Sentences with phrase «see as archaeologists»

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According to the team of University of Copenhagen archaeologists, who led the excavations, the discovery is further evidence that the region often seen as a «marginal zone» was capable of supporting a variety of resources, including a population of wild sheep, 14,500 years ago.

Based on the number of sponge boats, the number of divers, how long they go down, and how deep they go — all that stuff — we calculated once that if we interviewed every sponge diver about what they saw on the bottom, we'd learn as much as if one of us nautical archaeologists swam for a year.

A decade ago, most archaeologists would have flatly dismissed the idea, seeing Maya royal women mainly as marriage pawns, consorts and mothers of kings, says Reese - Taylor, a warm, energetic woman in her early 50s.

The booty they confiscated included 33 of the finest pre-Columbian gold and silver objects Alva had ever seen in his career as an archaeologist and curator of the Bruning Archaeological Museum in the nearby town of Lambayeque.

Unlike paleontologists and archaeologists, who condemn amateur hunters and merchants for destroying excavation sites, many meteoriticists see the commercial traffic in meteorites as a boon — even a necessity — to science.

The strangest and most significant find, however, was a soil layer down by the beach that looked like nothing MacGillivray had ever seen in four decades as a field archaeologist.

Like most Iraqis, I thought the arrival of the Americans was very welcome, but when you work as an archaeologist for 30 years, love the field, and know each piece, and then you see all the destruction and looting — this was very hard.

Starting back in 1996 you can see how the Tomb Raider franchise has taken over as adventure archaeologist Lara Croft.

• Amazon cruise: Take an intimate river cruise • Atacama Desert, Chile: Hike the salt flats and volcanoes • Buenos Aires: Try a tango class • Easter Island: See the mysterious statues • Galápagos Islands: Spot Darwin's finches and other wildlife • Iguazú Falls, Brazil: Stay at Hotel das Cataratas by the thundering falls • Machu Picchu: Enter the citadel as the Incas did through Sun Gate • Mayan sites: Take an archaeologist - led tour • Mexico City: See Diego Rivera's murals at the Palacio Nacional • Oaxaca, Mexico: Enjoy Slow Food dishes at La Biznaga • Patagonia, Argentina: Admire the Perito Moreno Glacier • Rio de Janeiro: Go on a helicopter ride over the city • Salvador de Bahia, Brazil: Take in the festival atmosphere of Old Town

Our trek will start with a gentle walk of a small ravine after 2 hours then we need to climb around 400 meters to the reach Pumamarka ruins, the walk from here is one hour to reach the Inca site of Huchuy Qosqo, recently restored by archaeologists, located at 3,450 mals from this point it is clear to see many beautiful mountains as Chicon, Pitusiray, Sawasiray, Waccaywilca or Veronica ancient sacred mountains «Apus» so respected and venerated by the locals Incas - Quechuas descendents living in this valleys for centuries.

On a tour of Machu Picchu, you'll see temples and tombs, as well as mysterious formations like the Intihuatana Stone, which still puzzles archaeologists.

It's especially ironic considering that we've seen Mario as not just an athlete, but as a Doctor, a Baker, an Archaeologist, and several other professions.

The game sees you play as an honest archaeologist unearthing the remnants of the titular Winter Hall.

Young said Marten wanted visitors to imagine themselves as archaeologists, seeing things for the first time.

The Tate's wall text suggests that Marten wants us to enter her showcase thinking of ourselves as «archaeologists of our own times -LSB-...] to consider objects as if seeing them for the first time».

When we encounter her installations, it is as if Marten asks us to become archaeologists of our own times, and to consider familiar items as if we are seeing them for the first time.