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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

The discipline involves surveying, excavation, and eventually analysis of data collected, to learn more about the past. In broad scope, archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research. Read more...

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Egypt scraps plan to restore cladding on one of three great pyramids of Giza (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Egypt has scuttled a controversial plan to reinstall ancient granite cladding on the pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of the three great pyramids of Giza, a committee formed by the country’s tourism minister said in a statement.

Mostafa Waziri, the secretary general of the supreme council of antiquities, announced the plan last month, declaring it would be “the project of the century”.

But news that the ancient monument could be altered quickly drew an international outcry, prompting Egypt’s antiquities authority to review the project. The pyramids are the only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world that still remain.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm all for keeping it as-is, but I've gotta say... If someone wants to build a brand new 1:1 replica pyramid as it would have been when newly constructed, I've got a nice shiny silver coin from the 1700s with their name on it!