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Destruction In Mesopotamia: Ancient Mysteries Fall Prey To Looters In Iraq, Science Feature Reveals
July 6, 2001 — In the northern Iraqi town of Khorsabad four years ago, looters sawed the massive stone head from a statue, sliced it to bits, then tried to spirit the remains to cash-heavy Western collectors. ... > full story -
Evidence Of Ancient El Ninos And Cultural Development
June 19, 2001 — In the July issue of the journal Geology, a team of researchers has suggested that the climate phenomenon known as El Nino has been a contributing factor in the rise and fall of ancient civilizations ... > full story -
University Of Cincinnati Archaeologist To Launch Excavations At Bronze Age Harbor Town In Cyprus
June 5, 2001 — A University of Cincinnati archaeologist will open new excavations June 18 on the island of Cyprus in hopes of discovering whether a Bronze Age city was actually an important trading center for the ... > full story -
Engineering Techniques Help Answer Questions On Ancient Egyptian Artwork
May 15, 2001 — Engineers at Case Western Reserve University, in collaboration with conservators at the Cleveland Museum of Art, have used 21st century technology to characterize the composition and technology of ... > full story -
Archaeologists Head To Albania For Cultural Rescue Mission
March 7, 2001 — The chaos that was once Albania could become tomorrow's hotspot for development. Before that commercialization begins, University of Cincinnati archaeologists want to identify ancient sites that ... > full story -
Classics Doctoral Student Finds Bones That Prove Homer Was Right About Sacrifices
January 23, 2001 — Ancient animal bones stored in the basement of a Greek archaeological museum for the past 50 years have resolved a longstanding archaeological controversy and given historical credence to details in ... > full story -
New Fossil Study Rejects "Eve Theory" And Supports Diverse Ancestry Of Modern Humans
January 11, 2001 — The ancestors of modern humans came from many different regions of the world, not just a single area, according to a University of Michigan study published in the current (Jan. 12) issue of Science. ... > full story -
Scientists, Archaeologists And Historians Will Unravel The Mystery Of Egypt's Sunken Cities
December 14, 2000 — The recent discovery of two long-lost cities off the coast of Egypt has been hailed as one of the most exciting finds in the history of marine archaeology. But the location of the sunken cities of ... > full story -
After 5,000 Year Voyage, World's Oldest Built Boats Deliver -- Archeologists' First Look Confirms Existence Of Earliest Royal Boats At Abydos
November 1, 2000 — A fleet of the oldest built wooden boats in the world, located in the desert sands of Abydos, Egypt-more than eight miles from the river Nile-are painstakingly being excavated by archeologists. The ... > full story -
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Untouched Tomb In Syria
October 2, 2000 — An ancient, untouched tomb of what may be royalty from one of the world's first city-dwelling civilizations has been discovered in Syria, containing human and animal remains, gold and silver ... > full story -
Vanderbilt Archaeological Team Unearths Buried Maya Royal Palace
September 9, 2000 — A team of archaeologists from the United States and Guatemala has determined that a structure previously identified as a minor palace is not only one of the largest and most elaborate residences of ... > full story -
Ancient Mediterranean Port City May Have Been Holy Land Way Station
July 27, 2000 — A partially submerged city on the Mediterranean Sea in present-day Turkey has yielded a second underwater church, leading researchers to believe the settlement was a magnet for pilgrims traveling to ... > full story
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