Ancient Civilization News

Posted May 25, 2008:

• Is Indy Chasing A Fake? Two Well-Known Crystal Skulls Did Not, After All, Come From Ancient Mexico

Posted May 14, 2008:

• Archaeologist Uses Satellite Imagery To Explore Ancient Mexico

Posted April 30, 2008:

• Ancient Sunflower Fuels Debate About Agriculture In The Americas

Posted April 24, 2008:

• Archaeologists Find 18th Century Log Road In Annapolis, Maryland, US

Posted April 18, 2008:

• Unearthing Clues Of Catastrophic Earthquakes

Posted April 11, 2008:

• Ancient DNA: Reconstruction Of The Biological History Of A Human Society
• Archaeologist Helps Community By Keeping African Artifacts In Africa

Posted April 4, 2008:

• Is Globalization as Old as the Earth?

Posted April 1, 2008:

• Oldest Known Gold Artifacts In The Americas Discovered

Posted March 29, 2008:

• How Were The Egyptian Pyramids Built?

Posted March 22, 2008:

• Floating A Big Idea: Ancient Use Of Rafts To Transport Goods Demonstrated

Posted March 21, 2008:

• Early Americans Arrived Thousands of Years Earlier Than Previously Believed

Posted March 18, 2008:

• Gold Scroll Discovered: Earliest Evidence Of Jewish Inhabitants In Austria

Posted March 15, 2008:

• Exploring A 'Lost' City Of The Mycenaeans

Posted March 5, 2008:

• Giant Fossil Bats Out Of Africa, 35 Million Years Old
• Innovative Archaeological Survey Reveals Unknown Aspects Of China's Past

Posted February 28, 2008:

• Centuries-Old Maya Blue Mystery Finally Solved

Posted February 26, 2008:

• Excavations In Iran Unravel Mystery Of 'Red Snake'

Posted February 19, 2008:

• Cleopatra's Cosmetics And Hammurabi's Heineken: Name Brands Far Predating Modern Capitalism

Posted February 18, 2008:

• Egypt's Earliest Agricultural Settlement Unearthed

Posted February 11, 2008:

• Archaeologists Discover Roman Fort In Cornwall, England

Posted February 6, 2008:

• Globetrotting Black Rat Genes Reveal Spread Of Humans And Diseases

Posted February 3, 2008:

• Archaeologist 'Strikes Gold' With Finds Of Ancient Nasca Iron Ore Mine In Peru

Posted January 28, 2008:

• New Discoveries At The Ash Altar Of Zeus Offer Insights Into Origins Of Ancient Greece's Most Powerful God

Posted January 27, 2008:

• Maya Mask Splendor Enhanced With Sparkling Mica

Posted January 18, 2008:

• New Survey To Reveal 'Britain's Atlantis'

Posted December 25, 2007:

• Unknown Monumental Building Of Herod The Great (73-4 BC) Unearthed

Posted December 21, 2007:

• Ancient Egyptian Glassmaking Recreated
• Stunning Survey Unveils New Secrets Of Caistor Roman Town

Posted December 10, 2007:

• Ancient Maya Marketplace Located, Challenges Views On Goods Distribution

Posted December 8, 2007:

• Ancient Blood Found On Sculptures From Kingdom Of Mali

Posted November 27, 2007:

• Remains Of Ancient Synagogue With Unique Mosaic Floor Found In Galilee

Posted November 21, 2007:

• Digging Biblical History At 'The End Of The World'

Posted November 20, 2007:

• Earliest Chocolate Drink Of The New World

Posted November 5, 2007:

• Cultic City And Fortress Unearthed In Southern Turkey

Posted November 2, 2007:

• How Old Tree Rings And Ancient Wood Are Helping Rewrite History

Posted October 4, 2007:

• Even Without Math, Ancients Engineered Sophisticated Machines

Posted September 12, 2007:

• Angkor Medieval 'Hydraulic City' Unwittingly Engineered Its Environmental Collapse

Posted September 10, 2007:

• Ancient 'Escape Tunnel' Discovered In Israel

Posted September 6, 2007:

• Ancient Human DNA Extracted From Yucca Leaves Spat Out

Posted September 5, 2007:

• First Beehives In Ancient Near East Discovered

Posted September 4, 2007:

• Ancient Pig DNA Study Sheds New Light On Colonization Of Europe By Early Farmers

Posted August 31, 2007:

• New Evidence: Urbanization Did Not Originate With Centralized Political Power

Posted August 27, 2007:

• Roman Soldier's Sandal Print Uncovered Near Sea Of Galilee

Posted August 24, 2007:

• First Ancient Manioc Fields In Americas Discovered

Posted August 20, 2007:

• Scientists Retrace Evolution With First Atomic Structure Of An Ancient Protein

Posted August 14, 2007:

• Stone Age Site Surfaces After 8000 Years

Posted August 3, 2007:

• Beyond Mesopotamia: A New View Of The Dawn Of Civilization

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