Archaeology News

Nov 20, 2011 by News Staff

A team of researchers led by University of Colorado has discovered the first prehistoric bronze artifact made from a cast ever found in Alaska, a small, buckle-like object found in an ancient Eskimo dwelling and which likely originated in East Asia. The artifact consists of two parts – a rectangular bar, connected to an apparently broken circular ring, said John Hoffecker from University of Colorado, who is leading the excavation project. Bronze...

Nov 9, 2011 by News Staff

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a lost civilisation of the Sahara, in one of the harshest parts of the African desert. Researchers from the...

Sep 23, 2011 by James Freeman

Archaeologists from the University of Southampton and the British School at Rome working at Portus have discovered a massive building at the maritime port...

Sep 10, 2011 by James Freeman

Researchers discovered 8.500-year-old fingerprints in Yeşilova Höyüğü site, Turkey, according to the Hürriyet. “We have discovered fingerprints...

Aug 30, 2011 by James Freeman

In the course of the ongoing archeological excavations at the Yenikapı Marmaray construction site, Turkey, the world’s best preserved shipwreck, a merchant...

Aug 17, 2011 by James Freeman

Songo Mnara, once a thriving city off the coast of Tanzania in East Africa, has been empty and abandoned for many more centuries than it flourished. A...

Aug 12, 2011 by James Freeman

The archeological excavations in Salme, soon to be completed, have yielded evidence that the ship that had been buried with 35 warriors and nobles had...