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    provides the understanding into the human mortality and values. Michael Cremo believed that religion and science are equally balanced when referring to the idea of forbidden archeology, but many mainstream scientists would disagree that that religion and science are completely different from one another. The term “forbidden archeology” refers to an idea argued by Michael Cremo that there is an abundance of concrete evidence that is left behind by human ancestors around the world proving that modern humans

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    The Diary Of Anne Frank

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    I. History 1. When studying past events, historians use primary and secondary resources to gather information. A primary resource is a historical piece of evidence, such as an artifact or document, which was made at the time of the event, firsthand. A secondary resource is a document that was created by someone whom was not present at the time of the event, basing their information off of various primary resources. The difference between the two is that with a primary resource the account is more

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    and growing importance of data access. In addition to that exists another school of thought more concerned with the realizations of (digital) memory. Starting from Derrida’s writing on the archive (Derrida), to works such as Wolfgang Ernst’s Media Archeology, scholars are interested in the effects of media as memory agents. However, none of these works have yet adequately addressed the question of sustainable storage in relation to the power systems as described above. As the pace in the global information

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    The Skin of Our Teeth is an allegory about the life of mankind, centering on the Antrobus family of the fictional town of Excelsior, New Jersey. According to PBS Masterpiece Theatre, after graduating from Yale, Wilder studied archeology in Rome. His time studying archeology lead him to believe that most of what archeologists dig up involved

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    search, I found the article “The Rubble of Palmyra” by Leon Wieseltier, published on The Atlantic on September 4, 2015 (here's the link: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/09/rubble-palmyra-syria-isis/403921/) and it dealt with the archeology field of anthropology. In the article, it talks about the ancient city of Palmyra and how in its heyday it was a pit stop on the Silk Road which led it to become a great center for various religious and social ideals. Their pantheon consisted of

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    Ted Loftus enjoyed his career. Not long after after he had received his Mechanical Engineering Degree with a Minor in Archeology, the two studies had produced a posting with the Department of Defense. The postings had been interesting and he felt worthwhile. At 27 years old, He found he enjoyed the physics of engineering and the puzzles of Archeology. Ted’s talents in college athletics and assisting with the yearly college science fair had helped with settling into his career. Often times the physical

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    writings stirred within me a mixture of emotions: excitement, curiosity, passion, longing. The stories were no longer enough; I had to find a way to re-live Bell’s adventures. After some research, I found a program that incorporated three weeks of archeology, community service and agricultural work in Peru. I knew my job at the local pet store wasn’t going to be enough to fund the trip, so I took on a second. While trying to juggle school, sports, extracurriculars and two jobs, Bell was my rock, a daily

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    As stated previously stated old earth creationism is a form of creationism that is based off of the contents of Genesis and does use scientific theories to support itself. The main idea of old earth creationism is that just about everything that happened in Genesis from the Bible is true, but while it is true it is not completely accurate or even in the correct order. What this means is that while Genesis does say everything happens over the course of a week or a seven day period, it does not specify

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    Alternative researchers have offered up evidence of “forbidden archeology” that contradicts the mainstream beliefs of human origins, however these discoveries seem to have been swept under the scientific rug. “Forbidden archeology” is the terminology used to describe the alternative theories that are held against mainstream science in regards to human origins and the history of both us and our ancestors. Within forbidden archeology is scientist and specialist on the subject Cremo, who suggests that

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    Lidar Archaeology Report

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    Technology is changing rapidly every single day, they can change anything positively or negatively. Luckily for us, a major positive change has happened in the archaeology field, greatly impacting archaeologist’s data and findings. This air borne laser sensor, Lidar (Light Detection And Ranging) (Hopkins, 2014) is taking the archaeology field by storm. Before LiDAR archaeologists had to dig through thick vegetation and undergrowth in Mesoamerica in search for ancient cities, artifacts, and fossils

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