EurekAlert

A geologist from the University of Leicester is part of a team that has uncovered an ancient water flea like creature from 425 million years ago only the third of its kind ever to be discovered in ancient rocks.

New York Times

The most immediate threat to preserving the ruins of Babylon, the site of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is water soaking the ground and undermining what is left in present day Iraq of a great city from the time of King Nebuchadnezzar II.

Wired News

Geologists have turned a series of 200 million year old lake bed sediments into an epic narrative of the dinosaurs' journey from ecological obscurity to Earthly supremacy, a mystery that has lingered even as their disappearance is explained.

EurekAlert

Scientists today described development of a new method to determine the age of ancient mummies, old artwork, and other relics without causing damage to these treasures of global cultural heritage. Reporting at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), they said it could allow scientific analysis of hundreds of artifacts that until now were off limits because museums and private collectors did not want the objects damaged.

WAVE

An anthropology professor who has been studying a Madison County Native American site from the 1300s is presenting a program on her findings at Eastern Kentucky University.

The Times of India

A large quantity of seals and beads used in making jewellery during the Harappan civilisation were recently found at Kanmer near Bhachau. The archaeology experts in the state were elated as the discovery proved that Kutch region those days had a production capacity and also a trade link with other parts of India and world, like Himalayan regions and parts of Pakistan, where similar beads have been found.

The Scotsman

FOR four millennia their secrets lay hidden beneath the desert sands, the final resting place of a mysterious civilisation. And since their discovery in 1934, the Tarim mummies in China have perplexed historians and archaeologists.

Maan News Agency

Palestinian Authority security forces discovered several archeological sites belonging under a mosque in the Kefreet village in the West Bank

Novinite

An archaeological complex on several levels will be set up in the very downtown of the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

Pacific News Center

Thousands of years ago, the Arote Peninsula was home to ancient Chamorro people, and remnants of that time long ago are being uncovered.