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New Ways to Chart Our Maritime Past
August 19, 2010 — By combining meteorology and archaeology, scientists may discover old sea routes and mooring sites, and boost our knowledge of ancient maritime ... > full story -
Secrets of a Vanished English Landscape: Geologists Examine 5,000-Year-Old 'Fossilized' Landscape
August 17, 2010 — A team of scientists in the UK has published new research on a fossilized landscape, providing insights into how an ancient environment ... > full story -
Stone Age Remains Are Britain's Earliest House
August 10, 2010 — Archaeologists working on Stone Age remains at a site in North Yorkshire say it contains Britain's earliest surviving house. Archaeologists have revealed that the home dates to at least 8,500 BC -- ... > full story -
An Ancient Earth Like Ours: Geologists Reconstruct Earth's Climate Belts Between 460 and 445 Million Years Ago
August 9, 2010 — An international team of scientists has reconstructed the Earth's climate belts of the late Ordovician Period, between 460 and 445 million years ago. The findings show that these ancient climate ... > full story -
Reading Zip Codes of 3,500-Year-Old Letters: Non-Destructive X-Ray Scanning of Archaeological Finds
August 5, 2010 — A researcher in Israel uses a hand-held device based on x-ray fluorescence, a device that can be found in many chemistry labs, to non-destructively ascertain the chemical composition of ancient ... > full story -
Ancient Birds from North America Colonized the South, Thanks to Panama Land Bridge
July 13, 2010 — Scientists studying ancient species migration believe northern birds had the ability to colonize continents that southern species lacked. The research reveals how the ancient 'land bridge' of Panama, ... > full story -
Earliest Archaeological Evidence of Pet Tortoises Discovered
July 12, 2010 — An archaeologist has discovered a bone belonging to a late 19th-century tortoise from Stafford Castle, Staffordshire - believed to be the earliest archaeological evidence of a tortoise kept as a ... > full story -
Oldest Written Document Ever Found in Jerusalem Discovered
July 12, 2010 — A tiny clay fragment -- dating from the 14th century B.C.E. -- that was found in excavations outside Jerusalem's Old City walls contains the oldest written document ever found in Jerusalem, say ... > full story -
Dig Discovers Ancient Britons Were Earliest North Europeans
July 7, 2010 — Archeologists have unearthed the earliest evidence of human occupation in Britain. Their findings demonstrate that ancient humans occupied Britain over 800,000 years ago, marking the first known ... > full story -
Archeologists Explore Rural Galilee and Find Ancient Synagogue
July 7, 2010 — Among various important discoveries, the 2010 Kinneret Regional Project discovered an ancient synagogue, in use at around 400 AD. This year's archeological focus is the first systematic excavation on ... > full story -
3,200-Year-Old Bronze Tablet Identified as Battle Chariot Linchpin
July 1, 2010 — A 3,200-year-old round bronze tablet with a carved face of a woman, found at the El-ahwat excavation site near Katzir in central Israel, is part of a linchpin that held the wheel of a battle chariot ... > full story -
Hunting Weapon 10,000 Years Old Found in Melting Ice Patch
June 29, 2010 — A researcher has discovered a 10,000-year-old atlatl dart that had melted out of an ice patch in the Rocky Mountains. Climate change has increased global temperatures and accelerated melting of ... > full story
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