Archaeology News

Digitization Project Brings Ancient Inscriptions Into 21st Century . The Atlantic Kerala temple to be back in the limelight . IBN Live Ancient City That Mysteriously Survived Mideast Collapse Discovered . International Business Times Bodies of soldiers unearthed in Mexico ignored . The Leaf Chronicle Ancient Sacrificer Found With Blades in Peru Tomb? National Geographic The discovery of 
an ancient harbor on 
the Red Sea proves 
ancient Egyptians 
mastered oceangoing technology and 
launched a series of 
ambitious expeditions 
to far-off lands . Discover magazine

Volume of modern humans infiltrating Europe cited as critical factor in the demise of the Neanderthals . Eurekalert Even after years of excavations at the 18th-century military outpost that inspired James Fenimore Cooper’s "The Last of the Mohicans," archaeologist David Starbuck says there’s still plenty of history waiting to be unearthed .. Bennington Banner Rome archaeologists find Apollo mosaic . Dawn.com 2,800 year-old lion statue discovered at Tell Tayinat in Turkey . Uhnreported Heritage News Egyptian tomb mystery may be world's first protractor . NewScientist

Fourth archaeological season sees discoveries in Veliko Turnovo . The Sofia Echo   Archaeologist confirms 2,000-year-old relics safe in Phuket . Phuket Gazette   Relief found in W Turkey shows chariot race in ancient times . Hurriyet Daily Times Tests confirm age of prehistoric carving in Wales . Archaeo news Archeologists to use radar to look for lost graves . CBC news Ancient City Mysteriously Survived Mideast Civilization Collapse . Live Science

2000 year old peruvian fire was war ! Past Horizons Mexico: 2,800-year monument uncovered . Gulf news Young Oneidas dig into their history in upstate NY . The XWall Street Journal 3,000 Roman 3rd Century coins found in Montgomery field . BBC Afghanistan rebuilds Buddhist statues destroyed by Taliban . South California Public Radio

Pictures: Machu Picchu, Before and After Excavation . National Geographic Ancient battlefield canteen found in north China . Xinhuanet What is war good for? Sparking civilization, suggest UCLA archaeology findings from Peru . Eurekalert Famed Farinelli's flawed frontalis . Past Horizons Rare gold bell discovered in Jerusalem . AMA Skull of American Indian found by firehouse could be from 1800s, experts say . Poughkeepsie Journal Is this the oldest piece of rock art found in Britain? . This is Sout Wales NY Mummy Smugglers Reveal Vast Antiquities Black Market . Live Science

Graduate student discovers key to 'bifocals' in mangrove fish specie . Genetic Archaeology Northampton archaeologists find man who could be 1,600-years-old . Northampton Chronicle Renovation yields prehistoric Indian artifacts . The Palm Beach Post. Stone Age tomb unearthed in Scotland .UPI.com Experts Baffled by Mysterious Underground Chambers . Spiegel

In Palestinian city, diggers uncover biblical ruin . Mercury news Roman jug unearthed at site of new theatre . Don,caster free press Archaeologists Discover High Priest's Bell ? Arutz Sheva Ancient footprints show human-like walking began nearly four million years ago . Past Horizons Archaeologists Unearthing Major City-State in Western Jordan . Popular archaeology Populations intermixed well after migration out of Africa . Archaeo news

Found: Ancient Peruvian Executioner's Lost Head . Fox news Google earth archaeology. Past Horizons Iraq harnesses technology to protect ancient treasures . CNN Archaeologists in Tasmania have found more than 300 convict-era artefacts under the floorboards of a 180-year-old chapel . ABC news Stone Age erotic art found in Germany . Shepparton news Skull discovered at Pearl Harbor . The Guardian Using high-tech equipment, UGA students locate cemetery's forgotten gravesites . Online Athens

7,000-year-old archaeological site was a Stone Age rest area . IO9 Imaging technology throws new light on ancient artefacts . University of Southampton Iceman's 'Girlfriend' Found . Discovery news Early Human Ancestors Walked Fully Upright Earlier Than Scientists Thought, Study Shows . Popular archaeology Stolen petroglyph returned to original home in southern Nevada . The Republic Invasion of the Viking women unearthed . USA Today The French may have had a better chance at the Battle of Agincourt had they not been weighed down by heavy body armour, say researchers. . Science News

Mesa Grande ruins to open to the public . Past Horizons Archaeologists excavate cliffside blockhouse possibly built by Henry VIII . Wales Online Visiting archaeologist discusses research of horse domestication . The daily Republic Important Archaeological Findings Discovered on Islands . Greek reporter The Case Against the Grand Egyptian Museum . Egyptology news Buddhist caves'' demolition: Authorities assure of action . MSN news Mesolithic 'rest stop' found at new Sainsbury's site . BBC

Egypt's iconic antiquities chief fired . Associated Press Kyrgyz archaeologists unearth Buddha statue . 3 news  Swedish Pyramidologist . Science blogs Strata Florida Abbey welcomes the Festival of British Archaeology . Past Horizons Ancient Site of Cyrene Receives New Attention and Conservation in War-Ravaged Libya . Popular archaeology Non-Africans Are Part Neanderthal, Genetic Research Shows . Science news 5,000-year-old skeleton unearthed in Northern Italy . Archaeo news     Ethiopian lake sediments reveal history of African droughts . Physorg

Outrage, as English Neolithic monument buldozed flat . Past Horizons New discoveries at Dra Abu el-Nag . Egyptology news A New discovery at Dra Abu El Naga and this time the announcement came from Spain . Luxor times   Ruins from ancient Syrian synagogue put on display in Israel after 63-year delay . Haaretz US signs deal with Greece on trafficking of artefacts . AFP   5,000-year-old skeleton unearthed in Northern Italy . Archaeo news

67 new archaeological sites found in Mexico . Times Live Human remains found at Caithness Iron Age broch site . BBC Bulgarian archaeologists discovered 30 bronze coins with images of Ancient Greek god Apollo from 4th-3rd century BC . Balkans A young Viking warrior executed some time between AD 890 and AD 1030 and found in a mass pit in 2009 near Weymouth in Dorset, southwest England, appears to have had patterns filed into his teeth . Past horizons Fossil forensics reveals how wasps populated rotting dinosaur eggs . Eurekalert Ancient, moss-covered canoe found in Alaska forest . Courant Colorful boundary trespassers: Burrowing parrots crossed the Andes 120,000 years ago (7/15/2011) . Genetic archaeology

Archaeologists discover a hoard  of Silver Roman denraii coins at Vindolanda . Past Horizons African and Non-African Populations Intermixed Well After Migration out of Africa 60,000 Years Ago, Genome Studies Show . Science Daily Discovery of Gothic amulet at Bulgaria’s Perperikon . The Sofia echo British schoolboy discovers 4,000-year-old arrowhead . Archaeo news Arizona petroglyphs offer glimpse into the past . Archaeo news New elegant technique used for genomic archaeology . Eurekalert Stone Age relics may be hidden in Western Isles' seas . BBC Bronze sculpture from 16th century found in Mexico . Fox news latino

10 of the best museums and gallleries in Rome . The Guardian Excavation project yields likely Russian structure in Kodiak . Daily Reporter Bulgarian, French Archaeologists Find Apollo Coins from 4th Century BC . Novinite Police Uncover Treasure Trove After Foiling Tomb Raiders . NTD Television Italy: Ancient sarcophagus unearthed near Rome . AdnKronos Last Dinosaur Before Mass Extinction Discovered . Science Daily Study Sheds New Light on Archaeology of the Dura-Europos Expedition . Popular Archaeology Mass Spectrometry Applied to Early Coins . Numismater Bulgarian Archaeologists Uncover Christian Complex during Sofia Metro Construction . Novinite

Pipeline archaeology will re-write history of Central Africa . Past Horizons Pictures: Prehistoric Eyes Found—Surprisingly Advanced . National Geographic Mexico unearths monolith of Aztec God . 3 News 8,000-year-old dog tomb ‘significant’ find . The Portugal News CT scans unravel mysteries of Field Museum’s mummies . Sun-times Shabbat boundary rock with Hebrew etching discovered . The Jerusalem post

Ancient tombs along "south silk road" on Qinghai-Tibet plateau link cultures, attract thieves . Xinhuanet ASI finds early human traces in Ladakh . India Blooms A Lost World? Atlantis-Like Landscape Discovered . Live Science Olympia hypothesis: Tsunamis buried the cult site on the Peloponnese . Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz Area petroglyphs offer glimpse into the past . YumaSun Incisor raiding: Viking marauders had patterns filed into their teeth . The Guardian Archaeological findings reveal central African history . VOA news

Astronomical observations at Kintraw in Argyll . Past Horizons Bringing ancient rock art into the digital age . Past Horizons Archaeological finds in Washington County . Herald mail Archeological findings reveal central African history . Archaeo news Three sarcophagi found in Taitung . Taipei times

Mexico finds 2 sculptures of Mayan warriors . Associated Press In Israel, diggers unearth the Bible's bad guys . Associated Press  In El Salvador, the "Pompei of the Americas" Gives up Its Treasures . Latino Foxnews The oldest depiction of an Egyptian King wearing the Upper Egyptian crown . Luxor Times Serbia unearths major new tourist attraction dating back to Roman times . Travel daily news Pottery gives links to ancient people . La Grange daily news The search of Cleopatra continues . Past Horizons

Bamburgh Castle archaeologist finds gold from 800AD . BBC news Ancient temple gets a facelift . The Hindu Bulgarian Archaeologists Uncover Major Church Built by Byzantium's Last Emperors . Novinite Abu Dhabi sees Al Ain added to UNESCO list . Breaking travel news Earliest ever civil Roman basilica found outside Alexandria . Ahram online "Tomb of the Otters" Filled With Stone Age Human Bones . National Geographic Hoard of Viking silver coins unearthed in Furness . Archaeology daily news Secret World War II bunker unearthed in Coleshill . BBC Ancient Drama: 1,000 Years of Mayan Passions, Intrigue, Wars Documented in Discovered Glyphs . Latino foxnews Archeological Findings Reveal Central African History . VOA news Sidon excavations unearth 5,000-year-old antiquities . The Daily Star One Man's Trash: George Washington's Priceless Refuse . Popular archaeology

Ancient Israeli House Surprises Archaeologists . Live Science Earliest Europeans Were Cannibals, Wore Bling . Discovery news Pictures: Human Sacrifice Found in Maya City Sinkhole . National Geographic Chateaumeillant-Mediolanum . Roman news and archaeology The first ever ancient Egyptian epigraphy . Ahram online Jordan gets a “mega” archaeological database . The Art newspaper Archaeological Excavations on the BTC Pipeline, Azerbaijan . Internet Archaeology Viking warriors in mass grave in Britain had patterns filed into their teeth . Newstrack India

7000 years of Nosterfiel . Past Horizons Researchers Uncovering Much More Than Monuments at Ancient Maya Site of El Pilar . Popular archaeology   Transy professor gets grant to search for 'lost city' in Honduras .  Kentucky Uncovering the Kingdom of Israel . Physorg Bulgarian Archaeologists Find Iron Labrys at Ancient Thracian Kings' Residence . Novinite 3,000 year-old artifacts found in central region . Vietnamnet Solved puzzle reveals fabled Cambodian temple . AFP   1,400-year-old St Paul fresco discovered in ancient Roman catacomb . The Telegraph

Viking coin hoard represents a missing link . Past Horizons The origins of archery in Africa . Past Horizons Museum of Roman Mosaics to Open in Turkey . Roman news and archaeology How the Pacific was won, in 1200BC . Radio Australia News 5,200 year-old Ancient Egyptian drawing unearthed . Associated Press   Woman’s skeleton found at Sedgeford dig sheds light on Norfolk 4,000 years ago . EDP24   Late Bronze Age fortress uncovered in Cyprus . Archaeo News

Ballgame player found at ceremonial center of the Caxcan people . Past Horizons Archaeological Survey of India exhibits Chinese artefacts in Hyderabad . Daily India Two new monuments uncovered at Karnak Temple . Ahram online Discoveries at a Templar abbey in Ireland . Gadling Archaeologists puzzle over opulent prehistoric burial find . San Francisco Sentinel

Latest archaeological discovery frim San El-Hagar in Egypt . Past Horizons   Roman Dodecahedron May Remain Mystery Forever . Roman news and archaeology Ancient graves suggest that family didn’t really matter 9,000 years ago . IO9 Will vikings bring Whitworth windfarm plans to a halt ? Rossendale free press La Crosse Students Find 500-Year-Old Artifacts . Wsaw Solved puzzle reveals fabled Cambodian temple . Yahoo New Zealand