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Interesting Native American Artifacts

To many Americans and scientists, Native American artifacts are a window into the past of our amazing country.
They were the first people on this land and developed amazing weaponry and skills that we modeled our modern day weapons after.
They developed different tools and methods for doing things that we still use in our [...]

What Can You Do With Those Artifacts in Your Home?

You have finally had it with the junk in your home.
You conduct a thorough cleaning of the whole house and come up with a ton of stuff that you would like to get rid of and save your house from becoming a museum of artifacts and ancient furniture and knickknacks.
But hold on just a [...]

Just Face It, Your Kids Think You’re an Artifact

Do you remember when you were young and you felt like you would never grow up? Thirty seemed like a really old age and you would not have to worry because it would take forever for you to get there anyway.
You also thought your parents were artifacts who must have been born in the Stone [...]

Creating Artifacts for the Future

When you die, how would you like to be remembered? Would you like to be remembered for your fast cars, beautiful women and flashy designer wardrobe? Or, would you rather be remembered as a kind person who cared for others while selflessly serving your fellow man and saving animals in the process? However you want [...]

Ancient Mayan Artifacts in the United States Today

If you paid any sort of attention in your World History classes in school, you would remember that the Ancient Mayans were a civilization in modern day Mexico.
Well, you might not have even had to have paid attention in your classes to remember that bit of history.
However, you may find it ironic that many [...]

Seashells: Artifacts of the Ocean

I recently took a vacation to the beach.
I love the smell of the ocean breeze and the way the sun beats down on me as the motion of the waves calms my every worry in the world.
I could literally spend years on the beach and never regret a moment of it.
One of my [...]

Dinosaur Artifacts - Are They Still Relevant Today?

Dinosaur artifacts have piqued the interest of the world since they were first discovered.
Who doesnt remember seeing the huge skeleton of the monstrous T-Rex and not get scared at its intimidating glare? Of course, we all do.
Museums still display dinosaur bones prominently in their hallways to show what they looked like, how they acted [...]

Making a Career Out of Artifacts

You spend your childhood entranced by dinosaur bones and everything that was prehistoric and died several million years ago.
You gazed longingly at the collections of dinosaur bones in your favorite museum and begged your parents for your very own ancient arrow head when you visited ancient Native American burial grounds.
Now that you are [...]

The Importance of Artifacts

Artifacts are objects made by humans that are usually created for a specific purpose.
Artifacts can either be ancient or modern.
Ancient artifacts usually are recovered as part of an archeological dig.
The artifacts from the past are meaningful because they represent some aspect of the culture and civilization in which they were created and [...]

Family Artifacts: Gateways to the Past

There is a famous saying that says you must understand the past to know where you are going in the future.
This is certainly true when you think about your past and what that will mean for you and your future.
If you take a look at your familys artifacts, heirlooms and photos, you will find [...]