Stone Pages Archaeo News: May 2006 Archives

May 2006 index:

1 May 2006: Kennewick Man may revolutionalize North American history; Dr. Hugh Berryman, a forensic anthropologist at Middle Tennessee State University, was one of only 11 experts from across the United States to scrutinize the bones of Kennewick Man, a...
: Missed rock carvings found at Barclodiad y Gawres; Deep in the dark heart of a passage grave on Anglesey (Wales), archaeologists have discovered a decorated slab carved 4,500 years ago for the dead and their guardians, missed when...
: 4,000-year-old temple found in Peru; The Temple of the Fox lay covered by dirt and sand for 4,000 years in the barren hills of Buena Vista, Peru, before it was unearthed in June 2004 by...
: Cloud of scholarly dust rises over ancient footprints claim; Are the footprints of surprisingly ancient Americans preserved in 40,000-year-old volcanic ash in southern Mexico? In December, an article in the journal Science cast a cloud of doubt over that...
: New archaeological discoveries in Maroc; Moroccan archaeologists working since beginning April on the Zemmour Plateau in Khemisset province have brought to light in the Ifri n'Amer ou Moussa caves remains of structures, graves and objects...
: New website for threats to world heritage; World Heritage Alert (www.worldheritagealert.org) is a newly launched website that highlights threats to the worlds heritage places, and hopes to promote awareness and action from the public to defend these...
: Prehistoric cremation urn unearthed at school site dig; Several important finds have been made at an archaeological dig on the site of the proposed new school in Lockerbie (Scotland). It was decided to survey the area after information...
: 6,500 year old settlement uncovered in Israel; A 6,500 year old farming village has been uncovered in an archeological excavation in the fields of Moshav Menuha near Kiryat Gat (Israel). The dig, which is being carried out...
: Scotland's oldest murder mystery; A body found in Orkney (Scotland) was likely to have been a murder victim dating back as far as 2,000 years, it has emerged. The skeleton of the man, who...
: '7000-Year-Old sleepin' beauty' discovered in Bolaghi Gorge; Archeological excavations in Bolaghi Gorge site (Iran) led to discovery of the skeleton of a young girl dating back to 7000 years ago, who apparently died in her sleep due...
: The Bosnia-Atlantis connection; The story about the world's oldest and largest pyramid found in Bosnia has swept the media. Too bad that it is not a credible story at all. In fact, according...
: Late Bronze Age in Aegean a century older; Radiocarbon dating pushes some events in the middle of the second millennium BCE 100 years back into the past, possibly revising history in the Aegean Sea area near Greece and...
: Neolithic village remains unearthed in East China; Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Neolithic village covering an area of 20,000 square meters in East China's Anhui Province. Archaeologists have found a large number of clay urns,...
21 May 2006: Mexican monolith may cast new light on Mesoamerica; A carved monolith unearthed in Mexico may show that the Olmec civilization, one of the oldest in the Americas, was more widespread than thought or that another culture thrived alongside...
: Proposals to recreate Stonehenge; An ambitious project to recreate Stonehenge as it would have looked 4,000 years ago is being planned. Fragments of only three circles remain, but quarry firm Preseli Bluestone wants to...
: Andeans used astronomy to determine agricultural calendar; Archeologists working high in the Peruvian Andes have discovered the oldest known celestial observatory in the Americas — a 4,200-year-old structure marking the summer and winter solstices. The observatory was...
: Brutal lives of Neolithic Britons; A survey of British skulls from the early part of Neolithic, shows societies then were more violent than was supposed. Early Neolithic Britons had a one in 20 chance of...
: Discovery confirms wine-making on Santorini; The excavation at Akrotiri on Thera (modern-day Santorini, Greece) has given more information about viticulture in the Cyclades in the Bronze Age. Thanks to modern methods and techniques, archaeologists have...
: 'Brazilian Stonehenge' discovered; Brazilian archaeologists have found an ancient stone structure in a remote corner of the Amazon that may cast new light on the region's past. The site, thought to be an...
: 4,500 year-old bricks found in India; Huge bricks belonging to the ancient Indian Kushan Dynasty have been found near the famous Kurukshetra battlefield, around which the Indian epic, Mahabharata, involving a fatricidal conflict between the Pandavas...
: Investigation into disappearance of ancient people in Siberia; The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) announced an investment of $2.5 million in a research project that will investigate the link between climate change, human genetics...
: Egyptian geologist backs Bosnian pyramid claim; An Egyptian geologist said that a hill in central Bosnia appeared to be a primitive human-made pyramid of uncertain age. Geologist Aly Abd Barakat was sent by Egypt's government to...
: Bronze Age body at silver celebration; Plans to display Wincanton's 'oldest resident' at an anniversary celebration may have to be scrapped. Wincanton Museum (Somerset, England) celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and preparations are underway to...
: The impact of a volcanic eruption to prehistoric Scotland; Mount Hekla is one of Iceland's most active volcanoes. It was known to islanders as the "Gateway to Hell" - with good reason. When it erupted in 1159 BCE the...
: 'Hobbit humans' discovery dismissed; Professor Mike Morwood, of the University of New England, in Armidale, Australia, stunned the science world when he and his team announced the discovery of 18,000-year-old remains of the diminutive...
: Iron Age fort unearthed in Wiltshire; A dig near Malmesbury town walls (Wiltshire, England) has uncovered a substantial stone-fronted defensive rampart and a deep ditch which could date to the Iron Age. Archaeologists believe the prehistoric...
30 May 2006: Tasmanian rock art under wraps; The discovery of the largest gathering of Aboriginal rock art ever recorded in Tasmania is being kept secret. The ancient artwork has been described by an interstate rock art expert...
: Delay in excavation to Iranian prehistoric site; Nearly one month has passed since the accidental discovery and later identification of Gilvan ancient site, northern Iran. However, emergency excavations to save this prehistoric site have not started yet,...
: Ancient Chinese city reveals life in desert 2,200 years ago; Chinese and French archaeologists claim to have discovered the ruins of an ancient city which disappeared in the desert in Northwest China more than 2,200 years ago. The ancient city,...
: Shift from hunting to farming due to flooding?; One of the most vexing problems in archaeology is explaining the shift from societies that made their living by hunting and gathering to those that made their living by growing...
: Race against time for archaeologists in East Yorkshire; Archaeologists face a race against time to excavate ancient sites found along the path of a 32-mile pipeline in East Yorkshire (England). So much has been uncovered on the route...
: 2006 Rock Art Meeting; The 2006 Rock Art Meeting (RAM'06) is sheduled for Sunday 4th of June 2006 in Wooler, Northumberland (England). Everybody is welcome to take part in this meeting: bring cameras, children, wellies, lunch...
: Ancient chariot goes on display; A 2,500-year-old chariot found during the construction of a motorway near Pontefract (West Yorkshire, England) is on display at the town's museum. The chariot was unearthed at an Iron Age...
: White Horse stone threatened again by phone mast; Mobile phone company Orange have applied to erect an 8m tall double mobile phone mast about 100m from the White Horse stone in Medway, Kent (England). The White Stone is...
: Motorway is threatening an ancient stone circle in Spain; The prehistoric stone circle of Moruela (A Coruna, Spain) is seriously threatened by the construction of a motorway. Local protesters are trying to stop its destruction, but roadworks have already...
: Saudis hope stones mystery will appeal to tourists; Nobody really knows why the 50 groups of about five pillars each are clustered at Rajajil, on the edge of the Nafud desert in northwestern Saudi Arabia. Local legend says...