Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Huge Settlement Unearthed At Stonehenge Complex

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Excavations supported by National Geographic at Durrington Walls in the Stonehenge World Heritage site have revealed an enormous ancient set...

Not in the stars for Stonehenge?

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The discovery of a large, prehistoric settlement 2 miles from Stonehenge suggests that the famous stone rings were an ancient memorial, not ...

Unearthed: The wild town next to Stonehenge where the builders partied like it was 2500 BC

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By any standards, it was a wild party: piles of half-eaten pig bones were flung to the floor by revellers who then smashed their food bowls...

Timber shrine reveals Stonehenge secret

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New excavations near Stonehenge could finally explain its reason for existence: as one half of a much larger temple built to celebrate the l...

Village of Stonehenge builders uncovered

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Archaeologists who have unearthed the largest Neolithic village found in Britain believe it housed hundreds of workers who helped build Ston...

Ancient homes found in road dig

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Ancient settlements from Roman times and the Iron Age have been found by the side of a major road development. Archaeologists were called in...

Anthropologist Confirms ‘Hobbit’ Indeed a Separate Species

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After the skeletal remains of an 18,000-year-old, Hobbit-sized human were discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003, some scient...

'Hobbit' human 'is a new species'

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The tiny skeletal remains of human "Hobbits" found on an Indonesian island belong to a completely new branch of our family tree, a...

Stonehenge builders' houses found

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A huge ancient settlement used by the people who built Stonehenge has been found, archaeologists have said. Excavations at Durrington Walls,...

Home of Stonehenge builders found

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A small village has been found by scientists in the United Kingdom at the Durrington Walls that is believed to have belonged to those who bu...

Remains of Village Found Near Stonehenge

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A village of small houses that may have sheltered the builders of the mysterious Stonehenge, or people attending festivals there, has been f...
Monday, January 29, 2007

Irish river find may be first discovery of Viking ship

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An ancient boat discovered in a riverbed north of Dublin may be the first Viking longship found in the country, Environment and Heritage Min...

Private archaeological collection donated to Heritage Malta

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Heritage Malta has received a donation of over 300 Punic and Phoenician artefacts which will enrich the national collection. A selection of ...

Mitteldeutscher Archäologiepreis

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Wer sich mit der Archäologie Mitteldeutschlands beschäftigt, kann sich jetzt an der Ausschreibung des Mitteldeutschen Archäologiepreises bet...
Sunday, January 28, 2007

Paleontologists Discover Most Primitive Primate Skeleton

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The origins and earliest branches of primate evolution are clearer and more ancient by 10 million years than previous studies estimated, acc...
Saturday, January 27, 2007

Ancient Turkish site set to be flooded

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The Allianoi archaeological site could soon be under water if authorities carry out their plans to flood a newly constructed reservoir. Loca...

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS GO ON SHOW AT MELTON CARNEGIE MUSEUM

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Melton Carnegie Museum in Leicester is hosting an exhibition that showcases many of the rare archaeological artefacts unearthed by local res...

Normandy grave hints at 300-year defiance of the Roman Empire

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A macabre 1,700-year-old mass grave of people and horses, discovered in Normandy, poses perplexing new questions about the Roman conquest of...

Sacred Cave of Rome's Founders Discovered, Archaeologists Say

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Archaeologists say they have unearthed Lupercale—the sacred cave where, according to legend, a she-wolf nursed the twin founders of Rome and...

Archaeology checks for developers

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Developers building in areas of historic interest in Jersey will have to pay archaeologists to oversee their foundation work under new laws....