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Nebraska uncovers off-color art in ancient Anatolia: BTN LiveBIG
By John Tolley, 8 months ago
What can a ribald mosaic tells us about the people of the past?
Nebraska archaeologists bring an ancient city to life with futuristic technology: BTN LiveBIG
Through the magic of virtual reality, visitors will be able to walk the sacbe of a Mayan capitol.
How Wisconsin researchers are digging deep in Aztalan: BTN LiveBIG
What can this site tell us about ancient immigration?
A Purdue archaeologist reveals hidden life in ancient Sudan by studying death: BTN LiveBIG
By BTN.com LiveBIG Staff, 2 years ago
New digs reveal surprising revelations
Why Dinosaur Day is a B1G Deal: BTN LiveBIG
A look back at the dino-discoveries and mammoth undertakings from around the conference.
Michigan museum makes 'mammoth' room for one-of-a-kind find: BTN LiveBIG
Your chance to check out this ice age giant.
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue professor explores uncharted historical territory
To most people, a small bead and fragment of metal found in Alaska just south of the Arctic Circle wouldn't qualify as particularly significant. But for H. Kory Cooper, associate professor at Purdue, they reveal a world of historical possibility. Cooper, who's part of Purdue's Department of Anthropology and School of Materials Engineering, recently examined the metallurgical characteristics of these objects, with funding from the National Science Foundation's Division of Polar Programs Arctic Social Sciences. They were originally discovered a few years ago by Owen K. Mason and John F. Hoffecker from the University of Colorado, in an area along
BTN LiveBIG: Indiana professor restores the glory of Rome
Rome wasn't built in a day. Neither, for that matter, was "Rome Reborn." This initiative to create a realistic virtual replication of Ancient Rome is the brainchild of Bernard Frischer, a professor at Indiana University's School of Informatics and Computing. And the impressive result is due to innovative ideas and hard work carried out through his career. Frischer came up with the idea back in 1974 shortly after he'd arrived in "The Eternal City" as an academic fellow at the American Academy of Rome. With his classics academic background, Frischer was fascinated by the monuments of antiquity he saw during