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Museum to be built from ruin of ancient convent

A sensitive restoration and renovation project in southern Italy is soon to be undertaken by HOK London in an effort to save the historical remnants of the Val di Noto UNESCO World Heritage site....

Britain: An amateur treasure-seeker's paradise

Britain is bursting with ancient buried treasure and the masses have been bitten by the bug for digging it up — ironically with the full approval of the government and leading museums. 

Ancient settlement discovered in the Ethiopian highlands An ancient settlement has been discovered in the Ethiopian highlands with the help of a special instrument used in geophysical surveys. The find will help tell the story of ancient indigenous... French School: A century of excavations on Thasos It’s the oldest French scientific institute based in a foreign country and the first archaeological institute that was established in the Greek capital. The French School of Athens was founded in... Turkey presses harder for return of antiquities After years of pleading in vain for the return of Anatolia’s cultural treasures from Western museums, Turkey has started playing hardball. And it is starting to see some results.   Scientists discover fossil of giant ancient sea predator Paleontologists have discovered that a group of remarkable ancient sea creatures existed for much longer and grew to much larger sizes than previously thought, thanks to extraordinarily... Excavation of Shiku Temple Grotto yields significant discoveries Chinese archaeologists recently made significant discoveries in the first excavation of the Shiku Temple Grotto, including delicate frescoes, silk paintings, pottery, sculptures, and remains of... Surprise archaeological find from Iceland’s settlement Archaeological remains that were found during an excavation in Urridakot in Gardabaer, a neighboring town of Reykjavík, were much older than archaeologists had assumed. They date back to the... Two Greenland glaciers lose enough ice to fill Lake Erie A new study aimed at refining the way scientists measure ice loss in Greenland is providing a “high-definition picture” of climate-caused changes on the island. And the picture isn’t... Arizona Caves: An underground archive of climate data Holding a faded red backpack out in front of her like an overstuffed life preserver, Sarah Truebe squeezed her 6-foot frame through a tight opening in the rocks. She inched her way through utter... Coin isotopes unravel 400 year old inflation riddle French researchers have used highly sensitive mass spectrometry to help solve a key question surrounding economic inflation in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. For decades historians have... Stolen 14th century panel painting recovered at a Kentucky art museum A stolen 14th-century panel painting depicting the Virgin Mary with a child has been recovered at a Kentucky art museum, which agreed Monday to return the piece to Italian authorities... Thessaloniki, Greece: a brief guide I like to start a visit to Thessaloniki with an early morning stroll through the market district and perhaps a wee ouzo in one of its back-alley cafés. Then a tour of the fish hall, among stalls... Fossils of prehistoric rhinos found in Utah A fossil from an extinct relative of the rhinoceros, Telataceras, set the record for highest vertebrate fossil found in Utah.  Two Brontotheres duel at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of... Provided by The Archaeology News Network