Statue of Amenhotep III found & 10 new Items:

For more information about Updates, Click on the titles: Marlborough Mound dated to around 2400 BC Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:46 AM PDT The Wiltshire landscape around Avebury and Silbury Hill is the heart of prehistoric Britain, and has World Heritage designation. Now another monument can be added to its archaeological treasures:  More on Mayan archaeological sites, graves found in southeastern Mexico Specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) identified seven new Prehispanic Maya sites and a high concentration of human burials in the town of Sitpach, located east... The Splendours of Mesopotamia This exhibition of about 200 objects from ancient Mesopotamia has been organised by the British Museum (BM) for Abu Dhabi’s Tourism Development & Investment Company, the first of three planned... Statue of Amenhotep III found A team of Egyptian and European archaeologists has unearthed a statue of the ancient Egyptian king Amenhotep III at his funerary temple in Luxor.  The head of the colossal alabaster statue... Researchers solve mammoth evolutionary puzzle A DNA-based study sheds new light on the complex evolutionary history of the woolly mammoth, suggesting it mated with a completely different and much larger species.  A DNA-based study... Ancient site of human activity unearthed in Canada An Ottawa archeologist has discovered a rare site of human activity in Eastern Ontario from between 3,500 and 9,000 years ago.  Carleton University student Kelly Berkmans works on an... Ruins of ancient city found on Georgian-Azerbaijani border Archaeologists have found the ruins of a 7th-8th century AD town near the Georgian-Azerbaijani border. The town in Dedoplis Tskaro District covered an area of 12 hectares and was surrounded by a... Excavation at site of Roman altars find in Maryport Experts from Newcastle University are to begin excavating an internationally important Roman site in Cumbria. The archaeological team is focusing on the site of a major discovery of Roman altars 141... Climate helped drive Vikings from Greenland The end of the Norse settlements on Greenland likely will remain shrouded in mystery. While there is scant written evidence of the colony’s demise in the 14th and early 15th centuries, archaeological... World-wide assessment determines differences in cultures Conflicts and misunderstandings frequently arise between individuals from different cultures. But what makes cultures different; what makes one more restrictive and another less... Archaeologists unearth Napoleonic watchtower ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed a watchtower from the Napoleonic era at the start of a dig into threatened Bronze Age burial mounds on the Jurassic Coast.  Archaeologists reveal the shape of... Tunnel found under Mayan Temple of the Snake in Mexico Researchers found a tunnel under the Temple of the Snake in the pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacan, about 28 miles northeast of Mexico City. The tunnel had apparently been sealed off around 1,800 years... Relocating Ashokan Pillars at Topra is not feasible say experts THE BUDDHIST Forum in Haryana wants to ‘reform’ the history of the region by making a serious call for pulling up the bifurcated Ashokan pillars at Fatehabad and Hisar and re-installing them at Topra... West Texas prehistoric paintings get laser study A complex colorful mural painted on canyon walls some 4,000 years ago in West Texas is getting modern laser treatment as researchers try to unlock its mysteries and protect it from the unintended... Provided by The Archaeology News Network