Sunday, September 28, 2008

Neanderthals enjoyed broad menu

Excavations in caves in Gibraltar once occupied by the ancient humans show they ate seal and dolphin when they could get hold of the animals.

There are even indications that mussels were warmed to open their shells.

The findings, reported in the journal PNAS, give the lie to the popular view that Neanderthals ate a diet utterly dominated by meat from land animals..........

BBC News

Monday, September 22, 2008

Rameses II temple discovered in Cairo

An Egyptian archaeological team has unearthed a temple and parts of a statue belonging to one of Egypt's most famous pharaohs, in a rare find inside the capital, the official MENA agency has reported..........

ABC News

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Dig unearths secrets of Alexander the Great's golden era

It would be more than 100 years at least until Alexander the Great led the forces of Macedonia to conquer the Hellenistic world.

But, even in its early days, the Greek kingdom's warriors were already an imposing sight on the battlefield.

A dig in an ancient burial ground in Alexander's birthplace of Pella, northern Greece, has unearthed the graves of 20 warriors in battle dress, a find which archaeologists say sheds fresh light on the development of Macedonian culture..........

Mail Online

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Jerusalem ancient walls unveiled

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have given a first glimpse of what they say is a newly-exposed section of the city walls built 2,100 years ago.

They say the mortarless stone structure is the best preserved section of the city's walls ever seen from the period of the Second Jewish Temple.

The walls were first located through tunnels by 19th Century researchers, whose beer bottles were also found.

The researchers hope to open the site to the public in the next few years.

"We knew the walls were here somewhere," said Yehiel Zelinger, who has led the excavation on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

"The fact that after 2,100 years the remains of the wall were preserved to a height of three meters is amazing," he said..........

BBC News

Sarcophagus of ancient Pharaoh king Senorsert II discovered

Egyptian archeologists have discovered the graveyard and sarcophagus of ancient Pharaoh king Senosert II.

Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas has allocated an additional LE50,000 to conduct more excavations at the governorate of Fayoum where the new ancient monuments had been discovered.

The Egyptian archeologists operating in the area further found out skeletons and some tombs dating back to the Greco and Romanian epochs..........

Egypt Information Service

Archaeological discovery in Qatar sheds new light on early man

A team of Qatari and Danish scientists working in the western region of Qatar have discovered evidence of early man which challenges the existing history of the country and the Southern Arabian region.
Exploring under the patronage of the Qatar Museums Authority (QMA), the scientists found basic hunting tools which they believe date back 700,000 to 800,000 years. If accurate, the discovery means early man lived in Qatar far earlier than was previously believed..........

Gulf Times