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An archaeological excavation the Israel Antiquities Authority recently conducted has revealed new information about ancient Nazareth from the time of Jesus. Remains of a dwelling that date to the Early Roman period were discovered for the first time in an excavation, which was carried out prior...

7,000-year-old village discovered in Erbil Erbil city has more than 1,000 potential archaeological sites. The hills were once villages that were abandoned, destroyed or the inhabitants wiped out by disease. According to Erbil Directorate of Archaeology, of the 1,000 archaeological sites in E...

Çatalhöyük: a Stone Age city In 1961 the British archaeologist James Mellaart began excavating a 20-meter-high hüyük (a mound built of man-made debris, otherwise known as a tel) in the Konya Plain, near the small town of Çumra. Although he failed to unearth either a cave girl's fur bikini or a stone T...

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...

Khirbet Qeiyafa is a forgotten Biblical site. This is most surprising in view of its massive fortifications of megalithic stones which still stand to a height of 2-3 m, and its strategic geopolitical location. Read more

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...

UC Research Uncovers Ancient Mycenaean Fortress The University of Cincinnati's most recent research in Cyprus reveals the remnants of a Late Bronze Age (1500-750 B.C.) fortress that may have functioned to protect an important urban economic center in the ancient world. A recent find by a Univers...

Organic tools found in Stone Age camp Stone Age people didn't only use tools made out of rock - they also used tools made from wood and antlers, according to a new discovery in Danish waters. The Stone Age settlement has been hidden under water and a thick layer of sand over millennia. But over the past f...

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Settlement Nazareth (Preview)	Off Topic	1	1101	Dec 23 21:32 2009 by Blobrana
An archaeological excavation the Israel Antiquities Authority recently conducted has revealed new information about ancient Nazareth from the time of Jesus. Remains of a dwelling that date to the Early Roman period were discovered for the first time in an excavation, which was carried out prior...
Settlement Tell Nadir (Preview)	Off Topic	0	802	May 8 11:35 2011 by Blobrana
7,000-year-old village discovered in Erbil Erbil city has more than 1,000 potential archaeological sites. The hills were once villages that were abandoned, destroyed or the inhabitants wiped out by disease. According to Erbil Directorate of Archaeology, of the 1,000 archaeological sites in E...
Catalhoyuk Settlement Catalhoyuk (Preview)	Off Topic	5	1919	Jan 8 22:58 2014 by Blobrana
Çatalhöyük: a Stone Age city In 1961 the British archaeologist James Mellaart began excavating a 20-meter-high hüyük (a mound built of man-made debris, otherwise known as a tel) in the Konya Plain, near the small town of Çumra. Although he failed to unearth either a cave girl's fur bikini or a stone T...
Archaeology Settlement Ancient Settlements ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 13 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	125	24984	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...
Settlement Khirbet Qeiyafa (Preview)	Trash	1	840	May 12 10:39 2011 by Blobrana
Khirbet Qeiyafa is a forgotten Biblical site. This is most surprising in view of its massive fortifications of megalithic stones which still stand to a height of 2-3 m, and its strategic geopolitical location. Read more
Archaeology Settlement Skara Brae (Preview)	Off Topic	0	1161	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...
Settlement Bamboula (Preview)	Off Topic	0	810	Jun 20 07:56 2011 by Blobrana
UC Research Uncovers Ancient Mycenaean Fortress The University of Cincinnati's most recent research in Cyprus reveals the remnants of a Late Bronze Age (1500-750 B.C.) fortress that may have functioned to protect an important urban economic center in the ancient world. A recent find by a Univers...
Settlement Horsens Fjord Settlement (Preview)	Off Topic	0	703	Apr 17 13:09 2012 by Blobrana
Organic tools found in Stone Age camp Stone Age people didn't only use tools made out of rock - they also used tools made from wood and antlers, according to a new discovery in Danish waters. The Stone Age settlement has been hidden under water and a thick layer of sand over millennia. But over the past f...