The Department of Islamic Art, Musée du Louvre, will re-open to the public on September 22, 2012. Among the items to be exhibited are four large lamps and a long-necked enameled glass bottle dating from the Mamluk period ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 5, 2012
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A joint team of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Gansu Provincial Institute of Archaeology found a new paleolithic site at Xujiacheng village, Wanquan ...
Archaeology
Sep 10, 2012
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Each time Sharon DeWitte takes a 3-foot by 1-foot archival box off the shelf at the Museum of London she hopes it will be heavy.
Archaeology
Sep 6, 2012
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(Phys.org)—The tribal name, Chickahominy, translates to "coarse-ground corn people," and indeed their language contributed the word "hominy" to English.
Archaeology
Aug 31, 2012
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(Phys.org)—The impending redefinition of the kilogram presents a weighty dilemma. Methods to be used to realize the redefined kilogram are based on the Planck constant and the Avogadro constant respectively and realize ...
General Physics
Aug 28, 2012
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Leonardo da Vinci may have left behind sketches of helicopters, tanks and submarines but it is rare that we find actual artifacts that seem so way ahead of their time. Almost like a science fiction tale of archaeologists ...
Space Exploration
Jun 11, 2012
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More than ten thousands of bone fragments were recovered from the Lingjing site, Henan Province during 2005 and 2006. By taking statistical analyses of the skeletal elements of the two predominant species in this assemblage, ...
Archaeology
May 23, 2012
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Like novelists, mathematicians are creative authors. With diagrams, symbolism, metaphor, double entendre and elements of surprise, a good proof reads like a good story.
Mathematics
May 8, 2012
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(AP) -- Long before Jeff Bezos became an Internet mogul, he was enthralled by the mysteries of space.
Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Jason De Leon, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan, is collecting what has become the largest assemblage of migrant artifacts in the country.
Social Sciences
Jan 18, 2012
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