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'Pristine' Amazonian Region Hosted Large, Urban Civilization
August 29, 2008 — 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, were once large and complex enough ... > full story -
Archaeologists Lift Lid On Rare Roman Find
August 25, 2008 — 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 in Newcastle ... > full story -
Roman Temple Uncovered In Ancient Jewish Capital Of Galilee
August 11, 2008 — 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 the Byzantine period. The excavations ... > full story -
Rock Art Marks Transformations In Traditional Peruvian Societies
August 6, 2008 — Peru is one of the Latin American countries, like Argentina and Brazil, where rock art is thought to have developed throughout a period stretching from 10,000 BC to 1500 AD. The wealth and diversity ... > full story -
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
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