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Devastation in 2 Pictures

May 5, 2013

This is not a long post, just a link and this sentence- “The two images below show the same archaeological site, the ancient city of Apamea, in Syria, firstly as captured by Google Earth on 20th July 2011, and then on 4th April 2012.”

The State of Archaeology and TV

January 8, 2013

Archaeologist for Hire posted a really great review of the current state of TV and Archaeology last week, if you have a chance check it out. Some highlights: It is a universal truth that the state of historically-themed nonfiction television shows is truly abysmal. Perhaps at an all-time low? Depending on the day I’d probably […]

digipubarch Conference Video- Not All Archaeology is Equal

November 13, 2012

Another great second day presentation about the barriers to digital engagement: Abstract: Not All Archaeology is Equal Barriers to Participation in Archaeology Online Within Public Archaeology in the UK, there has been a critical cultural shift towards awareness of the benefit of public engagement through the Internet. Recent developments have seen these media used for contributions […]

Archaeology/Archaeology Related Blogs to Read XIX

October 12, 2012

Back after a little break is a new round of Archaeology/Archaeology related blogs to read. The full list of all (not all but quite a few) archaeo blogs can be found here. First up, is a great blog that I just found out about last week- MEMSAP: Dispatches from the Field: On the ground with […]

New Publication- Breaking New Ground: how archaeology works

April 18, 2012

full disclosure- Kenneth Aitchison is a friend and will be employing me for the profiling the profession project that we will be undertaking soon. That aside I would recommend his new book “Breaking New Ground: how archaeology works“. This book, available on Kindle, is a contemporary history of the last twenty years of professional archaeological […]

The Thursday Throwdown of Archaeology Blogs to Read

April 12, 2012

Here is your mission, should you choose to accept it- Take a look at these five great archaeology blogs. These blogs will be joining my list of great archaeology blogs that I follow and think other people might find fascinating as well. After you take a look leave a comment letting me know which ones […]

Google Map Your Road Trip Like A Roman

March 14, 2012

Dan at Archaeopop has just put up a great post on a new map website Omnes Viae which allows one to plot routes along the old Roman roads. You can read Dan’s review – http://archaeopop.blogspot.com/2012/03/more-ancient-map-madness-omnes-viae.html You can see the actual website here- http://omnesviae.org/ It is pretty amazing! The website even has 2000 Geo-located Roman towns […]

“When you are caught up in the throes of academia, in historical debate and analysis, you sometimes lose touch with that essential part of history; it’s the part that makes it beautiful and interesting.”

November 26, 2011

The History of Beethoven in a 4 Min. Song

May 24, 2011

I am a sucker for history music videos. Here is a pretty great one about Beethoven.

Great Way to Connect With People- Historically Hardcore

April 8, 2011

This originally comes via Archaeopop and the original post can be found here. Basically, some students developed ,for their class project, some amazing posters on history. I say amazing in the sense that their goal was to make History interesting to young people. The humour may not be everyone’s cup of tea but for kids […]

HistoryTeachers

March 23, 2011

History Teachers are an amazing duo from Hawaii who are history teachers (surprise surprise). If you read through the comments, that get left on their YouTube Channel, you’ll see that many students find this a great way to learn. This doesn’t surprise me in the least bit, in high school most of my friends knew […]