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The Ministry of Communications and Works, Department of Antiquities, announces the completion of the 2011 investigations at the site of “Klimonas” (Ayios Tychonas, Limassol District).
Egypt's popular uprising may have arrived just in time to save a Neolithic site that holds the country's oldest evidence of agriculture and could yield vital clues to the rise of Pharaonic...
Humans migrating to southern Europe during the Neolithic period primarily traveled from the Mediterranean region, according to a study that used ancient DNA to trace the origin and genetic structure...
Archaeologists claim to have found a forerunner to the pyramids not in Egypt - but in southern Romania. The discovery being hailed as a sensation has been dated as being over 4,500 years...
AUSTRALIA'S extraordinary collection of Aboriginal rock art is at risk from piecemeal recording practices and some sites are being degraded and lost before they have even been...
There aren't many techniques for figuring out the age of archaeological relics made of copper, iron, tin, gold or lead. Now researchers have developed a method to date lead-containing arteacts based...
Evidence of an ancient Iberian sanctuary dedicated to the Mother Goddess has been uncovered at a site in Villajoyosa. EFE reports that the project is sponsored by the French Foreign Ministry in...
A horse burial site uncovered by chance during a survey of land for a proposed new house has intrigued archaeologists. The horse's skull along with a number of other bones were...
Sheikhupura Fort, a precious heritage dating back to Mughal era seems to be left to decay in the absence of any serious efforts by the authorities concerned with regard to its...
Bulgaria's Panagyurishte treasure, the mask and ring of Teres along with newly excavated antiquities from the sea town of Nessebur will be on display from June 3 2011 at the Sea Casino (in the city's...
The guards at the Saqqara Pyramids have cast aside their wooden sticks in favour of loaded guns. This change in security philosophy has been prompted by the constant pillaging of antiquities there...
In 1280, victorious Teutonic Crusaders began building the world’s largest castle on a hill overlooking the River Nogat in what is now northern Poland. Malbork Castle became the hub of a powerful...
Scientists have discovered fossils of a suspected new elephant species dating back about 10 million years. A fossil tooth from a suspected newly discovered species of ancient elephant in... Think "mass extinction" and you probably envision dinosaurs dropping dead in the long-ago past or exotic tropical creatures being wiped out when their rainforest habitats are decimated. But a major... Provided by The Archaeology News Network  |
