Archaeology News

Jun 22, 2012 by News Staff

A Norwegian-Syrian team of archaeologists has solved one of the great puzzles of the Roman Empire: why was the vibrant city of Palmyra located in the middle of the Syrian Desert? An avenue in ancient Palmyra, Syria (Zeledi) In Roman times, Palmyra was the most important point along the trade route linking the east and west, reaching a population of 100,000 inhabitants. But its history has always been shrouded in mystery: what was a city that size...

Jun 21, 2012 by James Freeman

An international team of researchers has discovered the first unequivocal evidence that humans in prehistoric Saharan Africa used cattle for their milk...

Jun 15, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

The practice of cave art in Europe began up to 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, a new uranium-series dating study has revealed. The study...

Jun 6, 2012 by News Staff

Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a spectacular 2000-year-old gold and silver hoard in the Qiryat Gat region. The 2000-year-old hoard from the Qiryat...

Jun 4, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Tel Aviv University researchers have found that the ancient Egyptians developed unique system of volume measurement based on sphere units. A Phoenician...

May 28, 2012 by James Freeman

A new study has suggested that climate change was a key ingredient in the collapse of the Harappan civilization. Archaeological ruins of Mohenjo-daro:...

May 25, 2012 by News Staff

Oxford and Tübingen scientists have identified what they believe are the world’s oldest known musical instruments. Mammoth-, left, and bird-bone flutes...

May 24, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have discovered a rare ancient artifact that provides the earliest evidence for the existence of the...

May 21, 2012 by News Staff

Tel Aviv University archaeologists have discovered a collection of gold and silver jewelry, dated from around 1100 B.C., hidden in a vessel at the archaeological...

May 18, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Chinese archaeologists have unearthed a collection of 37 stone artifacts at three new localities near the Liuhuaishan, an important early Paleolithic site...

May 16, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A team of scientists from the University of Gothenburg and Stockholm University has found large quantities of sulphur and iron compounds in marine archaeological...

May 15, 2012 by News Staff

A team of anthropologists has determined that a 1.5 metric ton block of engraved limestone found in a collapsed rock shelter in southern France constitutes...

May 11, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists working in Turkey have found the evidence for a previously unknown ancient language which dates back more than 2,500 years, to the time...

May 11, 2012 by News Staff

Archaeologists excavating for the first time in the sprawling complex of Xultún, discovered nearly a century ago in Guatemala’s Petén region, have...

May 9, 2012 by News Staff

A team of Israeli archaeologists has announced the discovery of objects that for the first time shed light on how a cult was organized in Judah at the...

May 3, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Chinese scientists have proposed that an object collected 35 years ago from a tomb of the Western Han Dynasty in Fuyang city and called “lacquerware...

May 2, 2012 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have discovered a personal Hebrew seal bearing the name “Matanyahu” on the floor of an...

Apr 10, 2012 by News Staff

An international team of archaeologists and paleoecologists analyzing records of pollen, charcoal and other plant remains like phytoliths spanning more...

Apr 2, 2012 by James Freeman

An international team of scientists has found the earliest known evidence of the use of fire by human ancestors at the site of Wonderwerk Cave, Northern...

Mar 29, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Dr. Robert Benfer of the University of Missouri has discovered numerous earthen animals rising above the coastal plains of Peru, including a giant condor,...