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Archaeology Team Announces 'Huge Step Forward' in King Richard III Search
September 5, 2012 A UK team confirms it has found medieval Grey Friars Church -- the burial place of Richard ... > full story -
Syrian Obsidian Discovery Opens New Chapter in Middle Eastern Studies
September 4, 2012 An archaeologist has revealed the origin and trading routes of razor-sharp stone tools 4,200 years ago in ... > full story -
Hubble Spots a Supernova in NGC 5806
August 31, 2012 A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 5806, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo (the Virgin). It lies around 80 million light years from Earth. Also visible in this ... > full story -
Hidden Graves of the Holocaust
August 28, 2012 A forensic archaeologist has explored the pioneering changes made to the archaeological methodology and techniques used to uncover surviving archaeological remains and landscapes of the ... > full story -
Archaeologists Complete Survey of Charleston Harbor Civil War Naval Battlefield
August 23, 2012 Archaeologists have dived, mapped and completed the first survey of the prolonged Civil War naval battle that took place in Charleston Harbor in 1861 - ... > full story -
Climate and Drought Lessons from Ancient Egypt
August 16, 2012 Ancient pollen and charcoal preserved in deeply buried sediments in Egypt's Nile Delta document the region's ancient droughts and fires, including a huge drought 4,200 years ago associated with the ... > full story -
Macabre Finds in the Bog at Alken Enge, Denmark: Skeletal Remains of Hundreds of Warriors Unearthed
August 14, 2012 A fractured skull and a thighbone hacked in half. Finds of damaged human bones along with axes, spears, clubs and shields confirm that the bog at Alken Enge was the site of violent ... > full story -
Ancient Seal May Add Substance to the Legend of Samson
August 13, 2012 An ancient seal depicting a man and a lion in hand-to-paw combat places the Biblical story of Samson in the archaeological setting of Beth Shemesh during the 12th century BCE, researchers ... > full story -
Computer Scientists Reveal How Aquatic Olympic Gold Is Captured -- Above and Below the Surface
August 9, 2012 Computer scientists have isolated the movements of Olympic swimmers and divers through a cutting-edge technique that reveals their motions above and below the water’s ... > full story -
Earliest Use of Mexican Turkeys by Ancient Maya
August 9, 2012 A new study shows the turkey, one of the most widely consumed birds worldwide, was domesticated more than 1,000 years earlier than previously ... > full story
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