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Early Bronze Age Mortuary Complex Discovered In Syria
October 25, 2006 An ancient, untouched Syrian tomb that wowed the archaeological world on its discovery by Johns Hopkins University researchers nearly six years ago is not alone. Additional excavations have yielded a ... > full story -
Ancient Hair Dye Based On Nanotechnology
October 4, 2006 A hair dye developed 2,000 years ago relied on nanotechnology to change the graying hair of people in ancient Greece and Rome into a youthful black color, scientists in France ... > full story -
Silver Anomalies Found In Jerusalem Pottery Hint At Wealth During Second Temple Period
September 27, 2006 Scientists with the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Bar-Ilan University have discovered unusually high concentrations of silver in samples of many ... > full story -
Radiocarbon Testing Challenges Understanding Of Ancient Hawaiian Architecture, Social Complexity
August 1, 2006 The most detailed study to date on the antiquity of the Maui's extensive temple system challenges previous conceptions of ancient Hawaiian civilization by identifying cycles of temple construction ... > full story -
Germans Set Up An Apartheid-Like Society In Britain
July 20, 2006 An apartheid-like system existed in early Anglo-Saxon Britain, which wiped out a majority of original British genes in favor of German ones, according to research led by UCL (University College ... > full story -
Neandertal Genome To Be Deciphered
July 20, 2006 Researchers in Germany and the United States have announced an ambitious plan to complete a first draft of the Neandertal genome within the next two years. As a trial, the collaborators have already ... > full story -
Etruscan Expert Announces Historic Discovery At Ancient Site
June 30, 2006 Digging on a remote hilltop in Italy, a Florida State University classics professor from Tallahassee Fla., and her students have unearthed artifacts that dramatically reshape our knowledge of the ... > full story -
Researchers Uncover Eight Previously Unknown Species In Caves Near Jerusalem
May 31, 2006 Discovery of eight previously unknown, ancient animal species within "a new and unique underground ecosystem" in Israel was revealed today by Hebrew University of Jerusalem ... > full story -
Ancient Etruscans Unlikely Ancestors Of Modern Tuscans, Statistical Testing Reveals
May 26, 2006 For the first time, Stanford researchers have used novel statistical computer modeling to simulate demographic processes affecting the population of Tuscany over a 2,500-year time span. Rigorous ... > full story -
Ancient Tomb Sheds New Light On Egyptian Colonialism
May 17, 2006 In approximately 1550 B.C., Egypt conquered its southern neighbor, ancient Nubia, and secured control of valuable trade routes. But rather than excluding the colonized people from management of the ... > full story
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