Archeology - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 30 Aug 2023 22:52:46 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Archeology - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Priest of Pacopampa exhumed after 3,000 years https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/08/31/priest-of-pacopampa-exhumed-after-3000-years/ Thu, 31 Aug 2023 05:50:54 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=163006 A tomb which had lain undisturbed for 3,000 years has been unearthed during excavations in northern Peru, authorities say. The occupant of the grave was dubbed the Priest of Pacopampa by archaeologists after the highland area where it was found. Researchers dug through six layers of ash mixed with black earth to reach his skeleton, Read more

Priest of Pacopampa exhumed after 3,000 years... Read more]]> A tomb which had lain undisturbed for 3,000 years has been unearthed during excavations in northern Peru, authorities say.

The occupant of the grave was dubbed the Priest of Pacopampa by archaeologists after the highland area where it was found.

Researchers dug through six layers of ash mixed with black earth to reach his skeleton, which was accompanied by two seals and other sacred offerings.

The seals indicated the presence of ancient ritual body paint used for people of elite status, Peru's culture ministry said in a statement.

Project leader Yuji Seki told Reuters news agency that the large size of the tomb, nearly 2m (2.2 yards) in diameter and 1m deep, was "very peculiar," as was the position of the body lying face down with one half of his body extended and feet crossed.

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Priest of Pacopampa exhumed after 3,000 years]]> 163006 Cavern discovered under Rome's Monteverde neighbourhood https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/09/28/cavern-under-monteverde/ Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:18:20 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=140912 A 350 metre long cavern has been discovered deep under the Monteverde neighbourhood in Rome. It is one of the hundreds that have been blamed for a growing number of sinkholes that have swallowed cars and threatened to topple buildings. Five years ago builders digging a garage realised that there was empty space beneath their Read more

Cavern discovered under Rome's Monteverde neighbourhood... Read more]]>

A 350 metre long cavern has been discovered deep under the Monteverde neighbourhood in Rome.

It is one of the hundreds that have been blamed for a growing number of sinkholes that have swallowed cars and threatened to topple buildings.

Five years ago builders digging a garage realised that there was empty space beneath their feet. Read more

Cavern discovered under Rome's Monteverde neighbourhood]]> 140912 Evidence of earthquake described in Old Testament https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/08/30/evidence-earthquake-old-testament/ Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:57:18 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=139883 Archaeologists in Jerusalem have found evidence of damage to buildings and pottery that may have been caused by a huge, eighth-century B.C.E. earthquake mentioned in the biblical books of Amos and Zechariah The findings add to evidence of the earthquake previously discovered elsewhere in Israel and in the seabed of the Dead Sea. Read more

Evidence of earthquake described in Old Testament... Read more]]> Archaeologists in Jerusalem have found evidence of damage to buildings and pottery that may have been caused by a huge, eighth-century B.C.E. earthquake mentioned in the biblical books of Amos and Zechariah

The findings add to evidence of the earthquake previously discovered elsewhere in Israel and in the seabed of the Dead Sea. Read more

Evidence of earthquake described in Old Testament]]> 139883 A Catholic priest first to discover dinosaur eggs https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/07/08/a-catholic-priest-dinosaur-eggs/ Mon, 08 Jul 2019 08:20:24 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=119004 As far as we know, the first naturalist to discover and describe dinosaur eggshells was the Roman Catholic priest Jean-Jacques Pouech. When not acting as head of Pamiers Seminary in southern France, he explored the geology and paleontology of the Late Cretaceous rock preserved in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains Read more

A Catholic priest first to discover dinosaur eggs... Read more]]> As far as we know, the first naturalist to discover and describe dinosaur eggshells was the Roman Catholic priest Jean-Jacques Pouech.

When not acting as head of Pamiers Seminary in southern France, he explored the geology and paleontology of the Late Cretaceous rock preserved in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains Read more

A Catholic priest first to discover dinosaur eggs]]> 119004 Hope in the resurrection of the body https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/06/01/hope-in-the-resurrection-of-the-body/ Thu, 31 May 2012 19:32:13 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=26462

An experience of archeology gives rise to a reflection on the resurrection of the body. The writer, Bill Tammeus, finds "there is something reassuring about finding the atoms that make up 2,000-year-old pottery shards, something that says that in God's economy, matter matters," and "we comfort ourselves with the understanding that what God created and called Read more

Hope in the resurrection of the body... Read more]]> An experience of archeology gives rise to a reflection on the resurrection of the body.

The writer, Bill Tammeus, finds "there is something reassuring about finding the atoms that make up 2,000-year-old pottery shards, something that says that in God's economy, matter matters," and "we comfort ourselves with the understanding that what God created and called good, God does not intend to waste."

Bill Tammeus, a Presbyterian elder, writes the daily "Faith Matters" blog for The Kansas City Star's website and a monthly column for The Presbyterian Outlook.

Hope in the resurrection of the body]]> 26462 Furness Abbey grave yields treasures of a prosperous medieval abbot https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/04/20/furness-abbey-grave-yields-treasures-of-a-prosperous-medieval-abbot/ Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:25:14 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=23576 Unexpected medieval treasures have been discovered in a grave at one of the UK's most beautiful abbeys along with the bones of the abbot they belonged to - probably a well-fed, little exercised man in his 40s who suffered from arthritis and type 2 diabetes. The discoveries were made at Furness Abbey, on the outskirts Read more

Furness Abbey grave yields treasures of a prosperous medieval abbot... Read more]]> Unexpected medieval treasures have been discovered in a grave at one of the UK's most beautiful abbeys along with the bones of the abbot they belonged to - probably a well-fed, little exercised man in his 40s who suffered from arthritis and type 2 diabetes.

The discoveries were made at Furness Abbey, on the outskirts of Barrow in Cumbria, a place that in its day was one of the most powerful and richest Cistercian abbeys in the country.

Archaeologists found a silver-gilt crozier (a kind of staff of office) and a jewelled ring in remarkable condition. "This is a very rare find which underlines the abbey's status as one of the great power bases of the middle ages," said Kevin Booth, senior curator at English Heritage. Continue reading

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