Archaeology News

Carrick Castle's military history is being uncovered as an archaeological dig was granted an extension by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.

Tourists look at the Inca citadel of Macchu Picchu in Peru. Two Canadians were arrested for taking nude photos of each other at the archaeological monument.

'Homeland Argyll and Bute' shows off the results of a project of the same name undertaken on Bute and Islay by Archaeology Scotland and Paul Duffy of Bute firm Brandanii Archaeology and Heritage.

Nevada's Hidden Cave - an archaeological site with a 5,000-year history - was recently vandalized with spray paint and bullet holes, and officials are offering a $1,000 reward for information that helps them catch the perp .

In this photo made with a fish-eye wide-angle lens, "Bertha," the massive tunnel boring machine that is expected to spend the next 14 months drilling a two-mile tunnel to replace the 60-year-old Alaskan Way Viaduct, is shown July 20 before it began drilling.

And thousands of years ago, ancient Americans came to the area to hunt and fish, using the cave as a secure store house for food and equipment, also for burial.

Archaeologists digging next to the Kennedy Bridge in downtown Jeffersonville uncovered two portions of limestone foundations that date to the late 1700s or early 1800s, including one on a lot where former Indiana Territory Gov. Thomas Posey, who also was Kentucky's third lieutenant governor, once lived.

Scott Wolter, a forensic geologist and host of a popular cable television show, believes a trio of inscribed stones found near Spirit Pond in Phippsburg more than 40 years ago are evidence that the famed Knights Templar fled to Maine, among other North American sites, after their persecution in 1307.

MONASTERY OF BARDZRAKASH ST. GREGORY, DSEGH IS ONE OF 11 EUROPEAN HERITAGE SITES SHORTLISTED FOR 'THE 7 MOST ENDANGERED' PROGRAMME - The leading European heritage organisation Europa Nostra and the European Investment Bank Institute announce the 11 monuments and sites shortlisted for 'The 7 Most Endangered' programme 2014.

Chinese archaeologists have "rescued" an ancient coffin from tomb raiders trying to break in to a grave site via a 10m hole, it appears.

University of Leicester A portrait of prehistoric parenthood captured deep in the fossil record has been uncovered by an international team of scientists led by University of Leicester geologist Professor David Siveter.

The past could present yet another obstacle to the future of the state Route 99 megaproject on the Seattle waterfront.

In the HBO series Assume the Position, which a ran in 2006 and 2007, comedian and actor a Robert Wuhl told us, "History is a wonderful thing, if only it were true."

Hopefully Alf Filipaina, chairman of Auckland Council's Unitary Plan committee, is right when he wrote in Wednesday's Herald that most Aucklanders want to protect our cultural heritage and values with rules "workable and fair to all".

Federal officials are putting up a $1,000 reward after someone spray-painted phrases including "I love Rachael" at an archaeological site east of Fallon.

Foreign tourists are showing way too much skin at Peru's most iconic cultural heritage site, and the government wants it to stop.

Recently, we announced a partnership with The American Schools of Oriental Research , and introduced two of their flagship journals.

So last November, when archaeologists unearthed the remains of a Roman wall in the heart of Winchester , plans for 14 new homes were put on ice to allow for excavation of the site.

"Serendipity." That was the word used by National Trust Co-ordinator, Jalaludin Khan to describe the visit of a mixed group of American and Dutch experts on archaeological heritage management.

Peru has increased surveillance at popular archaeological sites to counter a new trend of tourists taking nude photos at the Machu Picchu Inca ruins.