Monday, September 29, 2014

Sardinian archaeologists find Bronze Age 'giant'

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Archeologists working in Sardinia's southwestern region have uncovered a new 'giant', officials reported on Thursday.  Th...

Prehistoric Stone Tools Evolved Independently Within Local Populations, Say Researchers

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Suggestion challenges the traditional Out-of-Africa human migration theory for new stone tool introduction into Eurasia. I t wasn’t ...
Thursday, September 25, 2014

Study shows early modern human settlement in Central Europe over 43,000 years ago

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E arly modern humans inhabited the region of what is today known as Austria around 43,500 years ago, living in an environment that was c...

They weren’t wimps: how modern humans, like Neanderthals, braved the northern cold

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Recent finds at Willendorf in Austria reveal that modern humans were living in cool steppe-like conditions some 43,500 years ago – and th...
Monday, September 22, 2014

Divers sure of new finds from 'ancient computer' wreck

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Athens - Archaeologists began on Monday using a revolutionary new deep sea diving suit to explore the ancient shipwreck where one of the...

Roadworks reveal ancient city in Western Greece

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The construction works for the new motorway Ionia Odos, in Messolonghi, western Greece, led to an important archaeological discovery.  ...

New photos of Amphipolis Caryatids released

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The two caryatids found at the Kasta Tomb in ancient Amphipolis were uncovered entirely by excavators, the ministry of Culture announced on...

Naturfreunde schmelzen für Eisenzeit dahin: In Lehrte bald historisch-ökologische Bildung

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DBU-Kurator Matthias Miersch überreichte den Bewilligungsbescheid über 150.000 Euro an den ersten Vorsitzenden der Naturfreunde Lehrte, W...

2,000 year old boomerang unearthed in France

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The Gauls used boomerangs 2,000 years ago, according to archaeologists who have found a wooden curved stick on a beach in the northern Fren...

Fourth chamber likely at Amphipolis tomb

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A high-ranking Ministry of Culture official told Greek news sources that the archaeologists who are currently clearing out the dirt from th...

Greeks captivated by Alexander-era tomb at Amphipolis

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Two sphinxes guard the entrance to the tomb at Amphipolis The discovery of an enormous tomb in northern Greece, dating to the time of ...
Friday, September 19, 2014

Prehistoric pit discovered on Coney Island beach

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A box-like structure built from large stone slabs may have been used for bathing or cooking during the Bronze Age Volunteers excavate ...

Letter from Ireland: Mystery of the Fulacht Fiadh

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Versions of the same Bronze Age structure pop up all around Ireland and throughout the United Kingdom. Archaeologists, however, still hav...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Die genetische Herkunft der Europäer

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Schädel der ungefähr 7.000 Jahre alten Bäuerin aus Stuttgart, Deutschland. Es fehlt der untere rechte Backenzahn, aus dem die DNA gewonne...

'Emmets Post' excavation blog - weeks 1-2

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When Olaf mentioned that he was going to be digging a round barrow in its entirety on the edge of Dartmoor in August, I did everything I ...

Murder 'comes naturally' to chimpanzees

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Groups of male chimpanzees patrol the borders of their territory in single file A major study suggests that killing among chimpanzees ...

Stonehenge: children revealed to be the metal workers of prehistoric Britain

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Research suggests children wrecked their eyesight embellishing weapons and jewellery with minute scraps of gold Daggers at the Wiltshi...

Europeans drawn from three ancient 'tribes'

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The modern European gene pool was formed when three ancient populations mixed within the last 7,000 years,  Nature journal reports . B...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

New bog body discovered in Co. Meath

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A new, partially intact bog body has been discovered by Bord na Mona workers in Co Meath. Archaeologists from the National Museum of Irelan...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

New bog body found in Rossan, Co. Meath

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New bog body remains (photo National Museum of Ireland) Exciting news. The partial remains of a bog body has been uncovered in Rossan b...