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Oldest Jewish Archaeological Evidence on the Iberian Peninsula
May 25, 2012 — Archaeologists have found one of the oldest artifacts of Jewish culture on the Iberian Peninsula at an excavation site in the south of Portugal, close to the city of Silves (Algarve). On a marble ... > full story -
Maya Collapse: Trade Patterns for Crucial Substance Played Key Role
May 23, 2012 — Shifts in exchange patterns provide a new perspective on the fall of inland Maya centers in Mesoamerica approximately 1,000 years ago. This major historical process is sometimes referred to as the ... > full story -
Archaeology: Spectacular Tomb Containing More Than 80 Individuals Discovered in Peru
May 22, 2012 — Archaeologists have discovered a spectacular tomb containing more than eighty individuals of different ages. This discovery – provisionally dated to around 1000 years ago – was made at ... > full story -
Unique Gold Earring Found in Intriguing Collection of Ancient Jewelry in Israel
May 21, 2012 — When archaeologists opened an ancient vessel found at Israel's Tel Megiddo dig, they found a surprising treasure trove of ancient jewelry -- and an earring which may have had a unique Egyptian ... > full story -
Sulphur and Iron Compounds Common in Old Shipwrecks
May 15, 2012 — Sulphur and iron compounds have now been found in shipwrecks both in the Baltic and off the west coast of Sweden. A few years ago scientists reported large quantities of sulphur and iron compounds in ... > full story -
Meteorite Discovery Spurs Hunt for More Pieces
May 12, 2012 — Meteorite fragments were recently scattered around Sutter's Mill in California, the same region where the first nugget of gold was found that sparked the Gold Rush in 1848. Scientists believe the ... > full story -
Archaeologists Discover Lost Language
May 10, 2012 — Evidence for a forgotten ancient language which dates back more than 2,500 years, to the time of the Assyrian Empire, has been found by archaeologists working in Turkey. Researchers working at ... > full story -
New Light on Enigmatic Burial Rituals in Cambodian Mountains
May 9, 2012 — Researchers working in remote Cambodian mountains are shedding new light on the lost history of an unidentified people by studying their enigmatic burial ... > full story -
Ancient Egyptian Cotton Unveils Secrets of Domesticated Crop Evolution
April 2, 2012 — Scientists studying 1,600-year-old cotton from the banks of the Nile have found what they believe is the first evidence that punctuated evolution has occurred in a major crop group within the ... > full story -
DNA Traces Cattle Back to a Small Herd Domesticated Around 10,500 Years Ago
March 27, 2012 — All cattle are descended from as few as 80 animals that were domesticated from wild ox in the Near East some 10,500 years ago, according to a new genetic ... > full story
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