Monday, November 29, 2010

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101126/full/news.2010.634.html

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UK archaeologists are facing a wave of cuts that they say will lead to a loss of skills and take the teaching of the subject "back to t...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Antarctic ice reveals trapped secrets of climate change

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Cores drilled from the icecap are going on show at London's Science Museum. The centuries-old information they contain could help scient...

In a far corner of Greenland, hope is fading with the language and sea ice

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Climate change, hunting controls and a new consumerism threaten the way of life of the Polar Eskimos of north-west Greenland. In the second ...

Britain's Oldest Brain

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The oldest surviving human brain in Britain, dating back at least 2000 years to the Iron Age, was unearthed during excavations on the site o...

A prehistoric star map carved on a Welsh capstone?

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A recent excavation programme at a standing stone known as Trefael, near Newport (south-west Wales) has revealed that what originally was a ...

Face it, guys: We’re cubs compared with our forebears

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I’m afraid there’s more bad news, boys. A new book on men is out, and — guess what? — it isn’t flattering to our gender. That’s hardly surpr...
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Mystery shipwreck found in central Stockholm

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The remains of a ship dating from the 1600s have been discovered outside the Grand Hotel in central Stockholm. The vessel was built with an ...

'Ancient farm' found at site of new Forth Crossing

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Archaeologists believe they may have unearthed the remains of a Neolithic farm on the site where the new Forth road bridge is to be built. T...

Archaeologists bridge the gap between old and new

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS believe they may have unearthed the remains of a neolithic farm on the site where the new Forth bridge is to be built. The ra...

Exeter university student sparks new Stonehenge theory

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A REVOLUTIONARY new idea on the movement of big monument stones like those at Stonehenge has been put forward by an archaeology student at t...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

New Sutton Hoo photographs unearthed

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It’s like stepping back in time. The Sutton Hoo Visitors Centre has unearthed a host of new, historically important treasures. Like the orig...

Researchers Kick-Start Ancient DNA

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Binghamton University researchers recently revived ancient bacteria trapped for thousands of years in water droplets embedded in salt crysta...

Underground tunnel discovered by archaeologists at Lincoln Castle

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A PREVIOUSLY unknown underground tunnel has been discovered at Lincoln Castle. Archaeologists uncovered the medieval structure during explor...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

EMAS Easter Study Tour to Denmark

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20 - 27 April 2011 The full details of the EMAS (the University of London Extra-Mural Archaeological Society) Easter archaeological study to...

Roman ruins found beneath new London hotel

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An entire Roman landscape has been discovered a few feet underground at Grade I listed Syon Park, West London. The find, by Museum of London...

New penis for statue in Silvio Berlusconi's Rome office

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A marble Roman statue of Mars has had its snapped-off penis rebuilt and reattached on the specific orders of the prime minister, Silvio Berl...

Arbroath’s Iron-Age past revealed

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RECENT archaeological discoveries at Stewart Milne Homes’ King’s Gate development have revealed exciting new evidence of life in Arbroath so...

Learning more about Thanet's Viking past

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DISCOVER the stories behind Vikings that splashed ashore at Pegwell with two forays into the past this week, on Sunday at Quex and next Mond...

Roman water mill found during Cumbrian dig to go on display

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Remains of a Roman water mill which were unearthed during a major dig in Cockermouth this summer will be exhibited next week. The water mill...

Exhibit threads Chinese, Roman empires with silk

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The silk trade connection between the Chinese and Roman empires went on display in a unique exhibition in Rome that opened on Friday, includ...