Browse News Stories
61 to 70 of 646 stories
view headlines only
-
La Bastida Unearths 4,200-Year-Old Fortification, Unique in Continental Europe
September 27, 2012 Archaeological excavations carried out this year at the site of La Bastida (Totana, Murcia) have shed light on an imposing fortification system, unique for its time. The discovery, together with all ... > full story -
Oldest Ivory Workshop in the World Discovered in Saxony-Anhalt
September 26, 2012 Excavations at the mammoth hunting site of Breitenbach near Zeitz have uncovered a 35,000-year-old ivory ... > full story -
Humans Were Already Recycling 13,000 Years Ago, Burnt Artifacts Show
September 20, 2012 A new study reveals that humans from the Upper Palaeolithic Age recycled their stone artefacts to be put to other uses. The study is based on burnt artifacts found in Tarragona, ... > full story -
Protecting Our Harbors and Ships With a Robotic Tuna Fish
September 19, 2012 For constricted and hard-to-reach underwater places where inspection and security is necessary, Homeland Security's BIOSwimmer is the perfect ... > full story -
Ancient Civilizations
Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
Early Climate
Ice Ages
Lost Treasures
Near-Earth Object Impacts
Comet May Have Exploded Over Canada 12,900 Years Ago After All
September 18, 2012 New evidence and support for a theory introduced in 2007 suggested a comet may have exploded over Canada 12,900 years ago (the Younger Dryas Boundary), killing off the Clovis people and large animals ... > full story -
Crews Uncover Massive Roman Mosaic in Southern Turkey
September 18, 2012 An archaeological team has uncovered a massive Roman mosaic in southern Turkey -- a meticulously crafted, 1,600-square-foot work of decorative handiwork built during the region's imperial zenith. ... > full story -
Skilled Hunters 300,000 Years Ago
September 17, 2012 Finds from early stone age site in north-central Germany show that human ingenuity is nothing new -- and was probably shared by now-extinct species of humans. Archeologists have found eight extremely ... > full story -
Roman Military Camp Dating Back to the Conquest of Gaul Throws Light on a Part of World History
September 14, 2012 In the vicinity of Hermeskeil, a small town some 30 kilometers southeast of the city of Trier in the Hunsrueck region in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, archaeologists have ... > full story -
Search for King Richard III Enters New Phase After 'Momentous Discovery Has Potential to Rewrite History'
September 12, 2012 Historic findings of human remains -- including a man with apparent battle wounds and curvature of the spine -- have been revealed by an archaeological team from the University of ... > full story -
Human Remains Discovered in Search for King Richard III
September 11, 2012 A team from the University of Leicester is announcing a dramatic development in the search for King Richard ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 137,433

