Past Horizons

A recent excavation programme at a standing stone known as Trefael, near Newport in southwest Wales has revealed at least two unique episodes in its early history; firstly as a portal dolmen and secondly as a standing stone, probably used as a ritual marker to guide communities through a sacred landscape.

Art Daily

After a decade of controversy regarding the authenticity of the Malinaltepec Mask, an investigation conducted by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has verified it is original.

PhysOrg

When German archaeologists discovered bones in the tomb of Queen Eadgyth in Magdeburg Cathedral, they looked to Bristol to provide the crucial scientific evidence that the remains were indeed those of the English royal. Dr. Alistair Pike in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology tells Hannah Johnson how tiny samples of tooth enamel proved the identity of a Saxon queen.

Salt Lake Tribune

The Bible says Joseph and Mary fled to Egypt for a time with the baby Jesus to escape Herod's henchmen. About 50 years later, St. Mark supposedly established a church in Alexandria. But Christianity didn't take root in the Land of the Pyramids for another three centuries.

Science Daily

A unique queen's crown with ancient symbols combined with a new method of studying status in Egyptian reliefs forms the basis for a re interpretation of historical developments in Egypt in the period following the death of Alexander the Great.

Nature

Collaboration establishes a new approach for teasing out clues hidden in the soil.

Science Daily

A revolutionary new idea on the movement of big monument stones like those at Stonehenge has been put forward by an archaeology student at the University of Exeter.

ABC Science News

Fossils from a recently discovered cave in south western Australia suggest climate change was not solely responsible for the demise of early giant marsupials.

Adnkronos

Another part of the world famous ancient Roman city of Pompeii in southern Italy has collapsed, archaeological officials at the site told Adnkronos on Tuesday. Following days of heavy rains, a section of a wall belonging to the House of the Moralist gave way, Adnkronos learned.

National Geographic News

Indian English designs may bear earliest known printing in English America.