Ancient Civilization News

Posted March 17, 2009:

• Old Soles: 800-Year-Old Shoe Soles Yield Clues About Preservation Of Leather

Posted March 16, 2009:

• New Technology For Dating Ancient Rock Paintings
• Burgundy Wine Has Long History In France: Remains Of Gallo-Roman Vineyard Discovered In Gevrey-Chambertin

Posted March 9, 2009:

• Scientists Reconstruct An Ancient Greek Musical Instrument, The Epigonion

Posted March 7, 2009:

• Origins Of Pompeii-Style Artifacts Examined

Posted February 15, 2009:

• Researchers Dig Through Millennia In The Valley Of The Kings

Posted February 5, 2009:

• Ancient Marble Figurine Of Bearded Man, Probably Roman Boxer, Discovered

Posted February 3, 2009:

• New Evidence From Excavations In Arcadia, Greece, Supports Theory Of 'Birth Of Zeus'

Posted January 20, 2009:

• Temporal Relationships Established Within Archaeological Complexes

Posted January 18, 2009:

• Largest-to-Date Genetic Snapshot Of Iceland 1,000 Years Ago Completed

Posted January 15, 2009:

• Medieval Walls In Spain Contain Bits Of Bone
• Archeologist Uncovers Evidence Of Ancient Chemical Warfare

Posted January 14, 2009:

• Scientists Bring Painted Warrior 2,000 Years Old To Virtual Life

Posted January 9, 2009:

• Understanding Extinct Microbes May Influence The State Of Modern Human Health

Posted December 21, 2008:

• Archaeological Discovery: Earliest Evidence Of Our Cave-Dwelling Human Ancestors

Posted December 13, 2008:

• Iron Age 'Sacrifice' Is Britain's Oldest Surviving Brain

Posted December 10, 2008:

• Unique Archaeological Discovery In Balkan: World’s First Illyrian Trading Post Found

Posted November 30, 2008:

• New Excavations Strengthen Identification Of Herod’s Grave At Herodium

Posted November 19, 2008:

• Funerary Monument Reveals Iron Age Belief That The Soul Lived In The Stone

Posted November 13, 2008:

• Rare Hebrew Seal From First Temple Period Discovered In Archaeological Excavations In Jerusalem's Western Wall Plaza

Posted November 11, 2008:

• Southern Wall Of Jerusalem That Dates To Time Of Hasmonean Dynasty Discovered On Mount Zion
• Gold Earring 2,000 Years Old Discovered In Excavations In Jerusalem

Posted November 10, 2008:

• Project Virtually Rebuilds Lost Architecture Of The Shakers

Posted November 7, 2008:

• Epic Voyage To Discover Origins And Migration Routes Of Ancestors Of Ancient Polynesians And Their Animals

Posted November 3, 2008:

• Earliest Known Hebrew Text In Proto-Canaanite Script Discovered In Area Where 'David Slew Goliath'

Posted October 28, 2008:

• Fire Out Of Africa: A Key To The Migration Of Prehistoric Humans
• King Solomon's Copper Mines?

Posted October 21, 2008:

• Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Governor's Palace In Turkey

Posted October 14, 2008:

• Archaeological Dig Uncovers Roman Mystery

Posted October 1, 2008:

• New Life Found In Ancient Tombs

Posted September 17, 2008:

• Roman York Skeleton Could Be Early TB Victim

Posted August 29, 2008:

• 'Pristine' Amazonian Region Hosted Large, Urban Civilization

Posted August 25, 2008:

• Archaeologists Lift Lid On Rare Roman Find

Posted August 11, 2008:

• Roman Temple Uncovered In Ancient Jewish Capital Of Galilee

Posted August 6, 2008:

• Rock Art Marks Transformations In Traditional Peruvian Societies

Posted July 31, 2008:

• Antikythera Mechanism: Scientists Crack Secrets Of 2,000-Year-Old Astronomical Computer

Posted July 30, 2008:

• 'Chicken And Chips' Theory Of Pacific Migration

Posted July 23, 2008:

• New Evidence Of Battle Between Humans And Ancient Virus

Posted July 21, 2008:

• Horse Racecourse In Ancient Olympia Discovered After 1600 Years
• Archaeologists Trace Early Irrigation Farming In Ancient Yemen

Posted July 2, 2008:

• Archaeologists Find Silos And Administration Center From Early Egyptian City

Posted July 1, 2008:

• Ancient Olympics: ‘Like Vince Lombardi On The PGA Circuit’

Posted June 27, 2008:

• Pumice As A Time Witness

Posted June 23, 2008:

• Britain's Last Neanderthals Were More Sophisticated Than We Thought

Posted June 16, 2008:

• Leicestershire Burial Mounds Reveal Ancestral Insights

Posted June 10, 2008:

• New Research Refutes Myth Of Pure Scandinavian Race

Posted May 30, 2008:

• Stonehenge Could Have Been Resting Place For Royalty

Posted May 28, 2008:

• Authentic Viking DNA Retrieved From 1,000-Year-Old Skeletons

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