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Uncovering the Kingdom of Israel

In addition to many findings dating back to the Kingdom of Israel (some 3,000 years ago), remains of a Persian city (2,400 years ago) and a Byzantine town (1,500 years ago) have been exposed at the site. Plans ...

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created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 1.4 / 5 (5) | comments 37

Trove of sea turtle and other marine fossils found along ancient new jersey coast

Paleontologists have discovered numerous marine sea life fossils at a dig site in Sewell, N.J., including sea turtles, crocodiles, other reptiles, and fish.

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created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Roman Maryport excavation starts on site

Archaeologists from Newcastle University have begun excavating today (31 May) at an internationally important Roman site in Maryport, Cumbria.

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created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New ancient Egypt temples discovered in Sinai

(AP) -- Archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed four new temples amidst the 3,000-year-old remains of an ancient fortified city that could have been used to impress foreign ...

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A lost world? How zooarchaeology can inform biodiversity conservation

A new study of tropical forests will provide a 50,000-year perspective on how animal biodiversity has changed, explored through an archaeological investigation of animal bones.

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Engineering images bring life to submerged city

(PhysOrg.com) -- Photo-realistic 3D mapping and digital reconstruction of an ancient underwater city in Greece have earned a team from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies ...

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created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Mexican experts excited to find ancient home ruins

(AP) -- The ruins aren't particularly impressive, just some stone and clay footings for houses that probably supported walls of wood or clay wattle. And it's that very ordinariness that has experts excited.

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Entire genome of extinct human decoded from fossil

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2010, Svante Pääbo and his colleagues presented a draft version of the genome from a small fragment of a human finger bone discovered in Denisova Cave in southern Siberia. The ...

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created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (60) | comments 50 | with audio podcast

Archaeologists discover unique 'wing' shaped building

(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique ‘wing’ shaped building discovered close to the ancient capital of the Iceni in Norfolk is mystifying archaeologists.

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created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

More than 7,500-year-old fish traps found in Russia

A team of international archeologists, led by the Spanish National Research Council, has documented a series of more than 7,500-year-old fish seines and traps near Moscow. The equipment found, among the oldest in Europe, ...

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created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers unearth ancient bronze artifact in Alaska

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder recently discovered the first prehistoric bronze artifact made from a cast ever found in Alaska, a small, buckle-like object ...

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created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

In ancient Pompeii, trash and tombs went hand in hand

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cemeteries in ancient Pompeii were “mixed-use developments” with a variety of purposes that included serving as an appropriate site to toss out the trash. That’s according to ...

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created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists crack medieval bone code

Two teams of Michigan State University researchers – one working at a medieval burial site in Albania, the other at a DNA lab in East Lansing – have shown how modern science can unlock the mysteries ...

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created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stanford archaeologist questions the role of human rights in site preservation

In the arid, rural plains of central Turkey sits one of the most important archaeological sites on earth. Sheltered by an expansive glass canopy, dozens of archaeologists and students work year-round to unearth ...

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