Anne Boleyn death and burial secrets revealed

[Sify News]  A new investigation has shed some light on one of the most bloody episodes of English history-the death and burial of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England and second wife of Henry VIII.  More...

Archaeologist says ancient Americans practiced cannibalism

[Digital Journal]  A report in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology shows ancient Puebloan Indians, also called Anasazi, practiced cannibalism, a claim seen as taboo by many. The original findings were made in 2005, but were only publicised recently, due partially to the sensitivities involved. Archaeologists first noted possible evidence of the practice in 1969. More...

Ancient Nile Floods Created 'Mega Lakes'

[Our Amazing Planet]  New evidence suggests that the Nile's famous floods were much more extensive than previously thought — in fact, they spread nearly 100 miles west of the river and created "mega-lakes" in the ancient desert.  More...

Medieval Britons were twice as rich as the poor in the Third World today

[Mail Online]  Medieval England was not only far more prosperous than previously believed, it also actually boasted an average income that would be more than double the average per capita income of the world's poorest nations today, according to new research.  More...

Ancient Canoe Recovered in Florida

[First Coast news]  State archaeologists are beaming following a very unexpected discovery in North Florida. They recovered an ancient dugout canoe in a lake south of Tallahassee. They estimate it's anywhere from 500 to 800 years old.  More...

Ancient Burial Site Found in Scotland

[Sci-Tech Today]  Archaeologists have discovered a Neolithic tomb site in Scotland, and bones found carefully placed in gaps in the stones inside the chambers suggest the ancient burial site has never been disturbed. The "once-in-a-lifetime" find is said to be the first undisturbed burial of a Neolithic community to be uncovered in Scotland in 30 years. More...

Mystery shipwreck washes up in Stockholm

[Ice News]  Archaeologists were given a thrill in Sweden this week when the remains of a ship dating from the 1600s were discovered in central Stockholm. The ancient planks, which were found by labourers carrying out renovation works in front the city’s Grand Hotel, are sewn together with rope rather than nailed – a virtually unknown technology.  More...

Stonehenge built by rolling stones in giant wicker baskets

[Australia Courier Mail]  For all the awe-inspiring wonder of the standing stones at Stonehenge no one has ever worked out how our ancient ancestors were able to heave boulders weighing many tonnes over such huge distances.  More...

Shuttle images reveal Egypt's lost great lake

[Science News]   A huge lake once waxed and waned deep in the sandy heart of the Egyptian Sahara, geologists have found.  More...

A prehistoric star map carved on a Welsh capstone?

[Archaeo News]  A recent excavation programme at a standing stone known as Trefael, near Newport (south-west Wales) has revealed that what originally was a portal dolmen in later times was transformed in a standing stone, probably used as a ritual marker to guide communities through a scared landscape.  More...

Discovering the Secrets of Stonehenge

[Science Daily]  A revolutionary new idea on the movement of big monument stones like those at Stonehenge has been put forward by an archaeology student at the University of Exeter.  More...

Picasso Treasure Trove Sparks Controversy

[Discovery]  A 71-year-old retired electrician is at the center of a legal battle after coming forward with more than 200 hitherto unknown paintings by Pablo Picasso, a French newspaper reported Monday.
Experts who have examined the collection have estimated it could be worth some 60 million euros ($80 million).  More...

Experts to unravel mystery behind European-looking Chinese

[Sify]  Anthropologists have begun a study to ascertain if the European-looking Chinese in northwest China are the descendants of a lost army of the Roman Empire.  More...

Kiwi may have solved mystery of the pyramids

[TVNZ]   A Wellington scientist has come up with an explanation that may help solve the question of how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids.  More...

New research explains remarkable preservation of African fossils

[One India]  A team of geologists from the University of Leicester's Department of Geology has solved the mystery of how an abundance of fossils have been marvellously preserved for nearly half a billion years in a remote region of Africa. They have established that an ancient wind brought life to the region - and was then instrumental in the preservation of the dead.  More...

Mystery of the Great Pyramid of Egypt intensifies

[Examiner]  The head of Cairo University Archeology Department, Dr. Ala Shaheen addressing an audience about recent discoveries around the Giza Plateau, the location of the Sphinx and Great Pyramid. In a shock statement he implied there might be truth to the theory that a highly advanced civilization, or benevolent extraterrestrials, helped the ancient Egyptians build the oldest of pyramids, the Pyramids of Giza.  More...

Chinese villagers 'descended from Roman soldiers'

[The Telegraph]  Genetic testing of villagers in a remote part of China has shown that nearly two thirds of their DNA is of Caucasian origin, lending support to the theory that they may be descended from a 'lost legion' of Roman soldiers. More...

Mammoth Find Gives Glimpse Of Rockies In Ice Age

[NPR]  A slew of fossilized mammoths, mastodons and other Ice Age creatures have been turning up at a dizzying rate in western Colorado.  More...

Boy, four, unearths 16th Century gold pendant in Essex

[BBC]  A four-year-old boy from Essex using a metal detector with his father unearthed a gold pendant believed to date from the 16th Century.   More...

Ancient Roman soldiers' bathhouse found in Jerusalem

[CNN]  Israeli archaeologists have discovered an ancient Roman bathhouse that was probably used by the soldiers who destroyed the Second Temple in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Monday.  More...