5,000-Year-Old Jewellery Workshop Uncovered in Cyprus

Archaeologists have uncovered what appears to have been a jewellery workshop during excavations at the 5,000-year old Souskiou-Laona settlement (Cyprus). According to the Antiquities Department, a dense concentration of the mineral picrolite in the west ridge of the cliff-top settlement indicates that the spot was a workshop for the production of the cruciform figurines and large pendants..........

Archaeo News

Mexican Archaeologists Unearth Ruins of Aztec Palace

Mexican archaeologists said Monday they have unearthed the remains of an Aztec palace once inhabited by the emperor Montezuma in the heart of what is now downtown Mexico City..........

International Herald Tribune

Roman Horse Skeletons, Chariot Unearthed in Greece

Archaeologists have dug up the skeletons of 16 horses and a two-wheeled chariot in a grave dating back to the Roman Empire in north-east Greece, the culture ministry announced..........

ABC News

Jordan Cave May Be The Oldest Church

Archaeologists in Rihab, Jordan, say they have discovered a cave that could be the world's oldest Christian church. Dating to the period AD33-70, the underground chapel would have served as both a place of worship and a home. It is claimed that it was originally used by a group of 70 persecuted Christians who fled from Jerusalem..........

BBC News

Little Arrow Re-Writes History Books

It might have been used to bring down a small blue duiker or perhaps pick off a bird high in the forest canopy. Its exact target will never be known, but scientists now know what this ordinary-looking piece of bone was used for.

Two researchers from Wits University believe that what they have discovered is a 60 000-year-old arrow that was fired from the earliest known bow. Their discovery has pushed back the origins of bow-and-arrow technology by 20 000 years..........

iol

Gold Wreaths Unearthed by Thessaloniki Metro

Four gold wreaths decorated with olive leaves, gold earrings and other Hellenistic-era artifacts have been discovered in one of the 700 tombs of an ancient graveyard unearthed during construction work for the Thessaloniki metro in the Sintrivani district, archaeologists announced on Friday..........

ATE

Lost Pyramid Found Buried in Egypt

The pyramid of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh has been rediscovered after being buried for generations, archaeologists announced today..........

National Geographic News

The Latest Archaeological Discoveries in Egypt

Several recent major archaeological discoveries in Egypt.........

ArchNews