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Greek archaeologists find 6,500-year-old village

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:20:25 GMT

ATHENS, GREECE: Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a 6,500-year-old farming settlement in an antiquities-rich area of central Greece.

Copernicus' remains, grave found

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:03:56 GMT

Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books.

20 Best Brains Under 40

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:30:00 GMT

Young innovators are changing everything from theoretical mathematics to cancer therapy.

Archaeologists Try To Date The Brodgar Megaliths On Orkney

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:40:03 GMT

Archaeological excavations have continued this summer within 'The Heart of Neolithic Orkney' World Heritage Site.

The Lost Cities of the Amazon

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:02:53 GMT

This new documentary from National Geographic's Expedition Week is the most archaeological of any of them. ...

New archaeology drive for Lyba

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:33:22 GMT

By Tom Pfeiffer Tripoli - Libya plans to invite the world's top archaeologists to unearth its ancient past as it tries to lure more tourists after decades in isolation, the head of the government's archaeology ...

Secrets of the Civil War

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:19:13 GMT

Three of the most savage and well-known Civil War battles are popped out of the fascinating History Channel series "Battlefield Detectives" for this collection.

New Excavations Strengthen Identification Of Heroda s Grave At Herodium

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:45:00 GMT

Herod was the Roman-appointed king of Judea from 37 to 4 B.C.E., who was renowned for his many monumental building projects, including the reconstruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, the palace at Masada, the ...

US museum head says Mexico should get Mayan jade

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:08:59 GMT

The director of Harvard's Peabody Museum said Tuesday he wants to return about 50 ancient carved Mayan jade pieces to Mexico, almost a century after a U.S. consul dredged the artifacts from the sacred lake at ...

The Real George Washington: Nat Geo Expedition Week

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:46:36 GMT

The variety of the subjects in the new documentaries from National Geographic is breathtaking, don't ya think? ...

Archeologists say they found witch doctor skeleton

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:42:47 GMT

Archeologists believe a 12,000-year-old skeleton found in a grave containing 50 tortoise shells, a leopard pelvis, a cow tail and part of an eagle wing is the remains of a witch doctor.

IU to turn Kidd shipwreck into 'living museum'

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:07:13 GMT

Indiana University is getting a $200,000 grant to turn the wreckage of a pirated 17th century ship into a "living museum." The funding comes two months after IU scientists announced that they had found evidence ...

Sher Shah Suri's tomb to get new lease of life

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:36:39 GMT

Patna, Nov 18 : The 16th century tomb of emperor Sher Shah Suri, standing in a tank filled with acidic industrial discharge and surrounded by illegally constructed buildings, is set to get a new lease of life ...

Iron Age Monument: Soul Lived In Stone?

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:12:51 GMT

University of Chicago researchers will describe the discovery, a testimony created by an Iron Age official that includes an incised image of the man, on Nov.

Protecting ancient Native Hawaiian gravesites from rail

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:50:05 GMT

State leaders in charge of protecting Native Hawaiian burial grounds, are stepping in to make sure rail doesn't disturb too many ancient gravesites.

Shipwreck! Nat Geo Expedition Week continues

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:20:38 GMT

National Geographic Expedition Week continues with a new documentary on the shipwreck of the Quedah Merchant. ...

Artifact identification day to be held this weekend in Clinton

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:04:13 GMT

Last year's Artifact Identification Day was considered a great success with a couple of items identified as being around 10,000 years old.

SUSSEX: Discovery of cemetery leads to dispute

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:46:25 GMT

ANGOLA - Back in the summer of 1868 -- three years and some four months after the Civil War ended -- Lydia C. Wilson went to her final resting place.

Supposes There's No Moses

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:21:46 GMT

A new, two-hour edition of "Nova" begins with the pro vocative words, "God is dead," but the documentary is anything but an obituary for the Almighty.

7,000-year-old find could tell much about state's first inhabitants

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:58:40 GMT

Too often, Janet and LeRoy Peterson have heard the tell-tale sounds of screeching tires and, soon after, a rap on their door.

The Man Who Found That "Genes Hold Culture on a Leash"

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:30:00 GMT

Edward O. Wilson looked at ants and made fundamental discoveries about humans.

Latest on archaeologist's murder

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:37:20 GMT

Three men questioned in connection with the murder of a leading archaeologist have been released on police bail pending further enquiries.

Direct from the Moon

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:41:16 GMT

Tonight, November 17, 2008, the National Geographic Channel airs something that has absolutely nothing to do with archaeology. Further, I didn't get to preview the video. ...

Ground broken for new park visitor center

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:03:43 GMT

Construction is under way on a new $700,000 visitor center at Pictograph Cave State Park southeast of Billings.

Students burrow into ancient history with archaeological simulation.

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:29:01 GMT

Southern California elementary school students are digging up 3,000-year-old Jordanian artifacts at La Sierra University in Riverside as they learn about history, archaeology, science and other subjects.

Attractions of archaeology

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:06:57 GMT

"Only a knowledge seeker should pursue archaeology." Photo: M. Srinath Thirst for knowledge: Archaeology with its diverse fields has many lessons to offer.

Dino-mite ! Bentonville Public Library celebrated Rexy's first year with the library on Saturday.

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:46:24 GMT

Dinosaurs once again walked the earth Saturday as the larger than life creatures found new life in the community's children at the Bentonville Public Library Saturday.

In the shadow of war, can Babylon be saved?

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:27:00 GMT

It was one of the world's first, greatest cities - a place where astronomers mapped the stars thousands of years ago and kings created an early code of law and planted what became known as the Hanging Gardens ...

PBS' 'The Bible's Buried Secrets': Seek and ye shall find?

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:02:03 GMT

The Bible's Buried Secrets supplies theories by examining how history and Scripture intersect.

Unlocking the Great Pyramid

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:20:30 GMT

Unlocking the Great Pyramid is the first new film featured in National Geographic's Expedition Week. It airs tonight, November 16, 2008, at 9 pm ET, on the National Geographic Channel....

WORLD at 1600GMT

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:27:13 GMT

ANALYSIS. Analysis: As legacy talk looms, Bush handing over power to Obama with grace.

N. Ky. Indian hunt-and-kill site a rare find

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:06:31 GMT

Archaeologists have dug up and will display evidence of an American Indian bison hunt that happened hundreds of years ago in northern Kentucky.

Phia Mun Cave reveals wealth of archaeological treasures

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:35:45 GMT

Do you dig it? Archaeologist Trinh Nang Chung and his colleagues at the excavation site.

How white were the Israelites? Facial reconstruction may be surprising

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:53:26 GMT

No one knows how the Israelites and the Judeans looked or which people they would most closely resemble today.

Folsom pair pleads not guilty in artifact-theft case

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:18:03 GMT

A Folsom father and son pleaded not guilty Thursday to allegedly removing archeological artifacts from public lands.

Macedonia and FYROM - Communist Lies and Christianity

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:49:04 GMT

For more than 4,000 years Macedonia has been an intricate part of the history of the Greek people.

Rome not built in a day, even for Google Earth

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:21:12 GMT

GOOGLE Earth has added a new function to its 3D map collection: time travel. Launched in the Italian capital this week, Rome has become the first ancient city documented on Google Earth, allowing internet users ...

Calif. father, son charged with archaeology theft in Nevada

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:52:24 GMT

A father and son from Northern California have pleaded not guilty to charges alleging they illegally collected Indian artifacts in Nevada.

Archaeologists unearth 8th century church in Syria

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:17:12 GMT

Archaeologists in central Syria have unearthed the remnants of an eighth-century church, an antiquities official said Thursday.

National Geographic Expedition Week: Archaeology Viewer Guide

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:58:15 GMT

This coming week, November 16-23, 2008, the National Geographic Channel is featuring videos on scientific studies they've produced lately, including nine brand new ones. Most of the videos, old and...

Bowl survives 300 years underground

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:44:08 GMT

Archaeologists have discovered a piece of crockery dating back more than 300 years on a Belfast city centre building site.

How warfare shaped human evolution

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:21:30 GMT

IT'S a question at the heart of what it is to be human: why do we go to war? The cost to human society is enormous, yet for all our intellectual development, we continue to wage war well into the 21st century.

Archaeologists hail 'remarkable' Roman settlement uncovered during pipeline work

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:46:03 GMT

Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Communities Thursday 13th November 2008 - 4:36pm Archaeologists hail 'remarkable' Roman settlement uncovered during pipeline work A Roman settlement has been unearthed by ...

Ancient Celtic coin cache found in Netherlands

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:17:33 GMT

This hand out image made available by Amsterdam's Free University or VU and the city of Maastricht, Netherlands, Thursday Nov.

Floating through a dream

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:51:26 GMT

A local diver is living out his dream of discovering shipwrecks all over the world.

1,200-year-old church uncovered in Syria

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:26:53 GMT

Archeologists in central Syria have unearthed a 1,200-year-old church believed to be the largest ever discovered in this Mideast country, an antiquities official said Thursday.

Walid al-Assaad, the head of the Palmyra Antiquities and Museums Department said the church, dating back to the 8th century B.C., was discovered recently by a joint Syrian-Polish archaeological team.

The discovery took place at an excavation site in the ancient town of Palmyra, some 153 miles northeast of the capital Damascus, the official said but did not provide a more specific timing.