Archaeology News

Posted October 14, 2009:

• Norwegian Wood For The Ages: 'Mummified' Pine Trees Found
• 200,000-Year-Old Cut Of Meat: Archaeologists Shed Light On Life, Diet And Society Before The Delicatessen

Posted October 5, 2009:

• Buried Coins May Hold Key To Solving Mystery Of Ancient Roman Population

Posted October 2, 2009:

• Laser Scans To Confirm Nero's Return: 21st Century Scan Could Reveal Rare Sculpture Of 1st Century Roman Emperor

Posted September 30, 2009:

• Archaeologists Discover Amphitheatre In Excavation Of Portus, Ancient Port Of Rome

Posted September 24, 2009:

• Scandinavians Are Descended From Stone Age Immigrants, Ancient DNA Reveals

Posted September 21, 2009:

• Archaeologists Find Burial Cellar In Ancient Syrian City Containing Spectacular Artifacts

Posted September 15, 2009:

• Skeleton Found At Roman Site In Britain Mystifies Archaeologists
• Rare Discovery: Engraved Gemstone Carrying A Portrait Of Alexander The Great

Posted September 14, 2009:

• Figurines Of Aphrodite From Roman Empire Era Discovered In Hippos

Posted September 11, 2009:

• Giant Stone-Age Axes Found In African Lake Basin

Posted September 10, 2009:

• Archaeologists Discover Oldest-Known Fiber Materials Used By Early Humans

Posted September 9, 2009:

• Largest-Ever Collection Of Coins From Period Of Revolt Against Romans Found In Judean Hills

Posted September 3, 2009:

• Shawnee Lookout May Be Largest Continuously Occupied Hilltop Native American Site In United States

Posted August 31, 2009:

• A Lost Picasso? Alloy Composition Profiles Could Help Identify, Date And Authenticate Bronzes
• Underwater Expedition Delivers Key Findings In Search For Evidence Of Early Americans

Posted August 20, 2009:

• Chinese Culture At The Crossroads: Prehistoric Archaeological Findings Highlighted In New Research

Posted August 18, 2009:

• Stone Tools, Rare Animal Bones: Clues To Caribbean's Earliest Inhabitants Discovered

Posted August 13, 2009:

• Early Human Hunters Had Fewer Meat-Sharing Rituals
• Early Modern Humans Used Fire To Engineer Tools From Stone; Complex Cognition Older Than 72,000 Years?

Posted August 12, 2009:

• London's Earliest Timber Structure Found During Belmarsh Prison Dig

Posted August 10, 2009:

• Archaeologists Find Cache Of Tablets In 2,700-Year Old Turkish Temple

Posted July 30, 2009:

• Metal Composition Hold Key To Identity Of Modern Sculptures

Posted July 27, 2009:

• Do You Believe In 'Tooth Worms?' Micro-Images Of Strange, Worm-Like Structures Uncovered Inside Dissected Molar
• When Did Humans Return After Last Ice Age?

Posted July 21, 2009:

• DNA Of Ancient Lost Barley Could Help Modern Crops Cope With Water Stress

Posted July 15, 2009:

• Primate Archaeology Sheds Light On Human Origins

Posted July 14, 2009:

• Last Supper Of The Hominids Establishes Times They Lived At Sites

Posted July 10, 2009:

• A Bridge Too Far? Stark Warning From History Over Plans For 'Inhabited' London Bridge
• New Insights Into Iran's Past: Landlord Villages Of The Tehran Plain

Posted July 9, 2009:

• Climate Events Let Ice Age Mammoths Pass Far Below 40 Degrees North Latitude
• Underwater Exploration Seeks Evidence Of Early Americans

Posted July 6, 2009:

• First Direct Evidence Of Substantial Fish Consumption By Early Modern Humans In China 40,000 Years Ago

Posted June 30, 2009:

• Computer Recognizes Archaeological Material And Fake Van Goghs

Posted June 24, 2009:

• Secrets Of Caistor Roman Town

Posted June 22, 2009:

• Cold Case Techniques Bring Mummy’s Face To 'Life'
• Underground Cave Dating From The Year 1 A.D. Exposed In Jordan Valley

Posted June 8, 2009:

• Archeological Evidence Of Human Activity Found Beneath Lake Huron
• Neolithic Age: Prehistoric Complex Including Two 6,000-Year-Old Tombs Discovered In Britain
• Fossil Teeth Of Three-Toed Browsing Horse Found In Panama Canal Earthworks

Posted June 4, 2009:

• New 'Molecular Clock' Aids Dating Of Human Migration History

Posted May 27, 2009:

• Lessons From The Past: Research Examines How Past Communities Coped With Climate Change

Posted May 26, 2009:

• Oldest Evidence Of Leprosy Found In India

Posted May 19, 2009:

• Fire And Water Reveal New Archaeological Dating Method

Posted May 15, 2009:

• Peruvian Stalagmites Hold Clues To Climate Change

Posted May 14, 2009:

• Ivory Venus Figurine From The Swabian Jura Rewrites Prehistory

Posted May 13, 2009:

• Ancient Trading Raft Sails Anew

Posted May 12, 2009:

• Race To Preserve The World’s Oldest Submerged Town: Pavlopetri, Greece

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