MILAN — An American literary historian, a French paleoanthropologist, a Danish evolutionary geneticist and a German-Dutch astrophysicist have been named the winners of this year’s […]
Tag: Archaeology and anthropology
Some pendants, rings and gold pearls. Norwegian archaeologists say it’s the gold find of the century #pendants #rings #gold #pearls #Norwegian #archaeologists #gold #find #century
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be […]
4 exceptionally preserved Roman swords discovered in a Dead Sea cave in Israel #exceptionally #preserved #Roman #swords #discovered #Dead #Sea #cave #Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — Four Roman-era swords, their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert cave, […]
Book Review: ‘Reading Jane: A Daughter’s Memoir,’ by Susannah Kennedy #Book #Review #Reading #Jane #Daughters #Memoir #Susannah #Kennedy
“Reading Jane: A Daughter’s Memoir,” by Susannah Kennedy (Sibylline Press) When her mother Jane, a healthy 75-year-old, shockingly decides to take her own life, Susannah […]
Ruins of ancient Nero’s Theater discovered under garden of future Four Seasons near Vatican #Ruins #ancient #Neros #Theater #discovered #garden #future #Seasons #Vatican
Rome’s next luxury hotel has some very good bones ByNICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press People walk in the excavation site of the ancient Roman emperor Nero’s […]
Ruins of ancient Nero’s Theater discovered under garden of future Four Seasons near Vatican #Ruins #ancient #Neros #Theater #discovered #garden #future #Seasons #Vatican
Rome’s next luxury hotel has some very good bones ByNICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press People walk in the excavation site of the ancient Roman emperor Nero’s […]
Archaeologists in Louisiana save artifacts dating back 12,000 years from natural disasters, looters #Archaeologists #Louisiana #save #artifacts #dating #years #natural #disasters #looters
VERNON PARISH, La. (AP) — Long buried under the woods of west central Louisiana, stone tools, spearpoints and other evidence of people living in the […]
Jewelry, ornate pottery show 3,000-year-old Cypriot city was a key trading hub, scientist says #Jewelry #ornate #pottery #show #3000yearold #Cypriot #city #key #trading #hub #scientist
NICOSIA, Cyprus — New discoveries including gold ornaments and fine pottery at an ancient port city in Cyprus dating back more than 3,000 years indicate […]
In search of a lost cemetery, dig begins at a former Native American school in Nebraska #search #lost #cemetery #dig #begins #Native #American #school #Nebraska
Bodies of dozens of children who died at a Native American boarding school have been lost for decades, a mystery that archeologists aim to unravel […]
Lavish tomb in ancient Spain belonged to a woman, not a man, new research shows #Lavish #tomb #ancient #Spain #belonged #woman #man #research #shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — When archaeologists first discovered the 5,000-year-old ornate tomb in Spain, they assumed it was for a man. It held a rock crystal […]