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11:43:11 PM Dig for Stacy Peterson turns up possum skeletons
Chicago Sun-Times

“There was nothing fresh at all,” said anthropologist Alan Harn, an assistant curator at the Dickson Mounds Museum near downstate Lewistown who frequently ... [more]

11:19:43 PM Ancient bees found in Israel hailed from Turkey
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

The Tel Rehov hives were preserved as the result of an event that was unfortunate for the citizenry of the city but fortuitous for archaeologists, ... [more]

10:26:37 PM Excavation Unearths 3500 Year Old Cultic Vessels
Green Prophet

Uzi Ad and Dr. Edwin van den Brink – the archaeologists leading the excavation team – told the Israel Antiquities Authority that the find is especially rare ... [more]

10:12:44 PM Digging for history at Macktown
Beloit Daily News - Beloit,WI,USA

By Hillary Gavan ROCKTON — Archaeologists from Midwest Archaeological Research Services and Philip Carpenter, a professor of geology and environmental ... [more]

9:44:17 PM Israel unearths 3500-year-old religious artifacts
The Associated Press

"This is my 42nd excavation in 15 years and the first time I've found more than shards," said Edwin van den Brink, the archaeologist who directed the .... [more]

7:57:42 PM Prince El Hassan opens11th International Conference on the History and ...
Jordan Directions

In his opening speech at the "11th International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan", in Paris , Prince El Hassan called for establishing a ... [more]

7:48:27 PM Ancient Beehives Yield 3000-Year-Old Bees
Wired News - USA

No actual hives have been found,” said said Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeologist Amihai Mazar. The hives were uncovered in 2007 at an excavation in ... [more]

6:52:35 PM Gladiator graveyard discovered in northern England
The Associated Press

The York Archaeological Trust said that the burial ground was not the first of its kind to be uncovered but it was among the best preserved. ... [more]

4:47:24 PM Hunting roots of industry
NorthJersey.com

But to historians and archaeologists the ditches, called raceways — running through 7.5 acres of the Great Falls district — are the building blocks of ... [more]

4:47:06 PM Respected Wandsworth archaeologist and local historian has died
Wandsworth Borough Guardian - Wandsworth,England,UK

It is fair to say that his contribution to the science of archaeology in the borough was unique.” He is survived by his wife, the widely respected ... [more]

3:44:29 PM LBL working on plans for historic features
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA

Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is filled with cemeteries, former homesteads and interesting archaeological sites. ... [more]

3:38:09 PM Bristol at The Times Cheltenham Science Festival
University of Bristol - Bristol,Avon,UK

Dr Alice Roberts, Visiting Fellow in the Department of Anatomy and Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, will be presenting a talk on the ... [more]

3:34:20 PM Science: UN praises Albania's public procurement system
Southeast European Times - MD,USA

Also in science and technology news: Serbia offers scholarships to female scientists, and Macedonian archaeologists locate some ancient Roman baths. .... [more]

3:26:26 PM CAT gives relief to archaeologist
Press Trust of India - New Delhi,India

New Delhi, Jun 7 (PTI) The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has given relief to a suspended superintending archaeologist who was accused of taking ... [more]

2:07:12 PM Roman gladiator cemetery found in England
CNN International - Atlanta,GA,USA

During this period it was customary that each city had a temple of its own where special cultic vessels were used," said archaeologists Uzi Ad and Edwin van ... [more]

12:03:39 PM iFive: China, BP, Twitter, 2010 Fifa World Cup, Modern Archaeology
Fast Company - USA

BY Addy Dugdale Today 1. China first. While Foxconn raises its workers' salaries by an additional 70%, to go with last week's 30%, as long as certain ... [more]

11:43:22 AM 'The Curse' by John Ritter - A Mummy & Archaeologist Love Story
Heritage Key (blog)

But actual love between an archaeologist and a mummy? That's something reserved solely for B-movies, until now: Musician Josh Ritter chronicles the love ... [more]

10:43:42 AM New trick makes better images
Planet Earth - Swindon,Wiltshire,UK

Booth and colleagues then applied this mathematical trick to an archaeological problem: the exact underground location of Great Yarmouth's old medieval town ... [more]

10:43:08 AM Old Summer Palace "renaissance" -- 150 years after its catastrophe
China View, Beijing, China

150 years after the garden's razing, the China Culture Relics Protection Foundation and the School of Archaeology and Museology are now mounting a .... [more]

8:03:02 AM Dig reveals 3500 yr old relics
Jerusalem Post - Jerusalem,Israel

The dig is being managed by archaeologists Uzi Ad and Dr. Edwin Van-Den-Brink, who described the discovery as a rare find. A natural gas pipeline is planned ... [more]

7:34:08 AM Historic Pensacola Village plans summer kids camps
Pensacola News Journal - Pensacol,FL,USA

History and archaeology camp will take place June 14 to 18 for students entering fourth grade through sixth grade and July 12 to 16 for students upcoming ... [more]

5:37:57 AM 'Gladiator burial ground' discovered in York
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK

Archaeologists initially suspected that they were Roman soldiers loyal to Emperor Severus who were executed in the bloody aftermath of his traitorous son ... [more]



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