Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Archaeology Quiz of the Week: Middle Paleolithic

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Today's Archaeology Quiz of the Week is on Middle Paleolithic, that most exciting period in human history. Read the rest of this article...

Important historic remains unearthed in Bridlington

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REMAINS of some of the earliest houses ever found in the North of England have been unearthed in Bridlington. Archaeologists have discovered...
Monday, June 29, 2009

Prehistoric European Cave Artists Were Female

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Inside France's 25,000-year-old Pech Merle cave, hand stencils surround the famed "Spotted Horses" mural. For about as long as...

Students dig Iron Age

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TROWELS are at the ready for an annual dig that will uncover new information about an Iron Age settlement. The annual Silchester dig on the ...
Saturday, June 27, 2009

Ancient river found beneath the Channel during Olympics survey

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An ancient river bed that has lain unseen for 185,000 years has been uncovered by scientists mapping the parts of the English Channel in the...

Models of Earliest (Camel-Pulled) Vehicles Found

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Some of the world's first farmers may have sped around in two-wheeled carts pulled by camels and bulls, suggests a new analysis on tiny ...

Oldest human settlement in Aegean unearthed on Limnos island

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The ruins of the oldest human settlement in the Aegean found so far have been unearthed in archaeological excavations by a team of Greek, It...

Die Kunst der Kelten in in Bern

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Zum ersten Mal im deutschsprachigen Raum wird mit der Ausstellung «Kunst der Kelten – 700 vor bis 700 nach Chr.» das Kunstschaffen der antik...

Controversy arises over ancient stone site

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The controversy over Ale's Stones (Ales stenar), a sandstone monument in the form of a ship, in Skåne in southern Sweden has taken a new...
Friday, June 26, 2009

Giving the archaeology buffs a chance to get their hands dirty

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A series of training courses will begin next month, aimed at tempting armchair archaeology buffs out of doors and into the field. As part of...

Bronze Age burial ground uncovered

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MAJOR roadworks on one of Ulster's main thoroughfares have uncovered items of archaeological significance. Excavation as part of the upg...

Stone Age flutes found in Germany

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Prehistoric people made musical instruments out of bone and ivory soon after reaching Europe The hills may be alive with the sound of music,...

A Little Flute Music To Warm The Cave

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Archaeologists say they have unearthed the world's oldest musical instruments. They are flutes, made of vulture bone and mammoth tusks. ...

35,000-year-old flute is oldest known musical instrument

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The discovery, reported in the journal Nature, suggests that the first humans to occupy Europe had a fairly sophisticated culture. The instr...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

World's oldest musical instrument 'played Star Spangled Banner'

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An ancient flute has been unearthed in Germany, revealing that musical traditions began earlier than previously thought. The bone instrument...

Stone Age wells found in Cyprus

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Archaeologists have found a group of water wells in western Cyprus believed to be among the oldest in the world. The skeleton of a young wom...

Co Down dig reveals a prehistoric mystery

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Prehistoric mysteries uncovered in an archaeological dig at a Co Down road scheme were revealed to the public this morning. The team behind ...

The first Europeans were cannibals: archaeologists

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The remains of the "first Europeans" discovered at an archaeological site in northern Spain have revealed that these prehistoric m...

Prehistoric flute in Germany is oldest known

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A bird-bone flute unearthed in a German cave was carved some 35,000 years ago and is the oldest handcrafted musical instrument yet discovere...

Archaeological dig finds unveiled

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The results of a significant archaeological dig in County Down will be unveiled later. Neolithic and Bronze Age remains were found at the si...