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French Museum Sells Rare American Indian Artifacts
Posted on01. Apr, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
In an unprecedented move announced Wednesday, it appears the Musee du Louvre (Louvre), which houses 7,000 rare and valuable American Indian artifacts, will be liquidating it’s extensive collection. The reduction is a result of budget cuts and a nationalistic movement to showcase only Western European artifacts. The United States has long petitioned the French institution [...]
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Arrowheads, Federal Agents, Suicide, Informants…A Sad Tale from the Four Corners Area.
Posted on02. Mar, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
The story unfolds like a Tony Hillerman novel, except in this case unfortunately the story is real. And it is a tragedy. In June of 2009 more than 100 Federal agents, including an FBI SWAT team arrested 26 people in Utah, Colorado in New Mexico in what the Justice Department claimed to be ‘the nation’s [...]
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Arrowheadology; 2009 in Review
Posted on31. Dec, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
As the hunt ends for 2009, we look back at the finds from 2009 and they are a plenty; new finds, friends, theories, bits of knowledge and just plain fun. Before we get into specifics, a big ‘Thank You’ to all you Arrowheadologists is in order. This is your community and it’s no small feat [...]
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Black Tea Time in Texas – A Ritual Drinking Vessel?
Posted on15. Nov, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
Editor’s Note: Another look this week at the rare artifacts that remain from the Black Tea ceremony. If artifacts could speak, imagine the stories they would reveal. Of course this would remove some of the fun in piecing together clues from the past. The focus here is an artifact discovered in central Texas, a large [...]
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Prominent Texas Collection Offered
Posted on09. Jun, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
Bob Galvan assembled one of the most impressive Texas artifact collections ever amassed. Starting in the 80s, Bob acquired some of the largest collections known at the time including the Pohl and Klecka collections. Rare pieces such as the 16 1/16″ ‘Hamilton Spear’ and ___ have graced this collection. This collection of fine artifacts is [...]
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The Lost City of Z; Greatest Exploration Mystery of the 20th Century
Posted on24. Feb, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
The Amazon Jungle, the last great unexplored region on the map. It is the birthplace of El Dorado, ‘the gilded man’, where it was said a tribal chief would cover himself in gold dust blown from a hollow cane. This tale of gold excess lured Spanish conquistadors into the region and many to their death. [...]
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Iceman Reveals More Secrets
Posted on28. Jan, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
Oetzi, the ‘Iceman’ discovered in thawing in the Italian Alps in 1991 continues to reveal much about his way of life some 5300 years ago.
In 2007 scientists speculated that severe head trauma and a lethal arrowhead wound in the shoulder killed the iceman.
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