David is an aerial archaeologist whose studies have taken him to areas where he isn’t allowed to fly. He searches the desert mile by mile, all from an office half a world away.
(Source: archaeoinaction.info)
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![The {Mycenaean tholos tomb} consists of a circular, subterranean burial chamber, sometimes referred to as the {thalamos}, roofed by a corbelled vault and approached by a {dromos} [= entrance passage] that narrows abruptly at the {stomion} [= doorway] actually opening into the tomb chamber. The chamber or thalamos is built of stone rather than simply being hewn out of bedrock. Tholoi of this kind are usually, though not invariably, set into slopes or hillsides. Burials were either laid out on the floor of the tomb chamber or were placed in pits, cists, or shafts cut into this floor.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0xrhmQ88D1rp69ffo1_250.jpg)
The {Mycenaean tholos tomb} consists of a circular, subterranean burial chamber, sometimes referred to as the {thalamos}, roofed by a corbelled vault and approached by a {dromos} [= entrance passage] that narrows abruptly at the {stomion} [= doorway] actually opening into the tomb chamber. The chamber or thalamos is built of stone rather than simply being hewn out of bedrock. Tholoi of this kind are usually, though not invariably, set into slopes or hillsides. Burials were either laid out on the floor of the tomb chamber or were placed in pits, cists, or shafts cut into this floor.
(Source: archaeoinaction.info)
A damaged statue is seen in the Thermae Stabianae in Pompeii March 8, 2012. Thermae Stabianae is the site’s oldest bath and it re-opens for visitors on March 8 to celebrate International Women’s Day.
Miltiades helmet: Classical period, 490 B.C. Place of discovery: Olympia, Elis, Greece
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