King Tut was king of Egypt for approximately four years so why do people consider him so important? Well it has always been scientist's interest in why this king died so young until 1922 when Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were exploring the ancient tombs of Egypt they discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen (Tut). They discovered a funerary temple thought to be built by Tutankhamen; he died before he finished building it so his sons finished it. His tomb is buried a mile away from the funerary temple. The Valley of Kings is believed to be where many of King Tut's family was buried.
Ishi told hundreds of stories about the start of his tribe and the birth of the Indians. Alfred had trouble understanding Ishi’s native language because he didn’t speak of it or understand a word of it. A man named Edward Sapir was a scholar who would understand Ishi’s language but due to his busy work in Canada he didn’t have the time to come and translate Ishi’s language or even teach him how to speak English. Later, Alfred finally convinced Edward to come and work with Ishi. By this time people finally viewed Indians differently and considered Indians as “fallen people”.
In 1991 a couple hiking in the Tyrolian Alps happened across a body stuck in the melting snow and ice as they crossed Tisenjoch Pass on their decent from Finail Peak. When the discovery is first reported to the authorities and examined there is no doubt that the person was not the victim of a recent climbing mishap, the items found with him are obviously quite old. However it is not until the corpse and his possesions are brought down the mountain that an archaeologist who had been following the story first had the chance to examine the findings and determine an age of at least four thousand years. A flurry of surprise and doubt arose throughout the scientific community; though the unusually warm year of 1991 had yielded several other very old finds throughout the mountains, Otzi’s proposed age seemed preposterous. If he did prove to be as old as was thought than the site would be one of the most unique ever found; not only was it remarkably well preserved, yielding amazing artifacts like clothing, wooden bow and arrows, and an intact axe, but it also shows an individual exactly how he lived and died, unlike most human remains which are found in burial sites with specific grave goods.
The Indonesian archaeologists had been exploring Flores for 20 years before they discovered the skull. Fieldwork was used in the process of excavating the site, for 20 years they explored the Island. Ultimately the discovery of the bones was a complete surprise, Unbeknown to them they had just discovered a new species. The initial response of the archaeologists was that it was children’s bones. The discovery was due to the constant search and excavation of the inside of the Liang Bua cave.
America’s History is Wrong The author of the book introduction titled Indian/White Relations: A View from the Other Side of the “Frontier,” Alfonso Ortiz, makes the reader scrutinize and think about how historians have recorded and retold America’s early history. The history familiar to most Americans is biased because it is in accordance with white settlers’ viewpoint only. The Native Americans viewed the white settlement differently than we recorded. The Americas were no “frontier” for exploration. The land was the home of the natives; it was explored and well known.
Manfred Korfmann, a German archeologist, has led excavations on the site believed to be Troy told of by legends for the past 16 years. He has said that if he were to meet someone who expressed belief that the Trojan War had happened in the site that his response would be, “why not” (Korfman 4)? Some of the results of the excavation have corresponded to the supposed date of the destruction of Troy. Evidence, for example skeletons and piles of sling bullets, support a possible conflagration. An issue brought up with accepting the city as Troy is that the town was “wholly insignificant” and “not a place worth fighting over” in the day in age associated with the war (Korfman 2).
No, I am not convinced by the arguments for “Big History” put forward by David Christian. I have to disagree with David Christian’s arguments for "Big History" as I do not think that the reason to why people learn History includes the concepts contained within the study of "Big History". More specifically I do not agree that the study of history should go past that of ‘Human History’, therefore I will argue that it is more important and effective to learn this type of history than that of ‘Big History’. To prove my point I will give a rebuttal against what David Christian says for ‘Big History’. I am also not convinced that the concept of 'Big History' is applicable to the understanding of human history or that of 'Small History'.
After visiting the site, Bingham came with three theories on the purposes of the ancient site. Bingham had stated in this finding that the site was a site that was a traditional birthplace of the Inca people. Due to the ratio of ten woman to one man found on the sites, it was stated that the site to have been a religious site where there were only virgin woman and we’re watched over by the head priests. The last theory that was stated was that the site was an ancient site for where the final battle took place between the Inca and the Spaniards. Project Statement: Although, Bingham re-discovered the ancient site, his work today is started to raise some questions among current archaeologist.
Statues and painted mandalas in Mustang's temples collapsed and soon was lost beyond the mountains. Later in the mid 1990s, archaeologist began looking for more accessible caves. They found a lot of dead bodies that was 2,000 years old. Pete Athans first glimpsed the impossible to reach caves while trekking in 1981. He says, "it was his greatest expedition of his life."
At 16th, July, 2003. An old man said he found fossil of plesiosaur at loch ness. And then the fossil is proved to be true. That means plesiosaur do occur here in ancient time. So it is more likely that loch ness monster is a plesiosaur.