Archaeology Gifts

'In the future, that should produce thousands of PhD theses.'

Tutankhamun's Legal Hieroglyphics

Holocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Miocene, Oligocene, Eocene, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Onions.

Oogy flunks his cave drawing final.

'But this is fantastic, professor! It's like no language I've ever seen before!'

"I think it was an election year."

'Hunting, gathering.... It's so hard to prioritize!'

"There—now I've taught you everything I know about splitting rocks."

"I hope these images will generate a huge number of academic papers and theses on the Palaeolithic period."

'What do you mean we can't finish on time? Do you want history to say that Rome wasn't built in a day?'

I want you to draw up plans for a city that can be built in a day.

"I get it!"

'Don't worry if you can't remember your age grandad, we'll get you carbon dated!'

'Well, it's inventory time again -- You do the rocks and I'll do the sticks.'

Originally, Stonehenge was part of a much more ambitious project.

Service Entry.

Daylight Savings Time comes to Stonehenge.

Completed on time and only 3,000 slaves over budget.

"It seems to be a grant application!"

'What is it?'

Caveman showing off wheel to unimpressed caveman with fire.

Department of Archaeology Floor Plan

Archaeologists - "It appears to be some sort of tax cut promise."

'In the future, that should produce thousands of PhD theses.'

Easter and Passover Island

'Change, change, change - all we ever seem to get is change!'

'I was just rubbing sticks together for fun -- I didn't realize I was doing basic research.'

'Oh, oh! This could be a major legal problem. It looks like the wheel was patented.'

Mayan Calendar: 'Chief says just take it 2012 that's when we will switch...'

"Did you remember to scatter a few lance points and arrowheads back there for future generations to ponder?"

"Not just rocks--tools!"

"And right about then the price of great big stones went out of sight."

'Put that down your fool! It's a bone of contention.'

'These symbols are indecipherable. I think these must be the precursors of CAPTCHAS.'

Caveman shoots mammoth with arrow and blames his mate with the spear.