Last World War I Veteran Dies at 110

[Business Insider]  "In a way, that the last veteran should be a lady and someone who served on the home front is something that reminds me that warfare is not confined to the trenches," noted the director-general of the RAF Museum. The last known WWI combat veteran, Claude Choules, died last year, also at age 110.

High school student finds 4000 year old artifact in Connecticut

[Archaeo News] This type of ancient artifact is known as a Burwell projectile point and was probably used as the tip of a spear.

Earliest Copy of Mona Lisa Found

[Discovery] The discovery suggests the picture was being produced at the same time as Leonardo was painting his masterpiece.

140 year old shipreck washes ashore in Lake Michigan

[Mlive] A substantial hull piece that shipwreck experts believe comes from the schooner Jennie and Annie, which sunk in the Manitou Passage in 1872, has washed up on a remote stretch of Lake Michigan.

First Pictures of First Sub to Sink a Ship:in 1864

[National Geographic] Shown in a South Carolina conservation facility, the Hunley sank the U.S.S. Housatonic off Charleston in 1864. Within minutes the sub itself sank too-killing its eight-man crew and creating an enduring mystery.

Origin of Ancient Jade Tool Baffles Scientists

[Live Science]  The discovery of a 3,300-year-old tool has led researchers to the rediscovery of a "lost" 20th-century manuscript and a "geochemically extraordinary" bit of earth.

Researchers find cancer in ancient Egyptian mummy

[Fox News]  A professor from American University in Cairo says discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old mummy indicates the disease was caused by genetics, not environment.

Did massive volcanic eruptions cause "Little Ice Age"?

[BBC] The new study, led by Gifford Miller at the University of Colorado at Boulder, US, links back to a series of four explosive volcanic eruptions between about 1250 and 1300 in the tropics, which would have blasted huge clouds of sulphate particles into the upper atmosphere.

World's Greatest Sunken Treasure Discovered off Cape Cod

[Cape Cod Today] Sunk by a U Boat in 1942, it carried 71 tons of platinum worth $3 billion.

Stone Chamber in Massachusetts Remains a Mystery

[Milford Daily News]  Westford archaeologist David Gutbrod started studying the 15-foot structure known as Pearson Stone Chamber in September, and presented a report to the town’s Historical Commission this week.

Will Herod's Tomb be rebuilt out of plastic at the Herodian site?

[Haaretz]   “It’s crazy - Archaeology is not Disneyland,” said one top archaeologist who asked to remain anonymous, “you don’t take an archaeological site and make a joke out of it.”

People were deep sea fishing 42,000 years ago

[Archaeo News] Modern humans were capable of long-distance sea travel 50,000 years ago as they colonised Australia, but evidence of advanced maritime fishing has been rare. Researchers until now have only been able to find evidence of open-ocean fishing up to 12,000 years ago.

Most significant find in Christian archeology since the Dead Sea Scrolls?

[Yahoo News] British archaeologists are seeking to authenticate what could be a landmark discovery in the documentation of early Christianity: a trove of 70 lead codices that appear to date from the 1st century CE, which may include key clues to the last days of Jesus' life.

Ancient Domesticated Dog Skull Found in Siberian Cave

[Science Daily] A 33,000-year-old dog skull unearthed in a Siberian mountain cave presents some of the oldest known evidence of dog domestication and, together with an equally ancient find in a cave in Belgium, indicates that modern dogs may be descended from multiple ancestors.

Neanderthals Made Tools

[Alpha Galileo Foundation] These artifacts, collectively known as ‘Levallois’, were manufactured across Europe, Western Asia and Africa as early as 300,000 years ago.

Oldest Dinosaur Nest Found

[BBC]  A nesting site for dinosaur eggs found in South Africa is 100 million years older than the previous oldest site.

Mysterious Roman Building Unearthed

[Live Science] "It's very unusual to find a building like this where you have no known parallels for it."

Oldest Astrologist Board Discovered

[Live Science] Dating back more than 2,000 years, the board was discovered in Croatia, in a cave overlooking the Adriatic Sea.

Major Greek Discoveries of 2011

[Greek Reporter] For example, the oldest legible epigraph ever discovered on European soil. Or,  a small 2,500-year old wooden statue in perfect condition.

Shakespeare's death mask on display for the first time

[Daily Mail]  The bard's death mask will be shown at the University of Edinburgh's Anatomy Museum from January 28, when it unveils a macabre collection of medical artefacts to the public.