Hat tip for Afarensis for finding the following paleoanthropology gem on the internet. In my opinion it is quite hard to find quality photos of fossil hominid skulls and this one can double as a mask to boot!
This fossil skull is commonly known as the Black Skull and identified as the species Australopithecus aethiopicus. From [...]
June 12, 2007
The Black Skull (Australopithecus aethiopicus) Mask
June 12, 2007
Rebuilding Rome and the 2008 World Monument Watch
In an interesting synthesis of contributions from architects, archaeologists and Roman historians, the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities over at the University of Virginia, has announced that they have rebuilt Rome… digitally. They spent the last 10 years compiling architectural data, from model of the city kept at a museum, of 7,000 buildings [...]
