Archaeology

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  Stonehenge researchers discover site is much larger than previously thought

  10 Sep 2014:

  Researchers find hundreds of archaeological treasures around neolithic standing stones, transforming view of historic area

• Wedgwood is key to our research

  5 Sep 2014: Letters: The loss of this important research collection would therefore have a devastating impact not just on the artistic heritage of Britain

• Tourists to gain access to excavations for hominid bones in South Africa

  5 Sep 2014: Viewing platform and webcams at Cradle of Humankind site will allow visitors to look into pit during digs for early human fossils

• Dry spell at Stonehenge reveals secret that has eluded archaeologists

  1 Sep 2014: Brown patches of grass left by short hosepipe lead to 'lightbulb moment' that may confirm monument was once a perfect circle

• Stonehenge was circular? Well, blow me down

  1 Sep 2014: It’s great that we have evidence the Salisbury Plain monument was round – but did anyone seriously ever think otherwise, asks Jonathan Jones

• The joy of metal detecting – it’s not just about the treasure

  29 Aug 2014: Dave Crisp: The crowds combing a Folkestone beach are getting a taste of the wonders of searching for antiquities, a rural pleasure that connects us to our ancestors

• War, earthquakes, tourism ... the city of Byblos, Lebanon fights for its future

  28 Aug 2014: Continually inhabited for as long as 7,000 years, the truly ancient city of Byblos, Lebanon must balance its rich heritage against the shocks of the modern age. Can a new chief resilience officer help?
  

• Grander designs at Guédelon: historic chateau project brings past to life

  27 Aug 2014:

  Volunteers and researchers are hewing and toiling in a French forest to build a 13th-century castle by medieval means

• Rock of ages: Chile’s Quezala canyon

  23 Aug 2014: The ancient petroglyphs in Chile’s mountainous Atacama desert see few visitors. That is a shame for several reasons, says Kevin Rushby

• Neanderthals walked among us – study

  21 Aug 2014: Species now thought to have held out alongside modern humans in Europe for thousands of years but extent of mixing is unclear

• Volunteers help British Museum in crowdsourcing archeology project

  18 Aug 2014: Thousands log on to transcribe handwritten catalogue dating back to 18th century and put 30,000 ancient objects online

• Homo floresiensis: scientists clash over claims 'hobbit man' was modern human with Down's syndrome

  17 Aug 2014:

  Tiny skeleton from Indonesia's Flores island is unique ancient species, insist researchers

• Dinosaur 13 review – a jawbone-dropping true tale

  

  14 Aug 2014:

  This documentary follows US archaeologists who found a dinosaur, only to become mired in a custody battle, writes Mike McCahill

• Colin Pendleton obituary

  13 Aug 2014:

  Other lives: Archaeologist who specialised in the Bronze Age and helped many other young enthusiasts

• Archaeologists uncover vast ancient tomb in Greece

  13 Aug 2014:

  Site dates to end of Alexander the Great's reign in 4th century BC and may be grave of a prominent Macedonian, say officials

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