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…
Mexican Archaeologists Report New Findings 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…
Canadian Artist Shannon Bool’s Most Important Sources of Inspiration at Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst
BREMEN.- Everyday life, literature, psychology, music, and art history are Canadian artist Shannon Bool’s most important sources of inspiration. Her paintings, photograms, collages, carpets, murals, and objects explore contextual shifts and reassignmen…
100-Million-Year-Old New Crocodile Species Discovered by Scientists in Thailand
BANGKOK (AP).- A new species of crocodile that lived 100 million years ago has been identified from a fossil found in Thailand, researchers said Thursday. Komsorn Lauprasert, a scientist at Mahasarakham University, said the species had longer legs than…
100-Million-Year-Old New Crocodile Species Discovered by Scientists in Thailand
BANGKOK (AP).- A new species of crocodile that lived 100 million years ago has been identified from a fossil found in Thailand, researchers said Thursday. Komsorn Lauprasert, a scientist at Mahasarakham University, said the species had longer legs than…
Denver Museum Prepares for Next Steps in Scientific Analysis of the Ice Age Fossil Site
DENVER, CO.- After a month of frenetic activity, Denver Museum of Nature & Science scientists and volunteers have finished their initial excavation of the Ice Age fossil site discovered at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village, and have returned to t…
Denver Museum of Nature & Science Excavation Crews Unearth a Spectacular Bison Skull and Horns at the Snowmass Village
SNOWMASS VILLAGE.- On Saturday afternoon, Denver Museum of Nature & Science excavation crews uncovered one of the most spectacular discoveries yet at the Ice Age fossil dig site near Snowmass Village — the skull and horns of a gigantic Ice Age bison. …
First Week of Excavation Reveals Exceptionally-Preserved Ice Age Ecosystem
SNOWMASS VILLAGE.- Denver Museum of Nature & Science excavation crews discovered two additional Ice Age mammal species at a fossil dig site at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village, Colorado on Thursday. The first find was a humerus, or upper arm bo…
Egypt: Archaeologists Unearth 3,400 Pharaoh Statue
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt’s antiquities chief says archaeologists have unearthed the upper half of a red granite statue of a powerful pharaoh who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago. Zahi Hawass says the statue was discovered on Thursday at the site of the funerary …