Archaeology
Teens find possible 900-year-old Indian artifact
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A group of New Mexico seventh-graders have found could be a significant archaeological discovery.
Date: 05/13/2012 | Nation & World
In Egypt’s turmoil, thieves take ancient treasures
CAIRO -- Taking advantage of Egypt's political upheaval, thieves have gone on a treasure hunt with a spree of illegal digging, preying on the country's ancient pharaonic heritage.
Date: 05/13/2012 | Nation & World
Ancient Mayan calendar notes go beyond 2012
Archaeologists have found a small room in Mayan ruins where royal scribes apparently used walls like a blackboard to keep track of astronomical records and the society's intricate calendar some 1,200 years ago.
Date: 05/11/2012 | Nation & World
Indian tribe reclaims ancient pot donated to Goodwill
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An Oklahoma Indian tribe is reclaiming what's believed to be ancient pottery that was dropped off at a Goodwill Industries donation trailer in western New York.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Nation & World
3,200-year-old mummy mask can stay in U.S., judge says
ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis museum can keep hold of a 3,200-year-old mummy's mask, a federal judge has ruled, saying the U.S. government failed to prove that the Egyptian relic was ever stolen.
Date: 04/05/2012 | Nation & World
Chinese ceramic dish draws $26.7 million at auction
HONG KONG — A 900-year-old dish has smashed the record for Chinese Song dynasty ceramics sold at auction, fetching $26.7 million.
Date: 04/04/2012 | Nation & World
Indian artifacts at dock site
No added delay seen for Mukilteo ferry project
Date: 03/23/2012 | Local News
7th-century teenager found buried in her bed
LONDON -- Archaeologists excavating near Cambridge have stumbled upon a rare and mysterious find: The skeleton of a 7th-century teenager buried in an ornamental bed along with a gold-and-garnet cross, an iron knife and a purse of glass beads.
Date: 03/16/2012 | Nation & World
Italy returns 2,000 year-old statue to Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Italy has returned to Libya the head of a 2,000 year-old statue that was smuggled out of the country in the 1960s.
Date: 01/22/2012 | Nation & World
Swiss to return ancient octadrachm coin to Greece
THESSALONIKI, Greece -- A Swiss court has ordered the confiscation of a very rare ancient silver coin that was allegedly illegally excavated in northern Greece and sold at auction in Switzerland, Greek and Swiss officials say.
Date: 01/13/2012 | Nation & World
Revolution in Libya spared nation's Roman ruins
ROME -- Libya's famed ancient Roman sites, including the sprawling seaside ruins of Leptis Magna, were spared damage by NATO during the recent airstrikes, says a London-based Libyan archaeologist .
Date: 11/05/2011 | Nation & World
A grisly theory on mystery Israeli stonehenge
RUJM AL-HIRI, Golan Heights -- A newly proposed solution to an ancient question is reviving debate about the nature of a prehistoric site that some call the Holy Land's answer to Stonehenge.
Date: 11/04/2011 | Nation & World
Archaeologists find Viking-boat burial in Scotland
LONDON — Archaeologists said Tuesday they have found the remains of a Viking chief buried with his boat, ax, sword and spear on a remote Scottish peninsula — one of the most significant Norse finds ever uncovered in Britain.
Date: 10/19/2011 | Nation & World
Ancient art supplies found in South African cave
LOS ANGELES -- In a tiny South African cave, archaeologists have unearthed a 100,000-year-old art studio that contains tools for mixing red and yellow rocks with animal fat and marrow to make vibrant paints as well as abalone shells full of dried-out red pigment -- the oldest ancient paint...
Date: 10/14/2011 | Nation & World
Cyprus will get back stolen Orthodox frescoes from U.S.
NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Rare 13th-century frescoes are to be returned to Cyprus from an American museum where they have been exhibited for the past 28 years, the leader of the divided island's Orthodox Christian church said on Friday.
Date: 10/02/2011 | Nation & World
Ancient humans used hand axes earlier than thought
LOS ANGELES — Ancient humans fashioned hand axes, cleavers and picks much earlier than believed, but didn't take the stone tools along when they left Africa, new research suggests.
Date: 08/31/2011 | Nation & World
Humans crowded out Neanderthals, researchers say
LOS ANGELES — The Neanderthal never stood a chance. Modern humans who entered Europe may have outnumbered their hominid relatives 10 to 1, a new study has found.
Date: 07/28/2011 | Nation & World
Oak Harbor was advised to get archaeology help before ancient remains found
OAK HARBOR -- Three sets of American Indian remains were found during downtown road construction after officials rejected a suggestion to employ an archaeologist on the project. archeology
Date: 06/24/2011 | Local News
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