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Huge Ancient Language Dictionary Finished After 90 Years
June 7, 2011 — An ambitious project to identify, explain and provide citations for the words written in cuneiform on clay tablets and carved in stone by Babylonians, Assyrians and others in Mesopotamia between 2500 ... > full story -
Mummies Tell History of a 'Modern' Plague
May 23, 2011 — Mummies from along the Nile are revealing how age-old irrigation techniques may have boosted the plague of schistosomiasis, a water-borne parasitic disease that infects an estimated 200 million ... > full story -
Scientists Explore Hidden World of Ancient Maritime Maya
May 23, 2011 — Explorers are searching a wild, largely unexplored and forgotten coastline for evidence and artifacts of one of the greatest seafaring traditions of the ancient New World, where Maya traders once ... > full story -
Student Archaeologists on Trail of Yorkshire Gem's Hidden Past
May 10, 2011 — Archaeologists are revealing intriguing traces -- hidden for more than two centuries -- of the forerunner of one of Yorkshire’s great country houses in ... > full story -
Historic Church's Subterranean Secrets Revealed
April 21, 2011 — Researchers have carried out a full scientific survey of an historic churchyard widely believed to be the site of the crowning of at least two Anglo-Saxon kings. The team used an earth resistance ... > full story -
Right-Handedness Prevailed 500,000 Years Ago
April 19, 2011 — Markings on fossilized front teeth show that right-handedness goes back a half-million years in the human ... > full story -
First 3-D Topographic Map of Early Maya City 'Head of Stone' Delineates Ancient Buildings
April 14, 2011 — Archaeologists have made the first three-dimensional topographic map of the early Maya city "Head of Stone" in Guatemala's Central Lakes region, adding new perspective to the site and its ancient ... > full story -
iPad Helps Archaeologists
April 7, 2011 — A new approach to conducting archaeological research is revolutionizing methods of recording history, a field that is steeped in ... > full story -
Why Ancient Mayan Communities Were 'Living on the Edge' of What Is Now a Massive Wetland
March 28, 2011 — Archeologists are investigating why a highly sophisticated civilization decided to build large, bustling cities next to what is essentially swampland. The research zeroes in on why larger and ... > full story -
Scientists Trace Violent Death of Iron Age Man
March 28, 2011 — An Iron Age man whose skull and brain was unearthed during excavations at the University of York was the victim of a gruesome ritual killing, according to new ... > full story -
Native Americans Modified American Landscape Years Prior to Arrival of Europeans
March 21, 2011 — A new study shows that Native Americans' land use nearly a century ago produced a widespread impact on the eastern North American landscape and floodplain development several hundred years prior to ... > full story -
Fossils Record Reveals Ancient Migrations, Trilobite Mass Matings
March 16, 2011 — Fossilized snapshots are providing paleontologists with new insights into the behavior of ancient marine creatures. Like modern crabs and lobsters, trilobites appear to have gathered in large groups ... > full story
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