Archaeology News

A project has been developed to promote ancient city of Sardis in the world, Talat Zurnaci, the chairman of Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Salihli, said on Saturday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. A nearly 28- -million-dollar riverfront project in Memphis might have to wait while a closer look is done at the city's riverboating past.2.7

Dumpokjauratj Dumpokjauratj is the name of an Early Mesolithic dwelling located on Lake Dumpokjauratj in the Lappland region of inland Sweden.

A team of archaeological experts from Central Connecticut State University are examining an old ice house in Weston to see if it was a stop on the Underground Railroad slaves used to get to freedom.3.1

James Petersen was a freshly minted Ph.D. when he moved to Maine in 1983 and showed up at a ... Since then, he's gone back to school, earned a degree and now works at the University of Maine at Farmington's Archaeology Research Center, which Petersen founded.2.7

Illinois Archaeology Awareness Month activities have been held at least since 1991 to "promote what's going on in Illinois," committee chairman Karen Poulson says.3.1

INDIANAPOLIS A spear that has been dated at 12,000-years-old went missing during an event called the "Artifact Road Show" at the Indiana State Fair.2.7

The Division of Archaeology operates under three mandates: the federal National Historic Preservation Act, the state Archaeological Resources Act and the state Unmarked Burial Sites Act.2.7

Centuries-old artifacts from Playwicki Farm in Lower Southampton are coming home, but no one is quite sure what to do with them.2.7

A great-grandson of famed Apache leader Geronimo is upset about the reburial of American Indian remains at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, saying Apaches weren't consulted.

Enthusiasm flows from Rustom Mkhjian like the stream of holy water his team of archaeologists christened John the Baptist Spring.3.2

The group from Fort Collins-based Centennial Archaeology Inc. was invited to Douglas County nearly a year ago to investigate findings that ancient people lived at the creek site southwest of Parker for ...2.9

ADDISON: Over the years, archaeologists have found traces of the past from the depths of Lake Champlain to the tops of the Green Mountains, shedding new light on those who came before us.2.7

After a long day of digging, Janet Lombard hit something. "I think for the first time in my life I ... Lombard spent two weeks in France as a member of an archaeological dig team organized by the Earthwatch Institute of Maynard.2.9

A study published in the August/October issue of Current Anthropology, reports on new archaeological evidence regarding the identities of human sacrifice victims of the Moche society of Peru.3.1

Mysore, Aug. 26 - A meeting of experts and officers was held at the Town Hall today, to discuss ways and means to set up the ambitious 'City Museum of Mysore' which will be a one-stop museum to know everything ...2.7

IT IS a tragedy which must have left the friends and relatives of a medieval mother-to-be distraught.3.1

ONE of the oldest churches in Cumbria has been shored-up for at least a few more hundred years as the final touches were added to a major refurbishment project.2.7

The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced 43 new research grants to universities, colleges, and scholarly organizations, including 22 for collaborative research and 21 for scholarly editions.2.7

A merchant ship loaded with exquisite porcelain left a port in southern China to trade with foreign countries by the ancient "Marine Silk Road". It sank, probably due to stormy waves, and was buried quickly by ...2.7

Teachers from Saipan, Rota and Tinian will again have the opportunity to learn about the rich history and cultures of the Northern Mariana Islands during the 2005 Teachers Institute that will begin this ...2.7

Students of all ages are getting ready to head back to school. As college students unpack their clothes, I-Pods and books at Michigan State University this week, the Yak wonders if they will be thinking about ...4

The Eighth Likya-Kas Culture & Arts Festival, jointly organized by Kas town of southern city of Antalya and Greece's Meis island, will be held from September 1st to 4th, sources said on Tuesday.2.7

Fish and shellfish remains and bird bones collected from near Foxton more than 30 years ago are yielding important clues about early Maori occupants, their diet and the environment in which they lived.

"A stroke of wonderful luck" has uncovered priceless artefacts from Captain Robert Scott's tragic journey to the South Pole nearly a century ago.2.7

Aug. 24 - Ceramics from shipwrecks in South China Sea reveals almost a millennium of trade in Southeast Asia.Recent underwater discoveries of ancient ceramic bowls, plates and urns in the South China Sea have ...2.9

Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed more than 15,000 golden antiquities at a site near the village of Dabene.2.9

Cairo - A nine-metre-long Roman mosaic dating from the 2nd Century has been unearthed by an Egyptian-Polish archaeological team in northern Sinai, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said on Wednesday.2.7

Sturdy shoes first came into widespread use between 40,000 and 26,000 years ago, according to a US scientist.2.7

A trip to Zibo might leave you with the similar impression as to a trip to Xi'an, especially when you visit the relics of horses buried for sacrifice.2.7

Biology is based on Meg Bayley's textbook Designs of Life but is modified for the new syllabus.2

STRUIS BAY, South Africa, Aug. 20 - After years of painstaking research and sophisticated surveys, Jaco Boshoff may be on the verge of a nearly unheard-of discovery: the wreck of a Dutch slave ship that broke ...2.9

A Cumberland County judge asked two sides for written proposals before he decides how, or whether, he should divide up a collection of artifacts that may be valuable prehistoric stone art or just an oddly ...4.3

Kutalmis Gorkay, the head of the excavation team active in Zeugma ancient site said on Monday that the team wanted to bring to daylight many important artifacts which were still buried.2.7

This is an exhilarating read. Taylor, a leading planetary researcher, has tried to demonstrate why none of the planets in our solar system resemble one-another. Taylor's conclusion is that chance collisions on ...2.7