2 hrs ago | BBC
Later this month Egyptian archaeologists will travel to the Louvre museum in Paris to five ancient fresco fragments stolen from a tomb in the Valley of the Kings in 1980s, but there are many other "stolen" antiquities which they also want back, reports the BBC's Yolande Knell in Cairo.
9 hrs ago | The Telegraph
The passing of Claude Levi-Strauss marks the end of an era in the study of human culture.
14 hrs ago | Collegian.psu.edu
Club explores Chinese tea-brewing
Aside from the standard books and laptop found on the desks of most students, Jason Cohen's desk also holds a Chinese tea set.
18 hrs ago | WTOL-TV Toledo
King Tut's tomb set for 5-year renovation project
Egypt and the Getty Conservation Institute announced Tuesday a five-year project to restore the Tomb of Tutankhamun, the boy king whose golden mask and artifacts have long awed the world.
22 hrs ago | Samoa News
SSI & TED Divisions at ASCC Launch Educational Coloring Book
The ASCC Samoan Studies Institute recently released the educational coloring book "Samoa Anamua a which features contributions from archaeology instructor Dr.
Legendary Lost Persian Army Found in Sah
Herodotus wrote of a 50,000-man strong army that set out on foot into the Egyptian desert in 525 B.C. and was never heard from again ... until today.
Archaeological survey brings Danville house back to life
DANVILLE, Ky. - Part of Danville's history has started to emerge from the layers of soil behind the Willis Russell House.
Maya Murals Give Rare View of Everyday Life
Recently excavated Mayan murals are giving archaeologists a rare look into the lives of ordinary ancient Maya.
Claude Levi-Strauss (1908-2009) and Christian Missions
French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss passed away on October 30 at the age of 100.
Wall Street's bailout gives me d j vu
East Berlin citizens crowd the new passage at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin on Saturday, Nov.
Ecosystem in Peru Is Losing a Key Ally
ICA, Peru - A small grove of huarango, the storied Peruvian tree that can live over a millennium, rests like a mirage amid the sand dunes on this city's edge.
Rick Bell Tory faithful declare: St-eddie as he goes
The circus is still in town. A big tent. They like him. Or at least they like him enough.
Forest Service excavates fort along Trail of Tears
COKER CREEK, Tenn. - The U.S. Forest Service has begun to uncover the remains of a fort used to temporarily house migrating Cherokee along the Trail of Tears more than 170 years ago.
Forensic anthropologist is a sleuth
Maria Teresa Tersigni-Tarrant donned a harness, clipped it to a rope and made her way down Lookout Mountain to the spot where someone found human skeletal remains last April.
Long-hidden art and artifacts from the ancient Mediterranean are on display for the first time in years at the University of Michigan's newly expanded Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.
The tribes fight back with Native Spirit
Sick of being portrayed as helpless victims, indigenous peoples are now picking up the camera themselves.
Gatherings: A Literal Feast: Meal sticks to her 'Bones'
Appletorte is the perfect way to finish off a dinner that might have been eaten by Temperance Brennan, the detective in mysteries by author Kathy Reichs.
Sewer Plant Expansion Reveals Ancient Artifacts 1hr
A sewer plant expansion project has turned up some unlikely things in Hartford -- including artifacts that could be thousands of years old.
Bust of Julius Caesar recovered from Rhone River on display at exhibition in France
London, November 7 : A bust of Julius Caesar, recovered from the Rhone riverbed, is now on display as part of an exhibition of artefacts discovered in the bed of the Rhone river over the last 20 years, at a museum in southern France.
Missing legs of 900-year-old Buddhist statue found in Cambodian jungle
London, November 7 : An archaeology professor has discovered the missing legs of a 900-year-old Buddhist statue deep in the Cambodian jungle, rewriting history in the process.
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