Neanderthals More Intelligent Than Thought

[Discovery]  Anthropologist Julien Riel-Salvatore of the University of Colorado, Denver has studied Italian Neanderthal communities for the last seven years. His work sheds new light on the way we look at Neanderthals and their history.  More...

Cambridge university college dig finds Roman village

[BBC]  An archaeological dig to explore Anglo-Saxon graves at Cambridge University has unearthed "unexpected" evidence that the site was once a Roman village.  More...

Ancient Silk Road to be Revived by Railway

[Fars news Agency]  A senior Iranian legislator who is in China on an official visit underlined the importance of an international rail line which is due to link Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and China in the near future, saying that it would revive the ancient Silk Road.   More...

Holocaust denier tours Nazi sites in Poland

[AP]  Prosecutors in Poland say a British historian who denies the Holocaust is touring World War II sites including former Nazi death camps....The institute's spokesman Andrzej Arseniuk said prosecutors are watching his public statements for any violations of the law that forbids the denial of the Holocaust.   More...

Amazing Horned Dinosaurs Found on 'Lost Continent'

[Fox News]  On a "Lost Continent" that once covered much of the land now occupied by the U.S., paleontologists have discovered fossils of two new dinosaur species, relatives of the famed Triceratops.  More...

Bulgarian Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Roman Highway, Fortress

[Novinite]  A team of archaeologists from the Bulgarian National History Museum has uncovered a highway dating back to the zenith of the Roman Empire.  More...

Moses' parting of the Red Sea: Is there a physical explanation?

[Christian Science Monitor]  A new paper suggests that an area near the Red Sea area could have had favorable characteristics for 'wind setdown' some 3,000 years ago.  More...

The ancient Egyptian facelift: 'Beautiful' Queen Nefertiti had a 'bent nose and wrinkled eyes'

[UK Daily Mail]  An ancient Egyptian queen who was been hailed for thousands of years as the perfect example of beauty may not have been such a looker after all, researchers have claimed.  More...

Ancient crop holds promising potential

[Washington State University]  Today researchers are investigating bringing back camelina because it has some highly valuable properties for something much more modern than lamp oil. With some processing, camelina oil can be used in jet engines.  More...

1,500-year-old Samaritan synagogue found by Beit Shean

[Jerusalem Post]  The ancient Samaritan house of worship was discovered shortly before Rosh Hashanah and is one of the oldest Samaritan synagogues discovered in Israel.  More...

Volcanoes wiped out the Neanderthals?

[USA Today]  Volcanoes wiped out the Neanderthals some 40,000 years ago, suggest archeologists, setting the stage for modern humans in Europe.  More...

Russian Submarine Hunts Clues to Century-Old Mystery

[Spiegal Online]  Legend has it that almost a century ago a series of railway wagons stuffed with gold sank into the depths of a lake in Siberia. This week, researchers, exploring the depths by submarine, may have found the Russian royals' lost gold.  More...

Walker finds skeleton of World War I soldier preserved in astonishing condition buried in glacier on Italian ski resort

[UK mail Online]  An amateur historian has discovered the mummified body of a World War I solider frozen into an Italian glacier.  More...

Laminated Linen Protected Alexander the Great

[Discovery News]  Alexander's men wore linothorax, a highly effective type of body armor created by laminating together layers of linen, research finds.  More...

Mild-mannered bank manager revealed as First World War hero

[UK Telegraph]  A 'mild-mannered' bank manager who never discussed the First World War with his family has been revealed as a hero soldier who fought behind enemy lines.  More...

Tyrannosaurs Were Human-size for 80 Million Years

[National geographic]  Tyrannosaurus rex may have towered over its Cretaceous competition, but for their first 80 million years, most tyrannosaur species were small-timers—no bigger than humans, researchers say.  More...

Fortress uncovered: Co Louth Viking site of international importance

[The Irish Times]  A VIKING fortress of international importance has been uncovered at Annagassan, Co Louth. It is believed to be the longphort (ship fortress) of Linn Duchaill, founded in AD 841 – the same year as Viking Dublin.  More

Astrological Scene Found on Egyptian Tomb Ceiling

[Discovery]  Karakhamun was a priest who lived during the 25th dynasty (755-656 B.C.). His tomb, known as TT223, was first discovered in the 19th century, but then it collapsed and disappeared under the desert sands.  More...

British archaeologist finds cave paintings at 100 new African sites

[UK Guardian]  UK scientist unearths 5,000-year-old rock art, including drawing of a mounted hunter, in Somaliland.  More...

2,000-Year-Old Village Unearthed at London School

[AOL News]  Construction workers building a school in London have unearthed ancient bones of children, and of animals that archaeologists believe are evidence of ritual sacrifices, at a 2,000-year-old Iron Age farming settlement.  More...