Thursday, October 29, 2015

ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER 10 GRAVES IN NECROPOLIS OF BRONZE AGE DANUBE RIVER CULTURE NEAR BULGARIA’S BALEY

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The 2015 excavations of the necropolis of the settlement of the “Culture of the Encrusted Ceramics of the Lower Danube” took place in mid...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

3,500-year-old warrior prince tomb is 'most exciting Ancient Greek find for decades'

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Experts describe the discovery of tomb packed full of gold, silver and weapons, which sheds light on ancient Mycenaean and Minoan civili...
Friday, October 23, 2015

Hazelnut shells found at Skye Mesolithic site

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The remains of hazelnuts eaten by some of Skye's earliest inhabitants were found at a dig on the island, archaeologists have reveale...

Plague traced back to Bronze Age

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Plague has been a scourge on humanity for far longer than previously thought, ancient DNA shows. Samples taken from the teeth of seven...
Monday, October 12, 2015

Oldest evidence of human activity found in Scotland

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Archaeologists from the University of Reading have found the earliest dated evidence for human activity in Scotland - with a helping hand f...

Digitising Yorkshire's savannah past

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Ancient bones from a North Yorkshire cave, including the remains of rhinos, bears and hyenas, are to go on display in a "virtual mu...
Friday, October 9, 2015

First ancient African genome solves migration mystery

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An ancient African genome has been sequenced for the first time. Researchers extracted DNA from a 4,500-year-old skull that was discov...
Saturday, October 3, 2015

Mummification was common in Bronze Age Britain

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Ancient Britons may have intentionally mummified some of their dead during the Bronze Age, according to archaeologists at the University of...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER BRONZE AGE ‘SAUNA HOUSE’ IN ORKNEY

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Archaeologists in Orkney have uncovered the remains of over 30 buildings dating from around 4000 BC to 1000 BC, together with field systems...
Monday, September 21, 2015

5,000-Year-Old Throne Found in Turkey

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The remains of a 5,000-year-old adobe basament of a possible “throne” have been unearthed during excavations in Turkey, revealing the or...

Steinzeitliche Miniaturräder aus Holz

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Kinderspielzeug, Anschauungsmaterial für Wagenbauer oder rituelle Gegenstände? Im Olzreuter Ried bei Bad Schussenried in Oberschwaben ...
Monday, September 14, 2015

Mesolithic site on Skye to be investigated

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Archaeologists have described the site as having "huge potential" Excavations of a Mesolithic site on Skye could give new in...

Neolithic skeleton reveals early history of rickets

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Rickets has been identified in a Neolithic skeleton from the Scottish island of Tiree, making it the earliest case of the disease in the U...

DNA from Neandertal relative may shake up human family tree

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FOSSIL SKULLS AND CHIMPANZEE/J.-J. HUBLIN; BONOBO/ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA, TERVUREN, BELGIUM In a remarkable technical feat, re...

Scientists identify a new ancient ancestor

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An international team of scientists, including one from the University of Colorado Denver and another from the University of Colorado Ansch...
Friday, July 31, 2015

First glimpse inside the Siberian cave that holds the key to man's origins

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The significance of the cave is immense, and the experts are convinced it has more secrets to give up on human origins. Picture: Vera Sal...

Fragments of new female figurine found at Hohle Fels

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Archaeologists, Prof. Nicholas Conard and his team member Maria Malina, present the discovery of two fragments of a new female figurine in ...

French student finds tooth dating back 560,000 years

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 Valentin Loescher, left, holding the tooth, and Camille Jacquey were working together on the dig. Photograph: Denis Dainat/EPA A Fren...

5,000-year-old fort found in Monmouth

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Archaeologists in Monmouth have discovered the remains of an ancient wooden building that dates back 5,000 years.  An artist impressi...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Neolithic house discovery at Avebury stone circle dig

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Archaeologists believe they may have found the remains of a house where people who built Avebury stone circle may have lived. The thre...