MEXICO CITY.- Underwater archaeologists discovered in a cenote near The Castle pyramid at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, a Prehispanic funerary offering deposited in the flooded cave to ask for rain in 9th and 10th centuries, during 2 different drought periods…
Maya Funerary Offering Found by Archaeologists in Cenote Near Chichen Itza
MEXICO CITY.- Underwater archaeologists discovered in a cenote near The Castle pyramid at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, a Prehispanic funerary offering deposited in the flooded cave to ask for rain in 9th and 10th centuries, during 2 different drought periods…
Yale and Peruvian Authorities Sign Deal on the Return of Thousands of Incan Artifacts
NEW HAVEN (AP).- Yale University announced Friday that it will send back to Peru thousands of Incan artifacts removed from the famed Machu Picchu citadel nearly a century ago. The agreement allowing for the return of the ceramic pieces, animal and huma…
Israel Researchers Find Thousands of Ancient Disposable Cutlery
JERUSALEM (AP).- Israeli archaeologists believe thousands of ancient shards of flint found scattered around a fire pit in a cave near Tel Aviv might be the world’s oldest known disposable knives. Dating to the Stone Age, the tiny knives are believed to…
Israel Researchers Find Thousands of Ancient Disposable Cutlery
JERUSALEM (AP).- Israeli archaeologists believe thousands of ancient shards of flint found scattered around a fire pit in a cave near Tel Aviv might be the world’s oldest known disposable knives. Dating to the Stone Age, the tiny knives are believed to…
‘Lucy’ Species Used Stone Tools, Fossil Study by California Academy Says
NEW YORK (AP).- Two ancient animal bones from Ethiopia show signs of butchering by human ancestors, moving back the earliest evidence for the use of stone tools by about 800,000 years, researchers say. The bones appear to have been cut and smashed some…
‘Lucy’ Species Used Stone Tools, Fossil Study by California Academy of Sciences Says
NEW YORK (AP).- Two ancient animal bones from Ethiopia show signs of butchering by human ancestors, moving back the earliest evidence for the use of stone tools by about 800,000 years, researchers say. The bones appear to have been cut and smashed some…
Despite Scientists’ Warnings Spain’s Cultural Ministry to Reopen Caves of Altamira
MADRID (AP).- A cave complex boasting prized prehistoric
paintings will reopen after eight years of closure, despite scientist’s warnings
that heat and moisture from human visitors damage the site. The
caves, in Cantabria, Spain, were discov…