Archaeology News

The paw prints and hoof prints of a few meddlesome animals have been preserved for posterity on ancient Roman tiles recently discovered by archaeologists in England.

WAM SHARJAH, 19th April, 2014 -- The Sharjah Museums Department recently explored the use of nuclear techniques in archaeology, specifically in determining the age of pottery, papyrus and mummies.

Agra, April 18 - While World Heritage Day was celebratd globally on Friday, Agra's residents seem unconcerned and indifferent to the Taj city's rich historical legacy.

It's being held at Marriott's Warehouse on the South Quay from Friday, April 25 to Sunday, April 27. The event begins with a talk by archaeologist Dr Clive Bond, chair of the West Norfolk and King's Lynn Archaeological Society, on industrial archaeology Lynn, the port and the railways in the late 1980s.

Growing up on a ranch outside Lewistown, Macie Ahlgren used to enjoy playing at a creek that ran through the ranch, near a rock wall.

Archaeology is science about distant, recent, current and future past based on the materiality as a main record.

Historians used the occasion of World Heritage Day on Friday to call for proper protection and conservation of the state's historical marvels.

Experts working to discover a Nazi labour camp operated during the occupation of Jersey say they have found evidence of the camp's structure.

President Franklin Roosevelt wasn't the only one impressed by Duke of Gloucester Street when he dedicated Colonial Williamsburg 's newly reconstructed 18th-century thoroughfare in 1934.

The Pyramids at Giza and the Great Sphinx were once isolated in the open desert, but they're now surrounded on three sides by Cairo's encroaching sprawl.

In a container filled with water is what appears to be an oddly shaped rock. But Morrand, who serves as senior conservator and manager of the Naval History and Heritage Command's Archaeology & Conservation Laboratory, knows the object isn't a rock.

Romania's Carpathian Villages are among the endangered places being spotlighting for this year's World Heritage Day April 18. / Global Heritage Fund In case it's not on your calendar, today is World Heritage Day .

UNESCO has designated April 18 as the International Day for Monuments and Sites and, marking the occasion, entry to a number of archaeological sites and ancient monuments will be free tomorrow.

Redenhall, Norfolk. Members of the Waveney Valley Community Archaeology Griup who've been given a grant from the Hertiage Lottery Fund to record and uncover hidden WWI memories pictured are Lorna Richardson and Andrew Macdonald at the Joseph Phillips memorial site just outside Harleston ANL-140416-123613001 A project aiming to uncover hidden ... (more)

Gene Erjavec, left, Andrew Smith, Jordan Davidson and Scoutmaster Dan Davidson sort through the debris in a wooden sifter.

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Frontier Homestead State Park will be holding its annual Archaeology Day on May 3. Visitors will have the opportunity to participate in activities involving Native American games, history, crafts and skills, and visit with a variety of demonstrators.

Archaeologists in Rome have unearthed a massive section of the ancient port city of Ostia, shedding new light on the city's historical significance.

The tiles, which could be nearly 2,000 years old, date back to Britain's early Roman era.

A team of volunteers helped build a log cabin on the site where slave quarters once stood on the property.