Friday, August 24, 2007

Dig in and find out about Dartmoor?s past

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THE diverse architectural and cultural Dartmoor heritage can be witnessed by the public next month through ?Heritage Open Days?. Open days i...

Bronze Age excavations in Cyprus open new chapter

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Archaeological investigations in the past summer featured renewed excavations at the Bronze Age community of Politiko-Troullia, about 25 km ...

Cave Clue Reveals Ancient Bohemian Life

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Aug. 23, 2007 — A prehistoric Spanish hunting group that may have even had its own gang symbols appears to have drawn, hunted, crashed in a ...

Oldest gorilla ages our joint ancestor

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The last common ancestor of humans and gorillas might have lived at least 2 million years earlier than previously thought. Fossilized teeth ...
Thursday, August 23, 2007

A dialogue with the dead

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Kilmartin Glen in Scotland is one of Europe's most important archeological sites. Stuart Jeffries meets the man who is bringing its ghos...

Digging up history at the Playhouse

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ARCHAEOLOGY experts will meet the owner of Beverley's former Picture Playhouse next week to discuss excavations which could shed new lig...

Great ape find forces rethink on man's evolution

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The discovery of a new species of great ape that roamed Africa 10m years ago has forced scientists to rethink the earliest steps of human ev...

M3 route plan likely to face legal challenge

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THE decision by An Bord Pleanála to approve the National Roads Authority’s (NRA) plans to excavate and build over the national monument on t...

Egyptians' ancient tax burden revealed

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A dusty crate of broken bits of pottery discovered at a stately home in Dorset has given a fresh insight into the life of the ancient Egypti...
Wednesday, August 22, 2007

ArchaeoFind - a new search engine for archaeology

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Readers may be interested to learn about ArchaeoFind - a new search engine for archaeology, set up by Anita Cohen-Williams, the founder of A...

CAMERAS MIGHT SHED LIGHT ON CITY CRYPT MYSTERIES

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Thanks to modern technology some of the mysteries surrounding a crypt under the floor of St Stephen's Church in Exeter could soon by so...

Green light for M3 at Lismullen

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An Bord Pleanála has cleared the way for work to commence on the National Monument at Lismullen in Co Meath, which lies in the path of the M...

Big dig treasure unveiled

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THE Lake District will be unveiling its archaeological treasures ahead of the national Heritage Open Days. The free events promise a celebra...

Discovery films archeological findings in Iceland

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A team from the Discovery Channel is currently filming archeological diggings supervised by Adolf Fridriksson in Hringsdalur valley by Arnar...

Bronze Age excavations in Cyprus open new chapter

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Archaeological investigations in the past summer featured renewed excavations at the Bronze Age community of Politiko-Troullia, about 25 km ...

Tara ruins must be preserved - report

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Newly discovered 2000-year-old ruins at the Hill of Tara must be fully preserved because of their unique size and character, a US academic t...

Tuscan Hills Are Alive With Amateur Archaeologists

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CASENOVOLE, Italy, Aug. 16 — The Etruscan tomb was hidden in such a remote corner of Tuscany that Andrea Marcocci, the archaeology student w...

Stipendien für Forschungen zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte Sachsen-Anhalts

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Die Stiftung zur Förderung der Archäologie in Sachsen-Anhalt vergibt Danneil-Stipendien zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses im ...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Scholars uncover one ringfort to rule them all

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THE former ‘capital of Cork’ appeared to have been short-lived, according to archaeologists who believe it was destroyed by an invading army...

Neolithic humans had gum habit

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A 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum - one of the oldest ever to be discovered - has been found by a British archaeology student. The disco...