Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Online Courses in Archaeology

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Cave paintings, castles and pyramids, Neanderthals, Romans and Vikings - archaeology is about the excitement of discovery, finding out about...

Archaeologists uncover large Roman statue of Augustus

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Archaeologists in have discovered fragments of a 2,000-year-old bronze Roman equestrian statue of Emperor Augustus in a stream near Giessen,...

Exhuming a violent event

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Scientists glean clues to a lethal prehistoric raid from skeletons excavated at a German site Thirteen people who perished around 4,600 year...
Monday, August 24, 2009

Digging up the past at Maiden Castle

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FAMILIES and history lovers will be blazing a trail to Dorchester for a Bronze Age festival at Maiden Castle. They will be digging up the pa...

Dig will unearth history of abbey

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Archaeologists have won a £48,000 Heritage Lottery grant to carry out an extensive dig at a Cumbrian abbey. Holm Cultram Abbey in Abbeytown ...

English crusaders settled in 12th century Spain, study finds

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A recent article in the Journal of Medieval History has found records indicating that a group of crusaders from England and Wales took part ...

Ancient skeletons could help solve mystery of rare disease

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TWO ancient skeletons with a rare genetic bone disease unearthed from a medieval Irish graveyard may hold key insights for medical experts. ...

Ice Age probe is off to Italy

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Archaeologists at the University of Bradford will be leading an exploration into how prehistoric people made their living in Italy at the en...

Crew goes to aid of Viking ship

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lifeboat crew went to the aid of a replica Viking longship after it got into difficulty in strong tides at the Kessock Bridge at Inverness....

Bulgarian Archaeologists Discover Unique Medieval Byzantine Seal

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Bulgarian archaeologist, Prof. Kazimir Popkonstantinov, has discovered a unique medieval seal at the site of the Knyazhevski (i.e. "Pri...

New York University Digs in Cyprus Show Worship of God Apollo

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Archaeologists in Cyprus found evidence that an island off the Mediterranean country’s south- west coast was the site of a temple for worshi...

For Early Man, It Wasn't Easier Being Green

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Archaeologists who study early hunter-gatherer societies are discovering that even the simplest cultures altered their environments, whether...

Rare tiles unearthed at palace

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Rare Valencian tiles have been uncovered by archaeologists during excavations at the ruins of a Surrey palace, once owned by Henry VIII. The...

Scotland's 'earliest face' found

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A carving believed to be Scotland's earlist human face, dating back thousands of years, has been found on the Orkney island of Westray. ...

Archaeologists unearth home of Lord of Man

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed the ruins of the former home of Lord of Man, the Seventh Earl of Derby. Lathom House, near Ormskirk, West Lanc...
Thursday, August 20, 2009

Was ancient Cypriot cave a prehistoric diner?

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Thousands of prehistoric hippo bones found in Cyprus are adding to a growing debate on the possible role of humans in the extinction of larg...

3,000-year-old butter found in Kildare bog

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AN OAK barrel, full of butter, estimated to be roughly 3,000 years old has been found in Gilltown bog, between Timahoe and Staplestown. The ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Facelift for Stonehenge?

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Plans for access and a new visitor centre for Stonehenge have been going around for years but a solution could finally be in the offing... M...

Excavations reveal Roman history

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Archaeological excavations at the site of a former plant nursery, set to be developed for housing, have found evidence of Iron Age and Roman...

Excavations reveal Roman history at Impington

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Archaeological excavations at the site of a former plant nursery, set to be developed for housing, have found evidence of Iron Age and Roman...