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'Pristine' Amazonian Region Hosted Large, Urban Civilization
They aren't the lost cities
early explorers sought
fruitlessly to discover. But
ancient settlements in the
Amazon, now almost entirely
obscured by tropical forest,
... > full story
Archaeologists Lift Lid On Rare Roman Find
Archaeologists in the UK
have discovered two rare
Roman stone sarcophagi. The
1800-year-old sandstone
coffins were uncovered at a
dig on the site of former
chapel and office buildings
... > full story
Roman Temple Uncovered In Ancient Jewish Capital Of Galilee
Ruins of a Roman temple from
the second century CE have
recently been unearthed in
the Zippori National Park.
Above the temple are
foundations of a church from
... > full story
Rock Art Marks Transformations In Traditional Peruvian Societies
Peru is one of the Latin
American countries, like
Argentina and Brazil, where
rock art is thought to have
developed throughout a
... > full story
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Antikythera Mechanism: Scientists Crack Secrets Of 2,000-year-old Astronomical Computer
July 31, 2008 — Researchers have unravelled the secrets of a 2,000-year-old computer which could transform the way we think about the ancient world. The Antikythera Mechanism is a clock-like astronomical calculator ... > full story -
'Chicken And Chips' Theory Of Pacific Migration
July 30, 2008 — A new study of DNA from ancient and modern chickens has shed light on the controversy about the extent of prehistoric Polynesian contact with the ... > full story -
New Evidence Of Battle Between Humans And Ancient Virus
July 23, 2008 — Human ancestors fought back against an ancient retrovirus with a defense mechanism that our bodies still use today. Evidence of this battle has been preserved in our DNA for millions of ... > full story -
Horse Racecourse In Ancient Olympia Discovered After 1600 Years
July 21, 2008 — The site of the ancient hippodrome course in Olympia, where the emperor Nero competed for Olympian laurels, has been discovered. Pausanias, a travel writer of the ancient world, described this course ... > full story -
Archaeologists Trace Early Irrigation Farming In Ancient Yemen
July 21, 2008 — In the remote desert highlands of southern Yemen, a team of archaeologists have discovered new evidence of ancient transitions from hunting and herding to irrigation agriculture 5,200 years ... > full story -
Archaeologists Find Silos And Administration Center From Early Egyptian City
July 2, 2008 — An expedition at Tell Edfu in southern Egypt has unearthed a large administration building and silos that provide fresh clues about the emergence of urban life. The discovery provides new information ... > full story -
Ancient Olympics: ‘Like Vince Lombardi On The PGA Circuit’
July 1, 2008 — The modern Olympic ideals differ dramatically from the way the games were actually played in ancient Greece, says a classicist who has heavily researched the Olympic past. The ancient games featured ... > full story -
Pumice As A Time Witness
June 27, 2008 — Chemical fingerprints of volcanic eruptions and numerous pumice lump finds from archaeological excavations illustrate relations between individual advanced civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean. ... > full story -
Britain's Last Neanderthals Were More Sophisticated Than We Thought
June 23, 2008 — An archaeological excavation at a site near Pulborough, West Sussex, has thrown remarkable new light on the life of northern Europe's last Neanderthals. It provides a snapshot of a thriving, ... > full story -
Leicestershire Burial Mounds Reveal Ancestral Insights
June 16, 2008 — Researchers have recently completed work on the results of three closely related Bronze Age round barrows excavated at Cossington, Leicestershire. Their excavations revealed a variety of burial ... > full story
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