Archive articles - 2007
This is a collection of articles on various archaeological subjects from our archive of past articles.
| Ancient Roads Dec/Jan 2007 Ancient roads hold a curious fascination - but do they lead to Rome, that is the question? | Neolithic Palisades Jan 2007 When the Neolithics built a fence, they did the job properly! | |
| Tunnel Trouble Feb 2007 If you thought moles in the garden were a problem, just wait till you have Israelis burrowing away! | Immortal Utnapishtim Feb/Mar 2007 George Smith, Gilgamesh, Utnapishtim Geoffrey Bibby come together in an epic tale. | |
| Lead Mills Mar 2007 More Israeli oppresssion, as the authorities move to stop the Arabs poisoning themselves. | Damascene Swords Apr 2007 More than you ever wanted to know about the mysteries of making a good sword. | |
| Salt Water Apr/May 2007 Everyone knows that the Dead Sea is salty, but the Sea of Galilee? | The Missing Academy May 2007 An academy is a pretty big thing to lose - so the Greeks are delighted to find it. | |
| Rolls of Copper Jun 2007 Feeling poor? Solve the mystery of the Copper Scrolls and be rich beyond the dreams of avarice. | Herod's Pools Jun/Jul 2007 Herod's pools were perilous places - and not a lifeguard in sight! | |
| Egg Tempera and Fayyum Portraits Jul 2007 Art suppliers Daler-Rowney make it possible to paint your own authentic mummy portrait. | Ballard and the Backyard Bathyscape Aug 2007 What do Robert Ballard and a kooky New Yorker have in common? Titanic dreams, of course. | |
| Copied Pyramids Aug/Sep 2007 It's clear that these pyramids are copies of the other ones - but which ones came first? | Balbila's Art Sep 2007 It isn't all jam being a court poet, particularly when your poems have to fit legs, not feet! | |
| Dangerous Straits Oct 2007 Odysseus only had to worry about Scylla and Charybdis; modern travellers face Italian ferries! | Mummy Surgery Oct/Nov 2007 It was the un-Islamic dress that gave him away - and the five others like him. | |
| Peaty Conditions Nov 2007 Leaded petrol makes your cars go faster, but leaded peat is a No-No! | Importing Thigh Bones Dec 2007 Fruit and fur goats cause problems, but it's open season on human bones. |
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