Press TV

Iranian archeologists have found a unique form of Parthian burial in the country's Nakhl-e-Ebrahimi village in Hormozgan Province.

NumisMaster

Coins are often used as "index fossils" by archaeologists. An index fossil is a fossil with which paleontologists are familiar that is also known to have lived during a specific time period and in a certain environment.

Javno.hr, Croatia

The Kemal Kapetanovic was the first to announce the results from the analysis of samples from the Bosnian valley of pyramids.

Reuters

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a pier used by ancient Egyptians to access the Karnak temple complex during the dry season in the southern city of Luxor, the Egyptian government said on Monday.

Turkmenistan.ru

Turkey and Turkmenistan decided to organize a joint archaeological expedition to search for a burial place of the legendary Alp Arslan, second Great Seljuk Sultan, who, according to historical sources, was buried next to his farther Sultan Chagrylbek's grave in Merv in the territory of Turkmenistan.

Haaretz

Archaeologists have unearthed a marble figurine they say dates back to the second or third century C.E. during an excavation in Jerusalem's City of David.

Fort Worth Star Telegram

The early morning sun burnishes the stone temples to a golden sheen, while on their facades, serpents writhe, jaguars crouch, birds preen and gods grimace in a pantomime that has been going on for nearly 2,000 years. The silence is shattered only by the screech of a howler monkey living in the surrounding jungle.

Winston-Salem Journal

The peasants of many villages in Korea once left this world in joyous, colorful style.

When one of them died, he would be placed in a bier and transported to a burial site. An elaborate procession of mourners would ensue, and the bier would be one of its highlights, decorated with all manner of funerary figures.

Xinhua

Archaeologists have unearthed the earliest man-made cave houses and privately-owned pottery workshops in China which date back 5,500 years.

San Marcos Daily Record

Twenty-five years ago, hopes were high concerning an archaeological site southwest of downtown that was partially excavated under the direction of a professor at what was then Southwest Texas State University.