Sunday, March 12, 2006

Whoops (again)! We didn't insure £100,000 vases, admits museum

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It was perhaps the most catastrophic "Norman Wisdom moment" in the history of museums and fragile artworks, and it has just got wo...

The M3 toll-motorway test-trenching road scar

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This site presents a series of pictures showing the damage already caused to the archaeological landscape by the test trenching in advance o...

Hill of Tara / M3 Motorway

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A discrete national monument has been discovered in the pathway of the M3 motorway, during investigative archaeological excavations. It is e...
Saturday, March 11, 2006

Viking event 'better than ever'

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Organisers of the Viking festival on the Isle of Man say this year's event will be bigger and better than ever. Peel Viking Festival wi...

DIGGING UP A LITTLE HISTORY

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The site of the 13th century building is steeped in history, and now the former monastery is to undergo another major step in its colourful ...

Delos to see restoration?

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Important ancient monuments on the Aegean island of Delos are slated for restoration work following recent approval by the Central Archaeolo...

Who owns Inca treasures?

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That day dawned unpromising, cold and drizzly, in the jungle foothills of Peru 95 years ago. The guides wanted to sleep in, but the explorer...

Dig planned for Lakes beauty spot

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Archaeologists hope to unearth Bronze Age treasures after receiving £50,000 to help fund a dig in a Cumbria valley. The three-year project i...
Friday, March 10, 2006

Court defeat clears way for motorway work

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THE way could be cleared for construction work to start by this time next year on the controversial M3 motorway following the failure of a H...

MIT Tool May Reveal Architectural Past; Could Unlock Secrets Of Ancient Cathedrals, More

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A computer design tool originally created for animation may soon unlock the secrets of the structure of ancient cathedrals, according to MIT...

John Wymer

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Enthusiastic hunter of skulls, stone tools and the roots of history n the mid-1930s, a dentist found two pieces of the same ancient human s...

Roman coin find declared treasure

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A hoard of Roman coins unearthed in Suffolk is thought to be the largest discovery of its kind in Britain. Paul Flack, who had recently star...

Don’t ruin our Roman heritage

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RESIDENTS in Monton have raised fears a major new development could disturb the remains of a Roman road which could be hidden underneath the...

Plan for henges under fire from quarry firm

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THE row over the Thornborough Henges continues after English Heritage outlined its views for a 'management zone' around the prehisto...

Huge hoard of Roman coins discovered

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A HOARD of Roman coins unearthed in a Suffolk field is the largest discovery of its kind ever to be made in Britain. Experts say the rare fi...

US museums face scrutiny over acquisitions

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US museums have come under fire over the way they acquire antiquities after Greece, Italy and Peru have demanded the return of ancient piece...
Thursday, March 09, 2006

Ancient Cypriots fed olive oil to furnaces-study

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It is praised for its culinary and health properties by any cook worth his salt, but long before olive oil made it into the Mediterranean di...

Town's medieval bridge unearthed

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Archaeologists have been revealing details about the discovery of a medieval bridge in Shropshire. The discovery was made as contractors dug...

Clashes between museums, nations more frequent

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Providing a dramatic backdrop for an exhibit of Incan artifacts here, large photos of Machu Picchu help a visitor imagine how the pottery, j...

Tarxien Temples: past, present and future

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Although the Tarxien Temples may not be the most photogenic archaeological site of the Maltese Islands, they nonetheless offer a stimulating...