Archaeology on the Internet

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Tom Holloway The problem is really that there is
TOO much
Archaeology on the Internet
Where to begin?
The hosepipe effect
Ask Jeeves (aj.com)
Tom Holloway - November 1999
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A world-wide digital library of all known Greek
and Roman texts.

• Improved access to the 30,000 pictures freely
  available
• Greek Word Collocation Tool allows users to
  study Greek word co-occurrence patterns.
• A new tool to search for Greek and Latin words
  in context.
• New Synonym Tool suggests synonyms for Greek
  and Latin words.

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Akkubita
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Augustaion
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Chora Monastery
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Forum of Constantine
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Hippodrome
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The Theban Mapping Project

• A joint project of the Egyptian Department of
  Antiquities and American Universities

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The Theban Mapping Project
Rameses the Great
Tutankhamun
Extent of the tomb discovered by TMP during
rescue dig (due to planned road widening)
Uncovered again by Howard Carter in 1902, who
thought it small, of no importance
First probed by James Burton in 1825, but found
nothing of value
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Up-to-the-minute news and discussions between
academics and experts concerning the people and
events of Egypts XVIII Dynasty.
The AMARNA on-line conference
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Reconstruction -- a different perspective
Using techniques borrowed from Forensic
Scientists, medical technicians, and artists, to
reconstruct models of long-dead humans.
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A mummified head was found in the collection of
Florences Archaeological collection. It was
scanned to get an accurate record of the
underlying skull.
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The final result - a warrior, probably of Libyan
origin who died of a major head wound at the end
of the 4th century BC.
He was between 35 and 40 when he died, and was
probably an officer in the service of the
Pharaohs.
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Legio II Augusta
(Oregon)
Michael Kasner of Portland. Centurion and
Armourer.
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