Ancient Civilization News

Posted February 12, 2007:

• Researchers Unearth 4,300-Year-Old Chimpanzee Technology; 'Stone Hammers' Fuel Evolutionary Debate

Posted February 11, 2007:

• Mummy's Amazing American Maize

Posted February 8, 2007:

• Forensic Photography Brings Color Back To Ancient Textiles
• Fitness Has Fallen Since The Days Of Ancient Greece

Posted January 29, 2007:

• Earliest Semitic Text Revealed In Egyptian Pyramid Inscription

Posted January 28, 2007:

• Shipwreck From Early Islamic Period Discovered Off Israeli Coast

Posted January 16, 2007:

• Cup Of Green Tea To Keep The Bacteria Away

Posted January 3, 2007:

• Researchers Track Movements Of Ancient Central Americans Using Satellites, Video-Game Technology

Posted December 13, 2006:

• Scientists Solve Riddle Of Mysterious Faces On South Pacific Artifacts

Posted December 9, 2006:

• Riddle Of The Great Pyramids Of Giza: Professor Finds Some Building Blocks Were Concrete

Posted December 7, 2006:

• Ancient Climate Change May Portend Toasty Future

Posted November 30, 2006:

• Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Curse: Tablet To God Maglus Invokes Destruction Of Cloak-Pilferer
• World's Oldest Ritual Discovered -- Worshipped The Python 70,000 Years Ago

Posted November 29, 2006:

• Mystery Of Ancient Astronomical Calculator Unveiled

Posted November 13, 2006:

• Biblical Latrine: Ancient Parasites Show That Cleanliness May Have Been Next To Sickliness

Posted November 1, 2006:

• Recovering Pompeii

Posted October 30, 2006:

• Shedding Light On The Darkening Of Ancient Pompeii's Paintings

Posted October 25, 2006:

• Early Bronze Age Mortuary Complex Discovered In Syria

Posted October 4, 2006:

• Ancient Hair Dye Based On Nanotechnology

Posted September 27, 2006:

• Silver Anomalies Found In Jerusalem Pottery Hint At Wealth During Second Temple Period

Posted August 1, 2006:

• Radiocarbon Testing Challenges Understanding Of Ancient Hawaiian Architecture, Social Complexity

Posted July 20, 2006:

• Germans Set Up An Apartheid-Like Society In Britain
• Neandertal Genome To Be Deciphered

Posted June 30, 2006:

• Etruscan Expert Announces Historic Discovery At Ancient Site

Posted May 31, 2006:

• Researchers Uncover Eight Previously Unknown Species In Caves Near Jerusalem

Posted May 26, 2006:

• Ancient Etruscans Unlikely Ancestors Of Modern Tuscans, Statistical Testing Reveals

Posted May 17, 2006:

• Ancient Tomb Sheds New Light On Egyptian Colonialism
• Coral Reef Reveals History Of Fickle Weather In The Central Pacific

Posted May 1, 2006:

• UCLA Egyptologists To Launch New E-Encyclopedia

Posted April 30, 2006:

• A Site To Be Seen: Ancient Earthworks Electronically Rebuilt, To Become A Traveling Exhibit

Posted April 29, 2006:

• New Evidence Suggests The Need To Rewrite Bronze Age History

Posted April 11, 2006:

• Investigating Canals Across Time, From Space: Ur Takes A Step Back To See Ancient Networks

Posted April 1, 2006:

• New Discoveries Point To 'Cave Of John The Baptist' As Important Site In The Time Of Isaiah

Posted March 3, 2006:

• Archaeologists To Establish True Value Of Roman Silver Coins

Posted February 28, 2006:

• The Evolution Of Right And Left-Handedness

Posted February 24, 2006:

• Secrets Of The Deep May Hold Clue To Ancient Global Warming

Posted February 12, 2006:

• Find In Egypt Promises More 'Wonderful Things'

Posted February 2, 2006:

• Scientists See And Analyze 650-Million-Year-Old Fossils Inside Rocks In Three Dimensions

Posted February 1, 2006:

• Archaeologists Find Evidence Of Earliest African Slaves Brought To New World

Posted January 31, 2006:

• Archaeologists Uncover One Of Biggest Medieval Graveyards

Posted January 23, 2006:

• Typhoid Fever Led To The Fall Of Athens

Posted January 6, 2006:

• Researchers Discover Greek Temple In Albania Dating Back To 6th Century B.C.

Posted December 27, 2005:

• Dwarfs Commanded Respect In Ancient Egypt

Posted December 14, 2005:

• Ancient Humans Brought Bottle Gourds To The Americas From Asia

Posted October 11, 2005:

• Making Iron The Old-Fashioned Way Is A Tricky Business

Posted September 28, 2005:

• Long-Sought Maya City -- Site Q -- Found in Guatemala

Posted August 19, 2005:

• Researchers Discover Ancient Origins Of Tuberculosis-Causing Bacteria

Posted August 14, 2005:

• Once-Dreaded Leprosy 'Replaced' By Tuberculosis, Say Researchers

Posted August 8, 2005:

• New Analysis Of Pottery Stirs Olmec Trade Controversy

Posted July 31, 2005:

• Ancient Iraqi Harp Reproduced By Liverpool Engineers

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