http://www.popark.se Populär Arkeologi sv http://www.ostran.se/nyheter/kalmar/efter_334_aar_aer_kistan_uppe_igenKanterna är nötta av alla påfrestningar och träet har antagit flera nyanser. Men trots lång tid på havets botten är kistan intakt. Den åker sakta uppåt och när vattenytan klyvs möts den av en helt ny värld, 334 år senare. Spontana applåder utbryter på däck när kistan är i säkerhet. - Sist den såg da... (Källa: ostran.se, antal ord: 927) http://arbetarbladet.se/kultur/1.2204534-fynd-vid-virtuell-gravningDen världsberömda stensättningen Stonehenge i södra England har fått sällskap. Arkeologer har funnit en träversion av monumentet i samma område. Med hjälp av radar har arkeologerna upptäckt ett cirkelformat dike mindre än en kilometer från stenformationen, uppger nyhetsbyrån Reuters. – Det är ett re... (Källa: arbetarbladet.se, antal ord: 167) http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=97&artikel=3880077Redan vid första dagens utgrävning gjordes fynd vid den gamla offerplatsen i Finnestorp mellan Larv och Floby. Men de riktiga skatterna ligger fortfarande dolda i leran. Det är sköldar, hjälmdetaljer och annat från folkvandringstiden som nu söks. För tredje året i rad ordnas nu publika utgrävningar ... (Källa: sverigesradio.se, antal ord: 168) http://nlt.se/startsidan/vara/1.904462-utgravningarna-har-startatÅrets utgrävningar av Offerplats Finnestorp på gränsen mellan Vara och Falköpings kommuner inleddes på måndagen. Det första fyndet var en ett-öring från 1897. – Det är gammalt men inte så gammalt som det vi söker, sade arkeolog Caj Carlstein. I år ska ett schakt i öst-västlig riktning undersökas oc... (Källa: nlt.se, antal ord: 138) http://svt.se/2.33686/1.2090225/arkeologer_letar_efter_medeltidsvrak?lid=puff_2090253För exakt 444 år sedan hände en av de största förlisningarna i Östersjöns historia. 5000 man från den Dansk-Lubska flottan omkom när 15 fartyg gick under utanför Visby. Ett arkeologiskt team håller just nu på att leta efter fynd från vraken.... (Källa: svt.se, antal ord: 42) http://nordjyske.dk/broenderslev/forside.aspx?ctrl=10&data=14,3626064,2875,3Grubehus var i virkeligheden en brønd, og arkæologerne stødte på flere overraskelser i jorden. Der er historie i luften i Jerslev. Tidligere på sommeren blev det afsløret, at der er spændende ting fra fortiden i jorden lige ved Jerslev Kirke. Det kom for en dag, da kirken for fire uger siden skulle ... (Källa: nordjyske.dk, antal ord: 645) http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201007246659/Related-news-from-Syria/5000-years-old-archaeological-pottery-craft-unearthed-in-syria.htmlArchaeological excavations in the Houran region in Daraa, southern Syria, show that the region mastered the craft of pottery and its various uses 5000 years ago. The excavations uncovered great numbers of pottery known as "black clay" that strongly imply connections between the occupants of Houran a... (Källa: english.globalarabnetwork.com, antal ord: 646) http://www.stonepages.com/news/#3933Excavations at Politiko-Troullia on the foothills of the Troodos mountains in the Nicosia district (Cyprus) have brought to light a series of households around a large communal courtyard with evidence of intensive animal husbandry and crop processing, copper metallurgy and sophisticated ceramic tech... (Källa: stonepages.com, antal ord: 187) http://www.stonepages.com/news/#393811,000 years ago a tall and solidly built Aboriginal man lived a hard life. His bones reveal he had arthritis in his jaw, multiple breaks in both forearms and a fractured ankle so severe his shin bones fused together. "Death might have been something to look forward to for him," the palaeoanthropolo... (Källa: stonepages.com, antal ord: 351) http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-07/uof-adi072810.phpGenetic investigators say the partnership between people and the ancestors of today's donkeys was sealed not by monarchs trying to establish kingdoms, but by mobile, pastoral people who had to recruit animals to help them survive the harsh Saharan landscape in northern Africa more than 5,000 years a... (Källa: eurekalert.org, antal ord: 942) http://heritage-key.com/blogs/owenjarus/ancient-stone-monument-napi-discovered-canadian-prairiesA map of the Napi effigy - it's about five meters by five meters in size and was created with rocks the size of a fist. You can see Napi's arms, legs, head, torso and genitalia. The dark coloured stones are ones that have been disturbed, moved from their original position. There is a depression in t... (Källa: heritage-key.com, antal ord: 736) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/9188095A scientific reconstruction of one of the oldest sets of human remains found in the Americas appears to support theories that the first people who came to the hemisphere migrated from a broader area than once thought, researchers say. Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History on Thursd... (Källa: guardian.co.uk, antal ord: 657) http://www.physorg.com/news199101603.htmlResearchers have discovered evidence of Southeast Asian sailing vessels visiting Australia in the mid-1600s -- the oldest contact rock art in Australia. The discovery was made by the team taking part in the Picturing Change fieldwork project in the Wellington Range, Arnhem Land. The rock shelter the... (Källa: physorg.com, antal ord: 370) http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/100727-who-wrote-dead-sea-scrolls-bible-science-tv/The recent decoding of a cryptic cup, the excavation of ancient Jerusalem tunnels, and other archaeological detective work may help solve one of the great biblical mysteries: Who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? The new clues hint that the scrolls, which include some of the oldest known biblical document... (Källa: news.nationalgeographic.com, antal ord: 1405) http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100728/full/news.2010.377.html?s=news_rssIn the early 1930s, 14 Homo erectus fossils and 25,000 vertebrate remains were unearthed near the muddy Solo River at Ngandong in Java, Indonesia, by a research team from the Netherlands. Some 80 years later, this remains one of the world's largest caches of this early human. It could also be eviden... (Källa: nature.com, antal ord: 1153) http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Reading-the-Writing-on-Pompeiis-Walls.htmlRebecca Benefiel stepped into the tiny dark room on the first floor of the House of Maius Castricius. Mosquitoes whined. Huge moths flapped around her head. And – much higher on the ick meter—her flashlight revealed a desiccated corpse that looked as if it was struggling to rise from the floor. None... (Källa: smithsonianmag.com, antal ord: 1045) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/discovered-stone-age-mans-morning-after-the-night-before-2034322.htmlArchaeologists in Wiltshire have discovered remarkable evidence of a spectacular party – enjoyed by Neolithic tribesmen 4,500 years ago. Excavations at Britain's biggest "henge" site – a prehistoric religious complex 16 times the size of Stonehenge – have yielded the remains of dozens of pigs slaugh... (Källa: independent.co.uk, antal ord: 217) http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/138788For the first time in Israel, a document has been uncovered containing a law code that parallels portions of the famous Code of Hammurabi. The code is written on fragments of a cuneiform tablet, dating from the 18th-17th centuries B.C.E in the Middle Bronze Age, that were found in Hebrew University ... (Källa: israelnationalnews.com, antal ord: 436) http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/science/stories/2010/07/25/testing-remains-provides-new-insights.html?sid=101The scientific study of human remains offers the potential to learn an amazing amount of information about the lives of ancient people. Human bones preserve evidence of age, sex and health, as well as clues to where the people grew up, what activities they engaged in over the course of their lives, ... (Källa: dispatch.com, antal ord: 551) http://www.archaeologychannel.org/Khumi is the smallest of the indigenous groups in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of southeastern Bangladesh. In today’s age of globalization, changes are occurring in the animist Khumi peoples’ religion, culture, lifestyle and language, raising concern over the gradual disappearance of their unique beli... (Källa: archaeologychannel.org, antal ord: 76) http://news.discovery.com/animals/oldest-dog-fossil.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1Every dog has its day, but that day took more than 14,000 years to dawn for one canine. A jaw fragment found in a Swiss cave comes from the earliest known dog, according to scientists who analyzed and radiocarbon-dated the fossil. Dog origins remain poorly understood, however, and some researchers s... (Källa: news.discovery.com, antal ord: 658) http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=81986&CultureCode=enÖtzi has not been put on ice, on the contrary - things are hotting up for him! For the first time in his eventful history since his discovery almost twenty years ago, we now have access to the complete genetic profile of this world famous mummy. As a result the path is clear for an imminent solution... (Källa: alphagalileo.org, antal ord: 531)