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11:33:25 PM Art of decay is revealed as buried banquet is dug up
Independent

Archaeologists are now unearthing the remains of the meal to study the effects of decomposition The banquet was buried in a picturesque chateau garden ... [more]

11:19:42 PM IA Archaeologist Waiting For Casino Site Survey
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls,SD,USA

By Ben Dunsmoor LARCHWOOD, IA - The Iowa State Archaeologist has been asked to figure out whether the Lyon County Casino site sits on a burial ground. .... [more]

8:54:47 PM Editor's Notebook: Treasure drives most people's interest in archaeology
The Daily Astorian - Astoria,OR,USA

About 90 percent of archaeology's appeal to most people can be sifted down to one word. Treasure. For anybody fascinated by this subject, this past year ... [more]

8:28:31 PM Philly hosts world premiere of Cleopatra exhibit
The Associated Press

"Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt," features many never-before-seen artifacts from a pair of ongoing Egyptian archaeological expeditions. ... [more]

7:49:36 PM Preserving the past and saving the present
Times of India - India

What does India's archaeological heritage have in common with her natural heritage? And why will preserving our environment also help save the pasts of our ... [more]

7:29:13 PM Archaeology lecture this evening at Aztec Ruins [12:15 pm]
Farmington Daily Times - Farmington,NM,USA

AZTEC - Aztec Ruins National Monument hosts a lecture this evening on the subject of rock art by an internationally-renowned expert in that field. .... [more]

6:40:24 PM 18th Century Almshouse Found Beneath City Hall
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Artifacts from an 18th century almshouse were discovered by archaeologists at City Hall. (Flickr/wallyg) By Jennifer Glickel CITY HALL — Fragments of an ... [more]

5:40:20 PM James Cameron Slams BP "Morons" for Oil Spill Response
E! Online - USA

I'm really involved in deep ocean archaeology," he said. "I thought I know a lot of smart people in deep submergence...they know the engineering that's ... [more]

3:01:16 PM Cleopatra show unveils new archaeological treasures
Reuters UK - UK

Hawass hopes his work will lead to the tomb, which would be "one of the most important archaeological discoveries in history." Cleopatra's enduring grip on ... [more]

2:40:58 PM Forensic Archaeology and Fiction at Gosport Discovery Centre
AboutMyArea - UK

Popular historical writer RS Downie will be talking about Forensic Archaeology and Fiction at Gosport Discovery Centre on Thursday June 10 th 7.30-8.30pm. ... [more]

2:34:55 PM 270-Year-Old Almshouse Discovered Under City Hall Park
New York Magazine - New York,NY,USA

"There were lots and lots of bones," said Landmarks Preservation archaeologist Amanda Sutphin, adding that the charity house "was a pretty big institution. ... [more]

1:48:46 PM NC shipwreck resembles vessel from 1609
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA

X-rays showed the concretion also held small cannon grape shot and straight pins, said Nathan Henry, a state underwater archaeologist. ... [more]

1:40:17 PM Archaeological sites in Narmada valley area shifted
Press Trust of India - New Delhi,India

Bhopal, Jun 4 (PTI) Nearly 30 properties of archaeological importance, facing threat of submergence in the Narmada valley project area, have been relocated ... [more]

11:05:57 AM Seeking Cleo
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

During the run of "Cleopatra," the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South St. (www.penn.museum) will offer a .... [more]

10:43:23 AM New trail marks Burgoyne's surrender
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA

Archaeological and landscape resources were researched for the site. Finan said the research team found artifacts from indigenous people who lived in the ... [more]

8:46:51 AM Connecting to Egypt
phillyburbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA

She reached out to Penn's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, which led her to Hawass, also a Penn graduate. "At Penn they teach us to use the ... [more]

7:37:04 AM Tusk unearthed: Archaeological team reveals mammoth find
Sentinel-Standard - Ionia,MI,USA

By Jon Szerlag Professors at Michigan State University are clearing way dirt from the mammoth tusk discovered at Morrison Lake Country Club in Saranac on ... [more]

7:20:58 AM Cleopatra exhibit offers a trove of artifacts
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

The tomb in which Cleopatra and her lover Mark Antony rest has yet to be found, but Zahi Hawass, the maestro of Egyptian archaeology, believes they are ... [more]

5:33:24 AM City may buy Smith's Knoll land with help from friends
Stoney Creek News - Stoney Creek,Ontario,Canada

An archaeologist discovered the remains of 23 soldiers killed during the Battle of Stoney Creek, which occurred on June 6, 1813, while conducting a dig in ... [more]

5:30:21 AM Crews Get In Water To Begin Raising The Batteau
Campgrounds Closing As Storm Bears Down On NC

Members of the North Carolina Underwater Archaeology team got into the water early this morning. One team member says diving in the mud and sand was like ... [more]

4:43:37 AM Aphrodite Casts Her Love Spell
Wall Street Journal - USA

The House of Orpheus, archaeological site of Kato Paphos. The beaches of western Cyprus, with soft sand, gentle tide and knee-high water are considered some ... [more]

4:33:24 AM New marker highlights 1850 establishment of the Town of Kansas, which grew
Kansas City Star - MO,USA

Kansas City Star Soon city officials drafted a Town of Kansas master plan and arranged for preliminary site archaeology. Brad Wolf, Kansas City landmarks commission .... [more]

3:54:18 AM Coal Firms to Strip-Mine Historic West Va. Mountain?
National Geographic

Two leaders in the movement to protect the mountain are Harvard Ayers, an archaeologist and professor emeritus at Appalachian State University in Boone, ... [more]



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