Friends and colleagues: You can see three fascinating features in the January 2015 edition of Strata: Portraits of Humanity, available online and on TV:* In a short animated film, a small boy discovers an ancient grave by accident and witnesses its looting and destruction.* After 3 years soaking in a tank filled with a preservative solution, the 1,100 year old Native American dugout canoe excavated in 2011 from Florida’s Weedon Island Preserve has taken a big step closer to going on public…See More

Please spread this word as widely as you can.  ALI produces The Archaeology Channel as well as ArchaeoSeek and much more.An anonymous donor at the beginning of 2015 contributed $10,000 to ALI to support our public outreach efforts and cultural heritage programming. This donor is willing to continue making such contributions, but only if we can raise matching funds to increase our level of basic cash support. If we can raise $10,000 in new contributions (meaning donations, Membership…See More

Friends and colleagues: Take a tour of Turkey’s Anatolia region and inspect a Florida shipwreck in the December edition of Strata: Portraits of Humanity, available online and on TV.In this episode we highlight eastern and southeastern Anatolia in Turkey,which has great scenic beauty and is an archaeological wonderland with clear traces of many civilizations. It includes Mt. Nimrud, with a massive burial mound and monumental statues placed at the summit 2000 years ago. Also this time, we see the…See More