Archaeological News

Archaeologists in China have unearthed two shipwrecks under an artificial waterway that remained buried for centuries.  

FAMILIES are being given the chance to discover archaeology as part of a new project which has received a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Wessex Archeology, based in Salisbury, has been given £46,200 to help local people learn more about the history ...  

An altar and a stela estimated to date from as early as 800 B.C. were found at the Chalcatzingo archaeological site in the central state of Morelos, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History, or INAH, said. The altar is rectangular and covered with engravings representing rain. A few meters (yards) away from the altar was an unfinished stela standing 1.7 meters (5 feet 6 inches) tall. The pieces are thought to have been made...  

Israeli archaeologists have discovered a rare trove of 3,000-year-old jewelry, including a ring and earrings, hidden in a ceramic jug near the ancient city of Megiddo, where the New Testament predicts the final battle of Armageddon. Archaeologists who unearthed the jug during excavations at t...  

The Israel Antiquities Authority revealed Wednesday what it is calling the earliest archaeological evidence of the city of Bethlehem. Archaeologists have discovered a bulla – or piece of clay used to seal documents and other objects – that is only ...  

Impressed with the seal of the sender of the document, an intact “bulla” upon deliver ... excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority is carrying out in the City of David. The sifting is underwritten by the 'Ir David Foundation' in a project being ...  

Archaeologists have found one of the oldest artifacts of Jewish culture on the Iberian Peninsula at an excavation site in the south of Portugal, close to the city of Silves (Algarve). On a marble plate, measuring 40 by 60 centimeters, the name "Yehiel" can be read, followed by further letters which have not yet been deciphered. The Jena Archaeologists believe that the new discovery might be a tomb slab.  

Gently cradling a 5,000-year-old cuneiform clay tablet from Ur (modern day Iraq), Andrew Nelson wishes he could peel back the layers to find out what makes up this first-generation iPad. And thanks to a new microCT scanner at Western’s Sustainable Archaeology Repository (SAR), the Anthropology professor has done just that.  

However, applicants say the ASI is dragging its feet on demarcating protected land. In Tamil Nadu, the state archaeology department is the nodal agency that receives applications from people seeking to build structures around protected sites.  

Molly the Columbian mammoth lived, grazed, and died, about 13,000 years ago near a spring in what is now a fast-developing chunk of Douglas County. Five thousand years later, early North American humans spent time at the same spring, where they killed and butchered bison.  

This month, officials with Colorado Economic Development Division will consider a proposal to fund Lamb Spring as a Regional Tourist Project, turning one of the most promising digs in North America into a "living museum" where patrons can watch archaeologists and paleontologists wield brushes on mammoth bones in the archeological treasure trove.  

TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a stash of rare ancient jewelry near the site of the biblical Armageddon in the north of the country. Israel Finkelstein of Tel Aviv University, who co-directed the dig, said this week ...  

A piece of clay was found during archaeological excavations at the City of David, in Jerusalem, bearing the name of the city of Bethlehem in ancient Hebrew script. The piece of clay dates back to the First Temple period (1006 – 586 BCE), making it the ...  

In 2008 I first ran a story about a major archaeological discovery at Khirbet Qeiyafa. The Israeli Antiquities Authority is releasing the preliminary report of the finds at Khirbet Qeiyafa. As I explained then, the findings are challenging skeptical scholars' claims. As I explained then, according to skeptical scholars the accounts of the kingdoms of David and Solomon are myths--essentially the Israelite equivalent of Arthurian legends of...  

JERUSALEM -- Archaeologists have unearthed a trove of artifacts dating back to the time of the biblical King David that they say closely correspond to the description of Solomon’s Temple found in the Book of Kings. Hebrew University archaeologist Yosef Garfinkel said the find “is extraordinary” first because it marks the first time that shrines from the time of the early Israelite kings were found. In addition, two small, well-preserved models...  

There’s nothing quite like exploration and discovery. That’s why I love archaeology. As an archaeologist one goes into the field each day knowing that, with every scrape of the trowel and every scoop of the shovel, they are uncovering something new...  

Following on from previous coverage of the effects of the Greek financial crisis on the country’s archaeological sites, some archaeological programmes are taking steps to rebury archaeological discoveries, to protect them until such time as there are sufficient funds to allow full excavations to take place. Such a move, also prevents looters from discovering where [...]  

OSAKA, Japan - A archaeological team from Holmenkollen, Norway, has made an amazing discovery. Olaf "Icicles" Gunnarstrand, leader of the six-man archaeological team, has declared that the team known as The Blue Sardines has discovered the bones o...  

[ May 23, 2012 to May 25, 2012. ] ICOMOS and ICAHM are organising a conference in Athens, looking at way that archaeological heritage can be protected during the current economic crisis. The discussion is not restricted to Greece however, and I imagine will be of interest to many other countries, whose museums and culture departments face massive spending cuts as governments try to [...]  

Same Prague district that yielded Stone Age ‘gender bender’ again sheds light on how humans lived millennia agoThe Czech Archaeological Society (ČSP) has announced the discovery of the remains of houses dating back more than 7,500 years in the Prague district of Bubeneč, along with a burial site there that is about half as old.“We have managed to unearth impressions of wooden supporting structures of so-called long houses, typical of the...  

Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)An archaeological committee from the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) embarked today on an inspection tour at the El-Hibeh archaeological site in Beni Suef, as well as other sites that were subjected to looting after the 2011 revolution.Abdel-Hamid Maarouf, head of the ancient Egyptian antiquities department and head of the committee, told Ahram Online that the tour includes the El-Hibeh and Ehnasia sites in...  

“End to Antiquities Trafficking”, a new temporary exhibition about looting of antiquities in Greece, at Thessaloniki’s Archaeological Museum, runs until September. From: Greek Reporter Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki to Host “End to Antiquities Trafficking” Exhibition By Stella Tsolakidou on March 29, 2012 A temporary exhibition entitled “End to Antiquities Trafficking” will open in April at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. [...]  

Viminacium is near the Serbian town of Kostolac, and river cruise ships sailing the Danube stopover for a few hours so that passengers can tour the large Roman archaeological site. It's very interesting to look out over today's crop fields and imagine a bustling town and Roman fort from almost 2000 years ago.The three areas at Viminacium open thus far include the northern Roman military gate, the thermal baths, and the imperial mausoleum...  

According to the Global Heritage Fund (GHF), economic growth, war and mass tourism are the main cause of "irreparable loss and destruction." The danger is dramatically underestimated and funds for protection and conservation are limited. A Buddhist monastery in Afghanistan and the ancient capital ...  

Filed under: History, Learning, Europe, United KingdomWhen you stroll through a museum, you generally assume that all those ancient artifacts you're seeing were dug up by professional archaeologists or found by accident by some farmer plowing his field. Mostly you'd be correct, but researchers into England's Roman past are getting some unexpected help. . .from moles. Moles at the site of Epiacum, a Roman fort dating from the first to the...  

Southern Prince George’s officials and historians hope a nearly unprecedented archaeological dig in the Patuxent River near Upper Marlboro will advance historic tourism during the state’s War of 1812 bicentennial commemorations.Archaeologists with the State Highway Administration, the Maryland Historical Trust and the Navy are working on plans to excavate a shipwreck they believe to be the U.S.S. Scorpion, a scuttled warship from the War of...  

The Archaeological Institute of America has come out as completely opposed to open access in an editorial by Elizabeth Bartman, president of AIA, in the current issue of AIA’s popular magazine Archaeology. We at the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), along with our colleagues at the American Anthropological Association and other learned societies, have taken a stand against open access. Here at the AIA, we particularly object to having...  

Native Hawaiian Paulette Kaleikini's claim that an archaeological inventory survey, or AIS, needs to be completely finished before the city can begin construction of the $5.3 billion elevated rail project reached the Hawaii Supreme Court Thursday.  

Unfortunately, this article was posted so late, that the event had already passed by the time I read it – It sounds like it could have been interesting though, for anyone who did get to see it. From: Kansas City Star Roger Bland: A License to Loot or Archaeological Rescue? What: The British Museum’s Roger Bland looks at the successes [...]  

Archaeologists return to excavate Flag Fen aided by 'crowd-sourced' sponsorship. Museum and archaeological site in Cambridgeshire. "Britain's Bronze Age Archaeological Park". Dated to 1365–967 BC, excavations and research uncovered a monumental site which included a causeway composed of thousands of timber posts arranged in five 1-meter-long rows, and a small timber platform partway across the structure.  

KOTA KINABALU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The Mansuli Valley in Sabah's east coast Lahad Datu district houses the oldest human settlement in east Malaysia, archaeologists claim.Related StoriesWife's business suffers after hubby accuses her of being a manMalaysia allows poll reform rally, but only at 'appropriate location'I need people's support to transform country, says Malaysia PMIndonesia house fire kills family, Taiwanese guestBomb in...  

I'm confused. How can this be located between Platte Canyon Rd and Chatfield Reservoir? There's no way that can be because Platte Canyon stops at C-470 and doesn't provide a boundary for anything near Chatfield. It does provide a boundary for the newer South Platte Res, but that makes it NOT in Dougco. And the address the link Alfred provided shows is in Highlands Ranch on the other side of Santa Fe. I'm relatively new to this part of town...  

Molly the Columbian mammoth lived, grazed, and died, about 13,000 years ago near a spring in what is now a fast-developing chunk of Douglas County. Five thousand years later, early North American humans spent time at the same spring, where they killed and butchered bison.  

JOLIET, Ill., April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- April 2012 marks the fifth annual National Safe Digging Month, reminding homeowners and professional excavators in Illinois to call JULIE, Inc. (JULIE) at 811 before every digging project this spring, regardless of the size or depth.  This...  

PARIS, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) today introduced an innovative new system configuration for the affordable and easy-to-use GCSFlex™ Grade Control System. The addition of GPS guidance extends the system's functionality and allows a contractor to work...  

This month, officials with Colorado Economic Development Division will consider a proposal to fund Lamb Spring as a Regional Tourist Project, turning one of the most promising digs in North America into a "living museum" where patrons can watch archaeologists and paleontologists wield brushes on mammoth bones in the archeological treasure trove.  

There were many derogatory comments made, when Greece first announced that it was going to do more to encourage filming on the Acropolis by private companies (for a fee). At the end of the day though, it makes more sense to explore solutions to solve the problems of finding the funds to maintain the sites, [...]  

Trip to Calico Archaeological Site from Victor Valley Museum Space is still available on a San Bernardino County Museum Association trip to the Calico Early Man site in Yermo on Saturday, April 7. Reservations can be made by calling (909) 307-2669 ext. 250. The trip will depart from the Victor Valley Museum in Apple Valley at 8:30 a.m. and return about 4:30 p.m. “We will walk the trails, learn the history of this world-famous archaeological...  

Greece is experiencing some severe financial issues at the moment, and austerity is the order of the day. Unfortunately, saving money calls for cuts, and some have come in the form of reduced budgets for museums and other areas of cultural heritage. This isn't just access to museums at stake: archaeological sites across Greece are facing thefts after reduced security. Now Greek archaeologists are calling for anyone interested in the rich and...  

Istanbul archeologist describes excavation of ancient ships, portBy Jan HartlaubStarNews CorrespondentPublished: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 5:18 p.m.Last Modified: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 5:18 p.m.SOUTHPORT | “It’s what nautical archeologists live for.” That’s how a site worker at the Yenikapi Shipwrecks Project in Istanbul described the project that has been ongoing since 2004.More:Istanbul archeologist describes excavation of ancient...  

Britain's Secret Treasures on ITV to follow experts as they judge the merits of antiquities discovered in the UK in the last 15 yearsHistorians and archaeologists are arguing over the single most historically important archaeological find among almost a million objects discovered in the UK in the last 15 years. Contenders include the heap of glittering Anglo-Saxon gold of the Staffordshire Hoard, a scruffy little coin that proved the existence...  

More coverage of the decision by Greece to reduce the costs for filming permits at the country’s ancient sites. From: Kathimerini (English Edition) Greece cuts filming costs at Acropolis Thursday, January 19, 2012 By Natalie Weeks The Acropolis, Greece’s star attraction for 2,500 years, may be preparing for a bigger role. The Greek government lowered the permit costs this month for using [...]  

Unfortunately, I only spotted this one today, but it appears that the lecture took place yesterday. See original flyer for the event here. From: City Press Lecture for the return of the Parthenon Marbles Post: 26-03-2012 13:30 | City Press Newsroom The Arcadian Centre for Greek, Mediterranean and Balkan Studies hosts at 19.30 archaeologist and Ph.D. Candidate University of Cambridge, [...]  

An 18th-century mahogany bonnet-top highboy has long been the centerpiece of the furniture collection of the Snoot Museum in East Upscale, Massachusetts. The piece was built in 1769 and signed by local cabinetmaker Josiah Gale. It had been in continuous possession of a local family until being donated to the museum in 1923 on the Continue reading»  

Jerusalem – A Hebrew University archeologist has discovered artifacts from a 3,000-year-old community that have created a new understandings of how the First Temple was built, the university announced on Tuesday. Prof. Yosef Garfinkel, the Yigal Yadin Professor of Archeology at the university, displayed models of items excavated in Khirbet Qeiyafa, a fortified city in [...]  

LOS ANGELES, CA.-The J. Paul Getty Museum today placed on view a Decree Relief with Antiochos and Herakles, the first Greek loan to arise from a 2011 framework for cultural cooperation between the Getty and the Hellenic Republic Ministry of Culture.  

(TrendHunter.com) The surrealist sculpture Adrián Villar Rojas has an incredible talent for creating massive, evocative monuments. The size of his sculptures ties in wonderfully to the figures he chooses to create....  

The 42-year-old’s volume, Breaking New Ground: how archaeology works - explores how archaeology grew as a profession after new planning rules were introduced in 1990. Dr Aitchison, of Walkley, said: “This led to archaeological work taking place before ...  

A rare seal from the First Temple period has been uncovered in an archaeological excavation near Jerusalem's Temple Mount, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Tuesday. The seal was found among the remains of a structure currently being dug ...  

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A road reconstruction project in an eastern Utah canyon has yielded new archaeological finds, including a Fremont Indian pit house. The Deseret News reports the pit house is one of at least a dozen cultural sites that have been ...  

A U.S. student who was working on an archaeological project in the Shetland Islands collapsed and died after going for an evening swim. Evan Dube, 19, was at a barbecue on a beach in Lerwick with a group of ten students from Bates College in Lewiston ...  

An archaeologist from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem says he has discovered cultic shrines dating back to the time of the biblical King David which may provide clarity to some obscure building references in the Bible  

An archaeologist from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem says he has discovered cultic shrines dating back to the time of the biblical King David, which may provide clarity to some obscure building references in the Bible. Professor Yosef Garfinkel says his discoveries at Khirbet Qeiyafa, an ancient fortified city that is 30 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem and is adjacent to the Valley of Elah, have confirmed the biblical view of the region...  

Yosef Garfinkel from the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University. "The three cult rooms did not show any human or animal figurine, suggesting that the population observed two biblical bans -- on pork and on graven images, therefore supporting the ...  

Recent archaeological finds in Israel may provide a solid link between Old Testament scripture and history. Israeli archaeologist said on Tuesday that they have discovered a fortified city in Judea from the time of King David, refuting, they say, claims that the biblical Jewish kings were only mythological figures.  

Theoretically, Rochester could be one big archaeological dig. However, there is a particular piece of higher ground — Indian Heights Park — that continues to attract the most attention. "It's hard to figure out exactly  

NINE MILE CANYON, Carbon County — The crew members were down on all fours, working with hand tools in the dirt, as the double-tanker truck rolled by on the single-lane road just a few feet away. Their trowels loosened up the hard soil, which was carried ...  

NINE MILE CANYON, Carbon County — The crew members were down on all fours, working with hand tools in the dirt, as the double-tanker truck rolled by on the single-lane road just a few feet away. Their trowels loosened up the hard soil, which was carried ...  

(TrendHunter.com) Christina Warinner is an archaeological geneticist at the Center for Evolutionary Medicine at the University of Zurich. In this fascinating Christina Warinner keynote address, the TED fellow...  

PATNA: Archaeologists have discovered dancing terracotta figurines, including one which might be of Amrapali, copper coins and a wall during a recent excavation in Vaishali. The excavation, conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI ...  

The young were also frustrated by the social studies in archaeology resulted in absence of opportunity either to follow somebody or to build own methodology, since they might have forgotten the most important: Who writes most matters in ...  

May is Georgia archaeology month. The dig kicks off the celebration, with Abby, the mobile classroom rolling in behind. Abby teaches kids the different types of digs like underwater excavation. Part of the thrill is hands-on learning. The archaeologists on ...  

A GUIDED bike ride to some of Epping Forest’s most intriguing archaeological sites will be held on Saturday. The tour on Saturday, May 20, will be held by Catherine Cavanagh of the City of London Corporation. It will take in the remains of the earthworks ...  

Jody Patterson, principal investigator for Montgomery Archaeology Consultants Inc. NINE MILE CANYON, Carbon County — The crew members were down on all fours, working with hand tools in the dirt, as the double-tanker truck rolled by on the ...  

State Minister for Antiquities Affairs Mohamed Ibrahim said on Thursday 12/4/2012 that a team of archaeologists at the ministry found four archaeological tombs that were carved into the rock at different depths in El-Ibrahimia district in the coastal city ...  

The artifacts were collected as part of the university's ongoing efforts to work with the Caribbean country to establish underwater museums in the many shipwrecks off its coast. The artifacts found by IU underwater archaeologists over the years ...  

Maritime archaeologists plan to use irregularities in the earth’s magnetic field to try and find two of WA’s oldest shipwrecks which have been lost in the Southern Ocean for almost 200 years. The Mountaineer, a wooden ... Island in a boat with eight ...  

According to small group tours operator Olde Ipswich Tours, this is good news not only for history buffs but also for Italy tourism, which attracts over 2.5 million visitors on tours of Italy from the Pompeii archaeological site alone. Pompeii, or “the ...  

When students in an archaeology field school at Flagler College first started digging, instructor Bill Locascio told them an archaeological truth, “It’s not what you find, it’s what you find out.” They still started out eager to find ...  

H M Siddanagoudar, Deputy Director of the Department of Archaeology, said on Tuesday that not much emphasis had been given for the scientific study of archaeological excavations in North Karnataka. Delivering the presidential address at an endowment ...  

Adi-Keih — Students from the College of Arts and Social Science explained that newly described archaeological relics in line with the second phase excavation program regarding Adulis are remarkable in developing the nation's tourism industry. The ...  

April 14, 2012Archaeologists discover three unknown shipwrecks in Lake Minnetonka. Source: www.startribune.com. The nonprofit organization Maritime Heritage Minnesota found the wreckage while scanning the eastern half of the large ...  

The public is invited to bring their bicycles and join in this leisurely-paced historical ride, which will take approximately two hours. National Park Service interpretive rangers will talk about the history of Moccasin Bend and future plans for ...  

The Community Archaeology Museum in Kim Lan Village, which was inaugurated on Tuesday, is the first example in the country of "community archaeology", in which local people play the main role in collecting items and building dossiers. Perhaps the first ...  

We take exception to the described activities of Robert Goss and Ralph Mundy as “amateur archaeology.” Archaeologists (amateur and professional) collect information about sites in a scientific way to add to our knowledge about our past and ...  

PUNE: Monuments like Aga Khan palace, Shaniwarwada, and Raigad fort will be among the first to have ramps, wheelchairs and information boards in Braille. They will become barrier-free allowing the disabled to access them, according to an ...  

We didn't realize we had it until it turned up this winter," he said. A lab worker showed it to him and Luckenbach said, "Oh, that is a ferruginous sandstone dinosaur backbone from the Arundel Formation" _ only because he had seen one many years ago.  

It was the first archaeological site registered in Prince George County. During the 1970s E. Randolph Turner III, a doctoral candidate, surveyed Jordan’s Point and concluded that it was one of the most impressive prehistoric sites in eastern Virginia.  

In addition to the possibility that atlatls were used much longer than previously believed, the researchers also found the base of what’s believed to be a Paleo-Indian point buried deeply at the site that could indicate use of the area much earlier.  

Deriving his theories from the sociologist Robert Merton, the American archaeologist Lewis Binford strongly encouraged middle range theory and completed ethnographic studies of Australian aborigines, Nunamiut Eskimo and ... from the Joe Alon Museum ...  

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association (CYSCA) is launching a fundraising effort to help support the ongoing research into 4th–2ndmillennium B.C. history and culture at the Shengavit archaeological site in Yerevan. According to ...  

The USDA Forest Service has a unique volunteer program that may be well suited for gifted children with a passion for history or archaeology.   Passport in Time (PIT) is described as,  a volunteer archaeology and historic preservation program ...  

(Also known as the Sunda Shelf, it is geologically an extension of the continental shelf of South-East Asia with the major land masses being ... USM lecturer Jeffery Abdullah, who is part of the archaeology team, said they found the site by chance while ...  

Before this, it was claimed the oldest human settlement, dating back about 40,000 years, was in the Niah Caves, near Miri, Sarawak. Dr Mokhtar said this in a talk to mark the launch of the Archaeology in Malaysia exhibition by state Tourism, Culture and ...  

The archaeological site of Akrotiri on Santorini island opened to the public on Wednesday morning, following its inauguration by Deputy Culture Minister Petros Alivizatos and Santorini mayor Nikos Zorzos. Alivizatos in his statements referred to the ...  

(CNN) -- The streets of lower Manhattan are traveled by hundreds of thousands of people each day. Beneath the sidewalks they walk on, a treasure trove of buried historic artifacts waits to be discovered. As construction crews tear into the streets on the ...  

Dr. Galle’s presentation will be held in the Andrew Jackson Visitor Center Auditorium at The Hermitage and is a FREE event. Beginning in the 1970s, the Hermitage archaeology program recently completed this important cataloging, conservation, and analysis ...  

One of Greece's most famous archaeological sites, the prehistoric town of Akrotiri on the island of Santorini, reopened on Wednesday seven years after a deadly roof collapse, local authorities said.  

On February 28, archaeologist James Tabor and documentary filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici ... Andrew Vaughn, the executive director of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR), named Eric Meyers, an archaeologist at Duke University, and Christopher ...  

“The goal is to show that we have history in the making,” said Jennifer Pace Robinson, vice president of experience development for the museum. “Rather than putting these objects in storage, visitors can learn from them . . . solve mysteries and problems.  

It would be dusty and messy, and accommodations wouldn’t include the boutique hotels I normally favor. The sense of adventure and the chance to learn was enough for me to sign up. I filled out an application, included a $50 check and sent it to professor ...  

The artifact-rich, multilayered Pig Point site being worked by Anne Arundel County's archaeological team for yet another season has turned up more unusual finds -- a dinosaur bone and a dog burial site.  

The teenager's jewelry — a solid gold cross about 3 1/2 centimeters (1 1/2 inches ... Those techniques might help experts determine where and under what circumstances she grew up. Howard Williams, a professor of archaeology at the University of Chester ...  

One of the first American archaeological teams to work in Iraq in 20 years has recently returned from a dig on the outskirts of Ur. Team leader Elizabeth Stone discusses the team's findings, and what the artifacts tell us about life in the region thousands of years ago.  

The Director-General of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ... of the outstanding cultural legacy that Syria hosts on its soil,’ said Ms. Bokova. ‘Damage to the heritage of the country is damage to the soul of its people ...  

We started from Marżiena Temple as we wanted to visit some people at Manresa Retreat House in Munxar. After taking a hot cup of coffee with some friends there, we turned left into Windmill Street. When we arrived in front of a windmill, we asked a local ...  

Papers documented the vault, but Ewen’s $25,000 Geophysical Survey Systems Inc. ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment earlier pinpointed the place that Ewen said has already produced three masters’ thesis and lured a half dozen other students to become archeologists.  

Binghamton University's Public Archaeology Facility has received a $20 million contract to conduct surveys for state Department of Transportation projects. The facility has nearly 50 workers. About 15 of those are students. They work on a variety of projects.  

PROVO — The Provo Tabernacle was one of the first landmarks Lindsay Johansson fell in love with when she came to Brigham Young University as a student. On Friday she worked in an archaeological dig in the shadow of the tabernacle and reflected on how a ...  

It's March, Easter approaches, and new books about Jesus have appeared. It is an interesting and diverse batch this time around. Bart Ehrman's "Did Jesus Exist? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth" (Harper) very ably assembles the evidence ...  

Goldberg, a professor of archaeology and geoarchaeology, joined a team there led by Michael Chazan, a University of Toronto professor, in 2004. During that trip Goldberg took a sample of sediment from the cave floor that Berna, a research ...  

(ANSAmed) - BELGRADE, MARCH 27 - The 13th International Festival of Archaeological Film opened in Belgrade last night, with Italy chosen as a guest of honour. Seven of the 26 films from 12 different countries being shown at the festival are Italian.  

encouraging sustainable development through tour activities that respect nature and culture supporting social development, allowing positive experiences between local communities and visitors. AGEXPORT’s Sustainable Tourism Commission – COMITURS ...  

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — University of New Hampshire students have been uncovering clues to campus life during the late 19th century by digging up a small grassy lot that was once home to a longtime professor and dean. The dig is part of a class ...  

I'll bet within 10 years that area is going to be covered in houses." Walker believes further excavation of Lamb Spring could show human activity between 13,000 and even 25,000 years ago, in which case "there would be a lot of rewriting of the ...  

I'll bet within 10 years that area is going to be covered in houses." Walker believes further excavation of Lamb Spring could show human activity between 13,000 and even 25,000 years ago, in which case "there would be a lot of rewriting of the ...  

DENVER—State officials are considering a proposal to turn a Denver-metro area archaeological dig into a tourist attraction. The Denver Post reports ( http://bit.ly/INAd3G) the Colorado Economic Development Division this month will examine the ...  

Today is my second day of digging. I'm in Israel for a weeklong archaeological dig - not your regular vacation, but one that brought fulfillment and surprisingly more rest than I've gotten sitting on the beach. Richard Stamps, a professor of ...  

DENVER — Molly the Columbian mammoth lived, grazed, and died, about 13,000 years ago near a spring in what is now a fast-developing chunk of Douglas County. Five thousand years later, early North American humans spent time at the same spring ...  

Archeological consultant Angus Sawyer believes the historic structure recently ... to be up to 5,000 years old where Native Americans appeared to have mined stone for tools. In Savannah, he worked on the foundation of a historic church ...  

This month, officials with Colorado Economic Development Division will consider a proposal to fund Lamb Spring as a Regional Tourist Project ... a proposed 3,400-acre, 12,000-home mixed-use development in the Chatfield Basin, with Roxborough ...  

Bangkok - Unfettered economic growth and unchecked mass tourism are endangering Asia's architectural treasures, which could vanish in a few years, a report by the Global Heritage Fund (GHF) ...  

The minister said that the circular stairs reaching the top of the Golghar would also be repaired by the ASI. She said that the ASI has the expertise to repair and conserve heritage sites so Golghar is in safe hands and added that while the ...  

To some, archaeology may seem like nothing more than digging up bones. To others, it’s essential to understanding life, both in the past and present. “Archaeology provides students a way to learn about the past, who we are, what our ...  

With work winding down on the archaeological examination of the original Provo Tabernacle foundation, officials of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are preparing to break ground for the new temple that will be built on the site.  

Members of the community are invited to attend the 2012 Spring Meeting of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut on April 28 at the Simsbury Historical Society, 800 Hopmeadow St. The theme of the event is "The Periphery of Archaeology ...  

Today is my second day of digging. I’m in Israel for a weeklong archaeological dig – not your regular vacation, but one that brought fulfillment and surprisingly more rest than I’ve gotten sitting on the beach. Richard Stamps, a professor ...  

SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — Students, teachers and history buffs interested in archaeology have an opportunity this summer to join a field school led by archaeologist Neill De Paoli and sponsored by the Old Berwick Historical Society. The Old ...  

The artifact-rich, multilayered Pig Point site being worked by Anne Arundel County's archaeological team ... Airport and were finding huge pieces of petrified wood and bone," he said. "I picked up a piece of dinosaur backbone, and more."  

The opportunity for Johansson, now a graduate student in archaeology, soon followed as classroom lessons were put to use just a mile from campus. An even older tabernacle, built in the 1850s and ’60s, once stood just north of the present ...  

The stones for its two feet thick walls were acquired from Bijapur. The roofline is defined by the delicate massing of cupolas and balustrades directly influenced by Moghul Emperor Akbar’s Fatehpur Sikri. The octagonal corner towers ...  

Goodyear’s search for a pre-Clovis culture — ice age man in South Carolina — began in Allendale County ... in the excavation of a nearby Paleoamerican site known as the Charles site. The cost is $488 per week ($400 is tax deductible ...  

Goodyear’s search for a pre-Clovis culture – ice age man in South Carolina – began in Allendale County ... in the excavation of a nearby Paleoamerican site known as the Charles site. The cost is $488 per week ($400 is tax deductible ...  

The Star Tribune reports the nonprofit organization Maritime Heritage Minnesota found the wreckage while scanning the eastern half of the large Minnesota lake last fall. The sonar survey also showed dozens of rowboats and ...  

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has issued an executive order on creation of Goytepe Archeological Park, APA reports. With the view of starting the designing and construction of the ...  

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Children love to explore. Why not make an excavation site where they can explore and even find treasures?Contributor: Bridget Ilene DelaneyPublished: May 15, 2012  

Evan Dube, 19, was at a barbecue on a beach in Lerwick with a group of ten students from his college in Maine before his death on Saturday night.  

Lab: June 10 CX102: Computer Programming and Complex Systems. Week 2: June 11-15 CX202: Complex Systems Modeling and Networks. NECSI's Summer and Winter Schools offer two intensive week-long courses.  

The Philippine archaeological vessel conducting research on Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal has already left the disputed area, a day after China called for its immediate ...  

Ufuk Kocabas, director of Istanbul University’s Department of Marine Archeology and the Yenikapi Shipwrecks Project, spoke at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Southport.  

The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) is informing drivers that archaeological survey work continues this week for the rail transit project.  

A volcanic eruption that followed wiped out the island's Minoan colony but the residue helped ... is one of Greece's most popular travel destinations.  

Archaeologists are scanning the bottom of one of Minnesota's largest lakes for unknown shipwrecks, and have already found some.  

Use the sandbox to create an archaeological dig game for a birthday party.Contributor: Emma SalkPublished: May 08, 2012  

Survey work to check for archaeological remains along the planned route of the Fehmernbelt fixed link has got underway.  

Ethnoarchaeology in practice.  

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