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New Evidence Of Battle Between Humans And Ancient Virus
July 21, 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 -
Archaeologists Trace Early Irrigation Farming In Ancient Yemen
July 16, 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 -
Horse Racecourse In Ancient Olympia Discovered After 1600 Years
July 14, 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 Find Silos And Administration Center From Early Egyptian City
July 1, 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’
June 28, 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 24, 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 -
Ancient Fort Opens New Chapter In First Nations' History
June 19, 2008 — A fortified village that pre-dates European arrival in Western Canada and is the only one of its kind discovered on the Canadian plains is yielding intriguing evidence of an unknown First Nations ... > full story -
Lake Sediments Help Scientists Trace 7,000 Years Of Mining, Metal Use In China
June 16, 2008 — A new geochemical study illuminates 7,000 years of mining and metal use in central China and links these trends to fluctuations in airborne pollution during the Bronze Age and other military and ... > full story -
Leicestershire Burial Mounds Reveal Ancestral Insights
June 10, 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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