Archaeology
- The Brus Conserved In Time For 700th Anniversay Of Scottish Wars Of Independence
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The Brus, written by John Barbour, Archdeacon of Aberdeen, in about 1375, covers the Wars of Independence waged by Robert the Bruce, and includes a vivid, early description of the Battle of Bannockburn, which will have its 700th anniversary this week. It ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 22 2014 - 6:28pm
- Pavlopetri, The World's Oldest Submerged Town
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Forty-eight centuries ago, a bronze-age settlement flourished on the southern coast of Peloponnese, about 30 miles south of what would two thousand years later become the important town of Sparta. The city had a harbour facing east on calm waters, and had ...
Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jul 2 2014 - 5:19am
- Dorset Archaeological Find Reveals Life Of Rural Elites In Late-Roman Britain
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Skeletal remains uncovered near the site of a Roman villa in Dorset are likely the five skeletons of the owners and occupants of the villa – the first time in Britain that the graves of villa owners have been found in such close proximity to the villa itse ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 6 2014 - 11:41am
- Tokens Of Trade: Prehistoric Bookkeeping Lasted Long After The Invention Of Writing
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An archaeological dig in southeast Turkey has uncovered a large number of clay tokens that would ordinarily been have dated before the invention of writing- but the new find of tokens dates from a time when writing was commonplace, thousands of years afte ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 13 2014 - 8:12pm
- Acheulean Artefacts: Stone Age Find In Northern Cape Of South Africa
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Excavations at an archaeological site at Kathu in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, one of the richest early prehistoric archaeological sites in South Africa, have produced tens of thousands of Earlier Stone Age artifacts, including hand axes an ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 27 2014 - 10:00am
- Collaboration And Creativity: When Competition Enters In, Women Check Out
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Recent papers have suggested that women improve small working groups and so adding women to a group is a surefire way to boost team collaboration and creativity. A new study from Washington University in St. Louis says that is only true when women there i ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 11 2014 - 4:19pm
- Embalming Study Finds Mummification 1,500 Years Earlier Than Believed
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Researchers have discovered new evidence to suggest that the origins of mummification started in ancient Egypt 1,500 years earlier than previously thought. Traditional theories on ancient Egyptian mummification suggest that in prehistory-- the Late Neolit ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 13 2014 - 4:30pm
- Bronze Age Wine Cellar Found In Israel
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A Middle Bronze Age Canaanite palace at the Tel Kabri excavation in Israel has revealed an ancient wine cellar. ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 27 2014 - 3:17pm
- Wild Nights Of The Canaanites Revealed By Massive Wine Cellar Discovery
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A key part of civilization? Credit: E Photos, CC BY-SA ...
Article - The Conversation - Aug 28 2014 - 5:00am
- Iron Age: Workers At Slaves' Hill Were Not Slaves
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In 1934, American archaeologist Nelson Glueck named one of the largest known copper production sites of the Levant, located deep in Israel's Arava Valley, "Slaves' Hill." This hilltop station seemed to bear all the marks of an Iron Age ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2014 - 11:04am
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