Archaeology News

Student archaeologists headed to Finland. Charlotte Observer Mayas hope for better Baktun, complain of government banning rituals at archaeological sites . The Gazette Archaeologists Fear Their Work in Jerusalem May Be Tainted by Settler Politics. Artinfo Development of New Technologies In Marine Archaeology . Hydro International Swedes in massive buried treasure find . The Local Mayans cooked food with clay balls . Hindustan Times Pictures: Mysterious Maya Tomb Explored for First Time. National Geographic Extensive New First Temple Period Remains Unearthed in Jerusalem . Popular Archaeology 400-Year-Old Playing Cards Reveal Royal Secret . Yahoo News

First ever microbrewery found by archaeologists . Standard History uncovered in Fermanagh crannog . BBC Scientists develop new approach to support future climate projections . Eurekalert URI, IAA archaeologists discover shipwrecks, ancient harbor on coast of Israel . Eurekalert Most of the harmful mutations in people arose in the past 5,000 to 10,000 years . Eurekalert Origin and Diet of the Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers on the Mediterranean Island of Favignana (Ègadi Islands, Sicily) . Plos one Killer Cave May Have Inspired Myth of Hades . Yahoo news An engraved stone artifact found at the Shuidonggou Paleolithic site, northwest China . Heritage Daily

Archaeologists confirm Indian civilization is 2000 years older than previously believed . Globalpost 40 silver Roman coins from 3rd century found at Odeon site in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv . The Sofia Globe Iraq has ‘richest archaeological landscape in the Middle East’ . Iraq Oil report Ancient Necropolis Pops on Path of Bulgaria-Romania Gas Link . Novinite Mayan Hieroglyphs Discovered Refer to 2012 . Current Fish ear bones point to climate impacts . Eurekalert Anglo-Saxon treasure reveals west Norfolk cremation . BBC Denmark’s only medieval rowboat dated . Science Nordic Greek Antiquities Found On Mentor Shipwreck . Greek Reporter

Archaeological digs reveal evolution of Paphos theatre . Cyprus Mail DNA sleuth hunts wine roots in Anatolia . AFP  Nordic Witchcraft in Transition: Impotence, Heresy and Diabolism in 14th-century Bergen. Medievalists.net Lost civilization unearthed . The Jakarta Post Skulls, longbows, arrows ... and nitcombs! Science sheds light on life aboard Tudor warship . Swansea University Sanctuary and Volunteer Maritime Heritage Divers Confirm Identity of Key Largo Shipwreck . Heritage Daily

Greek police crack Olympia robbery . Hurriyet Daily News   ASI site management plans for heritage monuments on anvil . The Hindu   On the trail of ancient Slavs . The Moscow News   Giovanni dalle Bande Nere Tomb: Investigation Uncovers Medici Warrior's Amputation . Huffington Post   Metro dig unearths 12-ft Tipu cannon . Deccan Herald   The Good, the Bad or the Unworthy? Accusations, Defense and Representation in the Case of Ebbo of Reims, 835-882 . Medievalists.net   Trent Students Dig Up History and Inspiration in Central America . Heritage daily King Croesus's golden brooch to be returned to Turkey . The Guardian Soil science adds to evidence for Maya collapse . Past Horizons

Three-day meet on archaeology begins in Vadodara . The Indian Express Egypt celebrates 90 year anniversary of Tutankhamun’s tomb discovery . Al Arabiya News Pits reveal glimpses of past . Stuff A Point of View: Pompeii's not-so-ancient Roman remains . BBC Archaeologists Excavate Massive Ancient Gateway in Jordan . Popular Archaeological Exploring the Connections between Metaphysics and Political Thought in the Age of Wyclif and Gerson . Medievalists.net Cambridge University to help uncover grass roots history . Past Horizons

Taraz archaeological dig to be expanded . Central Asia Online Cannon and cannon ball belonging to Tipu era unearthed . NDTV Scientists unearth an ancient city of Wu . China Daily Ancient woman statue revealed in Metropolis . Hurriyet Dail News   The Strange Death of Richard the Lionhearted . Medievalists.net Moctezuma headdress stirs passions in Mexico, Austria . AFP The evolution of cooperative behaviour . Past Horizons

Archaeologists find Mesolithic man settled in Liverpool . Click Liverpool Scientists unearth ancient city of Wu . China Daily Monthu Temple reveals new pharaonic secrets . Ahram Online Forests near Yellowstone hold traces of human habitation dating back millennia . Yellowstone Gate 'Trust' provides answer to handaxe enigma . The University of York Genetic Keys to Human Intelligence Revealed ? Popular archaeology Investigating the works of Byzantine historiographer Ioannes Malalas . Past Horizons Stone age nomads settled down in Merseyside, flints and timber suggest . The Guardian Mary Rose: scientists identify shipwreck's elite archers by RSI . The Telegraph Mexican silver made it into English coins . Science News

Archaeological work for Honolulu rail project ahead of schedule . RT&S A11 dig reveals Iron Age finds . Bury Free Press Chronology, mound-building and environment at Huaca Prieta, coastal Peru, from 13 700 to 4000 years ago . Past Horizons How Vikings killed time . Science Nordic   The Law’s Violence against Medieval and Early Modern Jews . Medievalists.net Seal diet provides clue to disappearance of Norse from Greenland . Past Horizons

Liverpool archaeological find rewrites prehistory . Bay TV Liverpool Eastern valley shows off traces of Neolithic Age . Hurriyet Daily News Stone Age home found in Scotland . IOL Greenland's viking settlers gorged on seals . Physorg New species literally spend decades on the shelf . Eurekalert Airport x-ray scans reveal haul of new Bronze Age axeheads in pot found in Jersey field . Culture24 An ancient city (1200-100 BC) comes to light at Krousona . Archaeology & Arts   Cave used to bury the dead contained a mummified dog . Past Horizons

Archaeologists identify spear tips used in hunting a half-million years ago. e! Science News Archaeologists hunt for buried treasure . south Coast Register Suspected skeleton of King Richard III being tested . CBS News Scientists improve dating of early human settlement . Simon Fraser University Elite Maya residencies occupied by both living and dead . Past Horizons Yorkshire's hoard of mysterious silver and gold . The Guardian

Archaeologists unearth 3,000-year-old pre-Buddhist era cemetery in Pakistan's Swat region . DNA 'It’s not like CSI': The science of the search for Richard III . Eurekalert Mercury poisoning ruled out as cause of Tycho Brahe's death . Aarhus University Death on the Dorset Ridgeway: a Viking Murder Mystery . Medievalists.net Cistern found in Milas . Hurriyet Daily News

Archaeologists explore site on Syria-Turkey border . The Cabin Mayan Bones Reveal Painful End . Discovery News Yale returns final lot of Machu Picchu items to Peru . Zeenews The remains of the Spanish Civil War in Alicante . Heritage Daily Is the Harappan civilisation 2000 years older ? Past Horizons Terracotta army craftsmen pioneered Toyota-style industry . Past Horizons Ancient Roman Giant Found—Oldest Complete Skeleton With Gigantism . National Geographic Anthropologist finds large differences in gait of early human ancestors . Physorg Hittites ahead of their time in dam building . Hurryet Daily news Were Roman slaves hungry ? . World Archaeology   Saudi Arabia Unveils Ancient Treasures . Popular Archaeology

Mongolia and the Altai Mountains: Origins of genetic blending between Europeans and Asians . Eurekalert Desecrated Ancient Temple Sheds Light on Early Power Struggles at Tel Beth-Shemesh . AFTAU 10th Century B.C.E. Egyptian Scarab, Ritual Baths Unearthed in Jerusalem Excavation . Popular Archaeology Body, soul and gold: quests for perfection in English alchemy . Past Horizons Forget the Cavern, for Liverpool's real underground try its secret tunnels . The Guardian The Last of the ‘True Vikings’? An Insight into the Motivation Behind Norse Exploration West . Heritage Daily First Polynesians Arrived in Tonga 2,800 Years Ago . Live Science Iceman was Central Europe native, new research finds . NBC news Golden discovery: Archaeologists discover astonishing haul 'linked to Alexander the Great' in network of tombs in Bulgaria . Mail Online

Researchers find linkages between climate change and political, human impacts among ancient Maya . Eurekalert Archaeologists explore site on Syria-Turkey border . Oak Ridger Ancient murder mystery? Stone age bodies discovered in well . Fox News First book on Missouri’s namesake people published (AUDIO) . Missouri.net Should we keep the Vikings’ stolen goods?. Science Nordic Tomb of Ancient Egyptian Princess Discovered in Unusual Spot . Live Science Bishop's seal found in field goes on display at museum . BBC Colossal volcanic eruption effects global climate of early humans . Past Horizons

Coral files reveal time of first Polynesian settlements . Eurekalert Small lethal tools have big implications for early modern human complexity . Eurekalert Archaeologists explore site on Syria-Turkey border . Philly Stone Age skeletons found in well a mystery to Israeli archaeologists . Xinhuanet Bulgarian Archaeologists Find Unique Gold Thracian Treasure . Novinite Despite Syrian war, archaeologists work at ancient city of Karkemish on Turkish side of border . 660 News Climate Change Had Political, Human Impact On Ancient Maya. ScienceBlog

Conference at UCLA: Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World . Payvand Egypt: Antiquities Minister Stresses Archaeological Sites Safety . All Africa Stash of ancient jewelry, full-figured statues discovered . Fox news Lost Oregon Indian Battlefield Discovery Attributable to ‘Detective Work’ . Indian Country 'Neolithic enclosure' found under site of new Waitrose . This is Cornwall Early Bow and Arrows Offer Insight Into Origins of Human Intellect . Smithsonian Ancient Scribe Penned Manuscripts Linking Dead Sea Scrolls with Manuscripts Found at Masada in Israel . Popular Archaeology

Jersey team discovers medieval priory . BBC New archaeological finds in Bulgaria’s Sliven, Stara Zagora . The Sofia Globe Mammoth skeleton found near Paris . AFP   Buddhist museum in a bad shape . The Hindu   Amateur army archeologists uncover lost World War II bomber . IO9   Medieval copper smelter find is Norway's oldest . Science Nordic    An exact replica of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, a gift to Egypt . Past Preservers   Medieval mystery surrounds sainted relics . Past Horizons

Graves uncovered during UVa archaeological survey . WSLS The Vráble-Fidvár Bronze Age site ranks among top 10 digs in Europe. The Slovak spectator Historic York dig documented with 3D laser scanners . Opti-Cal Dig uncovers Bronze Age relics . Northwich Guardian Massive volcanic eruption puts past climate and people in perspective . e! Science News Archaeologists Return to Uncover Ancient Karkemish . Popular Archaeology Excavations Uncover Common Life in Ancient Petra . Popular Archaeology Pharaonic princess's tomb found near Cairo, Egypt (Update) . Physorg

Celtic history: Injured soldiers learn new skills on warrior dig . BBC Ninth century AD antiquities found by archaeologists . Business Standard Graves uncovered during UVa archaeological survey . Wset Saxon find in Lyminge has historians partying like it's 599 . The Guardian Buried with a stake through a heart: the medieval 'vampire' burial . The Telegraph Tsunamis in the Alps ? National Geographic Archaeologists reveal rare Anglo-Saxon feasting hall . Heritage Daily Neolithic monument unearthed in Cornwall . Past Horizons

Bulgarian archaeologist says team has unearthed Europe's oldest town . Fox News   Encroached, damaged, or untraceable: Archaeological sites in K-P neglected beyond repair . Tribune RIVERSIDE: Archeologists to spotlight Cyprus . The Press Enterprise   Medieval female skeleton could be church founder (Video) . Examiner Anthropocene continues to spark scientific debate . Physorg   Human expansion from Africa comes into focus . Past Horizons