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Ancient Etruscans Were Immigrants From Anatolia, Or What Is Now Turkey
June 18, 2007 — The long-running controversy about the origins of the Etruscan people appears to be very close to being settled once and for all, according to a leading geneticist. He describes strong evidence that ... > full story -
Ancient Rome Rebuilt Digitally
June 11, 2007 — Rome's Mayor Walter Veltroni will officiate at the first public viewing of "Rome Reborn 1.0," a 10-year project to use advanced technology to digitally rebuild ancient Rome. An international team of ... > full story -
2008 World Monuments Watch List Of 100 Most Endangered Sites
June 11, 2007 — Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites was recently announcedby the World Monuments Fund This year's list highlights three critical man-made threats: political conflict, unchecked urban and ... > full story -
Archaeologists Reconstruct Life In The Bronze Age At Site Of Southern Spain
June 9, 2007 — Researchers have excavated for the first time in a scientific and systematic way a site of where they have found the first water well of the Iberian Peninsula. From the 20th century, the "motillas" ... > full story -
Evidence From Ancient Graves Raises Questions About Ritual Human Sacrifice Among Hunter Gatherers In Europe
May 30, 2007 — A new article explores ancient multiple graves and raises the possibility that hunter gatherers in what is now Europe may have practiced ritual human sacrifice. This practice -- well-known in large, ... > full story -
Recently Excavated Headless Skeleton Expands Understanding Of Ancient Andean Rituals
May 30, 2007 — Images of disembodied heads are widespread in the art of Nasca, a culture based in Peru from AD 1 to AD 750. But despite this evidence and large numbers of trophy heads in the region's archaeological ... > full story -
Ancient Wooden Anchor Discovered
May 17, 2007 — The world's oldest wooden anchor was discovered during excavations in the Turkish port city of Urla, the ancient site of Liman Tepe, the Greek 1st Millennium BCE colony of Klazomenai. The anchor, ... > full story -
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Walk Like An Egyptian -- Or A Roman: Experience What The Past Really Looked Like
May 15, 2007 — Computer scientists and cultural heritage researchers are assessing whether today's increasingly sophisticated 3-D computer technology can be combined with the most recent historical evidence to ... > full story -
New Research Confirms 'Out Of Africa' Theory Of Human Evolution
May 10, 2007 — New research confirms the "Out Of Africa" hypothesis that all modern humans stem from a single group of Homo sapiens who emigrated from Africa 2,000 generations ago and spread throughout Eurasia over ... > full story -
Egyptians, Not Greeks Were True Fathers Of Medicine
May 9, 2007 — Scientists examining documents dating back 3,500 years say they have found proof that the origins of modern medicine lie in ancient Egypt and not with Hippocrates and the ... > full story -
Tomb Of King Herod Discovered At Herodium
May 8, 2007 — The long search for Herod the Great's tomb has ended with the exposure of the remains of his grave, sarcophagus and mausoleum on Mount Herodium's northeastern slope. Spread among the ruins are pieces ... > full story -
Everyday Life In Pompeii Revealed
April 27, 2007 — Until recently archaeologists working on Pompeian artefacts have tended to concentrate on examples of art, some of it erotic, from the town that was suddenly destroyed by the eruption of Mount ... > full story
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