Here's the latest from the world of rock.
It was wonderful to see many of you at last weekend's NEARA Spring Meeting. It was also wonderful to able to share my little corner of this lithic world with some of you. If you were at the meeting please read the final item below.
Welcome to the list Susan.
1) A massive, one ton, statue of Pharoah Taharqa has been found deep in Sudan, 1/18/10
http://heritage-key.com/blogs/owenjarus/massive-taharqa-statue-discovered-deep-sudan-pictures-inscriptions-and-interview
2) Native American Mortuary Practices, 3/24/10
http://www.examiner.com/x-40598-Architecture--Design-Examiner~y2010m3d24-Americas-architectural-heritage-Native-American-mortuary-temples
3) Religious beliefs are the basis of the origins of Palaeolithic art, 3/26/10 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/f-sf-rba032610.php
4) A photo essay on the stone spheres of Costa Rica, 3/29/10 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8593717.stm
5) "Archaeologists have unearthed a 3,500-year-old door to the afterlife from the tomb of a high-ranking Egyptian official near Karnak temple in Luxor", 3/29/10 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/29/ancient-egyptian-door-to_n_516822.html
6) Two beehives are found carved in the stonework of the Roslyn Chapel, 3/30/10 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7080735.ece Here is a link to a thorough study of the symbolic and spiritual history of bees* http://andrewgough.co.uk/bee3_3.html
7) Unusual rock carving found in West Virginia, 3/30/10 http://naturalplane.blogspot.com/2010/03/unusual-rock-carving-discovered-in-west.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+PhantomsAndMonstersAPersonalJourney+(Phantoms+and+Monster
8) "The ancestors of modern Scottish people left behind mysterious, carved stones that new research has just determined contain the written language of the Picts", 3/31/10 http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/ancient-scotland-written-language.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18725-mathematics-of-ancient-carvings-reveals-lost-language.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
9) An article on the archaeology of Yellowstone including a description of the Obsidian Cliff, 4/1/10 http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_780b0b8e-3e0f-11df-862d-001cc4c002e0.html
10) "Mysterious carvings inside a hidden cavern linked to the Knights Templar are in danger of disappearing before their riddle is solved." 4/4/10 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/apr/04/historical-caves-endangered-insect-infestation
11) "Nine recently discovered stone monuments in England predate Stonehenge but share similar construction and alignment with the famous megaliths." 4/9/10 http://news.discovery.com/history/megaliths-england-stonehenge-ritual.html
12) "A team of researchers from the University of Arizona has revisited evidence pointing to a cataclysmic event thought by many scientists to have wiped out the North American megafauna – such as mammoths, saber tooth cats, giant ground sloths and Dire wolves – along with the Clovis hunter-gatherer culture some 13,000 years ago." 4/9/10 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-04/uoa-amh040910.php
One last one for Nancy… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7538264/Men-owe-women-for-creating-beer.html
* I recommend the article on the history of bees. It makes fascinating reading and contains many references to lithic constructions including chamber-like structures. It also contains the following quote.
"Others believe the image of the Sphinx portrays the dog Anubis – or Anpu, and curiously, the vital force of Anpu’s skin is frequently represented by Bees. Anubis was also known as the ‘Lord of the Hallowed Land’, meaning necropolis, and his cult is thought to predate Osiris." Which we all know is a "stupid ******* hypothesis".
Keep on freein' up the rock world…
Rob
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