Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Archaeologists dig in St Cross

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ENTHUSIASTIC excavators have been digging for clues near one of Winchester's most historic buildings. More than 60 members of a Winchest...

Roman temple found under church

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Israeli archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of a Roman temple beneath the foundations of a church. The building, which dates to the seco...

Stone Age skeletons uncovered during tube tunnel excavations

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Ancient relics uncovered during ongoing tube tunnel excavations in different neighborhoods of Istanbul continue to shed light on prehistoric...

Roman Temple Uncovered In Ancient Jewish Capital Of Galilee

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Ruins of a Roman temple from the second century CE have recently been unearthed in the Zippori National Park. Above the temple are foundatio...

Cooking and Cognition: How Humans Got So Smart

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After two tremendous growth spurts - one in size, followed by an even more important one in cognitive ability - the human brain is now a lo...

Viking longship returns to home port after epic sail

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THE VIKING replica longship Sea Stallion returns to home waters in Roskilde today, after a 2,800 nautical-mile round trip between Denmark an...

Neue Römische Funde an der Porta Westfalica

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Archäologen des Landschaftsverbandes Westfalen-Lippe (LWL) sind vielleicht einem 2000 Jahre alten römischen Lager in Porta Westfalica auf de...
Thursday, July 31, 2008

University of Oxford Online Archaeology Courses

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Four University of Oxford online archaeology courses are now open for registration. The four courses are: Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Set...

UNIQUE IRON AGE BURIAL SITE FOUND ON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

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A unique Iron Age burial site has been discovered during work on a new housing development in North Bersted, Bognor Regis. Because of previo...

ENGLISH HERITAGE LAUNCHES ONLINE HISTORY SHOWS

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History fans who want to find out how to lay siege to a medieval castle or watch a re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings can now tune into ...

Viking ship sets sail across North Sea

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THE VIKING replica longship Sea Stallion is en route across the North Sea on the most demanding leg of its voyage from Ireland to Denmark. T...

Medieval 'calculator' stays in UK

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A rare 14th Century scientific instrument dubbed the "pocket calculator" of its age is to remain in the UK. The British Museum has...

Ancient rock carvings discovered

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More than 100 new examples of prehistoric art have been discovered carved into boulders and open bedrock throughout Northumberland and Durha...

Skeletons uncovered in friary dig

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Archaeologists in Perth have uncovered more than 50 skeletons at the site of a medieval friary. The team is excavating land at the corner of...

First indication for embalming in Roman Greece

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A Swiss-Greek research team co-lead by Dr. Frank Rühli from the Institute of Anatomy, University of Zurich, found indication for embalming i...

Bones mystery

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CREMATED bones thought to date from around 3,500BC to 2,000BC have been unearthed by archaeologists during a dig near Lough Fea. A team of f...

Greeks followed a celestial Olympics

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Chalk up another Olympian feat to a mechanical gadget discovered more than a century ago in a 2,100-year-old shipwreck. Scientists over the ...

Discovering How Greeks Computed in 100 B.C.

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After a closer examination of a surviving marvel of ancient Greek technology known as the Antikythera Mechanism, scientists have found that ...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Ruins may be Viking hunting outpost in Greenland

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OSLO – Ruins recently discovered on Greenland may mark the Vikings' most northerly year-round hunting outpost on the icy island, a resea...

New stage in Trojan excavations

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A German archaeologist in charge of excavations in ancient Troy announced that a new dimension will be added to the excavations with the fin...