Archaeology News

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 the earliest evidence of rock art. A detail of zoomorphic figure on a limestone block found at Abri Castanet in southern France (Randall White et al) The team has been excavating at the site of the discovery – Abri Castanet – for the past 15 years. Abri Castanet and its sister site...

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,...

Mar 29, 2012 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the Nottingham Trent University has suggested that a 4000-year-old unique triangular shaped monolith, known as the Gardom’s...

Mar 2, 2012 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority has published a report on results of excavation works conducted in 2010-2011 on the slopes...

Feb 21, 2012 by News Staff

A joint British, Danish, American and Jordanian team of archaeologists has discovered 20,000-year-old hut structures at the archaeological site of Kharaneh...

Feb 6, 2012 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority has unearthed the foundation of a large fortress on the Hill of Jonah in Ashdod. Remains...

Jan 25, 2012 by James Freeman

An international team of archaeologists led by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has found a series of more than 7,500-year-old fish seines...

Jan 16, 2012 by News Staff

Syrian archaeologists have announced new discoveries found at an archaeological site near the coastal town of Jableh in Lattakia governorate, Syria. According...

Jan 12, 2012 by News Staff

A team of researchers has identified nicotine traces in a Mayan flask while examining ancient vessels from the Kislak Collection of the US Library of Congress...

Jan 10, 2012 by James Freeman

Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 1,500-year-old seal with the Temple Menorah during excavations near the city of Akko. According to the Israel...

Jan 8, 2012 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists has announced new discoveries unearthed at the archaeological site of the ancient city of Bosra, southern Syria. Roman bathhouses...

Dec 29, 2011 by Sergio Prostak

Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a mouthpiece of a pipe bearing a poetic inscription, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority. Pipe mouthpiece...

Dec 28, 2011 by James Freeman

A team of archaeologists led by Álvaro Arrizabalaga of the University of the Basque Country has unearthed a pendant, which they believe to be 25,000 years...