Fifty-two Neolithic tombs (dolmens) were grouped into megalithic stations that are mostly located on lithotecto from which the building rocks were removed. In six dolmens, there were no clues found to explain the presence of allochthonous stones, except perhaps in one of them, where rocks were selected to cause colour contrast. The morphology of the slabs, of chambers and corridors, showed no e...

Pottery, bone implements, and stone tools are routinely found at Neolithic sites. However, the integrity of textiles or silk is susceptible to degradation, and it is therefore very difficult for such materials to be preserved for 8,000 years. Although previous studies have provided important evidence of the emergence of weaving skills and tools, such as figuline spinning wheels and osseous lame...

The subject of the investigation is a volcanic rock in which a group of Neolithic tombs named "domus de janas" have been excavated. this operation is quite common in Sardinia, even if in this specific case it assumes some even more interesting characteristics. The research started gathering the 3D digital models with a high level of details and developing this virtual model with its great accur...

The Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten initiated worship of a single god and established a new capital city (Tell Amarna) that was built and occupied only once from 1350-1330 BCE. This single short occupation offers a unique opportunity to study a short time period. The royal tombs have long been known and studied, but the location of graves for the common inhabitants has been an archaeological puzzle ...

In this paper, the authors present a recent integrated survey carried out on an archaeological urban site, generally free of buildings, except some temporary structures related to excavated areas where multi-chamber tombs were found. The two methods used to investigate this site were thermal infrared and ground penetrating radar (GPR). The thermography was carried out with the sensor mounted un...

LESLIE V. GRINSELL, Barrow, pyramid and tomb. Ancient burial customs in Egypt, the Mediterranean and the British Isles, London, Thames & Hudson, 1975, 8vo, pp. 240, illus., £5.75. The disposal of the dead, although a grisly topic, is one of the most interesting of man's activities, reflecting as it does many basic beliefs of the inhumators and cremators. Mr. Grinsell, who was Curator of archaeo...