games of Shinty and Hurling, both of which use a ball–often played in the air–and stick in very fast-paced field play.[1] Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Public Life, Recreation, Sports
Tagged ancient history, AntiquityNOW, Celtic, chinese, golf, Romans
Fall Fashion Update…From the First Millennium CE
As we pull our winter clothes out of storage and prepare for dropping temperatures, melting snow in Norway has given us a window into the cold weather fashions of the ancient past. Interestingly, those fashions aren’t that different from our own. Most of us have a favorite sweater we cuddle up in when it gets cold outside; maybe our ancient ancestors did the same thing. Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Culture, Fashion
Tagged ancient history, AntiquityNOW, diamond twill weave, Germany, Iron Age, Norway, tunic
Traditional Meets Modern: Celebrating the Food of Rosh Hashanah
The Shofar is blown in a synagogue during Rosh Hashana. Image courtesy of How Stuff Works.
L’Shanah Tovah![1] It is the first full day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Jews around the world are celebrating with introspection, prayers for renewal and food having meaning and symbolism for the holiday. Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Culinary, Culture, Holidays, Public Life, Religion
Tagged ancient history, AntiquityNOW, honey, Jewish New Year, Judaism, pomegranate, Rosh Hashanah
What’s That Baby T-Rex Doing in My Birdcage?
Guanlong wucaii
UPDATE! Originally published on December 12, 2012, this was AntiquityNOW’s first blog post! The dinosaur/avian connection is back in the news today with the announcement that Australia will be the first country to publicly display specimens of Guanlong wucaii, a relative of Tyrannosaurus rex that helped confirm the link between dinosaurs and birds. The Guanlong wucaii is the T-Rex’s oldest relative living around 90 million years before its gigantic relative. Unlike the more famous T-Rex, the Guanlong wucaii much more closely resembled our modern day birds as its body was covered in feather-like structures. Stephen Wroe, associate professor at University of New England and a palaeontologist, said, “It might be hard to imagine how Tyrannosaurus, with its huge size and famously tiny arms, could be related to birds. But Guanlong demonstrates earlier relatives of Tyrannosaurus were much more avian – more lightly built and with longer forelimbs.”[1] Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Blog, Science and Technology
Tagged ancient history, AntiquityNOW, birds, dinosaurs, history, paleontology
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