Ancient Civilization News

Posted August 15, 2011:

• Biologists Confirm Sunflower Domesticated in Eastern North America

Posted August 9, 2011:

• Archaeologists Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Lion Adorning Citadel Gate Complex in Turkey

Posted July 22, 2011:

• Endangered River Turtle's Genes Reveal Ancient Influence of Maya Indians

Posted July 10, 2011:

• Olympia Hypothesis: Tsunamis Buried the Cult Site on the Peloponnese

Posted June 21, 2011:

• Earliest Art in the Americas: Ice Age Image of Mammoth or Mastodon Found in Florida

Posted June 20, 2011:

• Ancient Mycenaean Fortress Uncovered

Posted June 14, 2011:

• Cave Researchers Explore Stream-Filled Cavern at Entrance to Jerusalem

Posted June 7, 2011:

• Huge Ancient Language Dictionary Finished After 90 Years

Posted May 23, 2011:

• Mummies Tell History of a 'Modern' Plague
• Scientists Explore Hidden World of Ancient Maritime Maya

Posted May 10, 2011:

• Student Archaeologists on Trail of Yorkshire Gem's Hidden Past

Posted April 21, 2011:

• Historic Church's Subterranean Secrets Revealed

Posted April 19, 2011:

• Right-Handedness Prevailed 500,000 Years Ago

Posted April 14, 2011:

• First 3-D Topographic Map of Early Maya City 'Head of Stone' Delineates Ancient Buildings

Posted April 7, 2011:

• iPad Helps Archaeologists

Posted March 28, 2011:

• Why Ancient Mayan Communities Were 'Living on the Edge' of What Is Now a Massive Wetland
• Scientists Trace Violent Death of Iron Age Man

Posted March 21, 2011:

• Native Americans Modified American Landscape Years Prior to Arrival of Europeans

Posted March 16, 2011:

• Fossils Record Reveals Ancient Migrations, Trilobite Mass Matings
• Paleontologists Audition Modern Examples of Ancient Behavior

Posted March 12, 2011:

• Atlantis Found? Film Highlights Professor’s Efforts to Locate Fabled Lost City

Posted March 8, 2011:

• Scanning Antiquity Underfoot

Posted February 17, 2011:

• First Skyscraper Was a Monument to Intimidation: How Jericho's 11,000-Year-Old 'Cosmic' Tower Came Into Being

Posted February 14, 2011:

• Earliest Humans Not So Different from Us, Research Suggests
• Ancient Mesoamerican Sculpture Uncovered in Southern Mexico

Posted February 13, 2011:

• Mummy Remains Show False Toes Helped Ancient Egyptians Walk

Posted February 11, 2011:

• Quest for Extinct Giant Rats Leads Scientists to Ancient Face Carvings

Posted February 7, 2011:

• X-Rays Reveal Hidden Leg of an Ancient Snake: New Hints on How Snakes Were Getting Legless
• Play Was Important -- Even 4,000 Years Ago

Posted February 3, 2011:

• New Drought Record from Long-Lived Mexican Trees May Illuminate Fates of Past Civilizations

Posted January 31, 2011:

• Secrets in Stone: Rare Archaeological Find in Norway

Posted January 11, 2011:

• Chemical Analysis Confirms Discovery of Oldest Wine-Making Equipment Ever Found

Posted December 30, 2010:

• Was Israel the Birthplace of Modern Humans?

Posted December 28, 2010:

• Secrets of an Ancient Tel Aviv Fortress Revealed

Posted December 22, 2010:

• Fossil Finger Bone Yields Genome of a Previously Unknown Human Relative

Posted December 8, 2010:

• Lost Civilization Under Persian Gulf?

Posted December 2, 2010:

• Sows Ears and Silk Purses: Packing More Flavor Into Modern Pork

Posted November 28, 2010:

• Crown Suggests Queen Arsinoë II Ruled Ancient Egypt as Female Pharaoh

Posted November 25, 2010:

• Oldest Salt Mine Known to Date Located in Azerbaijan

Posted November 22, 2010:

• Researchers Kick-Start Ancient DNA

Posted November 18, 2010:

• Link Between Ancient Lizard Fossil in Africa and Today's Komodo Dragon in Indonesia

Posted November 17, 2010:

• New Technology Gives on-Site Assessments in Archaeology

Posted November 9, 2010:

• DNA Reveals Origins of First European Farmers

Posted November 3, 2010:

• Do Holes Make Moles? Surprising First Ancestor of Bizarre Marsupial Moles

Posted November 2, 2010:

• How Ancient Plants and Soil Fungi Turned Earth Green

Posted October 29, 2010:

• Papyrus Research Provides Insights Into 'Modern Concerns' of Ancient World

Posted October 28, 2010:

• Origin of Skillful Stone-Tool-Sharpening Method Pushed Back More Than 50,000 Years
• Paradise Lost -- And Found: Researchers Unearth Ancient Water Secrets at Royal Garden Dig

Posted October 27, 2010:

• Archaeological Sites Threatened by Rising Seas: Scientists Issue Call to Action

Posted October 18, 2010:

• Pre-Columbian Societies in Amazon May Have Been Much Larger and More Advanced Than Thought

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