Japan finds mass graves on Iwo Jima

[AP]  Two mass graves that may hold the remains of up to 2,000 Japanese soldiers have been discovered on Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest and most iconic battlesites of World War II, a report said yesterday. More...

1,600-Year-Old Mummies Unearthed in Peru

[Fox News]   Archaeologists unearthed four mummies that could be up to 1,600 years old in Peru's capital Lima, at ruins which apparently house the crypt of a prominent member of the ancient Wari people, researchers said today.  More...

Ancient Egyptian priest’s tomb unearthed in Giza

[The Hindu]  Archaeologists have unearthed a 4,500-year-old tomb of an Egyptian priest which they believe could mark a completely “new-to-science” necropolis, or the city of the dead, in the land of pyramids.  More...

Britain's first hospital discovered

[Telegraph  UK]  A site which may house Britain's earliest known hospital has been uncovered by archaeologists. More...

The housing crisis in 1933, and today

[Marketwatch]  The real-estate market is suffering now, but it was worse then.  More...

Swiss archaeologists find 5,000-year-old door

[AP]  Archaeologists in the Swiss city of Zurich have unearthed a 5,000-year-old door that may be one of the oldest ever found in Europe.  More...

Ancient Dead Sea Scrolls Soon Available Through Google

[ABC News]  The public will be able to access over 30,000 manuscript fragments that date back to the first century, fragments that have significantly contributed to the study of Judaism during Hellenistic times and early Christianity. English translations will be provided.  More...

Eyewitness Accounts of 1641 Irish Rebellion to be Released Online

[Presswire]   ‘Ireland in Turmoil: the 1641 Depositions,’ an exhibition to raise awareness about one of the most bloody and traumatic moments in Irish history, the 1641 Irish Rebellion, will be opened by the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese in Trinity College Dublin’s Long Room, Old Library (Ireland) on October 22nd next. Former DUP leader, Dr Ian Paisley will also be speaking at the exhibition. On the occasion of the exhibition, the transcribed and digitised 1641 Depositions, witness testimonies of the violent massacres of the 1641 Irish Rebellion, will be launched online in a new website.  More...

New Record! Ancient Galaxy is Most Distant Thing in Space

[Space]  An ancient galaxy has broken the record for the most distant point in the sky known to date, with its light taking roughly 13.1 billion years to reach Earth.  More...

Bread was around 30,000 years ago -study

[Reuters]  Starch grains found on 30,000-year-old grinding stones suggest that prehistoric man may have dined on an early form of flat bread, contrary to his popular image as primarily a meat-eater.  More...

A Setback for Neandertal Smarts?

[Science Magazine]  Neandertals are looking sharp these days. Many researchers now credit our evolutionary cousins, once regarded as brutish and dumb, with "modern behavior," such as making sophisticated tools and fashioning jewelry, a sign of symbolic expression. But new radiocarbon dating at a site in France could mar this flattering view.  More...

Ancient Shipwreck Points to Site of Major Roman Battle

[Live Science]  The remains of a sunken warship recently found in the Mediterranean Sea may confirm the site of a major ancient battle in which Rome trounced Carthage.  More...

Egypt Uncovers Ancient 4,500-Year-Old Tomb

[Fox news]  Egypt's antiquities authority says archaeologists have unearthed a nearly 4,500-year-old tomb of a pharaonic priest close to the Giza Pyramids. More...

2012 Mayan Calendar 'Doomsday' Date Might Be Wrong

[Discovery]  The Mayans "predicted" the end of the world with one of their calendars. On this date, doomsayers assert that Earth will be ravaged by a smorgasbord of cataclysmic astronomical events -- everything from a Planet X flyby to a "killer" solar flare to a geomagnetic reversal, ensuring we have a very, very bad day....And now, according to a recent study by an associate professor at UC Santa Barbara, this fundamental "end date" may also be inaccurate. It could be at least 60 days out of whack.  More...