ATHENS (AP).- Archaeologists on the island of Crete have discovered what may be evidence of one of the world’s first sea voyages by human ancestors, the Greek Culture Ministry said Monday A ministry statement said experts from Greece and the U.S. have …
Archaeologists at Jamestown Unearth a Trove of 400-Year-Old Pipes Personalized for Patron
B>RICHMOND, VA. (AP).- Archeologists at Jamestown have unearthed a trove of tobacco pipes personalized for a who’s who of early 17th century colonial and British elites, underscoring the importance of tobacco to North America’s first permanent English …
Archaeologists Discover Cretan Tools That Point to 130,000-Year-Old Sea Travel
ATHENS (AP).- Archaeologists on the island of Crete have discovered what may be evidence of one of the world’s first sea voyages by human ancestors, the Greek Culture Ministry said Monday A ministry statement said experts from Greece and the U.S. have …
Archaeologists May Have Found the Earliest Evidence Yet for the Existence of Modern Man
JERUSALEM (AP).- Israeli archaeologists said Monday they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man, and if so, it could upset theories of the origin of humans. A Tel Aviv University team excavating a cave in central Isra…
South Carolina Archaeologists Say Confederate Wreck Found
By: Meg Kinnard, Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP).- The recent discovery of what is believed to be a Confederate gunboat scuttled by its own crew in the Civil War’s waning days could yield valuable knowledge about the South’s sputtering attempts to…
Two Pyramids at Santo Nombre Archaeological Site were Restored by INAH
PUEBLA.- Two 7 and 14 meters-high pyramidal structures that present similarities with the Teotihuacan architectural style were restored and consolidated at the Santo Nombre Archaeological Site, in Puebla, as part of the work focused on the opening of t…
Two Pyramids at Santo Nombre Archaeological Site were Restored by INAH
PUEBLA.- Two 7 and 14 meters-high pyramidal structures that present similarities with the Teotihuacan architectural style were restored and consolidated at the Santo Nombre Archaeological Site, in Puebla, as part of the work focused on the opening of t…
Mexican Archaeologists Say Tonina Ballgame Court may Be the One Described in Popol Vuh
MEXICO CITY.- The recent finding of 2 sculptures with the shape of a serpent’s head that 1,500 years ago were part of the Ballgame at the Maya city of Tonina, Chiapas today, were found by archaeologists of the National Institute of Anthropology an…
Mexican Archaeologists Report Finding Prehispanic Objects at Nevado de Toluca
MEXICO CITY.- Diverse Prehispanic objects, mainly ceramic fragments and greenstone beads, 1,300 years old, were found in the crater of Nevado de Toluca Volcano, Estado de Mexico, by researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (I…
Mexican Archaeologists Report Finding Prehispanic Objects at Nevado de Toluca
MEXICO CITY.- Diverse Prehispanic objects, mainly ceramic fragments and greenstone beads, 1,300 years old, were found in the crater of Nevado de Toluca Volcano, Estado de Mexico, by researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (I…