Thursday, December 22, 2011

Take a virtual look at Neolithic Stonehenge

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS from Bournemouth University have created a virtual map of Neolithic Stonehenge. Google Under-the-Earth: Seeing Beneat...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

From Pembrokeshire to Stonehenge

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Anew paper in Archaeology in Wales , produced by Dr Rob Ixer of Leicester University and Dr Richard Bevins of Amgueddfa Cymru – National...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Tax bill paid with 2,000-year-old Iron Age fire guard

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A 2,000-year-old Iron Age fire guard has been accepted into Wales' national museum in lieu of inheritance tax. The Capel Garmon Fi...

Neanderthals built homes with mammoth bones

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Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 44,000 year old Neanderthal building that was constructed using the bones from mammot...
Monday, December 19, 2011

Scientists discover source of rock used in Stonehenge's first circle

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Scientists have succeeded in locating the exact source of some of the rock believed to have been used 5000 years ago to create Stoneheng...

Forget the cave! Neanderthals were homely creatures who built their own houses from mammoth bones

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Forget the idea Neanderthals simply picked any old cave to sleep in for the night. Researchers have discovered an elaborate 44,000...

'Bronze Age' artefacts found at Anglesey Abbey

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"Potentially Bronze Age" artefacts found at Anglesey Abbey could prove the site was occupied up to 2,000 years earlier than ha...
Saturday, December 17, 2011

University of Oxford Online Archaeology Courses

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Enrolment is now open for the following University of Oxford online courses in archaeology: Archaeology of the Bible Lands (Online) Explorin...
Thursday, December 15, 2011

'New' ancient monuments come to light at Knowth

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New and exciting archaeological finds have been made at the Knowth tumulus over the last few months, according to archaeologists workin...

We do have bigger brains than Neanderthals did

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Modern humans possess brain structures larger than their Neanderthal counterparts, suggesting we are distinguished from them by...

Public urged to vote for Peak archaeology dig site

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations in the Peak District are in the running for a national award and support from the public can make all the dif...
Monday, December 12, 2011

4,000-year-old Stone Age camp discovered by dog walker near Cannock

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HISTORIANS believe they have unearthed evidence of a 4,000-year-old Stone Age camp in the Midlands – thanks to a dog walker. Roger H...
Sunday, December 11, 2011

Tools of a kind

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Culturally speaking, ancient East Africans were a stone’s throw away from southern Arabia. Stone tools collected at several sites alo...

Bronze Age boats discovered at a quarry in Whittlesey

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Bronze Age boats, spears and clothing dating back 3,000 years and described as the "finds of a lifetime" have been discovered...

The earth mother of all neolithic discoveries

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French archaeologists have discovered an extremely rare example of a neolithic "earth mother" figurine on the banks of the riv...
Friday, December 9, 2011

Rock Shelter Inhabitants Slept in Comfort 77,000 Years Ago

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The Sibudu rock shelter sits above the uThongathi river in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. Here, archaeologists have over the past ...

Solving the Mystery of a 35,000-Year-Old Statue

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Archeologists have discovered previously unknown fragments of a figurine known as the "Lion Man," and are piecing it back toget...

Earliest Human Beds Found in South Africa

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"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise," wrote Benjamin Franklin in his Poor Richard's Alma...

World's 'oldest beds' found - and the cavemen who slept on them 77,000 years ago even used mosquito repellent

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Humans were making themselves comfy on plant mattresses as long as 77,000 years ago, a study has found - and our ancestors were surprisi...
Thursday, December 8, 2011

Scientists Discover Some Keys to Human Brain Evolution

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The questions surrounding why and how the human brain has evolved over the past six million years as compared to other primates in the ev...