Archaeology News

They have uncovered evidence for the first time that people living in Xincun 5,000 years ago may have practised agriculture -- before the arrival of domesticated rice in the region.

Photographs by DENNY SIMMONS / Courier Press G. William Monaghan, Ph.D., offers students from South Middle School in Henderson, Ky., a lesson Friday morning in using carbon dating to find out how old the mounds at Angel Mounds State Historic Site are.

With only a couple minor hurdles left to clear, supporters of the Swede Run Barn restoration hope to have the project completed by this summer.

Long after that first Neolithic colonisation, the flowering of the, "Great Island" led to a dominating Bronze Age culture.

Ancient ivory carvings made by Phoenician artists some 3,000 years ago have long hidden a secret, even while being openly displayed in museums around the world: The sculptures were originally painted with colorful pigments, and some were decorated with gold.

A DRUID leader has lost his High Court bidto force the re-interment of ancient bones dug up by archaeologists at Stonehenge .

Although a major road project remains in limbo, it will be a bit longer before anyone knows for sure whether there are tribal and/or pioneer burial sites along a rustic stretch of 253rd Avenue in Hillsboro.

The facial reconstruction of King Richard III is going on display in Leicester's Guildhall on the first stop of a nationwide tour A facial reconstruction of King Richard III is going on display in Leicester's Guildhall on the first stop of a nationwide tour.

Nepal's archaeologists have discovered artifacts dating from the Buddha era from an excavation site at Devdaha of Rupandehi district, which is located at a distance of 20km from Buddha's birthplace Lumbini in western Nepal.

The best summer getaways for the city's foodies are on the west coast, around our region, and in Canada.

A dig in the past showed once again that one man's trash can be another man's treasure - if the second man lives a few centuries later than the first, that is.

One of the oldest Mayan pyramids has been destroyed by construction crews digging for crushed rock to build a road in Belize.

Shocking insights into the new chair of UofU Dep of Anthropology, Leslie Knapp , make feel that there are individuals and group in our society who not only live at the expenses of others, but they do all this with our taxpayer money.

Lidar technology allows researchers to strip away the green forest canopy and reveals features beneath, including this mysterious mound that may be a sign of ancient civilization in the Honduras rainforest.

Four local master carvers have been working diligently since late 2012 on crafting traditional yellow cedar welcome figures.

There are standards in culture , paradoxes and absurd. In western culture it is a standard the PhD dissertation to be published.

A road crew in Belize has destroyed one of the country's largest ancient Mayan pyramids in order to extract materials for road fill, archaeologists in the Central American country reported.

Analysis of mitochondrial DNA taken from 4,000-year-old Minoan skeletal remains suggests that Minoan civilization was created by the descendants of the first population to reach Crete some 9,000 years ago , when migrating farmers left Anatolia and spread into Europe.

The remains of Perth's first Catholic archbishop are expected to be unearthed in Karrakatta Cemetery today by a Church-led team of archaeologists who will move them to the crypt beneath St Mary's Cathedral.

A dig by archaeologists on the site of Ilkley's Roman fort has cleared the path for church redevelopment plans - and revealed more of the town's history.