Dinosaurs & Fossils
Mysterious 'Winged' Structure from Ancient Rome Discovered (LiveScience.com)
Submitted by staff on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 07:40
ShareThisLiveScience.com - A recently discovered mysterious "winged" structure in England, which in the Roman period may have been used as a temple, presents a puzzle for archaeologists, who say the building has no known parallels.
Italy returns 2,000 year-old statue to Libya (AP)
Submitted by staff on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 14:07
ShareThisAP - Italy has returned to Libya the head of a 2,000 year-old statue that was smuggled out of the country in the 1960s.
Correction: Human Remains-Fight story (AP)
Submitted by staff on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 11:50
ShareThisAP - In a Jan. 15 story about Native American human remains, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the anthropology museum at UC Berkeley as the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Archaeology. The museum's actual name is the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology.
In Jerusalem, national parks seen by Palestinians as a land grab (The Christian Science Monitor)
Submitted by staff on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 10:41
ShareThisThe Christian Science Monitor - An Israeli government plan to create a greenbelt around Jerusalem, preserving the ancient city's natural beauty and archaeological wealth, is fueling opposition among Palestinians and their supporters as the project moves into a critical stage.
Rare tomb of woman found in Egypt Valley of Kings (AP)
Submitted by staff on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 08:38
ShareThisAP - In a rare find, Egyptian and Swiss archaeologists have unearthed a roughly 1,100 year-old tomb of a female singer in the Valley of the Kings, an antiquities official said Sunday.
Novel in SW canyon dig uncovers loss and love (AP)
Submitted by staff on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 09:03
ShareThisAP - "Come in and Cover Me," (Riverhead Books), by Gin Phillips: Ren Taylor, the appealing, soul-searching character at the heart of this novel, is an archaeologist of some renown in the canyons of the New Mexico desert.
A bony mystery in intriguing 'House at Sea's End' (AP)
Submitted by staff on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 07:49
ShareThisAP - "The House at Sea's End" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), by Elly Griffiths: Dr. Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist and single mother, has enough drama in her life.
Found: First Solid Evidence of Ancient Mayans' Tobacco Use (LiveScience.com)
Submitted by staff on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 05:35
ShareThisLiveScience.com - Traces of nicotine discovered in a Mayan flask dating back more than 1,000 years represent the first physical evidence of tobacco use by the Mayans, researchers say.
NASA Moves to Debunk 2012 Mayan Doomsday Predictions (ContributorNetwork)
Submitted by staff on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 11:31
ShareThisContributorNetwork - The latest end of the world craze concerns the Mayan Calendar that ends a 144,000 day cycle on Dec. 21, the winter solstice. While many people claim this presages the end of the world, NASA is moving to debunk that theory.
Lovers' Pipe Dreams Emerge from Jerusalem Excavation (LiveScience.com)
Submitted by staff on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 16:00
ShareThisLiveScience.com - An archaeological excavation in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem has uncovered a centuries-old clay pipe inscribed with the phrase "Love is the language for lovers."
