Mabel Louise Lang (November 12, 1917 – July 21, 2010) was an American archaeologist and scholar of Classical Greek and Mycenaean culture. She served on the faculty of Bryn Mawr College until 1991 and was professor emerita there until her death. She was the author of several books on Classi...
In Cairo, archaeologist Steve Banning (Dick Foran) unearths a vase that he believes could lead him to the ancient tomb of Princess Ananka. Unknown to Steve, his colleague, Professor Andoheb (George Zucco), is also the High Priest of Karnac who holds the secrets of Karas, a mummy who ...
By Owen Jarus A small statue of a woman wearing a royal crown may depict Cleopatra VII, an archaeologist claims. Other archaeologists think it is likely someone else. The bust shows a female wearing a diadem. It may depict Cleopatra VII, one archaeologist claims. (Image credit: Egyptian Minis...
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Troy’s tale was written by Homer in The Iliad, detailing the story of the famed Achilles and the siege that ended in the Trojans losing the war to the Greeks. However, what was previously believed to be a myth was discovered in 1870 after an archaeologist uncovered the city of Troy. ...
Her interviewees, spanning a wide age group, included a senior diplomat, a retired archaeologist who led digs in Iraq, and academics such as Athene Donald, professor of experimental physics at the University of Cambridge and 2009 recipient of a L'Oréal/UNESCO Women in Science award. The ...
Machu Picchu: Inca site ‘has gone by wrong name for over 100 years’ - "Peruvian historian and US archaeologist say the pre-Columbian town was called Huayna Picchu by the Inca people." Mapped: All the world's 1,031 World Heritage Sites - The Telegraph. Marie Antoinette's Versailles apar...
According to the conception of art byDaniel Arsham, the multi-disciplinary "archaeologist of the future,"Gunnarepresents a pop culture icon as much as Pokémon and Porsches. This reasoning can be gleaned from the cover ofDS4EVER, an album that concludes the "Drip Season" series begun by the...
It took three years to complete. This chapel is dedicated to him and houses his remains in a marble sarcophagus. *The Treasury Book of Thousands of manuscripts, parchment documents, Revelation books, ecclesiastical art, gems and a fabulous silver- ware collection (below) are exhibited for the ...
Archaeologist, collector and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer founded the museum in 1916 to display his incredible 40,000-piece collection of pre-industrial tools, early manual technologies and crafts related to American life before mechanization including a whaling boat and a Conestoga wagon. Permanent...