Garry Shaw
Journalist and Author at Freelance
Author. New book: Cryptic: From Voynich to the Angel Diaries | Archaeology journalist @TheArtNewspaper + more | CertHe Archaeology Assessor @OxfordConted
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4 days ago |
theartnewspaper.com | Garry Shaw
An archaeologist has studied broken statues of Queen Hatshepsut—one of the few women to rule as an Egyptian pharaoh, 4,000 years ago—and found that they were not attacked during the persecution of her memory, as previously believed, but ritually “deactivated”. The statues were excavated during the 1920s at the ancient site of Deir el-Bahri in Luxor, 500km south of Cairo.
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1 month ago |
theartnewspaper.com | Garry Shaw
Researchers working in Peru have discovered more than 100 previously unknown structures at the Gran Pajatén archaeological complex , an ancient site located within Río Abiseo National Park, 500 km north of Lima. The park is a Unesco Mixed World Heritage site, and famous for the ruins left by the Chachapoya, a civilization that lived in the northeastern Andes of Peru from the 7th to the 16th centuries.
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1 month ago |
theartnewspaper.com | Garry Shaw
Often described as the “world’s most mysterious manuscript”, the Voynich Manuscript is written in an unknown script and filled with puzzling illustrations—unusual plants, constellations, bathing women and a tiny dragon—arranged in apparently themed sections. Although the book was recently radiocarbon dated to the early 15th century, its place of origin and meaning are still debated.
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2 months ago |
theartnewspaper.com | Garry Shaw
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the search for archaeological sites, and nowhere is this clearer than in South America. As with all AI use—at least for now—human experts are still needed, but AI can analyse vast quantities of data much much more quickly. The web application known as GeoPACHA (the Geospatial Platform for Andean Culture, History and Archaeology) illustrates the benefits of AI. Researchers loaded the app with high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery of the Andes.
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2 months ago |
theartnewspaper.com | Sarvy Geranpayeh |Tom Seymour |Garry Shaw
Sudan’s National Museum, once the guardian of an invaluable collection of artefacts spanning thousands of years, has been ravaged by looting and severe destruction at the hands of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to initial assessments by the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM), the body responsible for preserving the country’s antiquities and archaeological sites.
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My latest for @TheArtNewspaper: Ancient Egyptian queen’s statues were not destroyed out of hatred but ‘deactivated’, study finds #Egypt #Discovery #Archaeology #Hatshepsut #History https://t.co/26vmf3xxH9
RT @Medievalists: Garry J. Shaw's new book, Cryptic, From Voynich to the Angel Diaries, the Story of the World’s Mysterious Manuscripts, is…