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Major archaeological survey uncovers secrets of Plymouth Sound. This is Plymouth Archaeological team searching proposed site of Walmart development for evidence of graves . Times Daily Uncovering the Great Theater of Apamea . Popular Archaeology Ancient Mummy Child Had Hepatitis B . Live Science The first prehistoric Iberian twins have been found. Eurekalert Defining the ‘Strano’: Madness in Renaissance Italy . Medievalists.net To the origins of Pre-Columbian art . Heritage daily
Jamaica, archaeologists seek world heritage status for remains of submerged port city . Cap Breton Post Italian police impound 18,000 illegally excavated artifacts . AFP Archaeologists discover One thousand years of history in a Sicilian farmland estate . Artdaily There’s more star-stuff out there but it’s not Dark Matter . CSIRO The Monastic rules of Visigothic Iberia: a study of their text and language . Medievalists.net Migration pressures on Neolithic Norway . Past Horizons
Inequality Existed Since the Stone Age . Live Science Teams of Iraqi archaeologists discover 40 ancient sites . Straits Times 4,000-year-old tomb found in Egypt . The Times of India Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China . The Art Newspaper Greek experts find Roman wrecks nearly a mile deep . Newsday Climate Change Contributed to Ancient Indus Civilization Demise, Researchers Say . Popular archaeology India’s Hampi heritage site families face eviction from historic ruins . Heritage Daily Gnawed Roman skeleton that inspired Sylvia Plath poem goes on display . The Guardian
Iraq Christian heritage sites lie neglected . France24   Forty ancient sites discovered in Iraq. Al Arabiya News   Ancient burial mounds looted, driven over . Daily Herald   Heritage site status for Vredefort Dome? . IOL    Naval warfare in Europe, c.1330 – c.1680 . Medievalists.net   More Chennaiites seek nod to work around Archaeological Survey of India freeze . The Times of India Prehistoric cold case links humans to Tasmanian megafauna extinctions . Physorg
Oldest Jewish archaeological evidence on the Iberian Peninsula . Eurekalert Mexican archaeologists find 2,500-year-old altar . Fox news latino Medievalists part of Canada’s largest academic conference . Medievalists.net Elizabethan shipwreck is laid to rest . Past Horizons Trefael Stone reveals stone age burial chamber . BBC Oldest Art Even Older: New Dates from Geißenklösterle Cave Show Early Arrival of Modern Humans, Art and Music. Science Daily
Caveman Flutists ? First Instruments Date Back 40,000 Years . Live Science Book of Nehemiah Found Among the Dead Sea Scrolls . popular archaeology The economic decline of the church in medieval England . Medievalists.net Black Magic Revealed in Two Ancient Curses . Live Science Archaeologists identify mystery shipwreck . Isle of Whight Ancient anchor offers clues to Indo-Arab trade . Gulfnews Exploring Pella’s Bronze Age Temple Complex . Past Horizons
Ancient shard offers archaeology’s first mention of Bethlehem . Ther Times of Israel Zooarchaeological study indicating hominids already practiced sophisticated hunting techniques in East Asia . Physorg Evidence of Roman farm at controversial Windy Ridge site . Lutterworth mail Study reveals trade patterns for crucial substance played key role in Maya collapse . Eurekalert Elizabethan shipwreck to be moved to Leicestershire . This is Leicestershire Ancient posts discovered at King’s Lynn . Lynn news
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500-year-old Indian village unearthed in Morganton . Charlotte Observer Saqqara - Egypt’s forgotten land . IOL New Archaeological discoveries in Peru . Past Horizons Edward I and the Ritualization of English Royal Round Table Festivals . Medievalists.net Elizabethan ship sunk for divers. Press Association     Prague district yields up evidence of 5500 BC settlement . Radio Praha   New film about the excavations at Motala ström in Sweden: "This place has never been empty..." . Cision   Mysterious Ancient Gold & Silver Jewellery Hidden In Iron Age Vessel Discovered in Israel . International Business Times   Skeleton may bring past to life . IOL Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/05/22/3249679/500-year-old-indian-village-unearthed.html#storylink=cpy.Carlotte Observer
Preservation board approves 8 sites for listing in National Register of Historic Places . The Lane Report Archaeologists Discover Prehistoric Versions Of Facebook . IT Proportal Unique Gold Earring Found at Tel Megiddo . SCI News Archaeological Survey of India's project to create database of idols fails . The Times of India Modern dog breeds genetically disconnected from ancient ancestors . Eurekalert Squid ink from Jurassic period identical to modern squid ink, U.Va. study shows . Eurekalert Archaeologists Explore Ancient Judahite Fortress . Popular archaeology Archeologists to Study Pre-Settlement Hut in Iceland . Iceland Review Astronomers discovered ancient Egyptian observations of a variable star . Physorg New research opens the door on early American migration . Past Horizons The Times of Their Lives: Understanding the Neolithic peoples of Europe . Past Horizons
500-year-old Indian village unearthed in Morganton . Charlotte Observer Dig uncovers secret past of Markeaton's lost hall . This is Derbyshire Turkey gets tough with foreign museums and launches a new culture war . The Economist The hanging of William Cragh: anatomy of a miracle . Medievalists.net Easter Island archaeology project digs up island's secrets . Fox News Humanity's Best Friend: How Dogs May Have Helped Humans Beat the Neanderthals . The Atlantic New Paleolithic remains found near the Liuhuaishan site in Bose Basin, Guangxi . Physorg 200-Year-Old Shipwreck Found in Gulf of Mexico . Live Science Warfare Began with Human Hunter-Gatherers? . Popular archaeology Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/05/18/3249679/500-year-old-indian-village-unearthed.html#storylink=cpy. Charlotte Observer
Iraq battle pits oil against antiquities . AFP South Yorkshire’s archaeological past unveiled in new e-book . The Star Land Hill petroglyph sites vandalized; BLM seeks public assistance . St George Utah Mythic Transformations: Tree Symbolism in the Norse Plantation . Medievalists.net Mythic Transformations: Tree Symbolism in the Norse Plantation . Past Horizons Stone carvers defy Taliban to return to the Bamiyan valley . The Guardian A Mummy Switcheroo . Discovery news
Old Shipwrecks Reveal Their Chemical Secrets . SCI News 11-Million-Year-Old Giant Panda’s Cousin Found in Spain . SCI News Ancient tree-ring records from southwest U.S. suggest today’s megafires are truly unusual . SMU Archeologists unearth Achaemenid city in northeast Iran . Press TV Censorship of 16th-Century Big Thinker Erasmus Revealed . Live Science Seventh Graders on Class Field Trip Make 900 Year-Old Find . Latino Foxnews The oldest farming village in the Mediterranean islands is discovered in Cyprus . Physorg Vandals damage roman stonework at Scarborough castle . Heritage Daily
Chinese archaeology proves early East-West links . Physorg France: Anthropologists discover earliest form of wall art . Eurekalert Reasons for hiding Viking Age hack silver hoards . Medievalists.net Archaeologists excavate Iowa's history to reveal the past . Heritage Daily Layer by layer: the Upper Palaeolithic at Mas d’Azil cave revealed . Past Horizons
India: 3000-year-old stone axe unearthed . Business Standard Bronze Age boat replica fails to float . East Kent Mercury Two trepanned skulls from the Middles Ages found in Spain . Past Horizons 3-D Scanning: Bringing History Back to Life . Smithsonian Archaeologists Excavate a Lost Kingdom Buried Beneath Volcanic Ash . Popular archaeology 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies draws over 3000 medievalists . Medievalists.net How stone age man invented the art of raving . The Guardian How Europe was repopulated as the Ice Age ended . Past Horizons
Redefining archaeological research . Physorg 6,000 year old pre-farming settlement found in the Burren in County Clare . Irish Central Much needed makeover for three goddesses . Al Ahram Archaeologist finds first evidence of cult in Judah at time of King David . Physorg Gloucestershire Council cuts archaeology . CBA Information Chimney Rock considered for national monument. Denverpost
Archaeologists discover lost language . Physorg Looting Leads Archaeologists to Oldest Known Mayan Calendar . Science mag UI professor identifies largest known crocodile . Iowa now Agents discover archaeological artifacts west of Tucson . Tucson Sentinel Indus civilisation site in India under threat of vanishing . Mongols, Ancient China and the Silk Road
Chinese archaeologists to begin excavation in Kenya. Capitalfm George Washington University Professor’s Research on Ancient Ballgame Reveals More about Early Mesoamerican Society . The Georges Washington University New light on enigmatic burial rituals in Cambodian mountains . Eurekalert Hunt for stolen water meters leads cops to 1,000-yr-old scripture . NDTV 6,000-year-old settlement poses tsunami mystery . Irish Examiner The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China . Past Horizons
'Archaeological Survey of India is defacing Vasai Fort' . DNA First Evidence of a Cult in Judah at Time of King David . Sciene Daily Dassault Systèmes Recreates Giza Necropolis With its 3DExperience Platform.  3D Roundabout World Experts Present Strategies for Saving and Sustaining Endangered Archaeological Sites in Asia . Popular archaeology New UF study shows early North Americans lived with extinct giant beasts . University of Florida Mystery of the domestication of the horse solved . Eurekalert Archaeologists find early Stone Age houses in Prague . Ceskapozice Archaeologists accuse MoD of allowing US company to 'plunder' shipwreck . The Guardian
Mexico: Glass Knives Used For Human Sacrifice . Sky news Haslam Announces 28 Historic Preservation Fund Grants Including 2 In Rhea County . The Chattanoogan University of Nevada, Reno researchers discover new research use for plaque . Eurekalert Contributions of contemporary science to Chaucer’s work . Medievalists.net Miner fined for work at historic site . The Southland Times Thessaloniki Celebrates International Museum Day 2012 . Greek Reporter
Sri Lanka: Archaeology Dept moves to rehabilitate sacred sites . Daily News Eritrea: Newly Discovered Archaeological Relics in Adulis Evaluated As Being Remarkable in Fostering Tourism . All Africa Ancient necropolis found in path of Bulgaria’s Struma Motorway . The Sofia Echo Ötzi the Iceman scientists find 5,000-year-old blood sample . The Guardian Sewerage work uncovers ancient tombs . Cyprus Mail Synchrotron scientists and international team reveal tales told by old bones . Physorg Ancient network of rivers and lakes found in Arabian Desert . Physorg Kinship and family: Understanding the Alpaca herders of Peru . Past Horizons
Israel: Seal from First Temple Period Uncovered . CBN Threatened Ancient Monumental Site in Viet Nam Receives Needed Attention . Popular Archaeology Archaeology expands beyond traditional scope into other sciences . Eurekalert   A Renaissance Instrument to Support Nonprofits: The Sale of Private Chapels in Florentine Churches . Medievalists.net Arabic records allow past climate to be reconstructed . Past Horizons