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 grown up, it is easy to understand your chosen career path when you think of your childhood days. You went to school for many years and now you are an archeologist who spends his days digging up ancient artifacts and bones in some of the most remote locations of the world.

To sum it up, you help the world piece the history together. There are so many things we have learned from archeology expeditions that help us shape what we believe the world was millions of years ago. All thanks to the work of dedicated professionals who devote their lives to studying the past. Their study of the past helps us create a better future.

Man would not have known about dinosaurs had it not been for archeologists who dug up the artifacts of that period including the bones to show what they looked like millions of years ago. Also, if it was not for archeologists on their constant quests for artifacts, we never would have learned about the lives of the Ancient Egyptians and the people who died in Pompeii.

Archeologists are vital to the future of our world, but do not receive the proper amount of credit. They have been instrumental in the formation of the United States as well. They helped piece together the history of the Native Americans and helped find Native American artifacts like weaponry that help explain where some of our current weapons originated from.

Just imagine what we would not know if archeologists did not spend their time researching and creating our history. We would be a world who thinks it started after Christopher Columbus sailed to America. Well, maybe not. But out world history view would definitely be limited.

So, you may not know an actual archeologist personally, but than them each time you visit a museum, watch a historical documentary or learn something about the history of the United States. They were the ones who helped do the research and find out the truth behind the mysteries in life.

If you are interested in pursuing a career in artifact searching, find a college that offers a good program in archeology. There are several across the country that will help you learn about the past and learn the tools to becoming one yourself.

These programs can be quite demanding and you must be able to handle the dangers and challenges that come along with this sort of career to be successful.

Imagine walking across the desert and finding ancient scribes that were written millions of years ago. That dream could definitely be a reality if you pursue a career in artifact finding and archeology. 

Ancient Mayan Artifacts

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 Mayan artifacts that have been recovered from the ancient civilization�s land is now for display in the United States. Say what? Yes, many are here in the United States with others on display throughout the world in places you would never have imagined.

Why? Well, the answer is simple really: educational purposes. Many people learn about the Ancient Mayan civilization in school but cannot go to Mexico to visit the ruins for themselves. Therefore, the powers that be decided that sending ancient artifacts on a tour of the United States was a great idea.

It can be, as long as the artifacts are handled nicely and are not damaged. It does gives children and others a chance to see the artifacts from the land they have only read about and gives them a true visual to go along with their course studies.

Mayan artifacts have been on display in different locations throughout the United States for several years now and some are even on permanent display in some prominent museums. Opponents of these actions wonder why it makes sense to put something on display that did not even happen in America, but in Mexico. They do not understand the idealism behind it.

However, there is no idealism behind it. Exhibits of all types have traveled throughout the world for years without trouble and it brings history to the people. We want to educate others and let the children become global citizens. If they do not have the money to travel, this gives them they way they can see it for themselves, up close and personal.

As long as the education exhibits are being cared for properly, the touring exhibits are a great educational piece that should continue to travel around for years to come. The United States should also look in to make traveling exhibits of some of our finest documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. That way people throughout the country and world can see it without having to take a trip to Washington D.C. Many people, even people in the United States, would love to see these things up close but cannot afford a trip to do so. Who knows, it may even inspire some children to pursue political careers. That would definitely make it worth it.

The educational benefit of these artifacts far outweigh any sort of problems that they bring along with them. It is a greatway for kids to learn, for adults to share and for researchers to show off their work. It is a win-win situation for all where people learn more than the thought they could.

Digital Music Really As Amazing As Its Made Out To Be

Is digital music really worth all of its hype that it constantly receives? Perhaps it is, I do not know really, what do you all really think about it and do you feel that it is truly worthy of its obviously amazing recognition? Throughout this article I want to go over a few things with you regarding digital music and provide you with some different questions that you too might want to ask yourself before believing all of this hype about digital music and how its the greatest thing going today.

Digital music is quite unique and yes, it does make things easier and more convenient. However, with all of that said, is it really all that amazing really? What about the old record players that played those huge records? Me myself, I still think that those things were and are still truly unbelievably amazing and deserve all of the hype that they ever received or still are getting even today.

No matter how incredible digital music is, I am still an avid observer of what pertains to good music and what type of device really deserves all of that fabulous talk that has been going on with the whole digital music thing. Digital music does rock but what about when you listened to your all time favorite bands on 8 track players. How freaking awesome were 8 track players? Me personally, I still believe them to be quite an incredible and unique invention. I still remember listening to my moms 8 track player whenever I was just a little girl and I will never forget that either.

For me, things such as those pieces of equipment, they truly deserve hype, they deserve recognition of some sort, they deserve wows and praise and they should and are still being used by so many people believe it or not. The quality might be a little bit or a lot different than from what you receive whenever you are listening to digital music but does the new and improved and incredible digital music have that raw sound that you remember when you listened to an old album playing or whenever your mommy put in her favorite 8 track into her 8 track player? I really, truly, and most honestly, do not believe so.

Too many things are changing and sometimes it can be very exhausting trying to keep up with all of the incredible and scary changes being made. Digital music is just another change in our lives that we are going to have to get used to but some of us might not agree that it is all that it is cracked up to be, believe it or not!

Stick to your guns on this people, you do not have to agree with the majority of people out there, be yourself, you are an individual not a group of people trying to make a choice. Digital music is crystal clear and definitely amazing, but some things are just better left untouched, you know what I mean?

Titanic Artifacts

It is certainly hard to believe that nearly one hundred years has passed since the Titanic sunk in the icy Atlantic waters. The story of that ship and the fateful events that led up to the tragic ending still strike a chord with people to this day. Scientists and Titanic buffs continue to plan voyages down to the wreckage of the Titanic to see it in all of its eerie glory and also find more sunken treasures that have gone down with it.

Titanic and the artifacts it left behind continue to entrance people to this day. The movie Titanic is one of the biggest grossing movies of all time and people still want to remember those who died on that fateful day each year when the anniversary rolls around.

Why are people so entranced by this story? Because it was the ship that was never supposed to sink. When it did, the world felt the pain of the people who lost their lives because of an over confident claim that obviously was not true. The Titanic and its story conjures up a weird love story that people still are interested in to this day.

Other people are more interested in the Titanic for other reasons. There are millions of dollars of jewels that are rumored to still be down there and have not been recovered. The money loving artifact hounds would love to get their hands on these items because it would allow them to boast the fact that they have the famous lost items and they could sell them to collectors and make a huge profit.

People can even purchase their very own artifacts from the Titanic today. There are several companies and web sites that purportedly sell pieces from the Titanic ship or even items that were recovered from the wreckage. The people who seek out these artifacts are clearly infatuated with the story behind the Titanic and would like to have a piece of it all to themselves.

Be careful when decided to purchase a Titanic artifact. How do you really know that what you are buying is really from the Titanic? You can't know for sure and it is better off that you just admire and study the story from afar rather than letting someone take your hard earning money because they claim to have something of value that they will sell to you for several hundred dollars a pop.

Really, what would you do with an artifact from the Titanic? No one will really enjoy it but you. And is it really worth spending your hard earned cash on that? Maybe you think it is, but what happens if you find out that it is not really an artifact from the Titanic and instead a piece of car from the bottom of a lake?

Instead, continue to research more into the story of the Titanic and support your hobby in that way. Save your dollars and cents for something that is more worthy of your dollars, like a charitable cause.