Thursday, December 22, 2011

Human Skull Is Highly Integrated: Study Sheds New Light On Evolutionary Changes

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Scientists studying a unique collection of human skulls have shown that changes to the skull shape thought to have occurred independently ...

Take a virtual look at Neolithic Stonehenge

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS from Bournemouth University have created a virtual map of Neolithic Stonehenge. Google Under-the-Earth: Seeing Beneath S...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

History enthusiast reveals a hidden image in Broadstairs streets

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A HISTORY enthusiast from Broadstairs says the image of a medieval boat is hidden within the town's roads – lending a cryptic clue to ...

From Pembrokeshire to Stonehenge

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Anew paper in Archaeology in Wales , produced by Dr Rob Ixer of Leicester University and Dr Richard Bevins of Amgueddfa Cymru – National...

Modern dogs are more Asian fusions than Euro pups, study finds

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Results from the study, which examined the DNA of 642 dogs , suggest that European and American canine breeds were much more influenced b...

Experimental pig husbandry: soil studies from West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village, Suffolk, UK

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Introduction Pig husbandry is practised across the world and often identified in the archaeological record from bones, sometimes also su...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Tax bill paid with 2,000-year-old Iron Age fire guard

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A 2,000-year-old Iron Age fire guard has been accepted into Wales' national museum in lieu of inheritance tax. The Capel Garmon Fi...

The Turin Shroud could not have been faked, say scientists

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A new study suggests that one of Christianity's most prized but mysterious relics - the Turin Shroud - is not a medieval forgery and...

Neanderthals built homes with mammoth bones

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Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 44,000 year old Neanderthal building that was constructed using the bones from mammoth...

Was St Edmund killed by the Vikings in Essex?

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The story of Edmund, king and martyr, has become a kind of foundation myth for the county of Suffolk, but contains at least one element o...

Mysterious Viking-era Graves Found With Treasure

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Sword at his side, the so-called Young Warrior (left) is among the thousand-year-old discoveries in a newfound cemetery in Poland , a new s...
Monday, December 19, 2011

Scientists discover source of rock used in Stonehenge's first circle

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Scientists have succeeded in locating the exact source of some of the rock believed to have been used 5000 years ago to create Stoneheng...

Forget the cave! Neanderthals were homely creatures who built their own houses from mammoth bones

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Forget the idea Neanderthals simply picked any old cave to sleep in for the night. Researchers have discovered an elaborate 44,000-ye...

Hull museum's Roman mosaics gets specialist makeover

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CLEANING floor tiles can be a pretty mundane household chore. But when they happen to be part of a stunning collection of Roman mosaics,...

'Bronze Age' artefacts found at Anglesey Abbey

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"Potentially Bronze Age" artefacts found at Anglesey Abbey could prove the site was occupied up to 2,000 years earlier than ha...

Silverdale Viking Hoard stars in Treasure and Portable Antiquities Scheme reports

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The British Museum is delighted with the continuing success of the Treasure Act and the Portable Antiquities Scheme, and they have every r...
Saturday, December 17, 2011

University of Oxford Online Archaeology Courses

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Enrolment is now open for the following University of Oxford online courses in archaeology: Archaeology of the Bible Lands (Online) Explorin...

Silverdale silver Viking hoard declared treasure

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A hoard of Viking silver found in Lancashire has been declared as treasure by a coroner. The hoard of 201 coins and pieces of jeweller...

Roman circus site may open next summer

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THE place where charioteers started and finished their races at Colchester’s Roman circus could be open to the public by next summer. Col...

Two medieval brooches discovered

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RARE finds of two medieval brooches were revealed as treasure at a coroner’s hearing on Tuesday. Sitting on a Treasure hearing at Selb...