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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