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July 14, 2016

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Archaeologists in Israel Race to Find Ancient Scrolls

Reuters - News Video Online (June 2, 2016) — Archaeologists in Israel's Judean desert are rushing to try and find remnants of the Dead Sea scrolls before looters get to them. Video provided by Reuters ... watch video

Roman Writing Tablets Reveal Early London Life

AFP (June 1, 2016) — More than 400 Roman writing tablets have been unearthed in the heart of London, shedding light on the commerce-driven life in what would become the City of London financial hub, archaeologists say. Video provided by AFP ... watch video

Looters Rip Up Part of Key Civil War Battlefield

Reuters - US Online Video (May 30, 2016) — As the U.S. honors fallen soldiers, police in Virginia search for the culprits who dug up part of the Petersburg National Battlefield, in an apparent search for Civil War relics. Diane Hodges reports. Video provided by Reuters ... watch video

Old Shipwreck Found at Boston Construction Site

AP (May 26, 2016) — A shipwreck from the 1800s has been uncovered during construction in Boston's Seaport District, the first time a shipwreck has been found in that section of the city. (May 26) Video provided by AP ... watch video

Italy Metro Excavations Reveal Ancient Roman Barracks

AFP (May 19, 2016) — Frescoed barracks which once housed an elite division of Roman soldiers under the Emperor Hadrian have returned to light 19 centuries on. The discovery, made during excavations for a metro line in Rome, has been described as "unique" by archaeologists. Video provided by AFP ... watch video

Secrets of Early Shakespeare Theatre Dug Up in London

AFP (May 19, 2016) — The archaeological remains of a theatre where Shakespeare performed have been unearthed in London. Video provided by AFP ... watch video

Watch Divers Explore A 1,600-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck

Newsy (May 17, 2016) — A sculpture on the ocean floor led two Israeli divers to an ancient Roman shipwreck. Video provided by Newsy ... watch video

Israel Divers Find Ancient Marine Cargo in Mediterranean

AFP (May 16, 2016) — Israel's Antiquities Authority on Monday displayed cargo from a merchant ship that sank off the ancient Mediterranean port of Caesarea 1,600 years ago, including rare bronze statues and thousands of coins. Video provided by AFP ... watch video

Remnants of Ancient Rome Found Off Coast of Israel

Reuters - Light News Video Online (May 16, 2016) — Divers find ancient Roman cargo from 1,600-year old shipwreck in Israel. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. Video provided by Reuters ... watch video

Digging for Clues in Pre-Aztec City

Reuters - Light News Video Online (May 12, 2016) — Archaeologists explore Teotihuacan for clues into the mysterious ancient city that was once the largest in the Americas. Rough Cut (No reporter narration). Video provided by Reuters ... watch video

Raw: Trove of Roman Coins Found in Spain

AP (Apr. 29, 2016) — Workers laying pipes in a southern Spanish park have unearthed a 1,300-pound trove of Roman coins in what culture officials say is a unique historic discovery. (April 29) Video provided by AP ... watch video

Gaza Archaeologists Call for Ancient Church to Be Protected

AFP (Apr. 5, 2016) — Archaeologists call for a preservation campaign after an ancient church was discovered as builders were laying the ground for a new development in central Gaza, with different ministries in the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave seemingly at loggerheads. Video provided by AFP ... watch video

Scanning Unearths New Clues in King Tut's Tomb

AP (Apr. 1, 2016) — Egypt's archaeologists announced on Friday that more extensive scanning of two recently discovered hidden chambers behind King Tutankhamun's tomb had been completed, in what they hope would get them closer to finding Queen Nefertiti's remains. (April 1) Video provided by AP ... watch video

Archaeologists Dig at Malcolm X Home in Boston

AP (Mar. 29, 2016) — Archaeologists dug at the boyhood home of civil rights activist Malcolm X in Boston Thursday in an effort to uncover more about his early life, as well as the property's long history. (March 29) Video provided by AP ... watch video

This 3,000-Year-Old Wheel Is One Of The Oldest Discovered In Britain

Newsy (Feb. 19, 2016) — Cambridge archaeologists found the intact Bronze Age wheel at a site known as "Britain's Pompeii." Video provided by Newsy ... watch video

Ancient Gravesite Suggests War Dates Back 10,000 Years

Newsy (Jan. 21, 2016) — Archaeologists from Cambridge University uncovered some really old remains that suggest human warfare is older than we may have thought. Video provided by Newsy ... watch video

Budget Robot for Underwater Archaeology

Reuters - Innovations Video Online (Dec. 20, 2015) — Students at Tallinn University of Technology develop an affordable underwater robot designed to search shipwrecks, as Liane Wimhurst reports. Video provided by Reuters ... watch video

US Returns Ancient Artifacts to China

AP (Dec. 10, 2015) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement returned a number of artifacts to China on Thursday, including a dinosaur fossil estimated to be 120 million years old, as well as jade disks, bronze trays and other items dating as far as 1600 BC. (Dec. 10) Video provided by AP ... watch video

Early Steamship Wreck Found in Lake Ontario

AP (Oct. 20, 2015) — New York-based shipwreck hunters say the remains of one of the earliest propeller-driven steamships to sail the Great Lakes has been found in Lake Ontario more than 150 years after it sank in a storm. (Oct. 20) Video provided by AP ... watch video

Teeth from Chinese Cave Recast History

Reuters - Light News Video Online (Oct. 15, 2015) — A trove of 47 fossil human teeth from a cave in southern China is rewriting the history of the early migration of our species out of Africa, indicating Homo sapiens trekked into Asia far earlier than previously known. Sharon Reich reports. Video provided by Reuters ... watch video

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