Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Cave fossils are early Europeans

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Archaeologists have identified fossils belonging to some of the earliest modern humans to settle in Europe. The research team has dated six ...

Were We All Good Mates?

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New evidence has emerged that early modern humans and Neanderthals may have mated. It comes after scientists re-examined 30,000-year-old fos...

A royal tomb has been found in occupied Famagusta

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Turkish Cypriot daily KIBRIS newspaper (28.10.06) reports that a royal tomb, the 11th in number, has been uncovered in the occupied Salamis ...

Viking treasure found on Gotland

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Two young men on Gotland have found Viking treasure dating to the 10th century. The treasure cache consists of silver coins, weighing a tota...

Viking treasure unearthed in Sweden

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In what seems to have been a euphoric week for archaeologists, scientists unearthed both a Viking burial mound in Orkdal, Norway and a Vikin...

Swedish Teens Find Viking-Age Silver Treasure

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Archeologists said Monday they found more than 1,000 silver coins in a Viking-age hoard discovered by chance on the Sw...

PROVING UP AND SETTLING DOWN: STORIES OF LIFE IN HELLS CANYON

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Location: Idaho/Oregon Length: 25 min. The basalt cliffs of Hells Canyon have witnessed the ebb and flow of Native American tibes, tra...
Monday, October 30, 2006

Stone Age man was at sewage site

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Evidence of a Stone Age settlement has been uncovered by a water company planning to extend a sewage works. Stone Age flint and Roman items ...

Ancient Pyramids Of Bosnia? Many Are Believers

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A part-time archaeologist noticed odd mountains in Bosnia, so he started digging. He found cement-like blocks stacked in the shape of massiv...

Ein zerstörtes Kloster wird wieder erlebbar

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Im 16. Jahrhundert wurde das Kloster im thüringischen Georgenthal geplündert und zerstört, seitdem liegen das Gelände und die Gebäude brach....
Sunday, October 29, 2006

The Oxford Experience Summer School 2007

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Details of the Oxford Experience Summer School 2007 – which includes a number of courses in archaeology and history – are now available on ...

War of words erupts over sale of ancient texts

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Plans by a Geneva museum to sell two ancient manuscripts for millions of dollars have drawn consternation from scholars around the world. Th...
Saturday, October 28, 2006

Mastodon tusks tell of brutal battles

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Battle scars on male mastodon tusks show these Ice Age giants were not the peaceful creatures once thought, according to new findings. The s...

Two Hellenistic-era mausoleums unearthed in western Turkey

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Archeologists have unearthed two mausoleums dating as far back as the Hellenistic-era at the ancient city of Antandros in Turkey's Aegea...

Antike Schätze aus dem Verborgenen befreit

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Universitäten sind auch Stätten der Kultur. Ihr begegnet man an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena unter anderem bei den Abgüssen antik...

Neandertal Gene Study Reveals Early Split With Humans

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A new genetic study bolsters theories of an early human-Neandertal split and is helping scientists pinpoint what makes humans unique. Contro...
Friday, October 27, 2006

Seeing the light

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WHEN he caught sight of the bright red pentagon glowing above the great rose window of Rosslyn Chapel, Alan Butler almost let out a scream. ...

Erotic frescoes put Pompeii brothel on the tourist map

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A LUXURIOUS brothel that once entertained wealthy clients in Pompeii has been opened as a visitor attraction after painstaking restoration. ...

900-YEAR OLD JUG FOUND UNDER NEW PRIMARK STORE

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THE discovery of a near-complete medieval jug during building work for Doncaster's hottest new store has been described as one of the mo...

Europe's oldest child skeleton unearthed in Bulgaria

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Archaeologists have unearthed an 8,000 year old skeleton of a child in the village of Ohoden, northwestern Bulgaria, the Sofia News Agency r...