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Chinese archaeologists claim that findings unearthed in the areas along the Qinghai-Tibet railway proved that human beings lived there at least 30,000 years ago. Archaeologists with the Qinghai Provincial Archaeological Institute said they collected large number of chipped stone tools in...

Genialinius Gennatus was one fine duck hunter. In the third century , he recorded his prowess in high Latin on a stone tablet that he dedicated to Jupiter. That and a hefty donation probably ensured that the tablet won display in the temple to the Roman god in the settlement then called Colonia. Five or...

Egypt announced Sunday the discovery of a carving dating back to the 12th century BC which could hold the key to valuable information on Karnak Temple, the largest ancient religious site in the world. According to an Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) statement, the stone carving was...

Australian researchers studying declassified spy satellite images have found widespread remains of ancient human settlements dating back 130,000 years in Syria. The photographs were taken by United States military surveillance satellites operating under the CIA and defence-led Corona p...

Archaeolink, a prehistory park in northeast Scotland hope to launch a replica stone age boat to test whether theories on ancient design hold water. A 20ft craft, similar to those used by Neolithic people to arrive and settle in the area and sail on lochs, is taking shape at the Archaeolink Prehistory...

176 prehistoric caves discovered in Thailand Scientists have recently made significant cave discoveries in the Pang Mapha district of Mae Hong Son (Northern Thailand). A few of the caves will be opened to tourists but most will be preserved for research. The discoveries are the resul...

The US Midwest’s immense earthworks, structures built by ancient Native American cultures, have been all but lost to plough and pavement. No longer. An ambitious effort by the University of Cincinnati has rebuilt the mounds of two millennia ago. These virtual earthworks will soon be set to travel...

An asteroid impacted in Ohio, US about 300 million years ago. There is an approximately 6.4 kilometre diameter astrobleme just slightly to the northeast of the Serpent Mound*, near where the three counties, Adams, Pike and Highland come together. The present elevation of the central...

Another new tomb in the Valley of the Kings: ‘KV64’ - II The Amarna Royal Tombs Project says radar readings show what could be another 3,500-year-old chamber from the days of Akhenaten and Tutankhamun, not far from the recently explored KV63 chamber. “ARTP first encountered evide...

The tomb robbers have led archaeologists to the graves of three royal dentists hidden in the desert sands for thousands of years in the shadow of Egypt's most ancient pyramid. The mud-brick and limestone tombs date back more than 4,000 years to the 5th Dynasty were meant to house a chief dentist, Iy...

The discovery of gold cartouches dating back to 1400 BC sheds new light on the relationship between two ancient Egyptian rulers, Egypt's antiquities department said Friday. A team of French and Egyptian archaeologists have discovered two sets of nine solid gold cartouches bearing the name o...

Ancient tools found in Britain show that humans lived in northern Europe 200,000 years earlier than previously thought, at a time when the climate was warm enough for lions, elephants and saber tooth tigers to also roam what is now England. Scientists said that 32 black flint artefacts, found i...

Human settlers made it to the Americas 30,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to new evidence. British scientists came to this controversial conclusion by dating human footprints preserved by volcanic ash in an abandoned quarry in Mexico. The first Americans may have arri...

"Doggerland" is the now-drowned lands in the coastal plain that was formed in the North Sea when sea level dropped during the most recent glacial maximum. The Doggerland terrain was available for settlement by early man, until it was buried beneath rising sea levels perhaps as recent a...

Egyptian radiologists who performed the first-ever computed tomography (CT) evaluation of King Tutankhamun’s mummy believe they have solved the mystery of how the ancient pharaoh died. The CT images and results of their study were presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of N...

Archaeologists in Perthshire will attempt to raise a Bronze Age boat from below the River Tay next month after undertaking excavation work yesterday. The 3,000-year-old log boat was found by a man with a metal detector on the mudflats near Abernethy, six years ago. The find was reported to Pe...

Archaeobotanists have found evidence that the dawn of agriculture may have come with the domestication of fig trees in the Near East some 11,400 years ago, roughly a thousand years before such staples as wheat, barley, and legumes were domesticated in the region. The discovery dates domesticated...

What a wonder: The Southern Wall Archaeological site by southern Temple Mount is one of Jerusalem’s most impressive. Many people think that only about 200 feet of the Western Wall remain, but we all know the area underneath the Jewish Quarter. Later we rediscovered the Western Wall tun...

Christian tradition states that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Judea (now Palestine). This is about ten kilometres, south of Jerusalem. The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem was built by Constantine the Great, circa 330 CE. It is believed by many Christians and Muslims to have been built ov...

Robots are set to probe the narrow shafts of the Great Pyramid to try to solve one of the mysteries of the 4 500-year-old structure. This week, Zahi Hawass, an Egyptologist, will inspect a robot designed to climb the two narrow shafts which might lead to an undiscovered chamber in the pyramid of [b...

A replica of the oldest known shipwreck, Uluburun II, built by the 360 Degree Historical Research Association in Urla, Izmir, arrived in Bodrum for display as part of activities marking the 80th anniversary of Cabotage Day. Previously the ship had anchored in Istanbul, Marmaris, Cyprus and Kas re...

The remains of what has been described as a huge lost city may force historians and archaeologists to radically reconsider their view of ancient human history. Marine scientists say archaeological remains discovered 36 metres (120 feet) underwater in the Gulf of Cambay off the western coast of...

Archaeological tools dating back to the Stone Age have been discovered in the east of Sharjah near the Hajar Mountains, officials announced yesterday. A group of experts from Sharjah's Archaeology Department, Tubingen University in Germany and Oxford University in England discovered the pr...

30,000-year-old engraved bone found in Moravia Archaeologists have unearthed a pair of tiny bone fragments dating back almost 30,000 years and featuring minute designs carved by some of earliest Europeans. The thumbnail-sized bone fragments are engraved with parallel lines and match sim...

A working reconstruction of the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek computer which was found at the bottom of the ocean in 1900 has been unveiled and is on display at the Technopolis museum, in Athens. The devi...

The Greens are calling on the federal and Western Australian governments to help save ancient Aboriginal rock art on the state's Burrup Peninsula. Greens leader Bob Brown says the development of gas processing factories are threatening almost a million separate art works. Senator Brown s...

Museum visitors will be able to experience more of the history of a remarkable Norfolk (England) monument next year - thanks to a cash windfall from the government. An exhibition of part of the Bronze Age timber circle, Seahenge, is set to be the crowning glory of a £1m redevelopment of King's Lynn Mus...

The 3,600 year old Sky Disk of Nebra is the world's oldest image of the cosmos. It caused a world-wide sensation when it was brought to the attention of the German public in 2002, having been discovered at Mittelberg in the state of Saxony-Anhalt two years earlier. [img]http://static.flic...

Archaeologists believe they may have found the final battle site for the warrior queen Boudica - on the site of a McDonald's restaurant. Having spent her life in fierce resistance to one empire - the Romans - her last stand is thought to ha...

Archaeologists working in a Perthshire forest have made some “remarkable” prehistoric discoveries. The remains of this prehistoric homestead have been found. The second season of an archaeological dig has begun. The aim will be to excavate the interior of the enclosure and confirm whether...

Builders are now constructing the Dandenong Southern Bypass through an ancient Aboriginal site. The site in Dandenong South (Victoria, Australia) has had sand tested at 35,000 years old with artefacts estimated to be about 17,000 years old. A spokesman for Thiess John Holland said Dandenong S...

An archaeologist has discovered that the passage into a burial mound on Anglesey (Wales) was built to catch the rising sun on the summer solstice. Steve Burrow said he was 'elated' when the sun filtered in through trees as he sat in the Bryn Celli Ddu chamber. He made the discovery as he researched a b...

The outer wall in the northern part of the complex of Tsar Samuil's Stronghold, located above the town of Ohrid, has collapsed because of heavy rains. Restoration work had never been done in the damaged part of the 10th/11th-century complex. The section of the wall, which collapsed, is 10-me...

The uniqueness of Australian Aboriginal people and their long association with the continent has been revealed in a landmark genetic study. Researchers analysed the DNA of more than 120 Aboriginal people and compared it with the DNA of indigenous people in the region, including Papua New Gui...

Can the monkey god save Rama’s underwater bridge? Hindu groups are launching an international campaign today to halt India’s plans to create a shipping channel by dredging the sea between India and Sri Lanka. They say that the project will destroy an ancient chain of shoals known as [url=http://en...

Red Fort declared world treasure The wait has been worth the while. After trying for more than a decade, the Red Fort has finally made it to the exclusive list of UNESCO's world heritage sites, a status which it rightfully deserves. World Her...

A ruined copper mine in Jordan is shedding new light on the biblical civilization known as Edom. Edomites lived south of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan, and are portrayed as the troublesome neighbour of Israelites. Recent excavations of an ancient copper mine have prompted archaeologists...

The iron pillar next to the Qutab Minar in Delhi has been the centre of attraction for metallurgists from all over the world. For nearly 1600 years, it has been standing undaunted under the open skies, during all type of weather conditions. In so many years, it has not rusted; this has been a matter of su...

Title: The tsunami of 13 December A.D. 115 and the destruction of Herod the Great's harbour at Caesarea Maritima, Israel Authors: Eduard G. Reinhardt, Beverly N. Goodman, Joe I. Boyce, Gloria Lopez, Peter van Hengstum, W. Jack Rink, Yossi Mart, Avner Raban. Underwater geoa...

What comes to mind first when we hear the name “Çanakkale” is Gallipoli, the Aynalı Çarşı (Mirror Bazaar) and the ancient city of Troy. The places where the Gallipoli campaign took place are mostly frequented by local and Australian tourists. The ancient city of Troy, added in 2006...

Oxyrhynchus is an archaeological site in Egypt, considered one of the most important ever discovered. For the past century, the area around Oxyrhynchus has been continually excavated, yielding an enormous collection of papyrus texts dating from the time of the Ptolemaic and Roman periods of Egy...

Athens' latest archaeological attraction opened on Monday several metres underground, as visitors and commuters passing through the Greek capital's Monastiraki metro station will be able to peer into excavations revealing the Eridanos River bed -- one of ancient Athens' oft-cited streams. T...

A 2,500-year-old mirror worth £500,000 was dropped and smashed on a Chinese TV show. A model was showing the ancient mirror to the audience when it slipped from her hands and fell to the floor. Read more

People interested in exploring Thetford's past, as well as finding out what the life of an archaeologist involves, can learn more at the Ancient House. The Museum of Thetford Life is running a series of six evening talks, starting on Monday. Each session, from 6pm to 8pm, covers Thetford's hist...

Nine tattooed Maori heads yesterday began their journey from a Scottish university museum back to the land of their ancestors in New Zealand. The heads, which had been smoked to preserve them two centuries ago and revered as sacred objects by the Maoris, were returned to the care of the elders of the m...

Following directions found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, archaeologists have discovered the latrines used by the sect that produced the scrolls, discovering that efforts to achieve ritual purity inadvertently exposed members to intestinal parasites that shortened their lifespan. The discover...

Evidence from ancient European graves raises questions about ritual human sacrifice A fascinating new paper from the June issue of Current Anthropology explores ancient multiple graves and raises the possibility that hunter gatherers in what is now Europe may have practiced ritual human sacri...

Life was always hard for the lead miners who toiled on the uplands of Mendip, but probably never more so than when the Romans were their masters. We do not know the system by which the Romans worked the chief mining area at Charterhouse, but we can be certain that there were no union agreements on pay and h...

Almost 600 gold pieces and a sensational, perfectly-preserved dagger, were discovered by archaeologists in central Bulgaria. Martin Hristov's team unearthed the Thracian items at a previously discovered hotspot near Dabene, they announced on Sunday. Among the freshly-discovered 54...

Europe's oldest known civilisation has been discovered by archaeologists across the continent, The Independent newspaper in London said on Saturday. More than 150 large temples, constructed between 4800BC and 4600BC, have been unearthed in fields and cities in Germany, Austria and Slova...

Experts have restored a 1,400-year-old glass mosaic glowing in gold, recovered from a site next to the Sea of Galilee, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Monday. Read more

New evidence from excavations made by archaeologists at the ash altar of Zeus in Arcadia, Greece, has indicated that the place of worship was in use as early as 5,000 years ago, which is at least 1,000 years before the early Greeks began to worship the god Zeus. [url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsp...

A Purdue University archaeologist discovered an intact ancient iron ore mine in South America that shows how civilizations before the Inca Empire were mining this valuable ore. "Archaeologists know people in the Old and New worlds have mined minerals for thousands and thousands of years. I...

French archaeologists have discovered the oldest known place of worship dedicated to the dugong, or sea cow, on an island just north of Dubai, two research centres said Thursday. The sanctuary believed to date back to 3,500 to 3,200 years BC was discovered on Akab island in the United Arab Emirates,...

Not long ago, Sumerians were thought to be the first great fortification builders. For example, a timeline mentions the city of Uruk [Sumerian] as being the first undisputed example of [a] fortified city " in 2,700 B.C. Almost 6,000 years prior to that, a community had constructed five rou...

The mysteries of La Hougue Bie The 6,000 year-old burial site at La Hougue Bie is one of the best preserved remnants of the Neolithic period in Western Europe. Every spring and autumn crowds of people gather to watch the equinox from inside the chamber. [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/jersey/l...

Everyone here, it seems, has a theory about the Nasca Lines. The mysterious markings on the desert floor are a massive astronomical calendar. That's a popular one. Or maybe they point to hidden reserves of water, the source of life in the desert. Then there's my favourite: UFO landing site. Forty yea...

A new giant picture on the Nazca Plateau in Peru, which is famous for giant patterns that can be seen from the air, has been discovered by a team of Japanese researchers. The image is 65 meters long, and appears to be an animal with horns. It is thought to have been drawn as a symbol of hopes for good crops, b...

The setting of a hearing date in the Hill of Tara / M3 motorway case was postponed by the Irish Chief Justice, the Hon. Mr. Justice John Murray. He said he will set a hearing date after written submissions were received by The Attorney General, The Minister for the Environment, Meath County Council, an...

Pagans have pledged to perform "rain magic" to wash away Homer Simpson, the cartoon character, who was painted next to their famous fertility symbol, the Cerne Abbas giant, yesterday. Homer Simpson and Cerne Abbas g...

Expand (112kb, 560 x 359) Expand (43kb, 560 x 359) A Yorkshire archaeological site has artefacts from the ninth century, including silver coins including a silver Baghdad coin, and the fragments of two swords. Known as the Ainsbrook Hoard, it is regarded as one of the most important Viking discove...

Pieces from the world's most famous chess set are going on display in museums in Aberdeen, Stornoway and Lerwick from next year, it was announced yesterday. The British Museum, National Museums Scotland and Scottish Government have teamed up to give people the opportunity to see 30 of the Lewis Che...

Spaniards discover forgotten Euphrates city They have renamed it the city recovered from the Euphrates and it is found in the Syrian enclave of Tall Qabr on the banks of the river that, with the Tigris, was the centre of the birth of civilisation in Mesopotamia. It is a circularly planned city, dating...

The submergence into the sea of the city of Dwaraka, vividly pictured in the great epic of Mahabaratha, has been found to be true. A chance discovery made by a team of scientists, in the Gulf of Cambay region, establishes that the Mahabaratha story is not a myth. The rich city with fertile landscape a...

A team of archaeologists conducting excavations in the ancient city of Antandros in Balıkesir is chasing the traces of the Cimmerians tribe -- the tribe of the fictional character Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) -- who are thought to have lived in the ancient city for ab...

An ancient pathway, part of the remarkable trade and cultural routes of Australia that predate the Silk Road, the Roman roads and other great roads of world antiquity, has been nominated as National Heritage of Australia. The Bundian Way, a corridor including the old pathways used to walk to an...

Archaeologists yesterday said they have unearthed a number of prehistoric sites at the upper stream of Pahro Lake of Gangwon Province, Korea, and urged the local government to reconsider its plan on a water project that would demolish the relics. Yanggu County Office plans to construct a wate...

A Hittite-era dam located in the central Anatolian province of Çorum and believed to be one of the oldest in the world to have survived to date has been restored and is once again serving as a source of irrigation for local residents. The dam, located at the [url=http://www.bilgin.com/hittite/...

Archaeologists have unearthed the largest Neolithic female figurine ever found in Italy, according to a press report . The 7,000-year-old stone statuette, discovered during excavations of a burial site near the northern Italian city of Parma, is over 20 centimetres tall. [url=http://a...

Archaeologists have excavated a bronze axe at Cat Tien archaeological site in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, Vietnam. Scientists are studying whether the bronze axe, the first ever found in Cat Tien, was a production tool or an item used in ancient rituals. A number of bronze cas...

The UNESCO World Heritage Centre today signed the contract with Lattanzi SRL construction company to begin the re-erection of the Aksum obelisk. Also known as Stela 2, it is the second largest stela on the Aksum World Heritage site...

Researchers studying the labyrinthine nature of atomic nuclei say they have answered a question that has puzzled physicists for more than half a century: Why does the radioactive isotope known as carbon-14 decay so slowly? The discovery could lead to a better understanding of the workings of the s...

Manyikeni is a Mozambiquean archaeological site, situated around 52 km west of the coastal city of Vilanculos. The archaeological site dates from the twelfth to seventeenth century. It is believed to be part of the Great Zimbabwe tradition of architecture. Not only is the central stone enclosure...

The Ancient City of Mapungubwe Mapungubwe hill is 300 m long, broad at one end, tapering at the other. It is only accessible by means of two very steep and narrow paths which twist their way to the summit, and yet 2 000 tons of soil had been artificially transported to the very top by a prehistoric people o...

When historians first stumbled upon these structures they simply assumed that they were cattle kraal left behind by the Bantu people as they moved south and settled the land from around the 13th century. But research work done by people like Cyril Hromnik, Richard Wade, Johan Heine and a handful of o...

An almost 7,000-year-old stone tablet found in Bulgaria bears carvings that might turn out to be one of the world’s oldest inscriptions. "These signs are unique and apparently bear a meaning. This could be the prototype of a script" - Nikolai Ovcharov, Bulgarian archaeologist. O...

A scientist from Boston University, Farouk El-Baz, while studying alluvial deposits in Kuwait and satellite photos of the Arabian peninsula spotted the unmistakable signs of a dry fossil river channel cutting across the desert. Originating in the Hijaz Mountains near Medina, the ancient wat...

Plundered in the middle of Italy's 1933-1941 occupation, the 160-tonne obelisk was raised in Rome by Benito Mussolini as a symbol of the fascist victory against Ethiopia. Ethiopia's 1,700 year-old obelisk, returned to the country 14 months ago, will be re-erected after the rainy season that...

Title: The Persian-Toledan Astronomical Connection and the European Renaissance Authors: M. Heydari-Malayeri (LERMA, Observatoire de Paris, France) This paper aims at presenting a brief overview of astronomical exchanges between the Eastern and Western parts of the Islamic world from the 8...

Looking north. This recumbent stone circle erected in the 3rd-2nd millennium BC, lies on a hill northwest of Aberdeen. The ten uprights are of red granite, while the massive 24-ton recumbent is of dark grey grani...

Kerma (now known as Doukki Gel - a Nubian term which can be roughly translated as "red mound") was the capital city of the Kingdom of Kerma, in present day Egypt and Sudan, an archaeological site as old as 5,000 years. It became a real Nubian state during the 3rd millennium BC. Kerma was about...

Meroë is the name of an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near Shendi, Sudan, approximately 200 km north-east of Khartoum. Near the site are a group of villages called Bagrawiyah. This city was the capital of the Kingdom of Kush for several centurie...

Archaeologists from Geneva University have discovered what they claim is Africa's oldest ceramic, dated at around 9,400BC, in eastern Mali. "It's a tiny, ornate fragment that was made with great skill and the use of fire" - ethno-archaeologist Anne Mayor in Bamako, the Malian capital...

Tourist who found Stone Age axe rewarded £20,000[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3071233/Tou...

We have two classical references naming Aberdeen; Ptolemy's Geography of the second century AD names Devana as the only polis ascribed to the Taexali tribe of the eastern Grampian coast; whereas the Ravenna Cosmology of the seventh century lists the name as Devoni (R&C#215) between the towns...

Syrian tablet fragment shatters long-held beliefs about origin of music The tablet sits in a quiet corner of the National Museum of Damascus. To the casual visitor it could be nothing more than another artefact housed in an institution brimming with such relics. Indeed, at the time of my visit, the a...

Unknown ancient kingdom found in China An unknown kingdom dating back to 1046 B.C. has been unearthed in north China, archaeologists said. The kingdom is probably from the Xizhou dynasty (1046 to 771 B.C.), Xinhua reported. Engraving on bronze wares found in tombs in Shanxi provinces Linfen city i...

Skara Brae is a large stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It consists of ten clustered houses, and was occupied from roughly 3180 BC-2500 BC. Read more For obvio...

Archaeologists uncover prehistoric mysteries in Northern Portugal Recent archaeological investigations have uncovered a number of prehistoric sites and artefacts, including rock art and engravings at Laje da Churra in the Serra de Santa Luzia near Viana do Castelo in northern Portugal. An a...

Roman find made in Selkirk in Treasure Trove report A rare Roman artefact and a weight set that could be evidence of illegal trade between the Highlands and Europe have been among finds made in Scotland. A copper alloy cast in the shape of an eagle head uncovered in Selkirk is the first Roman relic of its...

Ancient astronomical observatory unearthed in Georgia About three hours west of Savannah, archaeologists unearthed an ancient Indian mound which had a secret hidden chamber inside. Inside this secret chamber was a circle of fifty seats and an altar in the shape of a hawk or eagle. Known as the Ocmu...

Google Earth satellite imagery survey may have revealed two possible pyramid complexes in Egypt. Satellite archaeology researcher Angela Micol of Maiden, N.C said that the complexes were located about 90 miles apart, and contained unusual grouping of mounds with intriguing features and orien...

King Ramesses III's throat was slit, analysis reveals Conspirators murdered Egyptian King Ramesses III by slitting his throat, experts now believe, based on a new forensic analysis. The first CT scans to examine the king's mummy reveal a cut to the neck deep enough to be fatal. [url=http://www.bb...

Ramesses II was once said to have lived to be 99 years old, but it is more likely that he died in his 90th or 91st year. If he became Pharaoh in 1279 BCE as most Egyptologists today believe, he would have assumed the throne on May 31, 1279 BC, based on his known accession date of III Shemu day 27. Read more

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Archaeology Himalayas Tibetan Archaeology ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	17	46281	Aug 14 18:53 2007 by Blobrana
Chinese archaeologists claim that findings unearthed in the areas along the Qinghai-Tibet railway proved that human beings lived there at least 30,000 years ago. Archaeologists with the Qinghai Provincial Archaeological Institute said they collected large number of chipped stone tools in...
Archaeology Archaeology ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 22 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	215	95759	Apr 5 11:51 2017 by Blobrana
Genialinius Gennatus was one fine duck hunter. In the third century , he recorded his prowess in high Latin on a stone tablet that he dedicated to Jupiter. That and a hefty donation probably ensured that the tablet won display in the temple to the Roman god in the settlement then called Colonia. Five or...
Archaeology Egyptian Pyramid Egyptian Archaeology ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 13 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	127	71188	Nov 24 19:04 2016 by Blobrana
Egypt announced Sunday the discovery of a carving dating back to the 12th century BC which could hold the key to valuable information on Karnak Temple, the largest ancient religious site in the world. According to an Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) statement, the stone carving was...
Archaeology Settlement Ancient Settlements ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 13 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	125	104373	Sep 16 06:59 2016 by Blobrana
Australian researchers studying declassified spy satellite images have found widespread remains of ancient human settlements dating back 130,000 years in Syria. The photographs were taken by United States military surveillance satellites operating under the CIA and defence-led Corona p...
Archaeology Archaeolink (Preview)	Off Topic	7	6847	Mar 31 23:19 2011 by Blobrana
Archaeolink, a prehistory park in northeast Scotland hope to launch a replica stone age boat to test whether theories on ancient design hold water. A 20ft craft, similar to those used by Neolithic people to arrive and settle in the area and sail on lochs, is taking shape at the Archaeolink Prehistory...
Archaeology Cave Prehistoric caves ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	54	142669	Jul 13 06:20 2012 by Blobrana
176 prehistoric caves discovered in Thailand Scientists have recently made significant cave discoveries in the Pang Mapha district of Mae Hong Son (Northern Thailand). A few of the caves will be opened to tourists but most will be preserved for research. The discoveries are the resul...
Archaeology Geoglyph Ancient Earthworks ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview)	General news	44	104126	Jul 27 13:52 2015 by Blobrana
The US Midwest’s immense earthworks, structures built by ancient Native American cultures, have been all but lost to plough and pavement. No longer. An ambitious effort by the University of Cincinnati has rebuilt the mounds of two millennia ago. These virtual earthworks will soon be set to travel...
Archaeology Crater Geoglyph Serpent Mound Astrobleme (Preview)	Meteorite News	8	11254	Jun 30 06:32 2012 by Blobrana
An asteroid impacted in Ohio, US about 300 million years ago. There is an approximately 6.4 kilometre diameter astrobleme just slightly to the northeast of the Serpent Mound*, near where the three counties, Adams, Pike and Highland come together. The present elevation of the central...
Archaeology Egyptian Amarna Royal Tombs Project (Preview)	Off Topic	3	17438	Apr 18 18:16 2009 by Blobrana
Another new tomb in the Valley of the Kings: ‘KV64’ - II The Amarna Royal Tombs Project says radar readings show what could be another 3,500-year-old chamber from the days of Akhenaten and Tutankhamun, not far from the recently explored KV63 chamber. “ARTP first encountered evide...
Archaeology Egyptian Egyptian Tombs ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	General news	20	29134	Apr 19 11:07 2017 by Blobrana
The tomb robbers have led archaeologists to the graves of three royal dentists hidden in the desert sands for thousands of years in the shadow of Egypt's most ancient pyramid. The mud-brick and limestone tombs date back more than 4,000 years to the 5th Dynasty were meant to house a chief dentist, Iy...
Archaeology Egyptian Ancient Egyptians ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	25	32623	May 31 09:58 2017 by Blobrana
The discovery of gold cartouches dating back to 1400 BC sheds new light on the relationship between two ancient Egyptian rulers, Egypt's antiquities department said Friday. A team of French and Egyptian archaeologists have discovered two sets of nine solid gold cartouches bearing the name o...
Archaeology Ancient Britains ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 19 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	180	101117	Jun 23 12:51 2017 by Blobrana
Ancient tools found in Britain show that humans lived in northern Europe 200,000 years earlier than previously thought, at a time when the climate was warm enough for lions, elephants and saber tooth tigers to also roam what is now England. Scientists said that 32 black flint artefacts, found i...
Archaeology First Americans ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 11 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	101	62741	Apr 27 11:39 2017 by Blobrana
Human settlers made it to the Americas 30,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to new evidence. British scientists came to this controversial conclusion by dating human footprints preserved by volcanic ash in an abandoned quarry in Mexico. The first Americans may have arri...
Archaeology Doggerland ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	34	57863	Apr 4 17:03 2017 by Blobrana
"Doggerland" is the now-drowned lands in the coastal plain that was formed in the North Sea when sea level dropped during the most recent glacial maximum. The Doggerland terrain was available for settlement by early man, until it was buried beneath rising sea levels perhaps as recent a...
Archaeology Egyptian Tutankhamun ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	33	35200	Jan 24 16:31 2016 by Blobrana
Egyptian radiologists who performed the first-ever computed tomography (CT) evaluation of King Tutankhamun’s mummy believe they have solved the mystery of how the ancient pharaoh died. The CT images and results of their study were presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of N...
Archaeology Boat Neolithic Bronze Age boat ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	29	60086	Mar 1 05:42 2013 by Blobrana
Archaeologists in Perthshire will attempt to raise a Bronze Age boat from below the River Tay next month after undertaking excavation work yesterday. The 3,000-year-old log boat was found by a man with a metal detector on the mudflats near Abernethy, six years ago. The find was reported to Pe...
Archaeology Dawn of Agriculture ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	General news	26	34847	Jun 5 17:53 2017 by Blobrana
Archaeobotanists have found evidence that the dawn of agriculture may have come with the domestication of fig trees in the Near East some 11,400 years ago, roughly a thousand years before such staples as wheat, barley, and legumes were domesticated in the region. The discovery dates domesticated...
Archaeology Jerusalem ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	Trash	20	42307	Oct 27 10:37 2016 by Blobrana
What a wonder: The Southern Wall Archaeological site by southern Temple Mount is one of Jerusalem’s most impressive. Many people think that only about 200 feet of the Western Wall remain, but we all know the area underneath the Jewish Quarter. Later we rediscovered the Western Wall tun...
Archaeology Magi Bethlehem (Preview)	Trash	7	17737	Dec 25 17:58 2012 by Blobrana
Christian tradition states that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Judea (now Palestine). This is about ten kilometres, south of Jerusalem. The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem was built by Constantine the Great, circa 330 CE. It is believed by many Christians and Muslims to have been built ov...
Archaeology Egyptian Pyramid Great Pyramid ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	General news	24	28953	Nov 10 08:36 2015 by Blobrana
Robots are set to probe the narrow shafts of the Great Pyramid to try to solve one of the mysteries of the 4 500-year-old structure. This week, Zahi Hawass, an Egyptologist, will inspect a robot designed to climb the two narrow shafts which might lead to an undiscovered chamber in the pyramid of [b...
Archaeology Boat Oldest Shipwreck (Preview)	Off Topic	1	4442	Nov 12 21:24 2008 by Blobrana
A replica of the oldest known shipwreck, Uluburun II, built by the 360 Degree Historical Research Association in Urla, Izmir, arrived in Bodrum for display as part of activities marking the 80th anniversary of Cabotage Day. Previously the ship had anchored in Istanbul, Marmaris, Cyprus and Kas re...
Archaeology Lost city (Preview)	General news	6	12482	Sep 9 11:37 2007 by Blobrana
The remains of what has been described as a huge lost city may force historians and archaeologists to radically reconsider their view of ancient human history. Marine scientists say archaeological remains discovered 36 metres (120 feet) underwater in the Gulf of Cambay off the western coast of...
Archaeology Prehistoric workshop (Preview)	General news	1	3595	Jun 18 12:27 2008 by Blobrana
Archaeological tools dating back to the Stone Age have been discovered in the east of Sharjah near the Hajar Mountains, officials announced yesterday. A group of experts from Sharjah's Archaeology Department, Tubingen University in Germany and Oxford University in England discovered the pr...
Archaeology Moravia engraved bone (Preview)	General news	0	3190	Aug 6 19:00 2006 by Blobrana
30,000-year-old engraved bone found in Moravia Archaeologists have unearthed a pair of tiny bone fragments dating back almost 30,000 years and featuring minute designs carved by some of earliest Europeans. The thumbnail-sized bone fragments are engraved with parallel lines and match sim...
Archaeology Antikythera Mechanism ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	26	14692	Sep 19 17:07 2016 by Blobrana
A working reconstruction of the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek computer which was found at the bottom of the ocean in 1900 has been unveiled and is on display at the Technopolis museum, in Athens. The devi...
Archaeology Aboriginal rock art ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	General news	16	23579	Jun 19 02:44 2012 by Blobrana
The Greens are calling on the federal and Western Australian governments to help save ancient Aboriginal rock art on the state's Burrup Peninsula. Greens leader Bob Brown says the development of gas processing factories are threatening almost a million separate art works. Senator Brown s...
Archaeology Seahenge (Preview)	General news	7	7955	Jul 18 21:25 2014 by Blobrana
Museum visitors will be able to experience more of the history of a remarkable Norfolk (England) monument next year - thanks to a cash windfall from the government. An exhibition of part of the Bronze Age timber circle, Seahenge, is set to be the crowning glory of a £1m redevelopment of King's Lynn Mus...
Archaeology Nebra Sky Disk ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Audio Visual	12	24864	Aug 1 21:52 2012 by Blobrana
The 3,600 year old Sky Disk of Nebra is the world's oldest image of the cosmos. It caused a world-wide sensation when it was brought to the attention of the German public in 2002, having been discovered at Mittelberg in the state of Saxony-Anhalt two years earlier. [img]http://static.flic...
Archaeology Queen Boudica ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	11	17588	Feb 24 00:58 2013 by Blobrana
Archaeologists believe they may have found the final battle site for the warrior queen Boudica - on the site of a McDonald's restaurant. Having spent her life in fierce resistance to one empire - the Romans - her last stand is thought to ha...
Archaeology Black Spout Wood Homestead (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3307	Jun 13 12:42 2006 by Blobrana
Archaeologists working in a Perthshire forest have made some “remarkable” prehistoric discoveries. The remains of this prehistoric homestead have been found. The second season of an archaeological dig has begun. The aim will be to excavate the interior of the enclosure and confirm whether...
Archaeology Aboriginal site found (Preview)	General news	1	3297	Nov 8 16:51 2007 by Blobrana
Builders are now constructing the Dandenong Southern Bypass through an ancient Aboriginal site. The site in Dandenong South (Victoria, Australia) has had sand tested at 35,000 years old with artefacts estimated to be about 17,000 years old. A spokesman for Thiess John Holland said Dandenong S...
Archaeology Bryn Celli Ddu chamber (Preview)	General news	2	7391	Dec 15 16:56 2008 by Blobrana
An archaeologist has discovered that the passage into a burial mound on Anglesey (Wales) was built to catch the rising sun on the summer solstice. Steve Burrow said he was 'elated' when the sun filtered in through trees as he sat in the Bryn Celli Ddu chamber. He made the discovery as he researched a b...
Archaeology Tsar Samuil's Stronghold (Preview)	General news	0	3233	Apr 18 20:33 2006 by Blobrana
The outer wall in the northern part of the complex of Tsar Samuil's Stronghold, located above the town of Ohrid, has collapsed because of heavy rains. Restoration work had never been done in the damaged part of the 10th/11th-century complex. The section of the wall, which collapsed, is 10-me...
Archaeology The First Australians ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	52	52307	May 24 09:59 2017 by Blobrana
The uniqueness of Australian Aboriginal people and their long association with the continent has been revealed in a landmark genetic study. Researchers analysed the DNA of more than 120 Aboriginal people and compared it with the DNA of indigenous people in the region, including Papua New Gui...
Archaeology Adam’s Bridge (Preview)	Off Topic	9	13159	Nov 25 21:35 2007 by Blobrana
Can the monkey god save Rama’s underwater bridge? Hindu groups are launching an international campaign today to halt India’s plans to create a shipping channel by dredging the sea between India and Sri Lanka. They say that the project will destroy an ancient chain of shoals known as [url=http://en...
Archaeology Agra Fort (Preview)	Off Topic	1	7490	May 12 22:50 2011 by Blobrana
Red Fort declared world treasure The wait has been worth the while. After trying for more than a decade, the Red Fort has finally made it to the exclusive list of UNESCO's world heritage sites, a status which it rightfully deserves. World Her...
Archaeology Edom (Preview)	Off Topic	4	13180	Dec 3 16:02 2010 by Blobrana
A ruined copper mine in Jordan is shedding new light on the biblical civilization known as Edom. Edomites lived south of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan, and are portrayed as the troublesome neighbour of Israelites. Recent excavations of an ancient copper mine have prompted archaeologists...
Archaeology The iron pillar in Delhi (Preview)	Off Topic	1	3585	Oct 13 16:21 2007 by Blobrana
The iron pillar next to the Qutab Minar in Delhi has been the centre of attraction for metallurgists from all over the world. For nearly 1600 years, it has been standing undaunted under the open skies, during all type of weather conditions. In so many years, it has not rusted; this has been a matter of su...
Archaeology Caesarea Maritima (Preview)	Off Topic	9	17438	Dec 14 12:45 2010 by Blobrana
Title: The tsunami of 13 December A.D. 115 and the destruction of Herod the Great's harbour at Caesarea Maritima, Israel Authors: Eduard G. Reinhardt, Beverly N. Goodman, Joe I. Boyce, Gloria Lopez, Peter van Hengstum, W. Jack Rink, Yossi Mart, Avner Raban. Underwater geoa...
Archaeology Troy ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	18	23682	Aug 28 08:30 2014 by Blobrana
What comes to mind first when we hear the name “Çanakkale” is Gallipoli, the Aynalı Çarşı (Mirror Bazaar) and the ancient city of Troy. The places where the Gallipoli campaign took place are mostly frequented by local and Australian tourists. The ancient city of Troy, added in 2006...
Archaeology Egyptian City Oxyrhynchus (Preview)	Off Topic	1	4206	Mar 10 01:34 2007 by Blobrana
Oxyrhynchus is an archaeological site in Egypt, considered one of the most important ever discovered. For the past century, the area around Oxyrhynchus has been continually excavated, yielding an enormous collection of papyrus texts dating from the time of the Ptolemaic and Roman periods of Egy...
Archaeology River Eridanos River bed (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3794	Mar 28 20:02 2007 by Blobrana
Athens' latest archaeological attraction opened on Monday several metres underground, as visitors and commuters passing through the Greek capital's Monastiraki metro station will be able to peer into excavations revealing the Eridanos River bed -- one of ancient Athens' oft-cited streams. T...
Archaeology 2,500-year-old mirror (Preview)	Off Topic	1	3240	Jul 27 12:10 2007 by Blobrana
A 2,500-year-old mirror worth £500,000 was dropped and smashed on a Chinese TV show. A model was showing the ancient mirror to the audience when it slipped from her hands and fell to the floor. Read more
Archaeology Signing up to dig into Thetford's past (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3097	Jan 11 01:33 2007 by Blobrana
People interested in exploring Thetford's past, as well as finding out what the life of an archaeologist involves, can learn more at the Ancient House. The Museum of Thetford Life is running a series of six evening talks, starting on Monday. Each session, from 6pm to 8pm, covers Thetford's hist...
Archaeology Marischal College Museum (Preview)	Off Topic	1	3515	Apr 9 20:38 2009 by Blobrana
Nine tattooed Maori heads yesterday began their journey from a Scottish university museum back to the land of their ancestors in New Zealand. The heads, which had been smoked to preserve them two centuries ago and revered as sacred objects by the Maoris, were returned to the care of the elders of the m...
Archaeology Qumran (Preview)	Off Topic	7	11512	Feb 9 19:40 2017 by Blobrana
Following directions found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, archaeologists have discovered the latrines used by the sect that produced the scrolls, discovering that efforts to achieve ritual purity inadvertently exposed members to intestinal parasites that shortened their lifespan. The discover...
Archaeology Hunter gatherers ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	36	27910	Jan 21 16:22 2016 by Blobrana
Evidence from ancient European graves raises questions about ritual human sacrifice A fascinating new paper from the June issue of Current Anthropology explores ancient multiple graves and raises the possibility that hunter gatherers in what is now Europe may have practiced ritual human sacri...
Archaeology Roman Romans ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	33	46715	Apr 10 07:56 2017 by Blobrana
Life was always hard for the lead miners who toiled on the uplands of Mendip, but probably never more so than when the Romans were their masters. We do not know the system by which the Romans worked the chief mining area at Charterhouse, but we can be certain that there were no union agreements on pay and h...
Archaeology Thracian Gold (Preview)	Off Topic	1	3534	Jul 15 10:06 2007 by Blobrana
Almost 600 gold pieces and a sensational, perfectly-preserved dagger, were discovered by archaeologists in central Bulgaria. Martin Hristov's team unearthed the Thracian items at a previously discovered hotspot near Dabene, they announced on Sunday. Among the freshly-discovered 54...
Archaeology European civilisation (Preview)	Off Topic	3	14838	Mar 2 20:12 2015 by Blobrana
Europe's oldest known civilisation has been discovered by archaeologists across the continent, The Independent newspaper in London said on Saturday. More than 150 large temples, constructed between 4800BC and 4600BC, have been unearthed in fields and cities in Germany, Austria and Slova...
Archaeology Caesarea (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3383	Feb 3 09:56 2008 by Blobrana
Experts have restored a 1,400-year-old glass mosaic glowing in gold, recovered from a site next to the Sea of Galilee, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Monday. Read more
Archaeology Temple Ash altar of Zeus (Preview)	Off Topic	3	7390	Jul 13 07:24 2011 by Blobrana
New evidence from excavations made by archaeologists at the ash altar of Zeus in Arcadia, Greece, has indicated that the place of worship was in use as early as 5,000 years ago, which is at least 1,000 years before the early Greeks began to worship the god Zeus. [url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsp...
Archaeology Ancient iron ore mine (Preview)	Off Topic	0	2998	Jan 30 01:54 2008 by Blobrana
A Purdue University archaeologist discovered an intact ancient iron ore mine in South America that shows how civilizations before the Inca Empire were mining this valuable ore. "Archaeologists know people in the Old and New worlds have mined minerals for thousands and thousands of years. I...
archaeology Temple Temples (Preview)	Off Topic	7	19858	Mar 20 15:02 2011 by Blobrana
French archaeologists have discovered the oldest known place of worship dedicated to the dugong, or sea cow, on an island just north of Dubai, two research centres said Thursday. The sanctuary believed to date back to 3,500 to 3,200 years BC was discovered on Akab island in the United Arab Emirates,...
Archaeology Mystery of the Six Towers (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3200	Oct 10 19:33 2009 by Blobrana
Not long ago, Sumerians were thought to be the first great fortification builders. For example, a timeline mentions the city of Uruk [Sumerian] as being the first undisputed example of [a] fortified city " in 2,700 B.C. Almost 6,000 years prior to that, a community had constructed five rou...
Archaeology Tomb La Hougue Bie (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3192	Oct 14 22:23 2009 by Blobrana
The mysteries of La Hougue Bie The 6,000 year-old burial site at La Hougue Bie is one of the best preserved remnants of the Neolithic period in Western Europe. Every spring and autumn crowds of people gather to watch the equinox from inside the chamber. [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/jersey/l...
Archaeology Geoglyph Geoglyphs (Preview)	KMZ	6	12886	Feb 20 16:50 2011 by Blobrana
Everyone here, it seems, has a theory about the Nasca Lines. The mysterious markings on the desert floor are a massive astronomical calendar. That's a popular one. Or maybe they point to hidden reserves of water, the source of life in the desert. Then there's my favourite: UFO landing site. Forty yea...
Archaeology Geoglyph Nazca Lines ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	General news	10	11880	Apr 7 13:11 2013 by Blobrana
A new giant picture on the Nazca Plateau in Peru, which is famous for giant patterns that can be seen from the air, has been discovered by a team of Japanese researchers. The image is 65 meters long, and appears to be an animal with horns. It is thought to have been drawn as a symbol of hopes for good crops, b...
Archaeology Hill of Tara (Preview)	General news	3	3833	Apr 14 13:22 2009 by Blobrana
The setting of a hearing date in the Hill of Tara / M3 motorway case was postponed by the Irish Chief Justice, the Hon. Mr. Justice John Murray. He said he will set a hearing date after written submissions were received by The Attorney General, The Minister for the Environment, Meath County Council, an...
Geoglyph Archaeology Cerne Abbas giant (Preview)	Art gallery	7	5650	Nov 2 15:53 2013 by Blobrana
Pagans have pledged to perform "rain magic" to wash away Homer Simpson, the cartoon character, who was painted next to their famous fertility symbol, the Cerne Abbas giant, yesterday. Homer Simpson and Cerne Abbas g...
Archaeology Ainsbrook Hoard (Preview)	Off Topic	0	5363	Jan 14 21:45 2008 by Blobrana
Expand (112kb, 560 x 359) Expand (43kb, 560 x 359) A Yorkshire archaeological site has artefacts from the ninth century, including silver coins including a silver Baghdad coin, and the fragments of two swords. Known as the Ainsbrook Hoard, it is regarded as one of the most important Viking discove...
Archaeology Chess Lewis Chessmen (Preview)	Off Topic	3	7796	Apr 15 00:07 2011 by Blobrana
Pieces from the world's most famous chess set are going on display in museums in Aberdeen, Stornoway and Lerwick from next year, it was announced yesterday. The British Museum, National Museums Scotland and Scottish Government have teamed up to give people the opportunity to see 30 of the Lewis Che...
Archaeology Tall Qabr al Kabīr (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3090	Nov 15 22:33 2009 by Blobrana
Spaniards discover forgotten Euphrates city They have renamed it the city recovered from the Euphrates and it is found in the Syrian enclave of Tall Qabr on the banks of the river that, with the Tigris, was the centre of the birth of civilisation in Mesopotamia. It is a circularly planned city, dating...
Archaeology Dwaraka (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3253	Feb 1 19:47 2006 by Blobrana
The submergence into the sea of the city of Dwaraka, vividly pictured in the great epic of Mahabaratha, has been found to be true. A chance discovery made by a team of scientists, in the Gulf of Cambay region, establishes that the Mahabaratha story is not a myth. The rich city with fertile landscape a...
Archaeology The Cimmerians (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3903	Aug 1 12:05 2006 by Blobrana
A team of archaeologists conducting excavations in the ancient city of Antandros in Balıkesir is chasing the traces of the Cimmerians tribe -- the tribe of the fictional character Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) -- who are thought to have lived in the ancient city for ab...
Archaeology The Bundian Way (Preview)	Off Topic	0	4071	Jul 13 12:05 2006 by Blobrana
An ancient pathway, part of the remarkable trade and cultural routes of Australia that predate the Silk Road, the Roman roads and other great roads of world antiquity, has been nominated as National Heritage of Australia. The Bundian Way, a corridor including the old pathways used to walk to an...
Archaeology Korean prehistoric sites (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3293	Jun 5 01:50 2006 by Blobrana
Archaeologists yesterday said they have unearthed a number of prehistoric sites at the upper stream of Pahro Lake of Gangwon Province, Korea, and urged the local government to reconsider its plan on a water project that would demolish the relics. Yanggu County Office plans to construct a wate...
Archaeology Hittite dam (Preview)	Off Topic	1	3167	Nov 21 19:44 2012 by Blobrana
A Hittite-era dam located in the central Anatolian province of Çorum and believed to be one of the oldest in the world to have survived to date has been restored and is once again serving as a source of irrigation for local residents. The dam, located at the [url=http://www.bilgin.com/hittite/...
Archaeology Neolithic Neolithic Figurine (Preview)	Off Topic	3	4175	Feb 15 10:59 2017 by Blobrana
Archaeologists have unearthed the largest Neolithic female figurine ever found in Italy, according to a press report . The 7,000-year-old stone statuette, discovered during excavations of a burial site near the northern Italian city of Parma, is over 20 centimetres tall. [url=http://a...
Archaeology Axe Cat Tien bronze axe (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3426	Aug 15 16:22 2006 by Blobrana
Archaeologists have excavated a bronze axe at Cat Tien archaeological site in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, Vietnam. Scientists are studying whether the bronze axe, the first ever found in Cat Tien, was a production tool or an item used in ancient rituals. A number of bronze cas...
Archaeology Aksum obelisk (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3913	Jun 21 23:40 2007 by Blobrana
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre today signed the contract with Lattanzi SRL construction company to begin the re-erection of the Aksum obelisk. Also known as Stela 2, it is the second largest stela on the Aksum World Heritage site...
Element Archaeology Carbon Carbon-14 decay (Preview)	Physics News	6	16807	Feb 26 20:45 2014 by Blobrana
Researchers studying the labyrinthine nature of atomic nuclei say they have answered a question that has puzzled physicists for more than half a century: Why does the radioactive isotope known as carbon-14 decay so slowly? The discovery could lead to a better understanding of the workings of the s...
Archaeology Manyikeni (Preview)	Off Topic	2	3813	Aug 3 14:43 2012 by john
Manyikeni is a Mozambiquean archaeological site, situated around 52 km west of the coastal city of Vilanculos. The archaeological site dates from the twelfth to seventeenth century. It is believed to be part of the Great Zimbabwe tradition of architecture. Not only is the central stone enclosure...
Archaeology Mapungubwe (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3150	Jan 20 02:52 2010 by Blobrana
The Ancient City of Mapungubwe Mapungubwe hill is 300 m long, broad at one end, tapering at the other. It is only accessible by means of two very steep and narrow paths which twist their way to the summit, and yet 2 000 tons of soil had been artificially transported to the very top by a prehistoric people o...
Archaeology South African Stone Structures (Preview)	General news	0	4154	Sep 29 17:43 2008 by Blobrana
When historians first stumbled upon these structures they simply assumed that they were cattle kraal left behind by the Bantu people as they moved south and settled the land from around the 13th century. But research work done by people like Cyril Hromnik, Richard Wade, Johan Heine and a handful of o...
Archaeology Oldest Inscriptions ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	General news	10	27757	Mar 30 17:27 2011 by Blobrana
An almost 7,000-year-old stone tablet found in Bulgaria bears carvings that might turn out to be one of the world’s oldest inscriptions. "These signs are unique and apparently bear a meaning. This could be the prototype of a script" - Nikolai Ovcharov, Bulgarian archaeologist. O...
Archaeology Garden of Eden ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	General news	13	46015	May 21 16:06 2013 by Blobrana
A scientist from Boston University, Farouk El-Baz, while studying alluvial deposits in Kuwait and satellite photos of the Arabian peninsula spotted the unmistakable signs of a dry fossil river channel cutting across the desert. Originating in the Hijaz Mountains near Medina, the ancient wat...
Archaeology Axum obelisk (Preview)	General news	8	15314	Apr 24 12:47 2014 by Blobrana
Plundered in the middle of Italy's 1933-1941 occupation, the 160-tonne obelisk was raised in Rome by Benito Mussolini as a symbol of the fascist victory against Ethiopia. Ethiopia's 1,700 year-old obelisk, returned to the country 14 months ago, will be re-erected after the rainy season that...
Archaeology Ancient Astronomers ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	General news	11	16773	Sep 16 07:58 2016 by Blobrana
Title: The Persian-Toledan Astronomical Connection and the European Renaissance Authors: M. Heydari-Malayeri (LERMA, Observatoire de Paris, France) This paper aims at presenting a brief overview of astronomical exchanges between the Eastern and Western parts of the Islamic world from the 8...
Observatory Archaeology Tyrebagger Stone Circle (Preview)	General news	5	4770	Apr 8 22:04 2017 by Blobrana
Looking north. This recumbent stone circle erected in the 3rd-2nd millennium BC, lies on a hill northwest of Aberdeen. The ten uprights are of red granite, while the massive 24-ton recumbent is of dark grey grani...
Archaeology Kerma (Preview)	KMZ	0	3473	Jan 31 19:43 2010 by Blobrana
Kerma (now known as Doukki Gel - a Nubian term which can be roughly translated as "red mound") was the capital city of the Kingdom of Kerma, in present day Egypt and Sudan, an archaeological site as old as 5,000 years. It became a real Nubian state during the 3rd millennium BC. Kerma was about...
Archaeology Meroë (Preview)	KMZ	0	3605	Jan 31 19:55 2010 by Blobrana
Meroë is the name of an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near Shendi, Sudan, approximately 200 km north-east of Khartoum. Near the site are a group of villages called Bagrawiyah. This city was the capital of the Kingdom of Kush for several centurie...
Archaeology Ceramic Oldest African ceramic (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3270	Jul 14 14:00 2009 by Blobrana
Archaeologists from Geneva University have discovered what they claim is Africa's oldest ceramic, dated at around 9,400BC, in eastern Mali. "It's a tiny, ornate fragment that was made with great skill and the use of fire" - ethno-archaeologist Anne Mayor in Bamako, the Malian capital...
Archaeology Axe Stone Age axe (Preview)	Off Topic	3	8687	Nov 21 22:46 2012 by Blobrana
Tourist who found Stone Age axe rewarded £20,000[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3071233/Tou...
Roman Archaeology Devana (Preview)	Off Topic	3	15959	May 8 01:35 2012 by Blobrana
We have two classical references naming Aberdeen; Ptolemy's Geography of the second century AD names Devana as the only polis ascribed to the Taexali tribe of the eastern Grampian coast; whereas the Ravenna Cosmology of the seventh century lists the name as Devoni (R&C#215) between the towns...
Archaeology Hurrian Hymn (Preview)	Off Topic	1	3159	Apr 14 22:49 2011 by Blobrana
Syrian tablet fragment shatters long-held beliefs about origin of music The tablet sits in a quiet corner of the National Museum of Damascus. To the casual visitor it could be nothing more than another artefact housed in an institution brimming with such relics. Indeed, at the time of my visit, the a...
Archaeology Ba kingdom (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3416	Apr 24 16:34 2011 by Blobrana
Unknown ancient kingdom found in China An unknown kingdom dating back to 1046 B.C. has been unearthed in north China, archaeologists said. The kingdom is probably from the Xizhou dynasty (1046 to 771 B.C.), Xinhua reported. Engraving on bronze wares found in tombs in Shanxi provinces Linfen city i...
Archaeology Settlement Skara Brae (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3342	Jun 14 22:13 2011 by Blobrana
Skara Brae is a large stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It consists of ten clustered houses, and was occupied from roughly 3180 BC-2500 BC. Read more For obvio...
Archaeology Portugal prehistoric sites (Preview)	Off Topic	0	2983	Sep 17 01:42 2011 by Blobrana
Archaeologists uncover prehistoric mysteries in Northern Portugal Recent archaeological investigations have uncovered a number of prehistoric sites and artefacts, including rock art and engravings at Laje da Churra in the Serra de Santa Luzia near Viana do Castelo in northern Portugal. An a...
Archaeology Roman Britannia (Preview)	Trash	4	7891	Sep 27 11:02 2016 by Blobrana
Roman find made in Selkirk in Treasure Trove report A rare Roman artefact and a weight set that could be evidence of illegal trade between the Highlands and Europe have been among finds made in Scotland. A copper alloy cast in the shape of an eagle head uncovered in Selkirk is the first Roman relic of its...
Archaeology Ocmulgee Earthlodge (Preview)	Observatories	1	2769	Jul 23 23:49 2012 by Blobrana
Ancient astronomical observatory unearthed in Georgia About three hours west of Savannah, archaeologists unearthed an ancient Indian mound which had a secret hidden chamber inside. Inside this secret chamber was a circle of fifty seats and an altar in the shape of a hawk or eagle. Known as the Ocmu...
Archaeology Egyptian Pyramid Egyptian Pyramids (Preview)	Off Topic	0	3282	Aug 11 20:46 2012 by Blobrana
Google Earth satellite imagery survey may have revealed two possible pyramid complexes in Egypt. Satellite archaeology researcher Angela Micol of Maiden, N.C said that the complexes were located about 90 miles apart, and contained unusual grouping of mounds with intriguing features and orien...
Archaeology Egyptian Usimare Ramesses III (Preview)	People	0	3341	Dec 18 19:21 2012 by Blobrana
King Ramesses III's throat was slit, analysis reveals Conspirators murdered Egyptian King Ramesses III by slitting his throat, experts now believe, based on a new forensic analysis. The first CT scans to examine the king's mummy reveal a cut to the neck deep enough to be fatal. [url=http://www.bb...
Archaeology Egyptian Ramesses II (Preview)	People	3	7757	Mar 13 18:23 2017 by Blobrana
Ramesses II was once said to have lived to be 99 years old, but it is more likely that he died in his 90th or 91st year. If he became Pharaoh in 1279 BCE as most Egyptologists today believe, he would have assumed the throne on May 31, 1279 BC, based on his known accession date of III Shemu day 27. Read more