Save
Email
Print
Share
RSSBrowse News Stories
381 to 390 of 591 stories
view headlines only
-
Is Globalization as Old as the Earth?
April 2, 2008 — Archaeologists find ancient Jerusalem may be a model for today's corporations. As today's corporations know well, the strategy was all about location. Where did they set up their branch offices? In ... > full story -
Oldest Known Gold Artifacts In The Americas Discovered
March 31, 2008 — Gold has long been more than a fashion statement, and wearing jewelry and other adornments made of it often connotes prestige. And it did not take long for ancient people to figure that out. ... > full story -
For The Paper Trail Of Life On Mars Or Other Planets, Find Cellulose
March 31, 2008 — Looking for evidence of life on Mars or other planets? Finding cellulose microfibers would be the next best thing to a close encounter, according to new research. The new research also pushes back ... > full story -
How Were The Egyptian Pyramids Built?
March 28, 2008 — The Aztecs, Mayans and ancient Egyptians were three very different civilizations with one very large similarity: pyramids. However, of these three ancient cultures, the Egyptians set the standard for ... > full story -
Earliest Signs Of Corn As Staple Food Found After Spreading South From Mexican Homeland
March 24, 2008 — A new technique for examining ancient cooking pots has produced the earliest directly dated examples of domesticated corn (maize) being consumed on the South American continent. The discovery shows ... > full story -
Early Americans Arrived Thousands of Years Earlier Than Previously Believed
March 20, 2008 — Anthropologists provide evidence that the first Americans came to this country 1,000 to 2,000 years earlier than the 13,500 years ago previously thought, which could shift historic ... > full story -
Floating A Big Idea: Ancient Use Of Rafts To Transport Goods Demonstrated
March 19, 2008 — Oceangoing sailing rafts plied the waters of the equatorial Pacific long before Europeans arrived in the Americas, and carried trade goods for thousands of miles all the way from modern-day Chile to ... > full story -
Gold Scroll Discovered: Earliest Evidence Of Jewish Inhabitants In Austria
March 16, 2008 — Archaeologists have found an amulet inscribed with a Jewish prayer in a Roman child's grave dating back to the 3rd century CE at a burial ground in the Austrian town of Halbturn. The ... > full story -
Exploring A 'Lost' City Of The Mycenaeans
March 11, 2008 — Along an isolated, rocky stretch of Greek shoreline, researchers are unlocking the secrets of a partially submerged, "lost" harbor town believed to have been built by the ancient Mycenaeans nearly ... > full story -
Giant Fossil Bats Out Of Africa, 35 Million Years Old
March 4, 2008 — When most of us think of Ancient Egypt, visions of pyramids and mummies fill our imaginations. For a team of paleontologists interested in fossil mammals, the Fayum district of Egypt summons an even ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 137,427
more 
