Archaeology News

Sep 7, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

European archaeologists using geophysical methods have mapped an ancient Roman town, which disappeared after its abandonment 1,500 years ago and now lies buried underground, revealing the location of its theater, marketplace and other buildings. The full layout of the town (University of Cambridge / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) Interamna Lirenas was founded as a Roman colony in the 4th century BCE in the Liri Valley in Southern Lazio, about 50 miles south of...

Sep 7, 2012 by News Staff

Israeli archaeologists have discovered a large rock-hewn water reservoir dating back to the First Temple period in the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden...

Sep 3, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists of the Israel Antiquities Authority have unearthed 9,500-year-old figurines of a ram and a wild bovine at the Tel Moza archaeological site,...

Aug 22, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of researchers aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s flagship R/V Falkor has discovered the S.S. Terra Nova, a whaler, sealer and polar exploration...

Aug 14, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A new study by Tel Aviv University scientists shows that the transition from hunting to agricultural society during the Neolithic age parallels development...

Aug 13, 2012 by News Staff

Archaeologists of the Tel Aviv University have unearthed a seal, measuring about a half-inch in diameter, which depicts a human figure next to a lion at...

Aug 10, 2012 by News Staff

Zooarchaeologists at the University of Florida have found that the wild turkey was domesticated by the ancient Maya more than 1,000 years earlier than...

Aug 7, 2012 by News Staff

Archaeologists have discovered that people living 700 to 900 years ago in Cahokia, a massive pre-Columbian settlement near the confluence of the Missouri...

Jul 30, 2012 by News Staff

An international team of archaeologists has unearthed a beautiful and colossal human sculpture at the Tayinat Archaeological Project excavation site in...

Jul 30, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of archaeologists from the University of Bonn, Germany, has discovered a tomb of a young prince at the ancient Mayan city of Uxul. A cup from the...

Jul 26, 2012 by News Staff

An international team of archaeologists has uncovered the first evidence of ceramic figurative art in late Upper Paleolithic Europe – from about...

Jul 23, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Israeli archaeologists have discovered what they believe is a 2,300-year-old harbor of the ancient city of Akko. A member of the Israel Antiquities Authority...

Jul 17, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Archaeologists led by the University of Cincinnati have revealed new details about sustainable water and land management among the ancient Maya, including...

Jul 13, 2012 by News Staff

Archaeologists excavating in Oregon’s Paisley Caves have found evidence that Western Stemmed projectile points – darts or thrusting spearheads...

Jul 11, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of Israeli archaeologists has unearthed one of the largest hoards of gold coins ever found in the country. Gold coins and a pottery vessel found...

Jul 11, 2012 by News Staff

British archaeologists and engineers have collaborated to examine buried Roman coins using the latest X-ray imaging technology. Computer rendered image...

Jul 9, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Archaeologist Dr Robert Mason of the Royal Ontario Museum has recently announced the discovery of mysterious rock formations near the Syrian monastery...

Jul 9, 2012 by News Staff

Archaeologists using uranium-series dating technique have found that a reindeer engraved on the wall of a cave in South Wales dates from about 14,505 years...

Jul 9, 2012 by News Staff

Australian archaeologists have transformed the wreck of a 16 meter colonial ship – the Clarence – into a buried ‘time capsule’. Divers...

Jul 6, 2012 by News Staff

Chinese archaeologists have recently found fragments of pottery in Xianrendong Cave, Jiangxi Province in China, that date back about 20,000 years. One...