Atlantis of the sands: southern Oman yields ruins of an ancient city on the fabled frankincense route
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The ancient city of Shisur in the Dhofar region of southern Oman appears to have been a major center associated with trade in frankincense in ancient times. Located at the site of a permanent spring, the city was occupied from the Neolithic period circa 5000 BC to AD 1500. Fortifications date back to the Bronze Age (2500-1300 BC). The city may be the town called Marimatha on a map made by Ptolemy in the second century AD. Triliths, small monuments found along the caravan routes, many with inscriptions that have not been deciphered, may provide more information on Shisur's function as a center of trade.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 1997
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Castle of the 'Faerie Queene': probing the ruins of Edmund Spenser's Irish home
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Edmund Spenser lived in Kilcolman Castle in County Cork, Ireland, between 1589 and 1598, and much of the 'Faerie Queene' was written there. The castle could have inspired Spenser's description of the Castle of Temperance in book two of the poem. Kilcolman Castle was probably built in the 1420s, later confiscated by the English, given to Spenser in 1589, and sacked during a rebellion in 1598. Spenser died in 1599. The ruins of the castle are still standing. Archaeologists have surveyed the site and conducted some test excavations between 1993 and 1996.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 1999
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Back at the ranch; down-home millionaires milk a range full of ruins
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The story of the large fines of various Indian artifacts, petroglyphs, Triassic fossils, and petrified wood at the cattle ranch of Marvin Hatch and Terrence Reidhead in Holbrook, AZ is told. Rare Paleoindian sites dating from 9500 to 6000 B.C. were also seen. Hatch and Reidhead have opened their own triassic preserve and charge admission to see the finds.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 2000
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