Archaeology News

Rare Animal-Shaped Mounds Discovered in Peru by MU Anthropologist . University of Missouri "Lucy" Lived Among Close Cousins: Discovery of Foot Fossil Confirms Two Human Ancestor Species Co-Existed . Cleveland museum of natural history Archaeological Research Program Receives Special Recognition from Archaeological Institute of America . Popular archaeology Archaeologists find possible 16th century chapel . Bucks free press Archaeologists astounded by musical instrument find in Skye cave . Highland news Local archaeological dig unearths pre-Colonial artifacts . Sun Journal Celtic treasure found in Switzerland . Expatica Celeb Martial Artist Recruited for Ancient Roman Army . Live Science Archaeologist investigates legend of mythical ruler of ancient Peru . UCLA today Dragons: ancient creatures in modern times . Medievalists.net

Archaeologists uncover earliest stringed instrument on Skye . Deadline Exploding dinosaur hypothesis implodes . Eurealert Syrian Expatriates Organization Reports that Syria's Ancient Sites and Antiquities in Danger, Deliberately Targeted . SFGate The Hero as a Reflection of Culture . Medievalists.net Archaeologists excavate puppy and raven skeletons in Bronze Age temple complex in Levant . Heritage Daily Climate change offers explanation for human evolution and extinctions . Past Horizons Ancient Greek statue found in goat pen . The Guardian

Genetic study unravels ancient links between African and European populations . Eurekalert DNA traces cattle back to a small herd domesticated around 10,500 years ago . Eurekalert Geologists correct a rift in Africa .Michigan State University A brief review of the history of delirium as a mental disorder . Medievalists.net Taiwan: Three human skeletons unearthed at Taichung archaeological site . Focus Taiwan   Archaeology a key part of Hudson River dredging effort . Dredging news online I-69 route near 1830s foundry site . Courier-journal 18th-Century Bone Telescopes Discovered in Amsterdam . Space.com   4,000-Year-Old Stone Monolith Likely an Astronomical Marker . Live Science  

New cookbook: from Stone Age to Vikings . Past Horizons Inrap conducts research in the prehistoric cave of Mas d'Azil . Heritage Daily TV treasure hunt show to pick Britain's most important archaeological find . The Guardian Islamic astronomy . Medievalists.net Leaked Government Memo Warns of Organized Looting in Syria . Popular archaeology Possible New Lead in Peking Man Fossils Mystery . The New-York Times First of Our Kind: Could Australopithecus sediba Be Our Long Lost Ancestor ? Scientific American Six Old Kingdom tombs to be opened at Giza Plateau . Ahram online Mozart piano composition uncovered in Austria . BBC New frontier in archaeology . Physorg

Ancient civilizations reveal ways to manage fisheries for sustainability . Eurekalert Archaeologists reconstruct diet of Nelson's Navy with new chemical analysis of excavated bones . eurekalert Butchered sloth bone lends more evidence to early North American settlement. The Gazette Neolithic horned cairns near Caithness wind farm scanned . BBC Madagascar Founded By Women . Discovery news 'Franciscan monk' remains unearthed at roadworks site . STV Excavation starts at 800 year old mound of down . Heritage daily Ha Noi village opens archaeological museum . Viet Nam news

Hoard of 30,000 silver Roman coins discovered in Bath . The Telegraph Goya work 100-year-old copy: Archaeological Survey of India . The Times of India Skeletons uncovered by St Andrews roadworks thought to be remains of 15th century monks . The Courier Top 5: Archaeology experiences in J'lem . The Jerusalem post Extensive Medieval Town in Azerbaijan Uncovered by Archaeologists . Popular Archaeology Troops Leave, Archaeologists Return, as Hope for Iraq’s Cultural Relics and Tourism Industry Grow . Popular Archaeology Prehistoric Human Hunters the Cause of Giant Herbivore Extinction in Australia, Says Study .Popular archaeology Skulls of stakes in Sweden date to the Mesolithic . Past Horizons

Byzantine Coins from the 6th and the 7th Century Found in Poland and their East Central European Context . Medievalists.net Shoes, flattened toad and other ritual marks found at Dritt Mansion . YDR Archaeology of small sites discussed . Galesburg Arab Damage to Israeli Archaeological Site Leads to No Arrests .  The Algemeiner Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa minister wants archaeological artifacts back . Business recorder Archaeologists discover earliest known metal bit . Horsetalk

14000 early syrian settlements viewed from space. Past Horizons The Viking mouse marauder. Past Horizons Spotting ancient sites, from space . eurekalert Extensive Medieval Town in Azerbaijan Uncovered by Archaeologists . Popular archaeology Bulgarian Archaeologists Claim Oldest Monastery in Europe . Novinite Mary Rose skeletons studied by Swansea sports scientists . BBC Yale Researchers Develop New Form Of MRI For Inside Look At Bones, Rocks . Courant Beer and Bling in Iron Age Europe . Science Daily "Lost" Great Wall of China Segment Found ? National Geographic

Reign of Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose II Suggests Crisis . Sbwire Archaeologists Excavate Puppy and Raven Skeletons in Bronze Age Temple Complex in Levant . Swbwire Metal thieves 'using Google Earth' to target heritage sites . The Telegraph Polish researcher changes the dating of the famous Egyptian necropolis . naukawpolsce The Scandinavian impact on Irish seafaring technology . Medievalists.net Romand glass informs radioactive future . Past Horizons Remarkable russian petroglyphs . Past Horizons Googling the past: How i uncovered prehistoric remains from my office . Past Horizons

Mistery of Anglo-saxon teen buried in bed with gold cross . Past Horizons Secrets of St Albans' Roman burial urns unlocked . BBC Ancient footprints found in peat at Borth beach . BBC New Viking village discovered . The Norway post Study Links Past Changes in Monsoon to Major Shifts in Indian Civilizations . Woods hole Oceanographic Archaeologists Return to Excavate Major 3,300-Year-Old Bronze Age Site in England . Popular archaeology Part of Chhauni mutt demolished in Puri . The Times of India

Greek archaeologists appeal for help to save monuments . Reuters U.S. Archaeologists Return To Explore Iraq's Treasures . SCI-tech today   St. Simons Island archeological dig yields no signs of 400-year-old Spanish mission . Jacksonville Mexicans Criticized for Removing Bones from Archaeological Site . Latin American Herald Tribune   Greece: Ancient theatre of Delos to be restored . AnsaMed Fossils Could Point To New Human Species . Redorbit Remains of 145 Year Old Historic Steam Locomotive Roundhouses Uncovered at York . Rail.co.uk

Mystery human fossils put spotlight on China . Eurekalert Archaeological dig uncovers fascinating evidence of Taunton's history . This is Somerset The authenticity of a burial box purported to have been for the "brother" of Jesus Christ remained shrouded in mystery on Wednesday after a Jerusalem court acquitted an Israeli private collector of charges he forged the artifact. Reuters Archaeology dig at Manor House . Sandwell Skeletal remains found in Deadwood yard for second time . Black hills pioneer New Norway Viking settlement discovered . The Foreigner Artifacts Show Sophistication of Ancient Nomads . The New-York Times Remains found in Mexico came from ancient cemetery . Boston

Caring for the castles and abbeys of the Welsh princes . Medievalists.net Megalithic burial site, also a place of worship, unearthed. The Times of India Greek archaeologists plead for help to protect heritage . Ekathimerini Hong Kong dentist to help check pharaoh's cavity . Reuters Genetic Studies of Modern Populations Show Varying Neandertal Ancestry. Popular Archaeology Archaeologists need new home for six tonnes of Northamptonshire artefact. Northamptonshire Chronicle Massive looting at El Hibeh in Egypt . Past Horizons

The writing on the wall: symbols from the paleolithic . Past Horizons Using burial sites to gauge the effect of roman conquest on iron age Britons . Past Horizons Great Sites: Hamwic . Mediavalists.net Statue, chapels and animal mummies found in Egypt by U of T team . University of Toroton U.S. archaeologists unearth Iraq's ruins . USA Today Iron Age murder mystery as CT scan shows British man from 100AD was beaten, strangled, then beheaded in 'pagan ritual' . Mail online Ancient calculator on display at Archaeological museum . Athens news Greek Archaeologists Plead for Help to Protect Heritage Amid Austerity . Bloomberg Indy Goes Geek: Laser Mapping Helps Archaeologists . Wired

The Ottoman Conquest of Thrace: Aspects of Historical Geography . Medievalists.net Smithsonian scientists discover that multiple species of seacows once coexisted . Eurekalert Iridescent, Feathered Dinosaur: New Evidence That Feathers Evolved to Attract Mates . National Science Foundation Palestine to Submit 20 Sites for UNESCO World Heritage Site Nomination . Popular Archaeology At Oriental Institute, questioning images we make of ancient times . Chicago Tribune Mariachi and other mysteries. WAtoday All Hail The New King . Discovery news Human remains uncovered at York Minster . BBC

The gauls of Acy-Romance: discovering the Remi . Past horizons Darwin cleard of deceit . Past Horizons Cultural Uses of Magic in Fifteenth-Century England . Medievalists.net What have we got in common with a gorilla ? . Eurekalert Bristol archaeologists unearth slave burial ground on St Helena . University of Bristol Archaeologists find human bones inside York Minster . The Press Bronze Age Mortuary Cult In Viborg . Aardvardarchaeology

Ancient "graffiti" unlock the life of common man . Heritage Daily 800-year old Leper Chapel in Cambridge to be site of renewable energy project . Medievalists.net Turkey wants Bowling Green State University's ancient Roman mosaics returned . Cleveland Syrian Army Attacks Palmyra’s Roman Ruins . Popular Archaeology Bulgaria: Roman slabstone, early-Ottoman column discovered after Bisser disaster. The Sofia Echo Cuba: Camagüey: International Archaeological Team Makes First Find in Excavation Works . Radio Cadena Agramonte

Research reveals first evidence of hunting by prehistoric ohians . Heritage Daily Ancient "Graffiti" Unlock the Life of the Common Man . American Friends Tel Aviv University Ancient Byzantine road unearthed in Greece . IOL A New Pharaoh was discovered, The Royal name of the 17th Dynasty at Karnak Temple. Luxor Times  Prehistoric Humans and Changing Climate Worked Together to Kill Off Great Ice Age Mammals . Popular Archaeology Greece, Antikythera shipwreck on display . Ansa Med Taiwan, France sign 2nd undersea archaeological pact . Focus Taiwan   Dover Bronze Age Boat to be centrepiece of international exhibition . This is Kent

Numerous archaeological discoveries in Ljubljana . Past Horizons Lux in Arcana: The Vatican secret archive revealed . Past Horizons Tournament: Martial Training or Elaborate Game? . Medievalists.net Ancient Builders Created Monumental Structures that Altered Sound and Mind, Say Researchers . Popular Archaeology Unearthing Sussita . Popular archaeology Revealing the newly re-erected colossal statue of Amenhotep III in the Funerary Temple of the King on west  bank. Luxor Times UNF archaeologists looking for Spanish mission during dig on St. Simons Island . Jacksonville Westborough: Geologist and Author Wants to Protect Stone Walls. Westborough patch

Arcaheology at Flag Fen enter exciting new phase. Past horizons The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: The Culture and Practice of Crusading in Medieval Iberia. Medievaliste.net Unearthing Sussita. Popular archaeology Solving the Mystery of the English China Wreck . Popular archaeology Cusco’s Inca Trail reopens after conservation work . Peru this week