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Egypt set to unveil Tutankhamun DNA results
  • 25/02/2010 13:53

Egypt set to unveil Tutankhamun DNA results

CAIRO — One of the great remaining mysteries from ancient Egypt , the ancestry of the boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun, may soon be solved, the country's antiquities supremo hinted on Sunday.

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  • 25/02/2010 13:52

Greece: New Underwater Archaeological Site Designated Off Polyaigos Island

A shipwreck located off the small uninhabited Cycladic island of Polyaigos in the central Aegean will be designated as an “underwater archaeological site” by Greece ’s Culture Ministry, the institution’s representatives announced recently.

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Ambassador or slave? East Asian skeleton discovered in Vagnari Roman Cemetery
  • 03/02/2010 10:40

Ambassador or slave? East Asian skeleton discovered in Vagnari Roman Cemetery

A team of researchers announced a surprising discovery during a scholarly presentation in Toronto last Friday. The research team, based at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, has been helping to excavate an ancient Roman cemetery at the site of Vagnari in southern Italy. Led by Professor Tracy Prowse, they’ve been analyzing the skeletons found there by performing DNA and oxygen isotope tests.

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Sections of Anahita Temple at Kangavar Destroyed By New Construction
  • 03/02/2010 10:20

Sections of Anahita Temple at Kangavar Destroyed By New Construction

Once again pre-Islamic Iranian heritage faces destruction, this time the victim is the famous historical platform known as the Anahita Temple, in the township of Kangavar in Kermanshah Province.

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Skeleton found buried at Yorkshire Museum
  • 03/02/2010 10:17

Skeleton found buried at Yorkshire Museum

A skeleton has been uncovered by builders carrying out refurbishment work at Yorkshire Museum.

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Queen Berenike's cat goddess temple discovered in Alexandria, Egypt
  • 03/02/2010 10:14

Queen Berenike's cat goddess temple discovered in Alexandria, Egypt

The remains of a temple of Queen Berenike - wife of King Ptolemy III - have been discovered by archaeologists in Alexandria, Egypt.

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Gold treasure, ancient tombs and mediaeval walls
  • 03/02/2010 10:12

Gold treasure, ancient tombs and mediaeval walls

The new decade has set off to a good start with excavations yielding valuable finds in Saqqara and Islamic Cairo, Nevine El-Aref reports

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  • 03/02/2010 10:10

Iron Age discovery uncovers prehistoric burial customs in Laos

The discovery of Iron Age human bone fragments in Laos has shed new light on the region's prehistoric burial customs, state media reports said Friday. A team of Lao and foreign archeologists foundthe fragments last week in a burial ground believed to be about 2,000 years old when South-East Asia was in the Iron Age, the Vientiane Times reported.

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  • 03/02/2010 10:09

Childen Find Possible Evidence of Legendary Temple

An excursion by local school children in historic Yogyakarta unearthed evidence that could indicate the existence of a temple that local legend holds was called Ngablak, archeologists said on Thursday.

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Missing 500-Years of Loggias, Porticos Described
  • 18/01/2010 10:25

Missing 500-Years of Loggias, Porticos Described

ScienceDaily (Jan. 12, 2010) — Using texts and images, a University of Arkansas researcher has for the first time reconstructed the time when the use of porticos -- roof-covered structures supported by columns -- gave way to loggias, or recessed porticos.

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