Press TV

Iranian archeologists have unearthed two 2,500 -year-old palaces and 18 columns belonging to the Achaemenid era in southern Iran.

Athens News Agency

A recently excavated ceramics workshop has yielded a plethora of information concerning the economic activities of Hellenistic-era Pella, one of the most significant sites in the ancient kingdom of Macedon, according to archaeologists in Thessaloniki on Monday, who spoke during a presentation of artifacts and findings.

Winona Post

Mississippi Valley Conservancy, a local non-profit land trust, and the Mississippi Valley Archeology Center (MVAC) have partnered to protect a Holmen area farm described by the center as one of the region' s most significant archeological sites.

Guernsey Press

EVIDENCE of a prehistoric settlement has been discovered in fields that could be used for an airport runway extension.

Israel National News

A spectacular 1,500-year-old mosaic floor in an ancient synagogue in the western Negev was unveiled to the public on Monday.

National Geographic

A brass navigational instrument known as a chart divider is among artifacts recently recovered from a shipwreck thought to be the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the infamous 18th-century pirate Blackbeard, archaeologists said in March 2009.

National Geographic

The discovery of the oldest known infant born with a skull deformity hints that, contrary to popular belief, early humans might not have immediately abandoned or killed their abnormal offspring, a new study says.

Saudi Gazette

A team of archeologists at the historical town of Al-Akhdoud in Najran has uncovered new finds dated to several different periods of history.

Reuters

An ancient Egyptian queen regarded as the Mona Lisa of the ancient world may not have been such a looker after all, German scientists said on Tuesday.

The Daily Courier

What are two to five feet tall, as long as 600 feet, made of large rocks and are scattered at odd locations around the Agua Fria National Monument? Answer - a mystery.