Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Prehistoric Find Bolsters Armenian Pride

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Proof of human ingenuity five millennia ago fits Armenians’ sense of themselves as ancient nation. The discovery of a shoe dating back over ...

Orkney Venus dig reaches exciting phase, says expert

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Orkney Venus dig reaches exciting phase, says expert An ARCHAEOLOGICAL dig where the Orkney Venus was found last year has entered an "e...
Monday, June 28, 2010

Work starts on prehistoric Marden Henge in Wiltshire

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Work on one of Britain's least understood ancient sites is to start. Marden Henge has been almost destroyed by ploughing and no longer h...

New excavation begins at Marden Henge

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An excavation that hopes to reveal the secrets of the largest prehistoric henge enclosure in the country has begun at Marden, near Devizes. ...

Digging resumes at Neolithic site

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An archaeological dig where the Orkney Venus was found last year has entered an "exciting phase" as excavations resumed. Archaeolo...

Russians restore face to 30,000+ year-old Kostenki cave man

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According to a Jan. 1, 2010 BBC news article, by BBC News science reporter, Paul Rincon, "DNA analyzed from early European," scien...
Sunday, June 27, 2010

Anglers catch ancient canoe in the Boyne

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HISTORIANS are probing links between an ancient dugout canoe discovered on the banks of the Boyne and the landmark Newgrange site. The canoe...

4,000-year-old necklace found in dumpster

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A 4,000 year old necklace is in The National Museum of Ireland after it was found in a dumpster. Worn by early kings the necklace, called a ...

Council worker stumbles across 3,000-year-old carving

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PREHISTORIC art 3,000 years old was discovered by chance in woodland by a council worker while carrying out routine maintenance work. John G...

Serbian site may have hosted first copper makers

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An archaeological site in southeastern Europe has shown its metal. This ancient settlement contains the oldest securely dated evidence of co...
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Archaeologists make 'spectacular' discovery at Delancey

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A Neolithic burial site in the parish of St Sampson has yielded pottery fragments and flints that date back 4,500 years. They were discovere...
Monday, June 21, 2010

New Agers, neo-pagans see Stonehenge solstice

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SALISBURY, England – Thousands of New Agers and neo-pagans danced and whooped in delight Monday as a bright early morning sun rose above the...
Sunday, June 20, 2010

Government Cuts Budget for Stonehenge

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What are your views on the British government’s plans to cut the budget for a new visitor’s centre at Stonehenge? Express your views on the ...

Bones from a Cheddar Gorge cave show that cannibalism helped Britain's earliest settlers survive the ice age

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New carbon dating techniques reveal that 14,700 years ago humans living in Gough's Cave in the Mendips acquired a taste for the flesh of...

Excavation at Iron Age hill fort near Melton Mowbray

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One of Leicestershire's most important archaeological monuments is being excavated for the first time in nearly 40 years. Trenches are b...

Ancient Humans May Have Dined on Hyenas

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It's already been shown that hyenas ate humans, but did early humans likewise dine on hyenas? They might have, say Spanish researchers w...
Saturday, June 19, 2010

Coalition's cuts are final betrayal of Stonehenge

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Cancelling what was already an inadequate plan for the site's rehabilitation just adds insult to injury to this wonder of the world In a...

Mystery near Marden of henge

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A site at Marden, near Devizes, rivalled Stonehenge and Avebury in its day, says English Heritage. The group is about to undertake a six-wee...

Archaeologists Discover Early Neolithic Grave in North-Western Bulgaria

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A grave of a man filled with burial gifts, dating from the early Neolithic period, was recently discovered by archaeologists Georgi Ganetsov...

£25m Stonehenge visitor centre axed

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Government funding for a £25 million project to build a new visitor centre at Stonehenge has been axed as part of a review of public spendin...