Thursday, May 04, 2006

Photos, Archaeology and Flickr

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At Wessex Archaeology, we’ve been working hard to build up a photo gallery which shows some of our most interesting projects and finds. We a...

Watching the detectorists

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Many archaeologists believe they are a vital part of their work, while some dismiss them as mere treasure hunters. Now a new code of conduct...

A large Roman-era villa is discovered

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Italian archeologists have reportedly discovered the remains of a huge Roman villa near Florence -- the first ever in the popular tourist a...

The Good Life meets the Flintstones

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Sleeping arrangements are, er, cosy, and the loos are - of course - composting. Nicholas Roe is captivated by the earthly pleasures of an ...
Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Archaeologists crack down on rogue treasure hunters

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A crackdown was launched on rogue treasure-hunters yesterday in an effort to protect the country's ancient heritage. Faced with a growin...

Must Looted Relics Be Ignored?

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Inscribed on Sumerian clay tablets more than 4,000 years ago, the Code of Ur-Nammu may be the earliest known recorded set of laws in the wo...

Archaeologists discover unusual network of burial chambers in Rome

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Archaeologists repairing a Roman catacomb have discovered an unusual network of underground burial chambers containing the elegantly dressed...
Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Archaeologists and amateurs agree pact

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The acquisition by the British Museum of a thumbnail-sized chunk of battered inscribed gold - a very rare runic inscription, probably hacked...

Treasure dig threatens Bosphorus rail link

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It's been called the project of the century: a mission to connect two continents with a $2.6 billion rail-tunnel running deep beneath th...

UK museums, treasure hunters agree code of conduct

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Museums, metal detectorists and archaeologists in England and Wales on Tuesday agreed a code of conduct to try to protect the country's ...

First of the archaeologists

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LEEDS-based building and environmental consultants White Young Green have appointed Guy Kendall as the company's first archaeologist. Mr...
Monday, May 01, 2006

Metal-detectors' code published

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The publication of a Code of Practice on Responsible Metal Detecting in England and Wales marks the first time that enthusiasts, archaeologi...

Greek island dig offers chance to solve riddle of ancient art

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A dig into the rich past of a tiny isle in the Aegean archipelago could soon answer one of the riddles of prehistoric archaeology: why the r...

SPRING CLEANING ROMAN MOSAICS IN ALDBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE

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Spring cleaning the English Heritage way is going on at Aldborough Roman Town near Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire. It’s time for some of the...

Dig team brought in to homes site

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Archaeologists have been brought in to investigate a Teesside site earmarked for a multi-million pound development. Redcar's Coatham Lin...

Coastal site study hailed

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An archaeological team will delve into the past on land earmarked for a major development in Redcar. The team, commissioned to investigate t...

This could be your oldest relative . . .

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They lived more than two million years ago and almost 700 000 years apart. They belonged to the same species and they have finally been reun...

Ruins reveal new clues to Roman legacy in Paris

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PARIS — When the French look back, they generally trace the stirrings of national glory to Francois I in the mid-16th century or perhaps to ...

Sonderausstellung: "Donau, Fürsten und Druiden. Kelten entlang der Donau"

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Bis zum 26. November präsentiert das Museum für Urgeschichte in Asparn die Sonderausstellung "Donau, Fürsten und Druiden - Kelten entla...
Saturday, April 29, 2006

New evidence suggests the need to rewrite Bronze Age history

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Separated in history by 100 years, the seafaring Minoans of Crete and the mercantile Canaanites of northern Egypt and the Levant (a large ar...