WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Biblical Archaeology Society announces the publication of “In Search of Herod’s Tomb” by Ehud Netzer in the January/February 2011 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR). The first-century Jewish historian Joseph…
Hanneke Meijer and Rokus Due Say Giant Stork Once Roamed Indonesian Island
JAKARTA (AP).- Fossils of a giant stork have been discovered on a far-flung Indonesian island that has been home to many extreme-sized creatures — from tiny human-like “hobbits” and dwarf elephants to the world’s largest-known rats and lizards. Au…
A 2,000-Year-Old House in the Ancient Roman City of Pompeii Collapses Officials Said
ROME (AP).- A 2,000-year-old house in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, which was once used by gladiators to train before combat, collapsed Saturday, officials said. The site was closed at the time and nobody was injured, but the collapse underscored …
Twenty Human Skeletons and Fragments of Colonial Ceramic Found by INAH Archaeologists
MEXICO CITY.- Nearly 20 human skeletons and fragments of Colonial ceramic were found in a 16th century cemetery by archaeologists of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in the back of Casa de Cortes, in La Antigua, Veracruz. Excav…
Twenty Human Skeletons and Fragments of Colonial Ceramic Found by INAH Archaeologists
MEXICO CITY.- Nearly 20 human skeletons and fragments of Colonial ceramic were found in a 16th century cemetery by archaeologists of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in the back of Casa de Cortes, in La Antigua, Veracruz. Excav…
Archaeologists Find Aztec Remains During Drilling of New Subway Line in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY (REUTERS).- Archeologists have uncovered more than 500-year-old remains of about 50 Aztec children, some of them stuffed into ceramic jars for burial, during excavations for a new subway line in Mexico City. The team from Mexico’s National …
Afghan Archaeologists Find Buddhist Site as War Rages
KABUL (REUTERS).- Archaeologists in Afghanistan, where Taliban Islamists are fighting the Western-backed government, have uncovered Buddhist-era remains in an area south of Kabul, an official said on Tuesday. “There is a temple, stupas, beautiful rooms…
Extremely Rare 2,200-Year Old Gold Coin Uncovered by Excavations at Tell Kedesh
JERUSALEM.- The coin, which apparently served ritual purposes, depicts a queen — apparently Arsinoë II — wife of her brother Ptolemy II An extremely rare 2200-year old gold coin was uncovered recently in the excavations of the University of …
Archaeologists Discover 2,400-Year-Old Weapons and Tools in Valencia
VALENCIA.- The finding of a set of useful weapons for warriors from 2400 years ago in La Bastida de les Alcusses located in Moixent (Valencia) has confirmed this excavation as “the peninsular town of reference to study the Iberian period.” This has bee…
Tours of the Romantic Abbey Ruins Launched this Summer at the Palace of Holyroodhouse
EDINBURGH.- The abbey was founded in 1128 by King David I of Scotland for the Augustinian Canons. According to medieval legend, a vision of a stag with a cross glowing between its antlers came to David while hunting in the area. Interpreting this as …