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The page with links to sites containing historical & archaeological news items
2008
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Stonehenge 'was hidden from lower classes':
Source TELEGRAPH NEWS
31 Aug 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2655187/Stonehenge-was-hidden-from-lower-classes.html
Buried
treasure puzzles excavators:
Source IOL SA NEWS
August 29 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20080829175113400C229986
Chariot
find at settlement site:
Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 28 August
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7585922.stm
'Lost
towns' discovered in Amazon:
Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 28 August
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7586860.stm
Wari
mummy unearthed in Peru:
Source IOL SA NEWS
August 27 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20080827065750969C629470
'Complexity' of Neanderthal tools:
Source BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 26 August
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7582912.stm
Pictured: Divers discover amazingly preserved shipwreck of HMS London on bottom
of Thames: Source THIS
IS LOCAL LONDON NEWS
26 August 2008
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23544808-details/Pictured:+Divers+discover+amazingly+preserved+shipwreck+of+HMS+London+on+bottom+of+Thames/article.do
Ritual
horns do not predate Jewish expulsion:
Source TIMES ONLINE
August 25, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/global/article4607109.ece
Huge
statue of Roman ruler found:
Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 25 August
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7580745.stm
Alpine
melt reveals ancient life:
Source BBC NEWS
Sunday, 24 August
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7580294.stm
Archaeology: Fire lays bare prehistoric secrets of the moors in Yorkshire:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Thursday August 21
2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/aug/21/archaeology
Bronze
Age Skeleton Found In Wicken: Source ELY STANDARD NEWS
20 August 2008
http://www.ely-standard.co.uk/content/ely/news/story.aspx?brand=ELYOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestELY&itemid=WEED20%20Aug%202008%2012%3A30%3A07%3A903
John
Dore:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Tuesday August 19
2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/aug/19/archaeology
The
Sahara was once green:
Source IOL SA NEWS
August 15 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=vn20080815055331457C929013
Roman
coffins discovered at dig:
Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 14 August
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7561263.stm
Head of
Roman empress unearthed:
Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 14 August
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7560833.stm
King's
tomb attacked by vandals:
Source BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 12 August
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7556391.stm
Roman
temple found under church:
Source BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 12 August
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7555845.stm
Warrior
past revisited:
Source CAMBRIDGE NEWS
11 August 2008
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn%5Fnews%5Fely/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=338578
2 000
year-old find...:
Source IOL SA NEWS
August 11 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20080811161940384C316243
Romanians find 2.5m-year-old skeleton:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Saturday August 9 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/aug/09/archaeology
Leg
bone yields DNA secrets of man's Neanderthal 'Eve':
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Friday August 8 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/aug/08/evolution.genetics
Ancient
city uncovered in Afghan:
Source IOL SA NEWS
August 08 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20080808072546864C322942
Shakespeare's Shoreditch theatre unearthed:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Thursday August 07
2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/aug/07/shakespeare.shoreditch
Archaeology offers computer hope:
Source BBC NEWS
Wednesday, 6 August
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7545209.stm
The
truth about the Picts: Source INDEPENDENT NEWS
Wednesday, 6 August
2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-truth-about-the-picts-886098.html
Archaeologists unearth Thracian carriage:
Source IOL SA NEWS
August 06 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20080806123015589C395782
German
scientists dig for their own Stonehenge: Source REUTERS NEWS
Wed Aug 6, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL623035920080806
Cairo paternity
test for King Tut:
Source BBC NEWS
Wednesday, 6 August
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7546041.stm
12th
century chapel revealed:
Source
EDP24 NEWS
02 August 2008
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED03%20Aug%202008%2014%3A50%3A12%3A020
Prehistoric rock art picture gallery:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
August 1, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2008/jul/31/1?picture=336120468
Britain's rock art is a national treasure: Jonathan Jones’ the blog:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
August 1, 2008
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/art/2008/08/rock_art_english_heritage.html
What
the Romans did for us:
Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 1 August
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7537766.stm
Archaeologists find Gedaliah's seal:
Source IOL SA NEWS
August 01 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20080801135757861C908041
Ancient
rock carvings discovered:
Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 31 July
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7534510.stm
Skeletons uncovered in friary dig:
Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 31 July
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7533920.stm
Ancient
Greek 'computer' displayed Olympics calendar:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Wednesday July 30
2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jul/30/archaeology.astronomy
Prehistoric land under the sea:
Source BBC NEWS
Wednesday, 30 July
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7532771.stm
Norman
Quinnell:
Prodigious surveyor of archaeological sites for Ordnance Survey:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Thursday July 24
2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jul/24/archaeology.military
New
light thrown on Roman villa remains:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Thursday July 24
2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/jul/24/heritage.museums
Roman
dog skeleton is 'donated':
Source BBC NEWS
Wednesday, 23 July
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/7521517.stm
Elvis
lives: in 2,000-year-old carving:
Source TELEGRAPH NEWS
23 Jul 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2447019/Elvis-lives-in-2%2C000-year-old-carving.html
Roman
tombstone to go on display:
Source BBC NEWS
Wednesday, 23 July
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7521120.stm
Sedgeford dig stages open day:
Source
EDP24 NEWS
22 July 2008
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED22%20Jul%202008%2013%3A13%3A22%3A887
Restoring Ethiopia's great obelisk
Monday, 21 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7505957.stm
Historic abbey uncovered in dig:
Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 21 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7517392.stm
Ancient
finds in bus station dig:
Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 18 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/7513400.stm
Tales
from beyond the grave:
Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 18 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7509348.stm
New
life for old historical sites:
Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 18 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/7513526.stm
Heritage dig yields Zulu artefacts:
Source IOL SA NEWS
July 17 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=vn20080717062206113C334626
Rediscovering treasures of Bamiyan:
Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 17 July
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7508917.stm
A
century on, Bayeux tapestry 'vandal' is cleared:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Wednesday July 16,
2008
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/heritage/story/0,,2291107,00.html
Archaeologists hunt for lost Wisbech garden:
Source
EDP24 NEWS
16 July 2008
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED16%20Jul%202008%2016%3A08%3A56%3A653
Stonehenge centre 'will be ready for Olympics':
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Wednesday July 16,
2008
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/heritage/story/0,,2291084,00.html
Exploration of underwater forest:
Source BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 15 July
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7507564.stm
Ancient
Chinese figurines go on display:
Source
EADT NEWS
15 July 2008
http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED14%20Jul%202008%2017%3A07%3A54%3A530
German
villagers share DNA with cavemen:
Source TELEGRAPH NEWS
15 July 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/07/15/scidna115.xml
'Oldest
man-made structure' unearthed:
Source IOL SA NEWS
July 14 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=vn20080714062546858C113827
Ancient
tree 'one of UK's best':
Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 14 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7505706.stm
Archaeology: Ancient bones could help combat TB:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Sunday July 13, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jul/13/medicalresearch.health
A grave
job for student archaeologists:
Source BBC NEWS
Saturday, 12 July
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7503084.stm
Phaistos Disc declared as fake by scholar: Source TIMES ONLINE
July 12, 2008
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article4318911.ece
Rare
artefact found at Roman site:
Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 11 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7500223.stm
Famed
Roman statue 'not ancient':
Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 10 July
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7499469.stm
Iron
Age bodies at park-and-ride:
Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 10 July
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7499585.stm
Work
resumes at ancient burial site:
Source
EDP24 NEWS
09 July 2008
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED08%20Jul%202008%2020%3A34%3A47%3A407
Is the
British Museum the greatest museum on earth?: Source TIMES ONLINE
July 9, 2008
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article4296037.ece
UNESCO
protects Scottish wall:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Tuesday July 8, 2008
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/heritage/story/0,,2289720,00.html
Recognition for empire's final frontier:
Source BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 8 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7487191.stm
Ancient
tablet to shed new light on Messiah:
Source IOL SA NEWS
July 08 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=vn20080708054625167C702693
Ancient
Peruvian tomb unearthed:
Source BBC NEWS
Sunday, 6 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7491827.stm
Historical sites ‘under threat’:
Source BBC NEWS
Saturday, 5 July
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7488884.stm
Italy declares Pompeii emergency:
Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 4 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7490735.stm
Experts
return to 'power centre':
Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 4 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7487985.stm
Historic abbey remains vandalised:
Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 4 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/7489228.stm
Secret
cave under Mexican pyramid is opened:
Source IOL SA NEWS
July 03 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20080703184816528C432384
Work
unearths Iron Age settlement:
Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 3 July
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7488689.stm
Historic Suffolk abbey is preserved:
Source
EADT NEWS
03 July 2008
http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED02%20Jul%202008%2023%3A26%3A04%3A013
Medieval football writers studied:
Source BBC NEWS
Wednesday, 2 July
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7486118.stm
Doubt
over date for Brit invasion:
Source BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7483566.stm
Bronze
age site road route opens:
Source BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/7482787.stm
Public
say in Stonehenge future:
Source BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/7482995.stm
Neolithic house found during dig:
Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 30 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7481849.stm
'Stylish' Roman life found on dig:
Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 30 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7481869.stm
Key
role sought for castle keeper:
Source BBC NEWS
Sunday, 29 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7478716.stm
Archaeologists claim forest find:
Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 26 June
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7475577.stm
Dig
reveals Neolithic burial site:
Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 26 June
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/isle_of_man/7474949.stm
Caesar
statue plan for Deal beach:
Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 26 June
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7475285.stm
Culture
minister to visit Roman circus:
Source
EADT NEWS
25 June 2008
http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED25%20Jun%202008%2000%3A24%3A52%3A753
Medieval boat found in Suffolk:
Source
EDP24 NEWS
25 June 2008
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED25%20Jun%202008%2013%3A02%3A52%3A977
Dig
unearths Neolithic settlement:
Source BBC NEWS
Wednesday, 25 June
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7471742.stm
Heritage theft man avoids prison:
Source BBC NEWS
Wednesday, 25 June
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7473781.stm
Celestial clues may end ancient debate about eclipse in Odyssey:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Tuesday June 24,
2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jun/24/spaceexploration.sciencenews
Cutty
Sark is saved by £3.3m gift:
Source BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 24 June
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7471449.stm
'Neanderthal tools' found at
dig:
Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 23 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7466735.stm
Run-down heritage sites embarrass the Greeks:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Monday June 23, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/23/greece.heritage
Dawn
revellers greet summer solstice: Source TIMES ONLINE
June 21, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4186117.ece
Thousands due at solstice event:
Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 20 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/7465235.stm
Archaeologists dig at park site:
Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 20 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7466336.stm
Sheep
shortage hits Giant's look:
Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 20 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7465329.stm
Workers
unearth ancient tools:
Source IOL SA NEWS
June 18 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=vn20080618060428205C997417
Find points to high status of castle:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Wednesday June 18,
2008
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/heritage/story/0,,2286080,00.html
Team
excavates Roman 'warehouse':
Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 16 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7455657.stm
Islands' World Heritage debated:
Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 16 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/7456636.stm
Maritime ‘treasures’ on display:
Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 16 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/7457637.stm
First
farmers made 'lucky beads':
Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 16 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7457755.stm
Historic sites added to risk list:
Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 16 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7456887.stm
Divers
find 1780 British warship:
Source BBC NEWS
Saturday, 14 June
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7454578.stm
Winning
Tudor building to reopen:
Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 13 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7452344.stm
Maritime 'treasure trove' raised:
Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 13 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7446423.stm
‘Lord’
wins right to share wreck:
Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 13 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/7452880.stm
Palm
tree grown from 2,000-year-old date stone:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Thursday June 12
2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jun/12/ancient.seed
Deal
signed to raise castle ruin:
Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 12 June
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7450438.stm
£6m for
Giant's Causeway project:
Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 12 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7449603.stm
Comprehending Stonehenge: Source TIMES ONLINE
June 11, 2008
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article4114486.ece
World's
'oldest Christian church' discovered in Jordan:
Source TELEGRAPH NEWS
11 June 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/jordan/2106752/World%27s-%27oldest-Christian-church%27-discovered-in-Jordan.html
The
Tudor delusion: Source TIMES ONLINE
June 11, 2008
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article4111910.ece
Archaeologists uncover Aztec palace in Mexico City: Source GUARDIAN/ OBSERVER NEWS
Tuesday June 10 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/10/mexico.archaeology
Man on
heritage site theft charge:
Source BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 10 June
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/7446367.stm
How
Victorian restorers faked the clothes that seemed to show Hadrian's softer side: Source GUARDIAN/ OBSERVER NEWS
Monday June 9, 2008
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2284558,00.html
Archaeology dig at £150m Park Way:
Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 9 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7443386.stm
Roman
coins return to Thornbury:
Source BBC NEWS
Sunday, 8 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7442628.stm
Seahenge museum's official opening:
Source
EDP24 NEWS
07 June 2008
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED06%20Jun%202008%2016%3A32%3A15%3A230
Church
from underwater city found:
Source BBC NEWS
Saturday, 7 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7441759.stm
Time
Team's Tony Robinson: Archaeological sites need Protection:
Source TELEGRAPH NEWS
06 June 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/06/06/scitime106.xml
Archaeologists really dig prehistoric finds:
Source CAMBRIDGE NEWS
06 June 2008
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn%5Fnews%5Froyston/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=320776
Survey
sheds light on lost city:
Source
EDP24 NEWS
06 June 2008
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED06%20Jun%202008%2008%3A44%3A01%3A820
Machu Picchu
ruin 'found earlier':
Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 6 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7439397.stm
Headless pyramid attributed to Egyptian ruler:
Source IOL SA NEWS
June 05 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20080605123907170C511163
Little
arrow that rewrites history books:
Source IOL SA NEWS
June 05 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=vn20080605055841569C413057
Ethiopia starts restoring obelisk: Source BBC NEWS
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7435314.stm
Ancient
man killed 'love rivals': Source BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/7432306.stm
DNA
explodes Greek myth about women:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Sunday June 1 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jun/01/genetics.sciencenews
Archaeology week reveals secrets: Source BBC NEWS
Sunday, 1 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7427975.stm
Historic dig 13 years after find: Source BBC NEWS
Sunday, 1 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/7430047.stm
Dig
aims to uncover lost villages: Source BBC NEWS
Saturday, 31 May
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/7427891.stm
Excavations reveal Stone Age life: Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 29 May
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/7425959.stm
Stonehenge 'a long-term cemetery': Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 29 May
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7426195.stm
A
helping hand for Italy's towering landmark:
Source IOL SA NEWS
May 28 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20080528150459326C291657
Thousand-year-old Lombard warrior skeleton discovered buried with horse in Italy:
Source TELEGRAPH NEWS
28 May 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2041811/Thousand-year-old-Lombard-warrior-skeleton-discovered-buried-with-horse-in-Italy.html
Cleopatra artefact discovered in Alexandria:
Source IOL SA NEWS
May 28 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20080527130706336C399450
Historic excavation wins funding: Source BBC NEWS
Wednesday, 28 May
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7410841.stm
Archaeologists find ancient army HQ:
Source IOL SA NEWS
May 28 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20080528145800658C868346
How rag
and bone man left grandson a 2,400-year-old Persian treasure:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Wednesday May 28,
2008
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/heritage/story/0,,2282417,00.html
Rare
Elizabeth I portrait found: Source BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/7421051.stm
Ghost
toddler from ancient Egypt on show as art:
Source TELEGRAPH NEWS
23 May 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1&xml=/earth/2008/05/23/scighost123.xml
Orkney
Islanders have Siberian relatives:
Source TELEGRAPH NEWS
23 May 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1&xml=/earth/2008/05/23/sciorkney123.xml
Priceless ceramic kept under bed: Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 22 May
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7414504.stm
Chisels
once given at Stonehenge: Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 22 May
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/7414750.stm
Vandals
in attack on Stonehenge: Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 22 May
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/7414491.stm
Found:
the dustbin of history:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Sunday May 18 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/may/18/foundthedustbinofhistory
Ancient
bust of Caesar found in French river:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Thursday May 15,
2008
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2279991,00.html
The
lost Ark: are the Germans on its trail?: Source TIMES ONLINE
May 13, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3919430.ece
Silbury
gives up its final secret:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Monday May 12, 2008
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2279497,00.html
Archaeology dig in car park site: Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 9 May 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7391694.stm
Prehistoric find at burial mound: Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 9 May 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7392396.stm
Carpet
of stone: medieval mosaic pavement revealed:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Monday May 5 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/05/archaeology.art
Hidden
jewel of Afghan culture: Source BBC NEWS
Saturday, 3 May 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7380050.stm
Diamond
miners strike gold with wreck:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Friday May 2 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/02/southafrica?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews
'Plague' killed Roman grave dead: Source BBC NEWS
Wednesday, 30 April
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7374836.stm
Ancient
blade found at road site: Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 28 April
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/7370664.stm
Bronze
Age axe 'factory' survey: Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 28 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/7371344.stm
Looted
museum treasures returned:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Monday April 28,
2008
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2276662,00.html
Human
line 'nearly split in two': Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 24 April
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7358868.stm
7,000
years older than Stonehenge: the site that stunned archaeologists:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Wednesday April 23
2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/apr/23/archaeology.turkey
Plastic pigs promote city legend: Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 14 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7346604.stm
European history in cod bones: Source TIMES ONLINE
April 14, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article3738383.ece
Historic abbey ruins re-touched: Source BBC NEWS
14 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7347389.stm
Exhibition exposes modern tragedy of Babylon:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Monday April 14,
2008
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2273427,00.html
Work on
historic walls continues: Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 14 April
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7346477.stm
Grave
robbers strike Sussex tomb of Bronze Age chief:
Source TELEGRAPH NEWS
13 May 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/05/13/scibronze113.xml
Repair work shuts historic
bridge: Source BBC NEWS
Sunday, 13 April
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/7345224.stm
Skull
returns to final rest place: Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 11 April
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/7341110.stm
Uncertain future for ancient spa: Source BBC NEWS
Thursday, 10 April
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7340499.stm
'Breakthrough' at Stonehenge dig:
Source BBC NEWS
Wednesday, 9 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7337292.stm
Bay
could reveal Viking secrets: Source BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 8 April
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7334845.stm
Swedes find Viking-era Arab coins: Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 4 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7330540.stm
How the
Aztecs could count hand on heart:
Source TELEGRAPH NEWS
03 April 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/04/03/sciaztec103.xml
Seahenge goes on show:
Source
EDP24 NEWS
02 April 2008
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED01%20Apr%202008%2019%3A48%3A12%3A877
Young
pharaoh played with marbles:
Source IOL SA NEWS
April 01 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20080401110609272C839603
Necklace is 'oldest in Americas': Source BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 1 April
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7323351.stm
The
Lourdes of ancient Britain? Dig aims to reveal Stonehenge's purpose:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Tuesday April 1,
2008
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/heritage/story/0,,2269815,00.html
Excavation starts at Stonehenge: Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 31 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7322134.stm
Ancient
weapons dug up in India: Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 28 March
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7315386.stm
Fossil
find could be Europe's first humans:
Source GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Thursday March 27
2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/mar/27/archaeology.fossils
Spain dig
yields ancient European: Source BBC NEWS
Wednesday, 26 March
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7313005.stm
Tower's
royal lions 'from Africa': Source BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 25 March
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7311134.stm
Shroud
mystery 'refuses to go away': Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 21 March
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7307646.stm
Digging
into our past yields gems for the present:
Source CAMBRIDGE NEWS
19 March 2008
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn%5Fnews%5Fcambridge/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=299798
Archaeologists unearth ancient temple:
Source IOL SA NEWS
March 18 2008
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20080318121552576C764607
Bronze
Age burial 'with beer mug': Source BBC NEWS
Monday, 17 March
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7300232.stm
Egyptian mummy exhibit is son of Ramesses
Source TELEGRAPH NEWS
16 March 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1581787/Egyptian-mummy-exhibit-is-son-of-Ramesses-II.html
Roman
burial site open to public:
Source BBC NEWS
Saturday, 15 March
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7298102.stm
Archaeologists discover ruins of Inca temple in Peru: Source
GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Friday March 14 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/mar/14/archaeology.conservation
Stonehenge is unique - the road tunnel would have respected that: Source
GUARDIAN /OBSERVER NEWS
Tuesday March 11
2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/mar/11/archaeology.transport
Remains
of Roman villa discovered: Source BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 11 March
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7289660.stm
Amazing
North Sea axe find:
Source
EDP24 NEWS
10 March 2008
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED09%20Mar%202008%2018%3A56%3A13%3A090
Mysterious pits shed light on forgotten witches of the West:
Source TIMES ONLINE
March 10, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3517036.ece
Gardens
key to town's fiery past: Source BBC NEWS
Sunday, 9 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/7286424.stm
House
of Augustus opens to public: Source BBC NEWS
Sunday, 9 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7286305.stm
'Ned
Kelly's burial site' found: Source BBC NEWS
Sunday, 9 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7285907.stm
Funds
to preserve historic city: Source BBC NEWS
Saturday, 8 March
2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7283903.stm
Dig
uncovers Iron Age waterhole: Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 7 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/7283859.stm
Cash
opens up literary treasures: Source BBC NEWS
Friday, 7 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7280280.stm
Reburial for Anglo S