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Hamilton College elects four charter trustees | Clinton Record - Rome Sentinel
on 22nd October 2020 at 4:00 pm
Hamilton College elects four charter trustees | Clinton Record Rome Sentin […]
Bhopal: MP Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti invites entries for all-India literature awards - Free Press Journal
on 22nd October 2020 at 6:23 am
Bhopal: MP Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti invites entries for all-India literature awards Free Press Journa […]
NK Community Champion Awards 2020 - read more about our finalists and winners - Sleaford Standard
on 21st October 2020 at 4:47 pm
NK Community Champion Awards 2020 - read more about our finalists and winners Sleaford Standard […]
Lochaber school wins Scottish built environment award - The Oban Times
on 21st October 2020 at 9:58 am
Lochaber school wins Scottish built environment award The Oban Times […]
No Evidence Of A Passport Being Issued To Mummy Of Pharaoh Ramesses II - BOOM
on 20th October 2020 at 12:44 pm
No Evidence Of A Passport Being Issued To Mummy Of Pharaoh Ramesses II BOOM […]
Archaeology: Cultural diversity and racism in the Ancient World - Tdnews
on 18th October 2020 at 10:27 am
Archaeology: Cultural diversity and racism in the Ancient World Tdnews […]
Nominations sought for Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards - KTVZ
on 12th October 2020 at 7:00 am
Nominations sought for Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards KTVZ […]
Italian-Kurdish Team Wins World Archaeology Award for Rare Assyrian Carving Find - AINA
on 8th October 2020 at 7:00 am
Italian-Kurdish Team Wins World Archaeology Award for Rare Assyrian Carving Find AINA […]
DNR to Honor Historic Preservation Standouts – WBIW - WBIW.com
on 5th October 2020 at 7:00 am
DNR to Honor Historic Preservation Standouts – WBIW WBIW.com […]
Reviews of 2020 High Plains Book Awards Finalists | State & Regional | mtstandard.com - Montana Standard
on 27th September 2020 at 3:31 am
Reviews of 2020 High Plains Book Awards Finalists | State & Regional | mtstandard.com Montana Standard […]
News - AIA Webinars: Archaeology Abridged - Short Lectures - Archaeological Institute of America Latest News
on 18th September 2020 at 7:00 am
News - AIA Webinars: Archaeology Abridged - Short Lectures Archaeological Institute of America Latest News […]
Poop knives, arachnophobic entomologists win 2020 Ig Nobel awards - PBS NewsHour
on 17th September 2020 at 7:00 am
Poop knives, arachnophobic entomologists win 2020 Ig Nobel awards PBS NewsHour […]
Archaeological Digging Continues At US 50 & State Line Ahead Of Road Improvement Project - Eagle 99.3 FM WSCH
on 15th September 2020 at 7:00 am
Archaeological Digging Continues At US 50 & State Line Ahead Of Road Improvement Project Eagle 99.3 FM WSCH […]
Review – Planning in the Early in the Early Medieval Landscape - Current Archaeology
on 15th September 2020 at 7:00 am
Review – Planning in the Early in the Early Medieval Landscape Current Archaeology […]
High Plains Book Awards Finalist: “Six Hundred Generations” by Carl M. Davis - Billings Gazette
on 12th September 2020 at 7:00 am
High Plains Book Awards Finalist: “Six Hundred Generations” by Carl M. Davis Billings Gazett […]
Medieval fairground found at Latton Priory - Current Archaeology
on 10th September 2020 at 7:00 am
Medieval fairground found at Latton Priory Current Archaeology […]
Discovering a lost Viking waterway - Current Archaeology
on 9th September 2020 at 7:00 am
Discovering a lost Viking waterway Current Archaeology […]
Iron Age activity at Wintringham Park - Current Archaeology
on 8th September 2020 at 7:00 am
Iron Age activity at Wintringham Park Current Archaeology […]
Famed UW Archaeologist George Frison Dies at 95 | News - University of Wyoming News
on 7th September 2020 at 7:00 am
Famed UW Archaeologist George Frison Dies at 95 | News University of Wyoming News […]
Roman fort and immersive LGBTQ+ show among winners of UK heritage prizes - The Guardian
on 3rd September 2020 at 7:00 am
Roman fort and immersive LGBTQ+ show among winners of UK heritage prizes The Guardian […]

Archaeology News

Archaeology news: Sacrificed llamas discovered buried ALIVE in Inca ritual - Daily Express
on 22nd October 2020 at 8:43 pm
Archaeology news: Sacrificed llamas discovered buried ALIVE in Inca ritual Daily Express […]
Group to host geologist, archaeologist for programs | History - Morganton News Herald
on 22nd October 2020 at 7:11 pm
Group to host geologist, archaeologist for programs | History Morganton News Herald […]
Galactic archaeology - EurekAlert
on 22nd October 2020 at 7:04 pm
Galactic archaeology EurekAlert […]
East Africa Sediment Core Offers Human Evolution Clues - Archaeology
on 22nd October 2020 at 6:12 pm
East Africa Sediment Core Offers Human Evolution Clues Archaeology […]
BU Mourns the Loss of Archaeology, Anthropology, and Gastronomy Professor Mary Beaudry - BU Today
on 22nd October 2020 at 5:52 pm
BU Mourns the Loss of Archaeology, Anthropology, and Gastronomy Professor Mary Beaudry BU Today […]
Possible Neanderthal Artifacts Unearthed in Denmark - Archaeology
on 22nd October 2020 at 5:42 pm
Possible Neanderthal Artifacts Unearthed in Denmark Archaeology […]
Archaeology breakthrough: Medieval 'witch graffiti' unveils 'years of British history' - Daily Express
on 22nd October 2020 at 4:44 pm
Archaeology breakthrough: Medieval 'witch graffiti' unveils 'years of British history' Daily Express […]
daniel arsham's 'moonraker' in paris celebrates archaeology of the future - Designboom
on 22nd October 2020 at 4:35 pm
daniel arsham's 'moonraker' in paris celebrates archaeology of the future Designboom […]
What Archaeology Is and How to Become an Archaeologist - U.S. News & World Report
on 22nd October 2020 at 4:28 pm
What Archaeology Is and How to Become an Archaeologist U.S. News & World Report […]
Russian archaeologists unearth the skull of a 5,000 year old man who underwent ancient brain surgery - Daily Mail
on 22nd October 2020 at 4:06 pm
Russian archaeologists unearth the skull of a 5,000 year old man who underwent ancient brain surgery Daily Ma […]
Vani Archaeological Museum to showcase Colchis culture riches after renovation - Agenda.ge
on 22nd October 2020 at 3:39 pm
Vani Archaeological Museum to showcase Colchis culture riches after renovation Agenda.g […]
Egypt archaeology: Who was the evil Pharaoh described in the Bible's Book of Exodus? - Daily Express
on 22nd October 2020 at 2:19 pm
Egypt archaeology: Who was the evil Pharaoh described in the Bible's Book of Exodus? Daily Express […]
Egypt foils attempt to smuggle 3 archaeological artifacts - Xinhua | English.news.cn - Xinhua
on 22nd October 2020 at 1:38 pm
Egypt foils attempt to smuggle 3 archaeological artifacts - Xinhua | English.news.cn Xinhua […]
Debt, Land and Money, From Polanyi to the New Economic Archaeology - Resilience
on 22nd October 2020 at 1:21 pm
Debt, Land and Money, From Polanyi to the New Economic Archaeology Resilienc […]
Michigan Group Says Archaeological Findings Enough to Halt Enbridge Tunnel Project - The Wall Street Journal
on 22nd October 2020 at 1:06 pm
Michigan Group Says Archaeological Findings Enough to Halt Enbridge Tunnel Project The Wall Street Journa […]
Archaeological works resume in central Anatolia's ancient city of Nora | Daily Sabah - Daily Sabah
on 22nd October 2020 at 12:00 pm
Archaeological works resume in central Anatolia's ancient city of Nora | Daily Sabah Daily Saba […]
Mangalore University establishes facility for Carbon-14 dating of archaeological artefacts - The Hindu
on 22nd October 2020 at 8:56 am
Mangalore University establishes facility for Carbon-14 dating of archaeological artefacts The Hindu […]
Archaeologists find over 800 ancient tombs in north China - United News of India
on 22nd October 2020 at 6:27 am
Archaeologists find over 800 ancient tombs in north China United News of India […]
Mummified Llamas, sacrificed to the gods by Incas, uncovered by archaeologists in Peru - Art Newspaper
on 22nd October 2020 at 1:31 am
Mummified Llamas, sacrificed to the gods by Incas, uncovered by archaeologists in Peru Art Newspaper […]
Guest commentary: Find by four-legged 'archaeologist' inspires a collection - La Jolla Light
on 21st October 2020 at 11:04 pm
Guest commentary: Find by four-legged 'archaeologist' inspires a collection La Jolla Light […]

Travel: A Villa in the Country 22nd October 2020
Journeying south from the Serbian Danube presents an opportunity to revel in Roman opulence, as Oliver Gilkes reveals. The Danubian provinces of the Roman world do not get much of a look in as far as history goes. That is not to say there is no history – there is a lot – but seeking […]
Richard Hodges: The Visit of the World Bank President 20th October 2020
Italy is in lockdown as I write and it feels like Christmas Day, such is the silence. Yet the cuckoos have dodged passport control and are here to herald each day. The fields, incidentally, are now flush with spring flowers. The government decree forbids travel, so I resort to assembling reports on old excavations for […]
Mining for ochre in ancient Mexico 1st October 2020
Divers exploring the now-submerged caves of Quintana Roo in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula have uncovered evidence for red ochre mining between 12,000 and 10,000 years ago, the oldest known example of the exploitation of this mineral resource in the Americas. The post Mining for ochre in ancient Mexico appeared first on World Archaeology.
Review: The Life and Death of Ancient Cities 17th September 2020
Is it possible to write history without people? Of course, archaeology is all about history without people, but we invent the people. Is it possible to have a more ecological approach? The latest champion of this ecological approach is Greg Woolf, the Director of the Institute of Classical Studies in London, in a new book, […]
Review: National Archaeological Museum, Madrid 17th September 2020
With prehistoric painted caves, ruins of Roman cities, spectacular places of worship converted during periods of conquest and reconquest, and elaborate palaces occupied by emirs and kings, Spain offers plenty of historic sites to explore. One place where you can get a flavour of this rich heritage across the length and breadth of the country […]
Aphrodite at Amantia 17th September 2020
High on a hilltop near the village of Ploçe, Albania, lie the ruins of the ancient polis of Amantia. The city was founded in the 5th century BC and is first mentioned in ancient sources around the middle of the 4th century. It experienced an economic and cultural boom during the Hellenistic period, and from […]
Secrets of Saqqara 17th September 2020
Discover how a chance detail on a 19th-century map set in train a longstanding archaeological expedition at this elite necropolis, which is providing a fresh appreciation of how ancient Egyptians interacted with their past. The post Secrets of Saqqara appeared first on World Archaeology.

East Africa Sediment Core Offers Human Evolution Clues 22nd October 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.—According to a Science News report, a 450-foot-long sediment core from Kenya’s Koora Basin holds one million years of environmental data that could elucidate details of human evolution. Paleoanthropologist Rick Potts of the Smithsonian Institution said that chemical and microscopic studies of the layers in the sediment core revealed that some 400,000 years ago, […]
Possible Neanderthal Artifacts Unearthed in Denmark 22nd October 2020
ROSKILDE, DENMARK—Yahoo! News reports that worked flint and mussel shells thought to have been shaped by Neanderthals some 120,000 years ago have been found in a steep cliff on the Danish island of Ejby Klint by archaeologists from Denmark’s National Museum and Roskilde Museum. It had been previously thought that reindeer hunters first settled Denmark […]
Search for Tulsa Race Massacre Victims Yields Remains 22nd October 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA—The Associated Press reports that Oklahoma state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck and her colleagues identified an unmarked, intact grave shaft through a geophysical search of an area in Tulsa’s Oaklawn Cemetery noted in old funeral home records as the burial place of victims of the 1921 Race Massacre. “We do have one confirmed individual […]
Main Gate Discovered at Harran Palace 21st October 2020
SANLIURFA, TURKEY—The Anadolu Agency reports that Mehmet Önal of Harran University and his colleagues have unearthed the main gate at Harran Palace, which was built in southeastern Turkey in the ninth century A.D. First occupied around 6000 B.C., the city of Harran was situated along trade routes to cities such as Nineveh, Iskenderun, and Antioch. […]
Possible Medieval Graffiti Found at Church Site in England 21st October 2020
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND—The Belfast Telegraph reports that investigators working ahead of the construction of a high-speed train line found graffiti on two rocks at the site of the medieval church of St. Mary in southeastern England. Archaeologist Michael Court and his colleagues suggest the images could have been used as sundials, or may have been intended […]
Snake Altar Unearthed in Turkey 21st October 2020
ANTALYA, TURKEY—Yeni Şafak reports that a marble altar encircled with a coiled snake carved in relief has been unearthed at the ancient city of Patara in southern Turkey. Estimated to be more than 2,000 years old, the altar was found near the city walls and a public bath. “Similar discoveries were made in some ancient […]
2,500-Year-Old Bronze Bridle Unearthed in Poland 20th October 2020
TORUŃ, POLAND—Science in Poland reports that some 150 decorative bronze pieces of a 2,500-year-old horse’s bridle were discovered in north-central Poland. The pieces, which resemble those made by the Scythians, who lived to the north, had been wrapped in leaves and placed in a leather bag. “This secured deposit had been buried on a sandy […]

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