Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Online Courses in Archaeology

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Cave paintings, castles and pyramids, Neanderthals, Romans and Vikings - archaeology is about the excitement of discovery, finding out about...

Exhuming a violent event

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Scientists glean clues to a lethal prehistoric raid from skeletons excavated at a German site Thirteen people who perished around 4,600 year...

Digging up the past at Maiden Castle

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FAMILIES and history lovers will be blazing a trail to Dorchester for a Bronze Age festival at Maiden Castle. They will be digging up the pa...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Facelift for Stonehenge?

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Plans for access and a new visitor centre for Stonehenge have been going around for years but a solution could finally be in the offing... M...

16,000 year-old mother goddess figurine excavated in Turkey

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Archeologists have unearthed a 16,000 year-old mother goddess figurine during excavations in Direkli Cave in the southern province of Kahram...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

London's Oldest "Boardwalk" Found?

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London's oldest known timber structure could be the city's earliest "boardwalk," archaeologists say. Preserved for more th...

Ancient stone artwork discovered

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Prehistoric artwork has been discovered by an amateur archaeologist at a Perthshire mountain range. The ancient carvings were discovered by ...

Nothing new under the sun

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Anthropogenic global warming started when people began farming IMAGINE a small group of farmers tending a rice paddy some 5,000 years ago in...

Rock carving uncovered

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STONE carvings dating back centuries have been uncovered by an amateur archaeologist. The prehistoric artwork was found on the mountain of B...
Monday, August 17, 2009

Study: Fire used to make tools 75,000 years ago

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Early humans crossed a threshold around 75,000 years ago, when they started painting symbols, carving patterns and making jewelry. A new stu...

More on Neolithic cathedral built to amaze unearthed in Orkney dig

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Archaeologists said that the building would have dwarfed the island' s landmarks from the Stone Age - the Ring of Brodgar and the Standi...

4,000-year-old timber circle found in Tyrone

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The remains of a timber circle from more than 4,000 years ago have been uncovered by archaeologists in County Tyrone. The timber circle was ...

Britain's first works of art really rock

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It has been described as a Palaeolithic condominium, with all the mod cons that were required 13,500 years ago – running water, abundant foo...
Friday, August 14, 2009

Seafood gave us the edge on the Neanderthals

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If Neanderthals ever shared a Thanksgiving feast with Homo sapiens, the two species may have had trouble settling on a menu. Chemical signat...

As old as the pyramids … the dagger unearthed from tribal leader's grave

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Perth-shire have unearthed a spectacular early Bronze Age grave containing a gold-banded dagger still wrapped in its 4,000...

Scientists discover that Neanderthals hated Brussel sprouts

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Spanish researchers have moved closer to resolving a "mystery of evolution" - why some people like Brussels sprouts but others hat...

London's earliest timber structure found on building site

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A timber structure that is older than Stonehenge has been unearthed by university archaeologists in Plumstead. The structure was found durin...

'Cathedral' as old as Stonehenge unearthed

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EVEN in an area as archaeologically rich as Orkney, it is being hailed as the find of a lifetime. Experts have unearthed a Neolithic "c...

At 9,000 years old, Britain's oldest house gives a glimpse of post-Ice Age domesticity

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Built 3,000 years before the miracle of Stonehenge, this is Britain's oldest and best preserved house. The remains of the strongly built...

Early toolmakers were 'engineers'

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Early modern humans in South Africa were using "heat treatment" to improve their stone tools about 72,000 years ago, according to ...