Russian filmmakers to produce "The Gold of Schliemann"- March 19, 2007 St. Petersburg Company Nikola Film starts a project about Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890), a great adventurer and a self-taught archeologist, claimed by scientific world as the first "black digger". The project has been titled The Gold of Schliemann. World Collection of Antiquities. Eight films will feature the story of Schliemann. Each of them will be shot in the countries where the archeologist used to travel: Russia, Greece, China, England, France, Czechia, Germany and Norway. The..http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007/03/russian-filmmakers-to-produce-gold-of.html Excavation points to refined Philistine culture- March 19, 2007 Archaeologists have applied more polish to the long-tarnished reputation of the Philistines. Recent excavations have raised the estimation of Philistines. In recent years, excavations in Israel established that the Philistines had fine pottery, handsome architecture and cosmopolitan tastes. If anything, they were more refined than the shepherds and farmers in the nearby hills, the Israelites, who slandered them in biblical chapter and verse and rendered their name a synonym for...http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007/03/excavation-points-to-refined-philistine.html |