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New Life Found In Ancient Tombs
September 24, 2008 — Life has been discovered in the barren depths of Rome's ancient tombs, proving catacombs are not just a resting place for the dead. The two new species of bacteria found growing on the walls of the ... > full story -
Roman York Skeleton Could Be Early TB Victim
September 16, 2008 — The skeleton of a man discovered by archaeologists in a shallow grave on the site of the University of York's campus expansion could be that of one of Britain's earliest victims of ... > full story -
Revising And Re-Sizing History: New Work Shows Ohio Site To Be An Ancient Water Works, Not A Fort
September 12, 2008 — More than 200 years ago, William Henry Harrison -- when he was a general and not yet the US' ninth president -- made historical pronouncements that a hilltop site west of Cincinnati was an ancient ... > full story -
'Pristine' Amazonian Region Hosted Large, Urban Civilization
August 28, 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 14, 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 4, 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 29, 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 -
Predynastic Human Presence Discovered By Core Drilling At The Northern Nile Delta Coast, Egypt
July 23, 2008 — A small but significant find made during a geological survey provides evidence of the oldest human presence yet discovered along the northernmost margin of Egypt's Nile ... > full story
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