Archaeology

Scientists Have Excavated A Town From a Powerful Yet Unknown Ancient Kingdom Nature World News12:19
      
Ancient DNA confirms humans wiped out the north's version of the penguin The Conversation (UK)12:51
      
How Did Bronze Age Greeks Know About Asian Monkeys? Greek Reporter12:53
      
Around 35,000 years ago, Central Iberia had a tundra-steppe landscape Phys.org13:21
      
Glasgow's St Mungo and his miracles ... here’s what we know from the history books Glasgow Evening Times10:24
      
Rare Pink Statue of Ancient Egypt's King Ramses II Unearthed Near Giza Newsweek10:58
      
Medieval structure found at Buckland Abbey Current Archaeology09:47
      
Ancient Egyptian ‘Head Cone Mystery’ Solved by Archaeologists MTV Lebanon13:22
      
Experiments in evolution Phys.org13:16
      
Insect faeces defacing iconic Taj Mahal; ASI starts cleaning work The Financial Express12:31
      
‘Humans were not centre stage’: how ancient cave art puts us in our place The Guardian06:00
      
Jaw-Dropping Celtic Warrior Grave Contains Shield Labelled a Find 'of The Millennium' ScienceAlert00:58

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This ancient cave art is the oldest known 'storytelling' CBC.ca13:36
      
World's oldest artwork, dating back 44000 years, discovered in a cave The New Indian Express13:22
      
Ancient Egyptian ‘Head Cone Mystery’ Solved by Archaeologists MTV Lebanon13:22
      
Around 35,000 years ago, Central Iberia had a tundra-steppe landscape Phys.org13:21
      
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44,000 year old cave painting thought to be world's oldest story Jerusalem Post13:16
      
Experiments in evolution Phys.org13:16
      
Mass extinction of land and sea biodiversity 250 million years ago not simultaneous Phys.org13:01
      
How Did Bronze Age Greeks Know About Asian Monkeys? Greek Reporter12:53
      
Ancient DNA confirms humans wiped out the north's version of the penguin The Conversation (UK)12:51
      
Indonesia: World's oldest artwork found Deutsche Welle12:39
      
Shakespeare returns to Shoreditch as Curtain Theatre finds go on show EastLondonLines12:36
      
Dismembered, Beheaded Human Remains Were Likely 7th-Century Mayan Prisoners IFLScience12:34
      
Insect faeces defacing iconic Taj Mahal; ASI starts cleaning work The Financial Express12:31
      
Scientists Have Excavated A Town From a Powerful Yet Unknown Ancient Kingdom Nature World News12:19
      
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Rewriting history: cave painting found in Sulawesi is earliest known figurative art by modern humans Coconuts12:00
      
Supreme Court dismisses all review petitions challenging its Ayodhya verdict The Statesman11:53
      
ASI starts work on cleaning insect faeces deposited on Taj Mahal The Hindu11:29
      
Jonah Hauer-King: ‘Waiting tables at Zédel was great for performance’ Evening Standard11:15
      
44,000-year-old cave art depicts earliest-known mythical beasts BBC Science Focus10:58
      
Rare Pink Statue of Ancient Egypt's King Ramses II Unearthed Near Giza Newsweek10:58
      
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'State of the art' visitor experience sheds new light on Newgrange The Irish Independent10:31
      
Glasgow's St Mungo and his miracles ... here’s what we know from the history books Glasgow Evening Times10:24
      
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Earliest recorded ‘story’ found in 40,000-year-old cave paintings The Independent09:52
      
Medieval structure found at Buckland Abbey Current Archaeology09:47
      
Egyptian official on Palestinian TV denies Jewish history in Israel Jerusalem Post08:26
      
World's oldest artwork uncovered in Indonesian cave: study Phys.org08:25
      
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Emil Stickland: Home-grown businesses should be adding more ecommerce to their baskets The Scotsman08:08
      
Scientists discover 44,000 year-old Indonesian cave painting The Irish Independent08:05
      
Animal painting found in Indonesia cave is 44,000 years old, researchers say Public Radio of Armenia07:57
      
Heritage protection network ICOMOS resuming activities in Lithuania Lithuanian National Radio and Television07:40
      
Mahabharata trail: From Vrindavan to Kedarnath, visit places mentioned in the epic The Financial Express07:00
      
Animal painting found in cave is 44,000 years old BBC06:26
      
Earlier today
‘Humans were not centre stage’: how ancient cave art puts us in our place The Guardian06:00
      
'Supernatural Looking': Archaeologists Reveal What They Found in The World's Oldest Cave Art Sputnik05:26
      
JNU: What a university should be Deccan Herald03:22
      
Impressive State Library revamp bears a Greek stamp Neos Kosmos03:06
      
Danon invites 'dozens' of UN ambassadors to tour the City of David Jerusalem Post03:05
      
Egypt's Antiquities Ministry Says Statue of Pharaoh Ramesses II Discovered in Giza Sputnik02:57
      
Indonesia: The Oldest Work of Art Discovered teleSUR02:16
      
A Christmas-related lecture on Thursday night Patheos01:04
      
Jaw-Dropping Celtic Warrior Grave Contains Shield Labelled a Find 'of The Millennium' ScienceAlert00:58
      
Villupuram: 8CE Aiyanar sculpture found in Vikravandi taluk The New Indian Express00:18
      
Yesterday
The Oldest Story We've Ever Found Shows Supernatural Figures on The Hunt ScienceAlert23:57 11-Dec-19
      
Civil War soldiers dyed their hair to look better in photographs, experts discover Daily Mail23:33 11-Dec-19
      
Oceanographers Map Legacy of Nuclear Tests at Bikini Atoll Smithsonian Magazine22:27 11-Dec-19
      
Reconstructing a Shipwreck Site as an Underwater Exhibit Atlas Obscura22:25 11-Dec-19
      
Half-animal, half-human hybrids depicted on oldest discovered cave art CNN22:17 11-Dec-19
      
44,000-Year-Old Cave Art Shows A Hunt Filled With Fantastical Creatures Discover Magazine21:51 11-Dec-19
      
Nearly 44,000-year-old hunting scene uncovered by archaeologists is oldest storytelling art Fox News21:43 11-Dec-19
      
Tiny, Ancient Native American Weapons May Have Been Used to Train Children to Fight Live Science21:06 11-Dec-19
      
Head Cones in Ancient Egyptian Graves Cap Archaeological Debate The New York Times21:06 11-Dec-19
      
44,000-Year-Old Indonesian Cave Painting Is Rewriting The History Of Art NPR21:06 11-Dec-19
      
Egypt unveils 'rare' ancient pharaoh bust Daily Mail21:04 11-Dec-19
      
What a university should be Deccan Herald21:01 11-Dec-19
      
The oldest story ever told: a painting of pigs on a cave wall in Indonesia, archaeologists claim South China Morning Post21:01 11-Dec-19
      
World's oldest figurative cave painting depicts ancient hunting scene UPI20:51 11-Dec-19
      
Dennis Cassinelli: ‘Uncovering Archaeology’ Nevada Appeal20:47 11-Dec-19
      
Egyptian civilian triggers discovery of ancient temple ArabNews20:23 11-Dec-19
      
Israeli Authorities Thwart Progress of Students and Schools over Archaeological Sites International Middle East Media Center19:57 11-Dec-19
      
Sharjah hosts archaeologists’ delegation Gulf Today19:41 11-Dec-19
      
Carved Limestone Slab Uncovered in Chichen Itza Archaeology Magazine19:18 11-Dec-19
      
Sharjah Archeology Authority welcomes archeologists from Austria Emirates News Agency19:10 11-Dec-19
      
Earliest Known Cave Art Hunting Scene Discovered In Indonesia Depicts "Supernatural" Beings IFLScience19:10 11-Dec-19
      
Newly described fossil whale represents intermediate stage between foot-powered and… Phys.org19:00 11-Dec-19
      
Early Roman Military Camp Unearthed in Bulgaria Archaeology Magazine18:58 11-Dec-19
      
Unique red granite bust of Ramses II unearthed on private land in Giza Al-Ahram Weekly18:50 11-Dec-19
      
Symbolic Egyptian Head Cones Were A Reality, Archaeologists Find Forbes18:50 11-Dec-19
      
Ancient Artifacts Found at Cairo's Heliopolis Temple Archaeology Magazine18:27 11-Dec-19
      
Archaeologists unearth lost town from Aksumite Empire Digital Journal18:26 11-Dec-19
      
Humanity's Oldest Cave Art Shows Shape-Shifting Supernatural Hunters Live Science18:26 11-Dec-19
      
Grisly ancient skeletons may be dismembered prisoners of war, experts reveal Fox News18:24 11-Dec-19
      
Scotland archaeologist team finds 4,000-year-old stones off country's coast Fox News18:17 11-Dec-19
      
Earliest known hunting scene uncovered in cave painting Belfast Telegraph18:14 11-Dec-19
      
The world’s oldest hunting scene Cosmos18:11 11-Dec-19
      
Dozens of UN ambassadors visit City of David Arutz Sheva18:11 11-Dec-19
      
World’s oldest hunting scene shows half-human, half-animal figures—and a sophisticated imagination Science Magazine18:11 11-Dec-19
      
Earliest Figurative Art Tells Story of a Hunt in Indonesia 44,000 Years Ago Haaretz18:10 11-Dec-19
      
Archaeology / Earliest known cave art by modern humans found in Indonesia The Guardian18:06 11-Dec-19
      
Is this cave painting humanity’s oldest story? Nature.com18:06 11-Dec-19
      
Indonesian Cave’s Mythical Beings May Be Oldest Imaginative Art by Humans The New York Times18:06 11-Dec-19
      
44,000-Year-Old Cave Painting Could Be the Earliest Known Depiction of Hunting Gizmodo18:05 11-Dec-19
      
A nearly 44,000-year-old hunting scene is the oldest known storytelling art Science News Online18:03 11-Dec-19
      
The oldest story ever told is painted on this cave wall, archaeologists report The Washington Post18:02 11-Dec-19
      
Archaeologists Reveal 2,700-year-old Town From Ancient World Power Newsweek17:51 11-Dec-19
      
Burial site ties major Viking swords find to warriors from Rävala Viking Archaeology Blog17:45 11-Dec-19
      
3-D Imaging Reveals Toll of Parthenon Marbles' Deterioration Smithsonian Magazine17:45 11-Dec-19
      
Graves reveal head cones seen in ancient Egyptian art really existed CNN17:33 11-Dec-19
      
Review – The Ancient Ways of Wessex: travel and communication in an early medieval landscape Current Archaeology17:01 11-Dec-19
      
How ChristianityChanged Singleness First Things16:36 11-Dec-19
      
Researchers analyze artifacts to better understand ancient dietary practices Phys.org15:59 11-Dec-19
      
Greece’s Museums Visitors Increased 4.3% in August of 2019 Argophilia Travel News15:51 11-Dec-19
      
Ancient Egyptian Head Cones Were Real, Grave Excavations Suggest Smithsonian Magazine15:43 11-Dec-19
      
Isotope analysis points to Mayan prisoners of war Phys.org15:39 11-Dec-19
      
Mysterious, 4000-year-old stone-carved objects that 'look remarkably like' humans found Fox News15:26 11-Dec-19
      
Isotope analysis points to prisoners of war, 1,400 years ago ScienceDaily15:25 11-Dec-19
      
Review – The Slate Industry Current Archaeology15:20 11-Dec-19
      
Isotope analysis points to prisoners of war EurekAlert!15:10 11-Dec-19
      
Moon Palace Cancun’s Exclusive Excursions to Newly Accessible Cenote Chukum-Ha TravelPulse14:59 11-Dec-19
      
Ancient lice-like insects found to feed on dinosaur feathers Phys.org14:49 11-Dec-19
      
Archeologists unearth lost town from little-known ancient East African empire CNN14:42 11-Dec-19
      
Early Humans Could Sail, Archaeologists Confirm Haaretz14:38 11-Dec-19
      
Mapping Bikini Atoll Phys.org14:26 11-Dec-19
      
Pope establishes Feast of Our Lady of Loreto Patheos14:02 11-Dec-19
      
Shipwreck From the Time of Jesus Christ Discovered Off Greece’s Kefallonia Greek Reporter13:47 11-Dec-19
      
Science opportunities give young people the chance to explore their heritage following funding success Cardiff University13:43 11-Dec-19
      
Orchard Primary pupils to perform Macbeth scene at Spitalfields Shakespeare pop-up Hackney Gazette13:33 11-Dec-19
      
Spain / British man returns ancient warrior helmets taken illegally The Guardian13:06 11-Dec-19
      
A Tantalizing Tour of Jerusalem’s Magical Tiles Haaretz12:58 11-Dec-19
      
Gold and Jewels Found on Minoan Island Devoted to the Color Purple Live Science12:45 11-Dec-19
      
Delaware Water Gap park officials consider first-ever entry fee philly.com12:45 11-Dec-19
      
The First Evidence of 'Head Cones' Found in 3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb Live Science12:35 11-Dec-19
      
Footage from local archaeological site is showcased on BBC 4 show Sussex Express12:26 11-Dec-19
      
Traveller's Tales with Bettany Hughes Condé Nast Traveller11:59 11-Dec-19
      
Massive archaeological breakthrough as gigantic shipwreck is uncovered in the Mediterranean Sea Lincolnshire Live11:15 11-Dec-19
      
Largest ever Yotvingian discovery made in northeastern Poland Poland In11:04 11-Dec-19
      
Archaeological dig will add to knowledge of Picts John O'Groat Journal, Scotland10:56 11-Dec-19
      
Archaeologist set to showcase the recent outstanding prehistoric discoveries in Pocklington Pocklington Post10:14 11-Dec-19
      
Investigating a Highland drovers’ inn Current Archaeology09:38 11-Dec-19
      
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