Royals discovered predating the Incas

3News

Peruvian archaeologists have discovered the remains of three ancient elites believed to have been buried more than 1,600 years ago in northern Peru.

Scalpels and skulls point to Bronze Age brain surgery

New Scientist

Onder Bilgi talks about his discovery of a razor sharp 4000 year old scalpel and what it was originally used for

Petroglyphs Vandalized in Arizona

Williams Grand Canyon News

A hiker reported Aug. 26 that vandals defaced the main rock art panel at Keyhole Sink on the Kaibab National Forest. Keyhole Sink is a popular interpretive site open to the public and visited by many.

Giant Freeze Dryer To Preserve Ship Pieces At Texas A and M Lab

Texas A and M News

Texas A&M University researchers working to restore the hull of La Belle, a light frigate recovered from its underwater grave, are using an unconventional method to preserve the pieces: a state of the art freeze dryer big enough to hold a few head of cattle.

More on Human Meat Just Another Meal for Early Europeans?

National Geographic News

Cannibalism helped meet protein needs, keep rivals in line, study suggests.

3,000 year old Iron Age temple unearthed in Jordan

MSNBC

Archaeologists also unearthed some 300 pots, figurines of deities and sacred vessels

Ancient city does not actually exist, says Turkish minister

Hurriyet Daily News

Controversy over plans to bury an ancient city in western Turkey with sand ahead of a new dam project was overshadowed Wednesday by revelations from Turkey's environment minister that the site did not, in fact, exist.

Archaeologists attack BPs drilling plans

The Art Newspaper

Damage feared to underwater sites off the coast of Libya, after Gulf disaster

Oak tracks at 10th century road site leave archaeologists puzzled

Irish Times

ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE puzzled as to the exact purpose of an ancient oak road unearthed on a Bord na Móna bog in Co Tipperary.

Ancient Moche burials provided insects with banquet

USA Today

Peru's ancient Moche exposed their dead to corpse-eating bugs as an act of veneration, archeologists report.

More on Ancient brewers tapped antibiotic secrets

Emory University

A chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Nubians shows that they were regularly consuming tetracycline, most likely in their beer. The finding is the strongest evidence yet that the art of making antibiotics, which officially dates to the discovery of penicillin in 1928, was common practice nearly 2,000 years ago.

Anglo Saxon treasure goes on display at Berkeley Castle

BBC

A rare Anglo Saxon gold ring, which will feature on a new BBC archaeology programme this evening (Thursday 2 September), is to go on display at Berkeley Castle.

Oxfordshire garden human remains date from 500 AD

BBC

Human remains found in a Oxfordshire garden, sparking a police inquiry, have been dated back to 500 AD.

Mass Extinctions Change the Rules of Evolution

Wired News

A reinterpretation of the fossil record suggests a new answer to one of evolution's existential questions: whether global mass extinctions are just short term diversions in life's preordained course, or send life careening down wholly new paths.

First Roman watermill discovered in West Cumbria

Times and Star

THE first Roman watermill to be discovered in Cumbria has been unearthed in an archaeological dig on the edge of Cockermouth.

Canadian Rockies Yields Fossil Trove

Discovery News

Archaeologists have discovered another important site next to the famous Burgess Shale location.

Archaelogical dig at Orce, Granada, reveals riches

Typically Spanish

The site is being considered to be one of the best in Western Europe

Countys watery past yields fossils: Purse park beach is home to tons of ancient teeth

So Md News

Charles County has an entire department dedicated to the planning and managed growth of county land, but millions of years ago that division would have been moot.

Early man butchered and ate the brains of children as part of everyday diet

Daily Mail

Early cavemen in Europe ate human meat as part of their everyday diet, new research suggests.

Experts discover Roman tower in Alderney

Channel Television

Archaeologists have discovered what they think was a Roman tower in Alderney.

Discovery Ages Antibiotics 2,000 Years

Laboratory Equipment

A chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Nubians showed they were regularly consuming tetracycline, most likely in their beer.

Rare Roman lantern found near Sudbury

News24

An intact Roman lantern made of bronze, believed by experts to be the only one of its kind in Britain, has been unearthed in a field by a metal detecting enthusiast.

Top Bulgarian Archaeologist Stumbles Upon 2 Ancient Thrace Tombs

Novinite

An intact Roman lantern made of bronze, believed by experts to be the only one of its kind in Britain, has been unearthed in a field by a metal detecting enthusiast.

New discoveries in Tigranakert

Information Analytic Agency NEWS

The 2010 excavations in the ancient city of Tigranakert produced very good results, the head of the Artsakh archeological expedition, Doctor of History Hamlet Petrosyan told reporters.

Israel researchers find ancient disposable cutlery

The Associated Press

Israeli archaeologists believe thousands of ancient shards of flint found scattered around a fire pit in a cave near Tel Aviv might be the world's oldest known disposable knives.

Scientists find fossil bonanza in southern B.C.

Montreal Gazette

A Canadian led team of scientists has discovered a fossil bonanza in southern British Columbia that sheds new light on the world famous Burgess Shale site 40 kilometres to the north and introduces a previously unknown predator from the dawning era of animal life.

More on Ancient Sorcerers Wake Was First Feast for the Dead?

National Geographic News

Some 12,000 years ago in a small sunlit cave in northern Israel, mourners finished the last of the roasted tortoise meat and gathered up dozens of the blackened shells. Kneeling down beside an open grave in the cave floor, they paid their last respects to the elderly dead woman curled within, preparing her for a spiritual journey.

More on Large, double clawed raptor stalked Europes Cretaceous creatures

Scientific American

Researchers have pieced together a set of puzzling fossils from a stocky dinosaur discovered in Romania. The newly described predator helps to flesh out the spotty fossil record of carnivorous animals from Europe's Cretaceous.

Giant foot mark found in Fiji

Fiji Times

A unique coral stone with a 12 or 13 inch human footprint on it was discovered last week by the Fiji Museum.

Oldest house in Ontario discovered at 4,500 year old settlement near Lake Huron

Heritage Key

Archaeologists have discovered a 4,500 year old settlement, on the Ausable River, near the shore of Lake Huron in Canada.

Mammoth killing space blast off the hook

BBC

The theory that the great beasts living in North America 13,000 years ago were killed off by a space impact can now be discounted, a new study claims.

Ephesus of Black Sea unearthed in northern Turkey

Hurriyet Daily News

Excavations are continuing at the ancient city of Tieion, which was established in Filyos in Zonguldak's Caycuma district in the 6th century B.C. The site is considered to be the Ephesus of the Black Sea Region.

Archaeological study shows human activity may have boosted shellfish size

PhysOrg

In a counter intuitive finding, new research from North Carolina State University shows that a species of shellfish widely consumed in the Pacific over the past 3,000 years has actually increased in size, despite and possibly because of increased human activity in the area.

First Nations want say in the preservation of important archaeological sites in Ontario

Toronto Star

The province must ban the bulldozing of important native sites by developers without the consultation or even notification of First Nations people, says a spokesperson with the Huron Wendat nation.

Nasca Lines may be giant map of underground water sources

Andina

The province must ban the bulldozing of important native sites by developers without the consultation or even notification of First Nations people, says a spokesperson with the Huron Wendat nation.

Revealed: the Roman Ninth Legions guilty secret

The Guardian

New research reveals that the so called crack troops of Rome were in fact guilty of crimes against fashion

Five more inscriptions unearthed near Tirumayam

The Hindu

Five rare inscriptions dating back to the 14th century were unearthed by a team of epigraphists at the Sri Kailasanathar temple in Nedunkudi village near Tirumayam recently.

2,500 Year Old Human Remains Discovered in Bali

Jakarta Globe

Archeologists in Bali say they have unearthed ancient human remains that date back to about 500 B.C. at a village in the island's southeast.

Long awaited excavations start at Yoros castle in Istanbul

Hurriyet Daily News

The Council of Ministers has given permission for excavations in the thousands of years old Yoros castle, located at the entrance of the Black Sea.

Prehistoric villages ruins found in North China

Xinhua News Agency

Archeologists in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region said Monday they have found the ruins of two prehistoric villages in Tongliao City of eastern Inner Mongolia.

Dry weather reveals archaeology

BBC

Hundreds of ancient sites have been discovered by aerial surveys, thanks to a dry start to the summer, English Heritage has said.

Archaeologists Find Pre Viking Ship Burial

ERR News

Another ship burial discovered this year in the village of Salme may turn out to be a pre viking era battleground burial, an unparalleled find in Europe. So far, 16 skeletons of men killed in battle have been discovered on the site.

64,000 year old hunting site found in KZN

Independent Online

They are the weapons of a 64,000 year old hunting scene in KwaZulu Natal quartz segments that still carry the traces of blood and tissue of the prey.

Israel archeologists uncover 2,000 year old cupid in City of David dig

Haaretz

Israel Antiquities Authority says added inlaid semi precious stone is of the 'Eros in mourning,' one of a group of visual motifs linked with mourning practices.

Frightening new predator found in the homeland of the dragon

The Guardian

Fossil of balaur bondoc in Romania shows how the dinosaur would have terrorised other animals

Evidence of communal feasts dates back 12,000 years: study

AFP

Evidence at an ancient burial site in Israel shows that community feasts were probably a common occurrence among early humans, possibly even predating the advent of agriculture, according to a study published on Monday.

Was this an Ice Age highway? Workers digging up A road find axe abandoned 13,000 years ago

Daily Mail

Ancient axes believed to be around 13,000 years old have been discovered during work to widen a major road.

More on Early human squatters drove cave bears to extinction

BBC

Ice Age bears may have been wiped out when humans began to take over their caves, scientists claim.

Sacred spring found in Stratonikeia ancient city in Turkey

World Bulletin

Archeologists have discovered a sacred spring in an ancient city in western Turkey.

Long lost Viking gateway found near Schleswig

The Local

Archaeologists have found a legendary 1,200 year old gateway to the massive wall the Vikings built to defend themselves against their rivals the Saxons, according to a Friday media report.

3,000 year old tools unearthed in Labrador

CBC

Workers at a housing project in Sheshatshiu, central Labrador, have uncovered 3,000 year old artifacts, including tools and weapons.

Syrian Archaeologists: Bronze Bracelets, Golden Earrings Unearthed in Sweida

Global Arab Network

Syrian excavation expedition working at different archaeological sites in Sweida province (south of the country) unearthed a number of archaeological finds dating back to Hellenistic, Byzantine, Nabatean and Roman ages.

Tell Brak, Archaeological City Hosted the 1st Human Civilization

Global Arab Network

Tell Brak (Nagar) is an ancient late Neolithic, Sumerian, Acadian and Middle Late Bronze Age city on the Upper Khabur River. It is 45 km far from Hasaka city, 5,5 km from Damascus.

Bronze Age henge discovered in Hertfordshire field could be human cremation burial site

Culture24

"The previous field that we looked at was the core of a Medieval village," says Keith Fitzpatrick Matthews, reflecting with some affection on his team's previous digs in the lucrative archaeological terrain of Letchworth.

More on Lost Language Found on Back of 400 Year Old Letter

National Geographic News

Native Peruvian language rediscovered in remains of church.

Fascinating finds at Caistor Roman dig

Norwich Evening News

They have been excavating for just a week, but already members of an archaeological team at a Roman town on the outskirts of Norwich have found "huge quantities" of artefacts.

3000 year old burial ground discovered from a high ground in Sri Lanka

Colombo Page

Sri Lankan archeologists have discovered a pre historic burial ground from Haldummulla in Badulla district.

Syrian Archaeologists: Cemeteries and Altars from 1st and 4th Centuries Found near Mar Takla

Global Arab Network

The national archaeological mission working near the site of Mar Takla (St. Thecla) in Ein Mnin in Damascus Countryside Province, discovered a number of rock carved halls and some Roman and Byzantine cemeteries dating back to the period between the 1st and 4th centuries.

Egypt, Montenegro, Israel: winning streak of Polish archaeologists

Serwis Nauka w Polsce

Last six months were a winning streak of Polish archaeologists conducting research in the country and abroad. In addition to the spectacular discoveries, several large, long term research projects have been completed.

What have the Romans ever done for us:socks and sandals excepted?

The Independent

They gave the world decent roads, indoor plumbing and some of the goriest spectator sports known to man, but now it appears that the Romans made a hitherto secret contribution to global civilisation by pioneering the wearing of socks with sandals.

Archaeologists find new clues why the Maya left

USA Today

Bird calls ring from the forest, echoing amid the crumbling ruins whose darkened doorways have long beckoned explorers and scholars.

Mayan pool in the rainforest: Bonn archaeologists find huge artificial lake with a ceramic lined flo

EurekAlert

Since 2009, researchers from Bonn and Mexico have been systematically uncovering and mapping the old walls of Uxul, a Mayan city. "In the process, we also came across two, about 100 m square water reservoirs," explained Iken Paap, who directs the project with Professor Dr. Nikolai Grube and the Mexican archaeologist Antonio Benavides Castillo.

Oetzi, the Iceman, was ceremonially buried: archaeologist

AFP

Oetzi, the 5,300 year old "Iceman", may not have died at the site in the Italian Alps where he was found 19 years ago, but was only ceremonially buried there, according to a new theory revealed on Thursday.

Mexicos Anthropology Specialists Identify Name of Maya Ruler

Art Daily

The name of a Maya ruler that did not appear in the dynastic line of the ancient city of Tonina was recently identified by specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) based on hieroglyphs found on a sculptural fragment. This is the fourteenth ruler registered in the city that was enemy of Palenque.

Archeologists Unearth New Findings in Smyrna Ancient City

Journal of Turkish Weekly

Archeologists unearthed two new findings during excavations in Smyrna Ancient City in Turkey's western province of Izmir.

Effingham dig uncovers for built by the British during the Revolution

Savannah Morning News

Archaeologist makes surprising finds at Ebenezer using ground penetrating radar

2000 year old relics show how ancient Chinese lived, died

Peoples Daily Online

The excavation of 93 ancient tombs at the No. 2 Ruins in Zhangduo Village under Xingtai's jurisdiction in China's Hebei Province finished a few days ago, and the relics have been checked and accepted by the provincial cultural relics bureau. These precious cultural relics show modern people the lives of ancient people over 2,000 years ago.

Acoustic archaeology: The secret sounds of Stonehenge

New Scientist

Trevor Cox reveals how the acoustic footprint of the world's most famous prehistoric monument was measured

Huge structure discovered near Snefrus Bent Pyramid in Egypt may be an ancient harbour

Heritage Key

Archaeologists have discovered a large structure to the northeast of the 4,600 year old Bent Pyramid which may be the remains of an ancient harbour. It connects to one of the pyramid's temples by way of a 140 meter long causeway.

Bull Killer, Sun Lord: Mithraism

Archaeology Magazine

Foreign religions grew rapidly in the 1st century A.D. Roman Empire, including worship of Jesus Christ, the Egyptian goddess Isis, and an eastern sun god, Mithras

More on The Lost City: A discovery in the desert could rewrite the history of ancient Egypt

Yale Alumni Magazine

For much of the twentieth century, Egyptologists shied away from explorations in the vast sand sea known as the Western Desert.

Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Dye Production Facilities in South Western Turkey

Balkan Travellers

An archaeological team has unearthed 1,500 year old dye production facilities during excavations of the ancient city of Myra Andriake in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Antalya.

Anthropology students excavate Babine Lake area

The Interior News

An archaeological team has unearthed 1,500 year old dye production facilities during excavations of the ancient city of Myra Andriake in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Antalya.

One of the earliest windows in Britain discovered

Newbury Weekly News Group

The window in Boxford was made by a Saxon craftsman more than 1,000 years ago

Syrian and German Archaeologists Find Cultural Ties between Mesopotamia, Mediterranean and Nile Vall

Global Arab Network

Head of the German archaeological expedition working in the Katana Kingdom ruins at Tel el Mesherfeh archaeological site in Homs Prof. Peter Pfalzner said the archaeological finds in the site during the past two days indicate that Katana Kingdom enjoyed influence and important international and trade ties.

Bulgarian Archeologists Uncover Trojan War Burial Sites

Novinite

A burial site with three funeral mounds is researched by Bulgarian archeologists near the southern city of Yambol.

Ancient stone structures found in Azerbaijan

Novosti Azerbaijan

Material monuments related to domestic and funeral traditions were found during archaeological digs in Balakan region.

Ice Age remains found during A46 widening work

BBC

Archaeological remains from the Ice Age have been uncovered by workmen widening the A46 in Nottinghamshire.

MUN research team uncovers unique and unusual fossil in Codroy Valley

Western Star

A single fossil bone found in the Codroy Valley could soon shed some light on the ancient history of the area.

First Cannibals Ate Each Other for Extra Nutrition

Discovery News

Why did our ancestors eat each other? Simple: They were hungry.

Did Humans Make Tools, or Did Tools Make Humans?

Discover Magazine

Is our species, Homo sapiens, the first cyborg species? Gizmodo and New Scientist has a fascinating article up about how humans evolved as a result of technology.

Huge structure discovered near Snefrus Bent Pyramid in Egypt may be an ancient harbour

Heritage Key

Archaeologists have discovered a large structure to the northeast of the 4,600 year old Bent Pyramid which may be the remains of an ancient harbour. It connects to one of the pyramid's temples by way of a 140 meter long causeway.

Bull Killer, Sun Lord: Mithraism

Archaeology Magazine

Foreign religions grew rapidly in the 1st century A.D. Roman Empire, including worship of Jesus Christ, the Egyptian goddess Isis, and an eastern sun god, Mithras

More on The Lost City: A discovery in the desert could rewrite the history of ancient Egypt

Yale Alumni Magazine

For much of the twentieth century, Egyptologists shied away from explorations in the vast sand sea known as the Western Desert.

Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Dye Production Facilities in South Western Turkey

Balkan Travellers

An archaeological team has unearthed 1,500 year old dye production facilities during excavations of the ancient city of Myra Andriake in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Antalya.

Anthropology students excavate Babine Lake area

The Interior News

An archaeological team has unearthed 1,500 year old dye production facilities during excavations of the ancient city of Myra Andriake in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Antalya.

One of the earliest windows in Britain discovered

Newbury Weekly News Group

The window in Boxford was made by a Saxon craftsman more than 1,000 years ago

Syrian and German Archaeologists Find Cultural Ties between Mesopotamia, Mediterranean and Nile Vall

Global Arab Network

Head of the German archaeological expedition working in the Katana Kingdom ruins at Tel el Mesherfeh archaeological site in Homs Prof. Peter Pfalzner said the archaeological finds in the site during the past two days indicate that Katana Kingdom enjoyed influence and important international and trade ties.

Bulgarian Archeologists Uncover Trojan War Burial Sites

Novinite

A burial site with three funeral mounds is researched by Bulgarian archeologists near the southern city of Yambol.

Ancient stone structures found in Azerbaijan

Novosti Azerbaijan

Material monuments related to domestic and funeral traditions were found during archaeological digs in Balakan region.

Ice Age remains found during A46 widening work

BBC

Archaeological remains from the Ice Age have been uncovered by workmen widening the A46 in Nottinghamshire.

MUN research team uncovers unique and unusual fossil in Codroy Valley

Western Star

A single fossil bone found in the Codroy Valley could soon shed some light on the ancient history of the area.

First Cannibals Ate Each Other for Extra Nutrition

Discovery News

Why did our ancestors eat each other? Simple: They were hungry.

Did Humans Make Tools, or Did Tools Make Humans?

Discover Magazine

Is our species, Homo sapiens, the first cyborg species? Gizmodo and New Scientist has a fascinating article up about how humans evolved as a result of technology.

24 August 410: the date it all went wrong for Rome?

BBC

Tuesday marks the 1,600th anniversary of one of the turning points of European history the first sack of Imperial Rome by an army of Visigoths, northern European barbarian tribesmen, led by a general called Alaric.

Bronze Age henge found in Hertfordshire

BBC

A Bronze Age henge has been discovered on land near Letchworth.

Acadian settlement Beaubassin is being uncovered at the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia border

Times and Transcript

In a huge hayfield straddling the border of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia not too far from Moncton, some long buried relics of history have been uncovered by participants in a public dig program at the Beaubassin and Fort Lawrence National Historic Sites. And lead archaeologist Charles Burke is hoping to keep digging for the past in the years to come.

Extraordinary finds at ancient Idalion

Cyprus Mail

ANCIENT Cypriots were worshippers, not only of the Greek gods and goddesses, but also of faceless male and female deities, latest finds at the Idalion site have revealed.

True Causes for Extinction of Cave Bear Revealed: More Human Expansion Than Climate Change

Science Daily

The cave bear started to become extinct in Europe 24,000 years ago, but until now the cause was unknown. An international team of scientists has analysed mitochondrial DNA sequences from 17 new fossil samples, and compared these with the modern brown bear. The results show that the decline of the cave bear started 50,000 years ago, and was caused more by human expansion than by climate change.

Archeologists Unearth Pagan Mask that is 1000 Years Old

Russia InfoCenter

A pagan mask made almost one thousand years ago, has been found at 13th Troitsky Pit in the historical center of Veliki Novgorod.

Folkestones Iron Age dig to resume 21 years on

Kent Online

Evidence of the importance of Folkestone as an Iron Age site has been unearthed as part of an archaeological project in the town.

More on Greeks discover Odysseus palace in Ithaca, proving Homers hero was real

The Telegraph

An 8th BC century palace which Greek archaeologists claim was the home of Odysseus has been discovered in Ithaca, fuelling theories that the hero of Homer's epic poem was real.

Unearthed 400 year old document shows how Peruvian natives used numbers

PhysOrg

In the early 1600s in northern Peru, a curious Spaniard jotted down some notes on the back of a letter. Four hundred years later, archaeologists dug up and studied the paper, revealing what appear to be the first traces of a lost language.

Ancient Chinese coins found in Kenya

Peoples Daily Online

The underwater archaeological team from the National Museum of China will visit Kenya in Africa in November to search for the legendary "sunken ships of Zheng He's fleet."

Archaeological dig yields treasures in Columbia: Spear points from 3000 BC among clues at site

Lancaster Newspapers

A recent archaeological dig at Rotary Park has set Columbia Borough's historical clock back a few thousand years, revealing an American Indian community dating to a time when pharaohs ruled Egypt and Stonehenge was under construction.

Mexican Archaeologists Extract 10,000 Year Old Skeleton from Flooded Cave in Quintana Roo

Art Daily

One of the earliest human skeletons of America, which belonged to a person that lived more than 10,000 years ago, in the Ice Age, was recovered by Mexican specialists from a flooded cave in Quintana Roo. The information it has lodged for centuries will reveal new data regarding the settlement of the Americas.

Ancient town discovered at Kharga Oasis was last but one stop on the Forty Days Road

Heritage Key

Archaeologists have stumbled upon what appears to be the remains of a substantial ancient settlement at Umm El Mawagir in Kharga Oasis, Egypt.

Stone Inscription Belonging to Vijayanagar Era Unearthed at Padubidri

Daijiworld

A stone inscription in Kannada that dates back to the era of Vijayanagar empire under King Bukkaraya I was unearthed in the neighbourhood of Kanchinadka near Padubidri, said Professor T Murugeshi, archaeology professor of M S R S College, here.

Soldiers and archaeologists work side by side at ancient citadel

Irish Times

THERE HAS been no shooting in Tripoli this week. By day, a combination of heat and devotion has reduced things to slow motion the holy festival of Ramadan is under way so its predominantly Sunni Muslim population is fasting from sunrise to sunset.

Nebra sky disk discarded because of volcanic ash, scientists say

Monsters and Critics

A catastrophic volcanic eruption spewing huge clouds of ash about 3,600 years ago was behind the burial of the Nebra sky disk, one of the most spectacular archaeological finds in recent years, according to scientists at Mainz and Halle Wittenberg universities in Germany.

Archaeological findings throw light on trade links with south east Asia

DNA India

Several archaeological materials excavated from various sites in Thailand have been found to be "stunningly" similar to ones found in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh throwing light on trade with south east Asian countries centuries ago,a senior Archaeologist said.

Auckland: Signs of human life

New Zealand Herald

As Auckland merges to create a supercity, the Herald looks back at how Auckland has changed over the years.

What the locals ate 10,000 years ago

PhysOrg

BYU archaeologists find a Utah site occupied by humans 11,000 years ago.The researchers documented a variety of dishes the people dined on back then.Grind stones for milling small seeds appeared 10,000 years ago.

Dinosaur fossils found in Edmonton tunnel

CBC

Aaron Krywiak was scratching at dirt in a sewer tunnel nearly 30 metres below a suburban Edmonton neighbourhood on Thursday when his hands ran over something unusual.

Murals of reclining Shiva, Nataraja with 20 arms found at Thrissur temple

The Hindu

The two rare paintings, about 350 years old, have been found by ASI

Zeugma Ancient City in Turkey to be renewed

World Bulletin

Zeugma Ancient City, in Turkey's southeast, will be renewed with various restoration, conservation and excavation activities.

Greek archeologist discovers palace of Odysseus in Ithaca

RIA Novosti

A Greek archeologist has claimed to have unearthed the palace of the legendary Odysseus on the island of Ithaca in the Ionian Sea.