By: Mark Stevenson, Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP).- Archaeologists said Thursday they have found 10 sets of skeletal remains that may belong to U.S. soldiers who died during a battle in the 1846-48 Mexican-American war. The government experts said…
Colorado Fossils Shed Light on Ice Age Mastodons
SNOWMASS VILLAGE (AP).- Scientists say an excavation site in western Colorado has unearthed fossils for ice age mastodons of all ages. The Denver Museum of Nature & Science said Friday they’ve found the skull of an infant mastodon, the skull of a juv…
Archaeologist Zahi Hawass Says Egypt’s Damaged Artifacts to Be Restored in Days
CAIRO (AP).- The artifacts from the Egyptian Museum damaged by looters will be restored over the next five days, the country’s antiquities head said Monday. Zahi Hawass also said that steps were being taken to reopen Egypt’s famed archaeological sites,…
Egyptian Archaeologist Zahi Hawass Says Mummies are Safe After Riots Outside Museum
LONDON (REUTERS).- None of the mummies in Cairo’s main archaeological museum were damaged during a break-in last week but 70 other exhibits will need restoration, top Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass said on Sunday. Media reports during Egypt’s polit…
Ancient Skulls Mailed to Brigham Young University
PROVO (AP).- The Utah state archaeologist has determined the age of three mystery skulls mailed to Brigham Young University. KSL-TV reports the skulls were determined to be from about 1100 to 1300 A.D. That fits with the early suspicions of investig…
Sub Aquatic Archaeologists Discover Four Complete Skulls of Extinct Animals in a Cenote
MEXICO CITY.- Four complete skulls and jaws of a species extinct in America, Arctotherium, that lived during the Pleistocene and disappeared 11,300 years ago, were found by sub aquatic archaeologists in the bed of a cenote in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mex…
New Dinosaur Species Discovered in Southern Utah
By: Brock Vergakis, Associated Press Writer
SALT LAKE CITY (AP).- Paleontologists say they have discovered fossils of two new dinosaur species in southern Utah. The plant-eating dinosaurs are closely related to the three-horned triceratops, but one of …
Christian Lemmerz Creates Large Installation "Hypnosis" for First Solo Show in China
BEIJING.- For his first solo exhibition in China, the German-born sculptor Christian Lemmerz has created a large installation entitled Hypnosis, which seeks to confront us directly with our own life – and not least our own death. Christian Lemmer…
Christian Lemmerz Creates Large Installation "Hypnosis" for First Solo Show in China
BEIJING.- For his first solo exhibition in China, the German-born sculptor Christian Lemmerz has created a large installation entitled Hypnosis, which seeks to confront us directly with our own life – and not least our own death. Christian Lemmer…
Anthropological Exhibition in Mexico City Examines Ancient Diseases in Bones
MEXICO CITY.- In bones, like in paper and photographic film, the history of what happened remains; those who “read” these imprints are physical anthropologists and they have discovered diseases of other eras. This knowledge is captured in the…