Tuesday, August 29, 2006

ARCHAEOLOGIST'S FIND REVEALS THE THINKERS OF 400,000 YEARS AGO

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Neanderthals were much more like modern humans than has been previously thought, according to a Bristol University archaeologist. Professor...

1,300-year-old Saxon buckle goes on show

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A rare 1,300-year-old Saxon buckle, unearthed with a metal detector, will go on public display for the first time today. The copper alloy By...

Rare 1,300-year-old Saxon belt buckle goes on display

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A rare 1,300-year-old Saxon belt buckle unearthed with a metal detector will go on public display for the first time today. The copper alloy...

Archeologists find unique Thracian gold near seaside

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A unique gold treasure from Thracian times was found on Sunday near the town of Sinemorets at the Bulgarian seaside, news agencies reported....

Uncovering the burial mounds of Bronze Age Scots

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FOUR thousand years ago work began to erect the great earthen burial mounds that comprise the Bronze Age barrow cemetery at the Knowes of Tr...

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1222308.ece

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Neanderthals were much more advanced than has been thought, according to a new examination of finds from a famous cave site that indicates t...

Dig unearths round table evidence at Windsor Castle

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Evidence of a building linked to the myth of King Arthur and the knights of the round table has been found at Windsor Castle. The circular s...

Rare Saxon belt goes on display

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A rare Anglo-Saxon belt buckle found by a treasure hunter with a metal detector is going on public display for the first time. The copper al...

There is a little Neanderthal in a lot of us

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People who have large noses, a stocky build and a beetle brow may indeed be a little Neanderthal, according to a genetic study. But the good...

Augustus' tomb to get rehab

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Roman officials hope that the mausoleum of Augustus, founder of the Roman empire, can be restored to its ancient glory. The tomb was strippe...
Thursday, August 10, 2006

Chester's Roman plans lie in ruins after lottery blow

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AMBITIOUS plans for a new visitor centre at Chester's famous Roman amphitheatre have suffered a serious blow after failing to gain suppo...

Archaeological Study Tour to Provence - June 2007

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Friday, 1 to Saturday, 9 June 2007 An Archaeological Study Tour to the Luberon area of Provence. Leaving from London Embankment Full details...

Castle visitors to relive life of Medieval soldiers

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VISITORS to Craigmillar Castle can experience life as a soldier in the Middle Ages this weekend. An archery display and an exhibition of 15t...

Treasure found!

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A FATHER and son metal detecting in a Clitheroe farm field unearthed 28 medieval coins. And an inquest ruled the coins are officially treasu...

DIGGING DEEP TO BRING BENTLEY HISTORY TO LIFE

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An archaeological dig at a site which played a major role in two episodes in British history has been awarded new funding of almost £25,000...

A pivotal foreign institution

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A double anniversary for the establishment known as the American School of Classical Studies Excavators with drive. The American School of C...

Russian museum plunderers arrested

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Russian police have arrested two men and charged them with stealing $100 million in artifacts from St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum. ...

Tag der offenen Grabung am Sempachersee, Kanton Luzern

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Das Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte der Universität Bern führt in Zusammenarbeit mit der Kantonsarchäologie Luzern bis Mitte August eine...
Wednesday, August 09, 2006

York Minster: now available on eBay and in suburban gardens

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TO THE dismay of conservationists, York Minster is helping to fund the restoration of its East Front by selling off original medieval stonew...

Traces of war god Ares found in city of mother goddess, Metropolis

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Excavations conducted in the ancient city indicate that Metropolis is the second settlement in Anatolia believed to have housed a temple of ...