Archaeology News

NOAH'S FLOOD: EXPOSING THE BIBLICAL MYTHS III Spy Ghana.com, Ghana Dec 4 2013 'The Incredible Discovery of Noah's Ark': An Archaeological Quest? By Richard A. Fox Culled from the "Free Enquiry", Summer 1993:43-48 "Babylonia", written in Greek about 275 B.C.E., is lost, but later chroniclers quoted Berosus.

A University of South Carolina research archaeologist has been given permission to conduct a dig at a former Civil War prison camp on the site of the former Bull Street asylum.

When I traveled to Crete for the first time, nearly 25 years ago, I was fresh from my first brush with the landmarks of the classical age on the Greek mainland.

New research suggests that Neanderthals kept a tidy home. During excavations at a cave in Italy where a group of our closest known extinct relatives once lived, scientists say they found a strategically placed hearth and separate spaces for butchering and tool-making.

Three pueblo ruins exist near Mountainair, about 60 miles east of Albuquerque. They are Abo, Quarai and Gran Quivira.

Part of a trapezoidal city wall and moat from the 4,500-year-old Nanchengzi Ruins in Guzhen County have been uncovered, along with a great number of houses, according to archaeologists from Wuhan University.

A wall collapsed in the ruins of Pompeii this week, just the latest incident in a series of preservation woes for the ancient city, Reuters reported .

Get ready to visit Paris through the ages with a new 3D experience from the comfort of your own home.

The Courier-Journal reports that human remains were found at the Indian burial site over the summer during a survey for the proposed Bluegrass Pipeline.

Multiple tombs await discovery in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, say researchers working on the most extensive exploration project in the valley since the 1920s.

New evidence suggests that Neanderthals, who vanished around 30,000 years ago, lived in organised and tidy spaces - much in the same way as modern humans.

Lummi tribal council member Jay Julius points to an area of Cherry Point that was disturbed by Pacific International Terminals.

Folks, As a follow up to whether we Africans are also descendants of Noah , I hereby submit another article in three series for those who seek the truth and, equally, those who believe in the biblical myths because they have never been exposed to the materials debunking such myths.

PETALING JAYA: The Tourism and Culture Ministry has agreed in principle to look into gazetting Lembah Bujang, which boasts more than 100 archaeological sites, as a national monument.

Usually, the rule in museums is to never touch the objects on display. But the Penn Museum in Philadelphia makes an exception for the blind and visually impaired.

Following another year of digging, excavations and test pits, staff and volunteers at an Oxford archaeology project reflect on their contribution to unlocking Oxford's rich history AT Archeox's end-of-year review last week, members discussed their latest excavation at Donnington Recreation Ground and their numerous miniture excavations, called test ... (more)

Archaeologists think construction on this ancient building started in the early second century B.C. and continued into the Hasmonean period.

John Sandford 's latest Virgil Flowers novel "Storm Front" http://www.amazon.com/Storm-Front-Virgil-Flowers-Novel/dp/0399159304/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386055673&sr=8-1&keywords=storm+front is a caper heist story involving a wily old preacher, a stone stele smuggled out of Israel, a Hezbollah assassin, a hot blonde lumber thief, a wild Israeli ... (more)

Removing archaeological finds made during the construction of three major road schemes across Northern Ireland cost taxpayers more than A 17m.

PHILADELPHIA - Angel Ayala has never been a big fan of museums. Blind since birth, the high school student says the exhibits are so sight-dependent that he can't enjoy them.