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Archaeology Team Announces 'Huge Step Forward' in King Richard III Search
September 5, 2012 A UK team confirms it has found medieval Grey Friars Church -- the burial place of Richard ... > full story -
Syrian Obsidian Discovery Opens New Chapter in Middle Eastern Studies
September 4, 2012 An archaeologist has revealed the origin and trading routes of razor-sharp stone tools 4,200 years ago in ... > full story -
Lao Skull Earliest Example of Modern Human Fossil in Southeast Asia
August 20, 2012 An ancient skull recovered from a cave in the Annamite mountains in northern Laos is the oldest modern human fossil found in Southeast Asia, researchers report. The discovery pushes back the clock on ... > full story -
Spider Version of Bigfoot Emerges from Caves in the Pacific Northwest
August 17, 2012 The forests of the coastal regions from California to British Columbia are renowned for their unique and ancient animals and plants, such as coast redwoods, tailed frogs, mountain beavers and the ... > full story -
Climate and Drought Lessons from Ancient Egypt
August 16, 2012 Ancient pollen and charcoal preserved in deeply buried sediments in Egypt's Nile Delta document the region's ancient droughts and fires, including a huge drought 4,200 years ago associated with the ... > full story -
Ancient Seal May Add Substance to the Legend of Samson
August 13, 2012 An ancient seal depicting a man and a lion in hand-to-paw combat places the Biblical story of Samson in the archaeological setting of Beth Shemesh during the 12th century BCE, researchers ... > full story -
Earliest Use of Mexican Turkeys by Ancient Maya
August 9, 2012 A new study shows the turkey, one of the most widely consumed birds worldwide, was domesticated more than 1,000 years earlier than previously ... > full story -
Ancient Records Shed Light on Italian Earthquakes (Aquila Area)
August 3, 2012 When a damaging earthquake struck the area of L'Aquila in central Italy in 2009, it was the latest in the region's long history of strong and persistent quakes. But according to a new study the ... > full story -
Giant Moa Had Climate Change Figured out
August 3, 2012 An international team of scientists has used ancient DNA from bones of giant extinct New Zealand birds to show that significant climate and environmental changes did not have a large impact on their ... > full story -
Archeologists Unearth Extraordinary Human Sculpture in Turkey
July 30, 2012 A beautiful and colossal human sculpture is one of the latest cultural treasures unearthed by an international team at the Tayinat Archaeological Project excavation site in southeastern ... > full story
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