“Pseudo-Biblical” theme park at the City of David
A hard-line Israeli group said on Tuesday it was launching plans for a new tourist center at the site of a politically sensitive archaeological dig in a largely Arab neighborhood outside Jerusalem's Old City, drawing fire from Palestinian officials.
Masks of abundance
Two masks found in a grave during excavations in the central Anatolian province of Eskişehir’s Şarhöyük-Dorylaion Necropolis site are expected to shed light on ancient culture. The masks date back to 1 A.D.
Byzantine-era bath house discovered in Judea
Remains of an ancient bathhouse dating to the Byzantine period were exposed during work being conducted on the modern water infrastructure near Moshav Tarum in the Judean coastal hills.
Is Machu Picchu a giant geoglyph of a bird?
Twenty years ago, architect Enrique Guzman bought a small-scale model of Machu Picchu at the National Museum. What he saw in the model would one day become the basis of his master’s thesis at the National Engineering University. “The citadel was shaped like a bird,” he said.
Violent knights feared post-traumatic stress
Medieval knights are often depicted as bloodthirsty men who enjoyed killing. However, new research has led to the conclusion that this picture is a flawed one, as most knights only killed because it was their job to do so – much like soldiers today.
Greek treasure hunters arrested in Bulgaria
Four Greek treasure hunters have been arrested near the village of Karavelovo, in southeastern Bulgaria, after locals informed the police of their digs at an ancient Thracian burial mound.
Mayas had their own musical scale, say experts
The Mayas had a musical scale very different from the western one, according to experts who examined and played 125 instruments recovered from Maya sites, authorities said.
Curator of Provenance
As more scrutiny attaches to museums, their collection, and their acquisitions, this kind of position will likely become more and more common
They eyes of the prehistoric… shrimp
Anomalocaris was a squidlike predator with grasping claws that lived more than 500 million years ago.
Turks in the Aegean
An ancient port facility that is believed to be the largest one built in the Archaic period has been unearthed during underwater excavations in İzmir’s Urla.
Total makeover for Colossi of Luxor
Project to restore the colossi of Memnon on Luxor’s west bank to go ahead, says Supreme Council of Antiquities
‘Cowboy builders’ blamed for Rome’s crumbling Colosseum
An ambitious attempt to save Rome's Colosseum from collapse is being undermined by the authorities' cost-cutting decision to employ ordinary builders rather than specialists to perform the delicate overhaul, restoration experts have claimed.
Roman murder most foul
Three incomplete skeletons have been uncovered in Modena, Italy, and point to a 2000 year old Roman mystery which is being investigated by archaeologists and researchers from the Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of the Emilia-Romagna.
Cities beneath the city
An archaeological dig behind Munich’s Marienplatz square has unearthed a medieval latrine full of items dating back a thousand years.
The end is not quite nigh
A reference to 2012 on a Mayan tablet denotes a transition to a new era, not the apocalypse, according to Sven Gronemeyer
Statue of Amenhotep III found
A large statue of King Amenhotep III, the grandfather of the boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun, who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago, has been unearthed in Egypt.
Ashmolean returns Ancient Egyptian mummies to public view in £5m show
The Oxford museum unveils its new galleries, which include many mummies never before exhibited.
Now Cumbria comes up with Viking silver
Who left 92 pieces of valuable loot on the edge of the Lake District in the 10th century? Barrow's Dock Museum and its big sister in Bloomsbury, London, are on the case…
Temple of Aphrodite to be Buried by Urban Progress?
Tucked away behind metal construction fences lie some of the visible remains of an ancient temple
Prince Charles criticised over metal detector beach charging plan
Plans by Prince Charles to charge people for using metal detectors on beaches owned by his Duchy of Cornwall have been criticised by enthusiasts as cynical profiteering.
Collecting histories and Christie’s
The December sale at Christie's in the Rockefeller Plaza is fast approaching and has once again given Cambridge University researcher Christos Tsirogiannis material to consider. He draws my attention to one publicly declared object linked to Robin Symes.
Dowsing competition pits diehard believers against sceptics
The website Megalithic Portal wants both believers and scoffers to enter its map dowsing competition.
Libya: The forgotten people of the desert
Libyan leader showed no interest in ancient culture of Garamantes, but now archaeologists hope to unearth neglected slice of history.
Tiny Christian Relic Found
A tiny, exquisitely made box found on an excavated street in Jerusalem is a token of Christian faith from 1,400 years ago, Israeli archaeologists said Sunday