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| News: Bulgarian Speleologists Discover Unique Thracian Sanctuary |
| Submitted by coldrum on Friday, 03 July 2009 (6 reads) |
Speleologists from the city of Veliko Tarnovo have discovered an absolutely unique Thracian sanctuary in Northern Bulgaria.
The news has been announced by Evgeni Koev from the speleological club "Dervent" based in Veliko Tarnovo. The speleologists came across the Thracian sanctuary several days ago as they were studying cavern objects along the Danube. |
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| News: Bulgarian Archaeologists Discover 7 000-Years-Old Settlement |
| Submitted by coldrum on Friday, 03 July 2009 (6 reads) |
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Bulgarian archaeologists have discovered a 7 000-years-old settlement close to the northeast city of Shumen.
The village dates back to the Stone-Copper Age, and is located in the locality of Chanadzhik, near the village of Sushina and the Ticha Dam. |
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| News: Ancient child deaths uncovered |
| Submitted by coldrum on Friday, 03 July 2009 (11 reads) |
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An archaeological excavation in southern Vietnam of a site more than 3000 years old has shed new light on how the death of young children was viewed by community members and uncovered the oldest clear evidence of rice agriculture in the region. |
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| News: Archaeologists Research Balkans’ Oldest Funeral Site |
| Submitted by coldrum on Friday, 03 July 2009 (11 reads) |
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A team of Dutch archaeologists has come to the village of Dzhulyunitsa in central northern Bulgaria in order to research the oldest funeral site in the Balkans. |
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| News: Serbian archaelogists find Neolithic grave |
| Submitted by coldrum on Friday, 03 July 2009 (11 reads) |
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Serbian archaeologists have uncovered a seven-millienia old grave in a Neolithic village in the west of the country, the daily Blic reported Thursday. |
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| News: Grid makes a SPLASH in underwater archaeology |
| Submitted by coldrum on Friday, 03 July 2009 (11 reads) |
Submerged beneath the waves lies a large part of human history.
For our ancestors, the ancient coastlines were attractive places to settle and experiment with what became the foundations of civilization. As the major glaciers melted between sixteen and six thousand years ago, these sites — where people first began to make fishing equipment, build boats and create permanent settlements — became engulfed by the rising seas. |
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| News: Replica of ancient lyre complete |
| Submitted by coldrum on Friday, 03 July 2009 (11 reads) |
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A replica of an ancient lyre which was damaged during unrest in Iraq has been built by enthusiasts in Cambridgeshire.
The instrument, similar to a small harp, was made around 4,550 years ago but was destroyed when looters raided the Baghdad museum where it was kept. |
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| News: Untouched Tomb Uncovered in Bethlehem |
| Submitted by coldrum on Friday, 03 July 2009 (11 reads) |
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Workers renovating a house in the traditional town of Jesus' birth accidentally discovered an untouched ancient tomb containing clay pots, plates, beads and the bones of two humans, a Palestinian antiquities official said Tuesday. |
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| Text Pages: Calleva Atrebatum |
| Submitted by coldrum on Wednesday, 01 July 2009 (103 reads) |
Ancient Village or Settlement in Hampshire |
| Dig taking place to investigate the iron Age settlement, see comment. ( More... | 281 bytes | 2 comments | ) |
| News: Prehistoric European Cave Artists Were Female |
| Submitted by coldrum on Wednesday, 01 July 2009 (50 reads) |
Inside France's 25,000-year-old Pech Merle cave, hand stencils surround the famed "Spotted Horses" mural.
For about as long as humans have created works of art, they've also left behind handprints. People began stenciling, painting, or chipping imprints of their hands onto rock walls at least 30,000 years ago. |
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| News: Important historic remains unearthed in Bridlington |
| Submitted by coldrum on Wednesday, 01 July 2009 (49 reads) |
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Remains of some of the earliest houses ever found in the North of England have been unearthed in Bridlington.
Archaeologists have discovered that buildings stood on the site of the current Cottage Farm development more than 5,000 years ago. |
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| News: Models of Earliest (Camel-Pulled) Vehicles Found |
| Submitted by coldrum on Wednesday, 01 July 2009 (48 reads) |
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Some of the world's first farmers may have sped around in two-wheeled carts pulled by camels and bulls, suggests a new analysis on tiny models of these carts that date to 6,000-5,000 years ago.
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| Events: Stonehenge Landscape Guided Walks, July 2009 |
| Submitted by coldrum on Wednesday, 01 July 2009 (50 reads) |
Learn about ancient peoples, hidden histories and the changing landscape with a National Trust guide. A great way to discover the archaeology beyond the stone circle, and find out about the latest discoveries as recently revealed on Time Team!
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| Text Pages: Chaco Culture |
| Submitted by bat400 on Wednesday, 01 July 2009 (2861 reads) |
Ancient Village or Settlement in San Juan County, New Mexico.Petroglyphs, Ancient Buildings, Ancient Roads, Artifacts. Chaco Canyon appears on satellite maps as a sliver of green, but this is only by comparison to the desert surrounding it. A thousand years ago it was the center of a complex culture stretching a hundred miles in any direction. |
| Chaco Meridian Theory. Cardinal Directions provide clues to a Common Ruling Ideology? See Comments. ( More... | 2723 bytes | 3 comments | ) |
| Photo Pages: Castalian Springs Mound |
| Submitted by bat400 on Wednesday, 01 July 2009 (4858 reads) |
 Artificial Mound in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The focal point of a Mississippian village complex is an unusual mound and earthwork. Today's site is a truncated conical mound at the west end of a broad, low, rectangular earthwork, aligned in an east-west direction. The other mounds at the site, as well as the principal mound and earthwork have been plowed down - the field has been in pasture for the last twenty or more years. |
| Web Diary describes 2009 Dig Season at Tennessee mineral springs Ancient Village. ( More... | 1747 bytes | 4 comments | ) |
| Photo Pages: Devils Quoits |
| Submitted by Celia_Haddon on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 (7240 reads) |
 Ruined Stone Circle in Oxfordshire. This is the site near Stanton Harcourt on land worked by Hanson Waste Management belonging to All Souls. Nothing much to see - a largish mound (landscaping thanks to Hanson rather than nature, I suspect), a vague outline of a henge, one huge stone on its side, two other big ones half buried, and some large boulders carefully preserved by the waste people, which are stacked up in case they might be needed for reconstruction. |
| Good News on this re-erected stone circle. Word is just in about the Devils Quoit's Re-Opening Day which is Saturday, 13 September, at the Quoits, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire.
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British Archaeology Magazine July/August issue has an article about The Devil's Quoits.See comment. ( More... | 514 bytes | 7 comments | ) |
| Photo Pages: British Museum |
| Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 (7352 reads) |
 Museum in Greater London.
The original and the best - the British Museum contains archaeology from around the world. Of particular interest are the Mold Cape, the Battersea horned helmet and shield, Lindow Man, Sutton Hoo, Mildenhall treasures and much, much more. |
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| Photo Pages: Carwynnen Quoit |
| Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 (4347 reads) |
 Burial Chamber in Cornwall. At last, after 2 years of delay, the Sustainable Trust have raised the funds to buy this ruined scheduled ancient monument set in 5 acres of land, to allow access to the road. |
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| Sites under Threat: Archaeologist bemoans looting in Arkansas |
| Submitted by coldrum on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 (57 reads) |
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Artifacts of prehistoric people who lived in Arkansas are being excavated by professionals who are trying to piece together more of the story of those who once lived here. Those artifacts are also being dug up by criminals. |
| Looters destroy archaeological record, vandalize private property, and desecrate burials. ( More... | 2977 bytes | comments? | ) |
| Dutch Anthropologists Research Bulgaria Neolithic Archaeology Site |
| Submitted by coldrum on Sunday, 28 June 2009 (99 reads) |
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A team of Dutch anthropologists has arrived to the Bulgarian village of Dzhulyunitsa to research the Neolithic archaeological site there.
The object of their research will be oldest funeral in the Balkans - a funeral of a person at the age of 12-13, which dates back to 6300-6150 BC. |
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