Category: Ancient Europe

• July 16, 2017

  Human Sacrifice, Ethnic Cleansing, and Haunted Hotels: Visiting Scotland for the First Time

  I had the privilege of serving as supervisor on the Big Dog Scotland trip this year, the first trip of its kind – teens touring the Scottish Highlands and Orkneys  to uncover the many layers of Scottish history.  Like most Americans, I saw Scotland as an extension of northern England.  I prided myself as knowing…
• September 30, 2013

  Winter is Coming – Wolf Rites and Old Russia

  http://www.archaeology.org/issues/102-1309/features/1205-timber-grave-culture-krasnosamarskoe-bronze-age#art_page2
• February 14, 2013

  Happy Valentine’s Day from the Archaoelogical World!

  From ancient Hasanlu, Iran with love — the couple shown above were discovered in this position.    Tepe Hasanlu was occupied from the Neolithic period until around 800 BCE, when it was burned to the ground.   These figures were buried with no grave goods, and just a slab under their heads.  What was their story? Another…