Highest-Paid Athlete Hailed From Ancient Rome

[Discovery News] An illiterate charioteer named Gaius Appuleius Diocles earned “the staggering sum" of 35,863,120 sesterces (ancient Roman coins) in prize money [or about $15 billion].  More...

3,000-year-old Iron Age temple unearthed in Jordan

[MSNBC] Archaeologists also unearthed some 300 pots, figurines of deities and sacred vessels.  More...

Discovery of ancient cave paintings in Petra stuns art scholars

[UK Guardian] Exquisite artworks hidden under 2,000 years of soot and grime in a Jordanian cave have been restored by experts.  More...

Tablets of 4,000-yr-old trade agreement found in central Turkey

[Hurriyet Daily News] Archaeologists have unearthed 4,000-year-old tablets that represent one of the first written trade agreements in Anatolia.  More...

Stocky dragon clawed its way through prehistoric times

[AP] Around 70 million years ago a stocky dragon stalked what is now Romania, U.S. and Romanian researchers reported in today's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. More...

Archaeologists discover Britain's oldest home

[UK Independent] Archaeologists have found Britain's earliest house - constructed by Stone Age tribesmen around 11,000 years ago. More...

Yale Archaeologists Discover Remains of Ancient Oasis City in South Egypt

[Yale News] A team of archaeologists from Yale University has unearthed the remains of an Egyptian city built more than 3,500 years ago in the southern Kharga oasis, which once connected caravan routes between the Nile Valley and what is now western Sudan. More...

Ancient crop circles revealed in English fields

[Yahoo News] A dry summer is causing parched English fields to reveal ancient crop circles and crop marks at ancient sites.  More...

Ancient Nubians Drank Antibiotic-Laced Beer

[Discovery News] A group of people who lived nearly 2,000 years ago in Sudanese Nubia took doses of tetracycline -- through their beer.  More...