
Mystery Deepens in Coffin-Within-a-Coffin Found at Richard III Site
Archaeologists have
unearthed a mysterious
coffin-within-a-coffin near
the final resting place of
Richard III. ... > full story
Ancient Technology for Metal Coatings 2,000 Years Ago Can't Be Matched Even Today
Artists and craftsmen more
than 2,000 years ago
developed thin-film coating
technology unrivaled even by
today's standards for
... > full story

Oldest European Fort in the Inland U.S. Discovered in Appalachians
The remains of the earliest
European fort in the
interior of what is now the
United States have been
discovered by a team of
... > full story

Archaeologists to Lift Lid on Mysterious Stone Coffin at Richard III Site
University of Leicester
archaeologists will exhume a
14th century stone coffin at
the latest Grey Friars dig
this week. ... > full story
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Printing Silver Onto Fibers Could Pave the Way for Flexible, Wearable Electronics
July 30, 2013 A new technique for depositing silver onto clothing fibers could open up huge opportunities in wearable ... > full story -
Greening of the Earth Pushed Way Back in Time
July 22, 2013 Conventional scientific wisdom has it that plants and other creatures have only lived on land for about 500 million years, but a new study is pointing to evidence for life on land that is four times ... > full story -
Ice Age Figurine's Head Found: Archaeologists Put New and Old Finds Together to Reassemble Ancient Work of Art
July 18, 2013 Researchers have successfully re-attached the newly discovered head of a prehistoric mammoth-ivory figurine discovered in 1931. The head was found during renewed excavations at Vogelherd Cave, site ... > full story -
Manure Used by Europe's First Farmers 8,000 Years Ago
July 16, 2013 A new study says Europe's first farmers used far more sophisticated practices than was previously thought. Scientists have found that Neolithic farmers manured and watered their crops as early as ... > full story -
Asian Origins of Native American Dogs Confirmed
July 10, 2013 Once thought to have been extinct, native American dogs are on the contrary thriving, according to a recent study that links these breeds to ancient ... > full story -
Toward a Safer Form of Acetaminophen
July 10, 2013 Efforts to develop a safer form of acetaminophen -- the pain and fever-reducer that is one of the most widely used drugs -- have led to discovery of substances that may have less potentially toxic ... > full story -
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Your Primary School Language Reveals If You Move Away or Stay Behind
July 9, 2013 The way you speak in primary school reveals if you will stay behind in your native part of the country or head for the big city to get an education, according to new ... > full story -
Neandertals Shared Speech and Language With Modern Humans, Study Suggests
July 9, 2013 Fast-accumulating data seem to indicate that our close cousins, the Neandertals, were much more similar to us than imagined even a decade ago. But did they have anything like modern speech and ... > full story -
Ancient Egyptian Leader Makes Surprise Appearance at Archaeological Dig in Israel
July 9, 2013 As modern Egypt searches for a new leader, Israeli archaeologists have found evidence of an ancient Egyptian leader in northern Israel. At a site in Tel Hazor National Park, north of the Sea of ... > full story -
New Dig at Richard III Site Could Uncover a Group of Headless Friars
July 9, 2013 Archaeologists digging at Grey Friars could unearth a group of Leicester friars who were beheaded for treason by Henry ... > full story
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