Archaeological News

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 ...  

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.  

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...  

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...  

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.  

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 ...  

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 ...  

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 ...  

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 ...