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Philly's black burial grounds and the battle for preservation  Billy PennCould a city-funded archaeologist help avoid development tension? […]

Modi, Rahul firm up narratives in election criss-cross  The QuintCongress President Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) By Prashant Sood New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) They have different styles of campaigning and have ... […]

Ahmed takes prize for colonialism critique  The Riverdale PressThis past year, he won the Modern Language Association's 26th annual Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies for his book, “Archaeology of ... […]

Moab grad earns top-25 spot at Stanford – The Times-Independent  Moab Times IndependentGrand County High School graduate Robin Willscheidt who is nearing completion of a bachelor's degree at Stanford University has been selected to receive a ... […]

Inside L.A.'s 'Soul of a Nation' Art Exhibit  Hollywood ReporterNew show at downtown L.A.'s Broad Museum looks at African-American artists from 1963-1983, including works from the collections of Spike Lee, Jay-Z and ... […]

Kentucky Archaeological Survey Letter of Support from AIA  Archaeological Institute of America Latest NewsThe Archaeological Institute of America has endorsed the SAA's Statement in Support of Kentucky Archaeology. The following is a Letter in Support of the ... […]

Cadbury pulls ad campaign that 'advocates looting' | Business  The GuardianArchaeologists condemned online ad encouraging children to hunt for real Roman treasure. […]

Women achievers honoured at the 2019 Padma awards ceremony  FeminaPresident Ram Nath Kovind recently presented the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awards for 2019 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi. […]

2019-2020 AIA Grant Winners  Archaeological Institute of America Latest NewsThe Archaeological Institute of America is pleased to announce our 2019-2020 Grant Winners. Each year the AIA awards a variety of grants, fellowships, and ... […]

Padma Awards 2019: President Ram Nath Kovind confers the awards; check full list of recipients  Business TodayPadma Awards 2019: Musician Shankar Mahadevan, dancer and producer Prabhu Deva received the Padma Shri, while the Padma Bhushan was conferred on ... […]

Museums of Western Colorado host sixth annual Heritage Awards  KJCT8.comThe Museums of Western Colorado hosted the sixth annual Heritage Awards on Tuesday night. Leaders in history, archaeology and paleontology gathered at ... […]

UNSW academic wins international book award  Books+PublishingPurchase a subscription to view job ads and other premium *content* on Books+Publishing. […]

College intern digs to find, clean-up artifacts  The Campus CurrentOn each sunny day of the summer since early childhood, second-year archaeology student Gabrielle Rapine has taken to her backyard in historic Londontowne ... […]

Ferrycarrig 2019: Winter, Week 6  Archaeological Institute of America Latest NewsIt was just me in the office on the Monday as Denis was in Dublin at a staff meeting, working on the new website. I spent the morning continuing with my list of ... […]

Meeting Brighton's ancestors  Current ArchaeologyFor the past two decades, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery has had no dedicated space exploring the area's archaeology. Now, though, thanks to a long-running ... […]

Lime Kilns: history and heritage  Current ArchaeologyWhether you are an academic reviewing the history of lime kilns across Britain or simply an enthusiast who is interested in understanding more about how your ... […]

New USD professor contributes to award winning book  The VolanteOne USD professor contributed to an award-winning book before officially beginning his career as an archaeology and sociology professor. “The Archeology of ... […]

French govt awards ‘Order of Arts and Letters’ to two Pak archaeologists  The NationISLAMABAD - Two Pakistani archaeologists awarded with French award of the Order of Arts and Letters in reward of their services in art and heritage on ... […]

Cernunnos in Cambridgeshire  Current ArchaeologyA figurine thought to be Britain's only known example depicting the Celtic god Cernunnos has been found during the excavation of a late Iron Age/early Roman ... […]

Science Notes – Identifying vitamin D deficiency in the Roman Empire  Current ArchaeologySeveral previous 'Science Notes' have featured osteological analysis tangentially (see CA 337, 338, 342, and 344), but we have not explored it in depth – until ... […]

Review: ‘Vilna’ Takes Jewish Prisoners on a Desperate Quest  The New York TimesA work of historical fiction inspired by the real-life discovery of a tunnel dug during the Holocaust. […]

New underwater archaeology firm RECON Offshore goes under the sea | New business  Pensacola News JournalFrom sunken World War II aircraft in Saipan to anchors in South America, Burns and his business partner, Michael Krivor, have a combined 48 years experience ... […]

Digging up Queen Esther: The Israeli archaeologist who excavated in Iran  The Jerusalem PostUnder the rule of the Shah, Dr. Gabriel Barkai was able to take part in the excavations that took place in Susa, the same city mentioned in the book of Esther. […]

Shipwreck on Nile vindicates Greek historian’s account after 2500 years  Ars TechnicaNearly 2500 years ago, the ancient Greek historian Herodotus described an unusual type of river boat he saw along the Nile while visiting Egypt. […]

The most mysterious gate in Jerusalem's Old City is still puzzling researchers  HaaretzAfter a rainy night in April 1969, the American archaeologist James Fleming came to study the Golden Gate, which is sealed and the only one of the gates in ... […]

Philly's black burial grounds and the battle for preservation  Billy PennCould a city-funded archaeologist help avoid development tension? […]

Claim that Australia was settled 60,000 years earlier than  CosmosEvidence unearthed suggests humans were present 120000 years ago, but not everyone is convinced. Dyani Lewis reports. […]

The surprisingly contentious Viking warrior woman of Birko  CosmosThe remains of a tenth century Viking warrior, long assumed to be male but recently found to be female, have become more puzzling, with new research ... […]

'America's Lost Vikings' episode 5 — speculation is not archaeology  AiPT! ComicsAfter a week's hiatus since episode four, America's Lost Vikings is back on the Science Channel with the tantalizingly titled episode five, “Curse of Death Island. […]

T-rex to end all T-rexes discovered in Saskatchewan  Haaretzfter a decade of prising the long-lived, then long-dead animal's bones from the rock, the mighty mega-rex Scotty was named for the bottle they broke out to mark ... […]

Fulbright Scholar to visit Flagler, speak to public on archaeology  St. Augustine RecordRasha Soliman, Ph.D., will present “Archaeological Steps into the Valley of the Kings & Queens” at 6 p.m. March 27 at the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum on the Flagler ... […]

Ahmed takes prize for colonialism critique  The Riverdale PressThis past year, he won the Modern Language Association's 26th annual Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies for his book, “Archaeology of ... […]

Will These Pig Bones Solve Stonehenge Mystery?  Daily BeastNew isotopic analysis of the remains of the animal bones found nearby, promises to shed new light on what happened at Stonehenge. […]

Monroe County Historical Association receives grant for archaeology dig  Pocono RecordSTROUDSBURG — Archaeologists are ready to dig up clues from the Pocono's past with an excavation in the heart of Stroudsburg Borough. The Monroe ... […]

Biblical prophets: Archaeological evidence?  WND.com(Watch Jerusalem) Archaeological evidence of biblical personalities abounds. Kings, pharaohs, princes, government officials, military officers and priests have ... […]

Thames shipwreck to finally give up its secrets  The GuardianHistorians believe 18th-century 'old brig' exposed by tides near Seasalter, Kent, may be a smugglers' vessel. […]

Turkey inaugurates mysterious archaeological ritual site in bid to draw tourists  YnetnewsA 12000-year-old Neolithic shrine site with bizarre animal-shaped pillars baffles researchers; will Erdogan be able to make this site, perhaps the world's oldest ... […]

Archaeologists Have Discovered The Perfectly Preserved Remains Of A Roman Skeleton In Cumbria, England  The Inquisitr NewsArchaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Roman skeleton very close to a field in Bridekirk, Cumbria. While archaeologists were busy excavating a ... […]

DNA Study Investigates Migrations to Canary Islands  ArchaeologySAN CRISTÓBAL DE LA LAGUNA, SPAIN—According to a New York Times report, migrants from North Africa first arrived in the Canary Islands around A.D. 100 ... […]

Which Came First, Big Gods or Big Societies?  ArchaeologyKANAGAWA, JAPAN—Live Science reports that Patrick Savage of Keio University and his colleagues employed “Seshat,” a global history databank spanning ... […]