Funerary Monument Reveals Iron Age Belief That The Soul Lived In The Stone
Archaeologists in
southeastern Turkey have
discovered an Iron Age
chiseled stone slab that
provides the first written
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Small Islands Given Short Shrift In Assembling Archaeological Record
Small islands dwarf large
ones in archaeological
importance, says a
University of Florida
researcher, who found that
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Gold Earring 2,000 Years Old Discovered In Excavations In Jerusalem
A 2,000 year old gold
earring inlaid with pearls
and precious stones was
discovered in excavations
that the Israel Antiquities
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Earliest Known Hebrew Text In Proto-Canaanite Script Discovered In Area Where 'David Slew Goliath'
The earliest known Hebrew
text written in a
Proto-Canaanite script has
been discovered by Hebrew
University archaeologists in
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- Funerary Monument Reveals Iron Age Belief That The Soul Lived In The Stone
- Small Islands Given Short Shrift In Assembling Archaeological Record
- Gold Earring 2,000 Years Old Discovered In Excavations In Jerusalem
- Earliest Known Hebrew Text In Proto-Canaanite Script Discovered In Area Where 'David Slew Goliath'
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Tools Give Earlier Date For ‘modern-thinking’ Humans
November 3, 2008 Archaeologists have dated two explosions of sophisticated stone tool making in southern Africa much more precisely than has previously been possible and provided new information about stone tool ... > full story -
Fire Out Of Africa: A Key To The Migration Of Prehistoric Humans
October 28, 2008 The ability to make fire millennia ago was likely a key factor in the migration of prehistoric hominids from Africa into Eurasia, according to an archaeologist studying the findings at the Gesher ... > full story -
King Solomon's Copper Mines?
October 28, 2008 Did the Bible's King David and his son Solomon control the copper industry in present-day southern Jordan? Though that remains an open question, the possibility is raised once again by research ... > full story -
Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Governor's Palace In Turkey
October 21, 2008 Archaeologists have unearthed parts of a Neo-Assyrian governor's palace dating back to the 9th to 7th century BCE in an excavation program amongst the ruins on Ziyaret Tepe. The discoveries were ... > full story -
Iberian Peninsula’s Earliest Agricultural Systems Were Unsustainable
September 24, 2008 Researchers in Spain have found that the first agricultural systems on the Iberian Peninsula became ever more unsustainable with the passage of time. Their study involved the analysis of fossilised ... > full story -
Roman York Skeleton Could Be Early TB Victim
September 17, 2008 The skeleton of a man discovered by archaeologists in a shallow grave on the site of the University of York's campus expansion could be that of one of Britain's earliest victims of ... > full story -
Archaeologists Lift Lid On Rare Roman Find
August 25, 2008 Archaeologists in the UK have discovered two rare Roman stone sarcophagi. The 1800-year-old sandstone coffins were uncovered at a dig on the site of former chapel and office buildings in Newcastle ... > full story -
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'Virtual Archaeologist' Reconnects Fragments Of An Ancient Civilization
August 17, 2008 Computer scientists working with archaeologists in Greece has developed a new technology that has the potential to change the way people do ... > full story -
Rock Art Marks Transformations In Traditional Peruvian Societies
August 6, 2008 Peru is one of the Latin American countries, like Argentina and Brazil, where rock art is thought to have developed throughout a period stretching from 10,000 BC to 1500 AD. The wealth and diversity ... > full story -
Antikythera Mechanism: Scientists Crack Secrets Of 2,000-year-old Astronomical Computer
July 31, 2008 Researchers have unravelled the secrets of a 2,000-year-old computer which could transform the way we think about the ancient world. The Antikythera Mechanism is a clock-like astronomical calculator ... > full story
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