Archaeology News

Archaeologists report that fruitcake is real old-fashioned, Biblical, and pre-Biblical, dating back to ancient Egypt and Sumeria.

Evidence of mass cannibalism in which even children and unborn babies were on the menu has been uncovered in Germany by archaeologists.

London/Berlin - Archaeologists have found rare evidence of cannibalism in Europe in the Neolithic period at a site in southern Germany, according to the December edition of the archaeology journal Antiquity.

The specially trained dogs that will search the waterfront for evidence of bones and other archaeological Native American remains beginning today won't set paw on the abandoned Rayonier Inc.

A PREHISTORIC skeleton, Old King Coal and the hidden past of the Chatsworth estate a ' all will feature in the annual Derbyshire Archaeology Day on Saturday, January 16.

HISTORY enthusiasts who like nothing more than to poke around the ancient arrangements of stones on Cornwall's uplands will be intrigued by a new book of paintings which aims to populate these long-abandoned structures.

An extension to Tesco supermarket in Towcester appears to be inevitable a ' despite the protests of archaeologists a ' after council planners recommended it should go ahead.

At a settlement in what is now southern Germany, the menu turned gruesome 7,000 years ago.

"Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then burn the ashes.

Three Iranian archaeologists have made various comments about a story reported by the Greek historian Herodotus that says Cambyses lost an army in Egypt.

New Delhi, Dec 2 : The Archaeological Survey of India , which protects and maintains the country's cultural heritage, will either have a historian or an archaeologist as its head soon, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday.

A burial ground and archaeological site dating back millennia are at the heart of a long-running saga between a developer and a First Nations community in British Columbia.

Visitors look at new discoveries unveiled in Rome, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Italian officials have unveiled new discoveries in an ancient Roman luxury complex filled with priceless mosaics, elegant porticos and thermal baths.

SURPRISED workers repairing a section of Chester's ancient city walls have discovered the remains of a well-preserved Roman tower.

Early this year, Armenian Government's control service found out that 40 hectares of the territory was covered by construction waste, while 1.5 hectares formed part of the nearest graveyard.

THE well-preserved remains of a Roman tower used by guards patrolling Chester's City Walls has been discovered by archaeologists repairing a section which collapsed near the Eastgate Clock.

Just under fifty members and guests attended the final meeting of this year's programme to hear an illustrated talk by Martin Lightfoot about the 2006 excavations at Scholes Lodge Farm.

Shifting Historical Perspectives? or just plain rewriting history? According to WikiAnswers it was George Santayana who said: Those who do not learn the lessons of history are condemned to repeat them According to Wisdomquotes.com it was Gerda Lerner who said: What we do about history matters.

DURANGO, Colorado - A Cortez man and a Canon City woman have pleaded guilty to removing archaeological artifacts from Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in southwest Colorado.

A scientific team has unveiled the restored model of a 1,500-year-old Korean girl, whose body was found two years back.