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Det svenska skäggets brokiga historia
Under bronsåldern var männen troligen slätrakade tidvis. På avbildningar finns inte antydan till skägg och man har inte hittat rester efter skägg i fornfynd. Eftersom brons inte förstörs i jorden har rakknivar från tidsperioden hittats. Fynd av rakknivar blir sällsynta från och med järnåldern. Under äldre järnåldern fortsatte männen raka sig och skägget kom på modet igen först på 500-talet e.Kr. Figurer med välklippta och ansade mustascher och hakskägg har nämligen hittats från denna t... (antal ord: 86), 2004-04-08


Hagerman väjer inte för de svåra frågorna
Maja Hagerman & Claes GabrielssonI miraklers tid (Prisma. Renässansens och upplysningstidens negativa attityd till vad de kallade "den mörka medeltiden" har i dag förbytts i ett ökat intresse för denna epok, som var allt annat än mörk. 1984 tillägnades konsthistorikern Aron Andersson en festskrift med titeln Den ljusa medeltiden. Maja Hagermans bok I miraklers tid kan sättas in i detta sammanhang. Sedan hon publicerade sin Augustprisbelönade bok Spåren av kungens män har hon fortsatt att samtal... (antal ord: 101), 2004-04-08


Ancient builders followed stars
So many tombs built to get a clear view of the rising Sun. Many Bronze Age monuments in Europe and Africa were erected with the Sun and other stars in mind, says Dr Michael Hoskin, a UK historian of astronomy. In one survey of 2,000 tombs he has shown how many were built to face the rising Sun - a symbol of the afterlife. A second study of stone structures in Menorca reveals they were set up to view the constellation of Centaurus.... (antal ord: 82), 2004-04-06


Astronomy study reveals ancient places of healing
Mysterious T-shaped monuments scattered around the Mediterranean island of Menorca were most probably places of healing, says an archaeoastronomer who has studied the orientation of the Bronze Age monuments.Each "taula" - named after the Catalan word for table - is formed by two massive stone blocks arranged in the shape of an upright "T". The taulas face an opening in a surrounding ring of stones, and all but one of the 30 structures on Menorca face roughly south.- It has long been known tha... (antal ord: 108), 2004-04-04


Computer technology to provide virtual tour of a mummy
Computer technology has found the gentle way to raise the dead - by introducing the virtual mummy. Nesperennub was a temple priest who died at about 35 nearly 3,000 years ago in Egypt. In preparation for eternal life, priests extracted his brain and his eyes, eviscerated his organs and embalmed his body with herbs, cedar oil and naphthalene. Then they wrapped him in bandages soaked with beeswax to keep out moisture and corruption, and buried him at Thebes on the west bank of the Nile, with a res... (antal ord: 123), 2004-04-06


Controversy revisits Shroud of Turin
A documentary on the Shroud of Turin suggests the cloth, a religious relic once believed to be the burial shroud of Christ, might be authentic, and some archaeologists are crying foul. Experts have widely considered the 14-foot-long linen sheet, which has been kept since 1578 in a cathedral in Turin, Italy, a forgery since carbon-dating tests were performed in 1988. Those tests placed its origin at A.D.1300.... (antal ord: 71), 2004-04-08


Cracks in ruined vault of Iraq's ancient Ctesiphon palace
Long deserted by tourists, the ruined vault of Iraq's ancient Ctesiphon palace, which boasts the highest single-span brick arch in the world, is developing worrisome cracks although experts say it is unlikely to collapse. Located on the northeast bank of the Tigris River, 30 kilometers (20 miles)south of Baghdad, Ctesiphon was founded on the site of an older town, Opis, in the second century BC by Parthian King Mithridates. The site was once one of the most popular tourist destinations in a cou... (antal ord: 146), 2004-04-06


Dialogue with Amun
Siwa Oasis once drew the famous, the deeply religious and the merely curious. In the first of a two-part look at the oasis, Jenny Jobbins traces its early days and the rise and fall of the cult of the oracle. Siwa Oasis lies on the edge of the Great Sand Sea only 50kms from the Libyan border. It is almost surprisingly beautiful: if one thinks one has already seen all that Egypt has on offer, Siwa proves there is even more. Outcrops of honey- coloured sandstone and crisp white chalk fringe the pl... (antal ord: 272), 2004-04-08


Dig discovery is oldest 'pet cat'
The cats at Shillourokambos may have been like this African wildcatThe oldest known evidence of people keeping cats as pets may have been discovered by archaeologists. The discovery of a cat buried with what could be its owner in a Neolithic grave on Cyprus suggests domestication of cats had begun 9,500 years ago. It was thought the Egyptians were first to domesticate cats, with the earliest evidence dating to 2,000-1,900 BC.... (antal ord: 72), 2004-04-08


Llactapata: A Big Inca Discovery, or Not?
It has everything: a jungle, a lost city, high-tech gear, and explorers. Who needs Indiana Jones with stories like the rediscovery of Llactapata near Machu Picchu? "It was announced today that an Anglo-American team, supported by The Royal Geographical Society, have found an important Inca ruin lost in the Peruvian cloud-forest, not far from Machu Picchu. Flying over the Andes, the team used infra-red cameras to see through the thick jungle vegetation and reveal the outlines of stone buildings b... (antal ord: 143), 2003-11-18


Myths about the Olympic Games
Many aspects of our Olympic Games have been justified by specious ancient antecedents. Until recently we believed competitors had to be amateurs because we believed ancient Greek Olympians were amateurs. Nonsense. The ancient Olympics had no such rule, and the Greeks did not even have a word for amateur. Ancient Olympic athletes were professionals. The Olympic Truce, while guaranteeing safe passage to athletes and spectators on their way to the Games, did not, contrary to popular belief, stop al... (antal ord: 101), 2004-04-06


NASA Radar Aids High-Tech Digs
History can be hard to find. A forgotten letter molders in an attic. An ancient temple hides beneath jungle greenery. Even knowing that something is there doesn't necessarily make it easier to find - the classic needle in the haystack. But locating many archaeological sites isn't just difficult; it is required by law. Federal legislation mandates that all archaeological sites on federal lands be located and evaluated by federal managers, particularly if the sites could be damaged by construction... (antal ord: 81), 2004-04-08


Sword in Beijing Tomb is Archaeological First
When Chinese archaeologists opened a large multi-chambered Han Dynasty tomb in southern Beijing last week they made some remarkable finds. In particular they discovered a bronze sword notable not only for its excellent workmanship but also for being the first of its kind actually intended for practical use ever to be discovered around the area of the capital. The brick-built tomb faces south and has one front, two side and two rear chambers. There is a passage to the front. It is some 7 meters l... (antal ord: 143), 2004-04-10


TV shows spark 'gardening' crime
Ancient crosses have been disappearing from the moor. Garden makeover programmes are being blamed for an increase in the theft of ancient artefacts from Dartmoor. Electronic tags are being used to help protect valuable stone crosses and troughs in the area. Officials from the Dartmoor National Park Authority say the popularity of TV garden series could be triggering more thefts. New security measures follow a recent attempt to remove a granite cross.... (antal ord: 72), 2004-04-16


Dancing girls and the merry Magdalenian
Archaeologists believe that 13,000-year-old cave paintings in Nottinghamshire were part of a continent-wide culture. The people who created the first surviving art in Britain were committed Europeans, belonging to a common culture spanning France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, according to the man who discovered the cave art in Creswell Crags, Nottinghamshire. And the essential preoccupations of this single market in ice-age art, it seems, were hunting and naked dancing girls. The discov... (antal ord: 146), 2004-04-16


Documents may prove ancient runestone fake
Scholars who believe the Kensington Runestone is a 19th-century prank - and not concrete evidence that Norsemen beat Columbus to America by 100-plus years - say they have found the smoking gun to prove it. The latest in the century-old controversy centered in Minnesota came in documents written in 1885 by an 18-year-old Swedish tailor named Edward Larsson. He sometimes wrote in runes - an ancient Scandinavian language that differs from the English alphabet. But Larsson's runes were not the usual... (antal ord: 130), 2004-04-16


Humans took 1000 years to tame wild plants
Remnants of ancient barley, wheat, figs and pistachios nearly 10,000 years old are helping to solve the mystery about how and when nomadic hunter-gatherers became sedentary farmers. A team led by Australian archaeologist Dr Phillip Edwards of Melbourne's La Trobe University said its findings in the Middle East suggested humans went through a 1000-year phase of cultivating wild plants before they began breeding plants in earnest. Edwards told ABC Science Online the research had been accepted for ... (antal ord: 85), 2004-04-16


Visby får ny Hansedag
Den 15 maj skall minnena av Hansan återupplivas i hela norra Europa. - Gotland kommer att bli bäst i klassen, säger en stolt Inger Harlevi - kommunpolitiker, företagare och förste vice ordförande i kommissionen för Hansan.Det är ett omfattande program som på kort tid utarbetats och sammanställts som kommer att göra att Hansan märks igen. Det var så - under de cirka 300 år som Visby var en aktiv del av Hansan - att det varje vår hölls Hansedagar. De hölls på olika platser och den traditionen h... (antal ord: 165), 2004-04-16


World's oldest baubles?
Discovery of shells possibly used as beads 75,000 years ago is challenging notions of how symbolism grew. Humans living in coastal South Africa about 75,000 years ago may have fashioned snail shells into the world's oldest jewelry, according to a new study. Critics, however, say the dramatic claim lacks the evidence to fully back it. If the 41 snail shells described in today's issue of the journal Science are indeed beads, they would predate the oldest known pieces of jewelry by more than 30,000... (antal ord: 109), 2004-04-16


Världens äldsta konsthantverk
Forskare vid universitetet i Bergen har hittat 75 000 år gamla smyckespärlor, troligen världens äldsta konsthantverk. Fyndet gjordes vid en utgrävning i Sydafrika, skriver tidningen Bergens Tidende.- Föremålen är ett klart tecken på modern utveckling. Man skulle inte kunna tillverka detta utan ett avancerat språk, säger professor Randi Håland vid Bergenuniversitetet, som deltagit i utgrävningarna... (antal ord: 55), 2004-04-21


Stanford researchers use today's technology to understand yesterday's treasures
Nearly every leading Italian archaeologist interested in ancient Rome sat in the chandeliered room of the German Archaeological Institute on March 18 to hear Marc Levoy, associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering at Stanford, describe efforts to build an online archive of what remains of the Severan Marble Plan, or Forma Urbis Romae - a massive marble map of third-century Rome. But it was Levoy's soft-spoken doctoral student David Koller who stole the show. Koller did mu... (antal ord: 100), 2004-04-21


Ice Maiden triggers mother of all disputes in Siberia
Revolt is in the air over a mummified princess. Julius Strauss reports from Gorno-Altaisk. High in the Altai mountains of southern Siberia, where Shamans still practise their ancient rites and most people are descended from Asiatic nomads, there is a whiff of revolt in the air. Local officials, urged on by the increasingly militant electorate, are collecting signatures, writing petitions and demanding audiences with regional political leaders.... (antal ord: 68), 2004-04-21


Ancient inscribed slab brought to light
A team of German and Egyptian archaeologists working in the Nile Delta has unearthed "quite a remarkable" stele dating back 2 200 years to Ptolemaic Egypt which bears an identical inscription in three written languages - like the famed Rosetta Stone. Announcing the find on Monday, University of Potsdam chief Egyptologist Christian Tietze said the stone fragment was "quite remarkable and the most significant of its kind to be found in Egypt in 120 years".... (antal ord: 74), 2004-04-21


Shell beads point to Stone Age sophistication
Diamonds are a girl's best friend, but shell necklaces were all the rage in the Stone Age. So say archaeologists who have unearthed what may be the oldest jewellery ever discovered. The 75,000-year-old beads were found in the Blombos Cave on the southern tip of South Africa. A team led by Christopher Henshilwood of the University of Bergen, Norway found over 40 pea-sized shells with bored holes and worn areas showing that they had been strung on a necklace, bracelet or clothes.... (antal ord: 85), 2004-04-21


Här grävs det för fullt
Vid Bäcklunda gård utanför Örebro har arkeologer hittat spår efter flera tusen år gamla boplatser. Och nu är det bråttom - fornlämningarna måste snabbt upp ur jorden. ... (antal ord: 26), 2004-04-23


Mats hittade silverskatt
Mats Lundin såg att det blänkte - just där trädet stått och en kraftig gren av roten gick ner i jorden. Där låg ett par silvermynt.- Efterhand som jag grävde upp roten och "rotade" i jorden så hittade jag fler fynd.... (antal ord: 40), 2004-04-23


Sjælden bronze-økse ved Kvosted
Et mosehul skjulte et 3800 år gammelt øksehoved. Det har status som danefæ og skal omkring Nationalmuseet. Amatørarkæolog Bent Pilgaard fra Viborg gjorde i søndags sit livs fund. Med en metaldetektor fandt han et 16 centimeter langt øksehoved af bronze formentlig en 3800 gammel offergave. - Da jeg med min sko pirkede fundet frem, vidste jeg straks, at den var hjemme. Siden har jeg ikke kunnet slippe den store følelse, siger Bent Pilgaard. Han hører til den faste gruppe af amatørarkæologer. ... (antal ord: 161), 2004-04-23


Danske lejesoldater hos romerne
Var der danske soldater hos romerne? Gravfund af en parteret mand og en hund tyder på det, mener Thomas Grane. Han er klassisk arkæolog og forsker i det militære samspil mellem romerne og stammer i Sydskandinavien. En fornem ung mand og en hund blev fundet begravet ved Himlingøje på Stevns under en udgravning i 1995. Det bemærkelsesværdige var, at manden var parteret og at hunden var en hyrdehund af italiensk afstamning. Hvorfor var den unge mand blevet parteret inden han blev lagt i jernaldergr... (antal ord: 84), 2004-04-23


Scientists launching effort to preserve human marks in space
When the Mir space station broke apart and plummeted into the Pacific Ocean in March 2001, 140 tons of Russian hardware vanished. So did an archaeological treasure. Mir contained the technological know-how of an entire generation of Soviet engineers, said Robert Barclay of the Canadian Conservation Institute. When mission controllers maneuvered the station out of orbit, he said, "an irreplaceable part of the world's cultural heritage was lost." To traditional archaeologists, studying spacecraft ... (antal ord: 95), 2004-04-23


Scientists, First Nations treasure ancient feather find
By examining 4,300-year-old bird feathers, scientists are gaining a glimpse into the pre-history of the Yukon. Twelve feather samples were sent to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. after melting out of ice patches in alpine meadows in southern Yukon. The feathers were first discovered several summers ago, attached to ancient arrows or darts. When the ice melts each summer, archeological finds are revealed.... (antal ord: 67), 2004-04-23


Gotland kan få ett permanent Medeltidscentrum!
Medeltidsveckan är en världskänd institution som inträffar varje år, vecka 32. Det har utvecklats till Gotlands största evenemang alla kategorier. Nu vill en projektgrupp inom Medeltidsveckan skapa ett permanent medeltidscenter, beläget på landsbygden.- Idén med ett Medeltidscenter är att det ständigt ska pågå aktiviteter, allt i medeltida anda, säger Medeltidsveckans verksamhetsledare Ulf Berg.... (antal ord: 53), 2004-04-23


Was There a Trojan War?
Despite assumptions to the contrary, archaeological work of the new Troy project has not been performed for the purpose of understanding Homer's Iliad or the Trojan War. For the past 16 years, more than 350 scholars, scientists, and technicians from nearly 20 countries have been collaborating on the excavations at the site in northwestern Turkey that began as an Early Bronze Age citadel in the third millennium B.C. and ended as a Byzantine settlement before being abandoned in A.D. 1350. However,... (antal ord: 1584), 2004-04-23


Toftaskatten på Fornsalen
De sammanlagt 369 hela och fragmenterade mynt, som hittades under en stubbe i Tofta i början av året, ställs nu ut på Fornsalen trots att skatten är långt ifrån färdigundersökt.  Fyndet kallas, lite på skämt, årets första skatt. Ett skämt som kanske inte är så otroligt fel. ­Det som gör den här skatten så intressant är att den är väldigt enhetlig. Den består till stor del av tyska och engelska mynt, säger Leif Zerpe, arkeolog. ­Vi vet inte allting om den, men det är viktigt att ge folk tillg... (antal ord: 98), 2004-04-24


Uncovered Mayan ruins depict ancient games
A team of U.S. and Guatemalan archeologists says it has discovered important Mayan monuments covered with texts from the ceremonial ball court at the Cancuen palace in northern Guatemala.The researchers said the discovery is providing new information about the final years before the collapse of the ancient Mayan civilization.The excavations were announced on Friday by Guatemalan authorities, as well as by the National Geographic Society and Vanderbilt University in the United States.Cancue... (antal ord: 452), 2004-04-24


Norrmän fann världens äldsta smycke
Forskare vid universitetet i Bergen har hittat vad som troligen är världens äldsta konsthantverk - 75 000 år gamla smyckespärlor. Fyndet gjordes vid en utgrävning i Sydafrika, skriver tidningen Bergens Tidende.- Det är helt fantastiskt! Föremålen är ett klart tecken på modern utveckling. Man skulle inte kunna tillverka detta utan ett avancerat språk, säger professor Randi Håland vid Bergenuniversitetet.... (antal ord: 58), 2004-04-24


Kämpatag i holmgången 
Vikingarnas stridskonst, Lars Magnar Enoksen, Historiska Media. Efter en ganska trevande och faktaspäckad början blir denna bok bättre och bättre, ju mer man läser. Till slut är man besviken när man, till sin förvåning, når sista sidan. Det är tecken på en bra bok det!  Enoksen presenterar en redogörelse för hur vikingatidens kämpar, i motsats till dagens fältjägare, tränades i närstrid, med eller utan vapen. Man förstår bättre hur vikingarna blev de skräckinjagande stridsmaskiner som de blev.... (antal ord: 144), 2004-04-24


Sacred Mayan stone uncovered
US archaeologists working in Guatemala discovered a sacred stone covered with inscriptions dating to the end of the classic Mayan civilisation, researchers said today. The researchers from Tennessee's Vanderbilt University and the National Geographic Society in Washington discovered the stone while excavating one of the largest Mayan royal palaces, located in Cancuen, central Guatemala. It was built between 765 and 790 AD by Mayan ruler Taj Chan Ahk.... (antal ord: 68), 2004-04-24


Study: Neanderthals matured faster than humans
If you think your kids grow up fast, consider this: A new study suggests that Neanderthal children blazed through adolescence and on average reached adulthood at age 15.The finding bolsters the view that Neanderthals were a unique species separate from modern humans, since the time for humans to mature to adulthood grew longer over the course of their evolution, said paleontologist Fernando V. Ramirez Rozzi, who led the study.Rozzi, with the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris, ... (antal ord: 483), 2004-04-29


Bronze Age society may predate ancient Mesopotamia
In Iran, an archaeologist is racing to uncover a literate Bronze Age society he believes predates ancient Mesopotamia. Critics say he may be overreaching, but they concede his dig will likely change our view of the dawn of civilization.Discoveries made during a dig in southeastern Iran have convinced archaeologist Yousef Madjidzadeh that a desolate valley here was once home to a thriving - and literate - community. He calls it nothing less than "the earliest Oriental civilization." It's a dram... (antal ord: 314), 2004-04-29


Verdens ældste smykke
Fundet af en række små afrikanske perler skaber rav i diskussionen om, hvornår mennesker egentlig begyndte at opføre sig moderne og skabe genstande med symbolske betydninger.Forskere har i en hule i Sydafrika fundet verdens ældste smykker, der med en alder på omkring 75.000 år er cirka 30.000 år ældre end de hidtil ældste, kendte prydsgenstande udformet af mennesker.Smykkernes alder betyder, at de første anatomisk moderne mennesker, der opstod i Afrika for 150.000-200.000 år siden, var i sta... (antal ord: 725), 2004-04-29


When Timbuktu Was the Paris of Islamic Intellectuals in Africa
In popular imagination, the word Timbuktu is a trip of three syllables to the ends of the earth. Today this West African city is a slumbering and decrepit citadel at the southern edge of the Sahara, in Mali, one of the poorest countries in the world.Yet it is here that some of the most astonishing developments in African intellectual history have been occurring. In recent years, thousands of medieval manuscripts that include poetry by women, legal reflections and innovative scientific treatise... (antal ord: 671), 2004-04-29


Archaeologists Uncover Maya €œMasterpiece€� in Guatemala
Archaeologists working deep in Guatemala€˜s rain forest under the protection of armed guards say they have unearthed one of the greatest Maya art masterpieces ever found.The artifact-a 100-pound (45-kilogram) stone panel carved with images and hieroglyphics-depicts Taj Chan Ahk, the mighty 8th-century king of the ancient Maya city-state of Cancuén.The panel was excavated in perfect condition from a royal ball court. Exquisitely carved in precise high relief, the 80-centimeter-wide (31.5-inch)... (antal ord: 1080), 2004-04-29


New mummies found in Egypt
Egypt said Sunday new mummies in wooden coffins dating back to the 7th Century B.C. have been unearthed at the Giza Pyramids near Cairo.Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni told reporters an archeological team discovered a few ancient coffins with gold artifacts next to them - all believed to be of Pharaonic religious value.He said the team opened one of the coffins and found a €œperfectly wrapped mummy.€� They were found in the ancient desert of Sakkara near the Great Pyramids of Giza, on ... (antal ord: 152), 2004-04-29


Noah's Ark Found? Turkey Expedition Planned for Summer
Satellite pictures taken last summer of Mount Ararat in Turkey may reveal the final resting place of Noah's ark, according to Daniel McGivern, the businessman and Christian activist behind a planned summer 2004 expedition to investigate the site. "We're telling people we're 98 percent sure," said McGivern, a member of the Hawaii Christian Coalition. "In one image we saw the beams, saw the wood. I'm convinced that the excavation of the object and the results of tests run on any collected samples... (antal ord: 946), 2004-04-29


Computer helps map ancient Rome
Progress has been made in piecing together the Forma Urbis Romae, a map of Rome carved into stone slabs about AD 210 but later broken into fragments. Measuring 18m by 14m, it was originally hung in the Templum Pacis, one of the ancient city's major public landmarks.The map was remarkably accurate but researchers looking for new sites to excavate in Rome had only managed to fit back together a few of the pieces. A Stanford University computer program is now being used to aid restoration.... (antal ord: 85), 2004-04-29


Iranian Archaeologist Says Recent Discoveries Show That Jiroft Civilization Predated Sumer
The discovery of inscriptions and architectural remains in the historical Jiroft area by the bank of the Halilrud River in southeastern Iran indicates there was a major civilization in the area, the head of an international archeological group said at the end of a second season of explorations in Jiroft. Attending a briefing session, Dr. Yusef Majidzadeh noted that the second season yielded one of the oldest ziggurats in the world, which is believed to date back to 2300 B.C. and measures 400x400... (antal ord: 128), 2004-04-29


Handels- mænd på slæderejse
Murens fald har medført langt større arkæologisk fokusering på Rusland. Arkæologen Søren Sindbæk har nyfortolketvor tidlige historie og mener, at slæden er afgørende for at forstå karakteren af samhandlen mellem Norden og Rusland. Vi har en eller anden idé om, at vikingerne rejste ned ad de russiske floder, og fra russiske kilder har vi fået det sagn foræret, at nordiske vikinger skabte et rige i det indre Rusland. Svenske runestene i stort antal taler også om heltmodige vikinger, der var på rej... (antal ord: 110), 2004-04-29


The holy grail of archaeology
American researcher Robert Sarmast yesterday officially launched an expedition that he hopes will result in the discovery of the lost island of Atlantis. The launch of the expedition is expected to be marked today when the scientists submerge a copper canister with the flags of Cyprus, the EU and a specially designed Atlantis flag five hours out at sea from Limassol port. At a news conference aboard the vessel that will take the team of experts to a submerged continental shelf €“ where he believe... (antal ord: 142), 2004-04-30


Quest for fire began very early, site shows
People have been playing with fire for a long time - about 790,000 years, researchers report. Long a matter of myth, and more recently scholarly debate, the taming of fire is a hallmark in human history. But previous archaeological digs had turned up evidence only of prehistoric fire pits used by humans about 250,000 years ago. Now, archaeologists led by Naama Goren-Inbar of Hebrew University in Jerusalem report finding evidence of much older human hearths, revealed in burnt wood, fruits, seeds ... (antal ord: 84), 2004-04-30


150 Jahre Pfahlbauarchäologie
Die Entdeckung der Pfahlbauten 1854 war nicht nur eine archäologische Sensation, die weit Ö¼ber die Schweizer Grenzen hinaus eine gewaltige Resonanz hatte, sie trug auch entscheidend zur Entstehung der modernen Archäologie bei. DarÖ¼ber hinaus spielten die Pfahlbauer eine äuÖŸerst wichtige politische und ideologische Rolle fÖ¼r den Schweizerischen Bundesstaat, der kurz nach seiner GrÖ¼ndung 1848 identitätsstiftende Mythen brauchte. Der Winter 1853€“1854 war ungewöhnlich kalt und trocken. Die Seen des ... (antal ord: 99), 2004-04-30


Bei Ötzis Zeitgenossen
Die Keramik der Horgener Kultur ist deutlich primitiver als vergleichbare Ware frÖ¼herer Kulturen. In diesen GefäÖŸen von der Seeufersiedlung Muntelier FR PlatzbÖ¼nden am Murtensee wurden vor allem Eintopfgerichte gekocht. Der Schweizer Archäologe Emil Vogt definierte 1934 nach charakteristischem Fundmaterial aus der Pfahlbausiedlung Horgen ZH Scheller am ZÖ¼richsee die sogenannte Horgener-Kultur. GemäÖŸ dendrochronologischer Untersuchungen war diese von 3500 bis 2800 v.Chr. zwischen Genfer- und Fede... (antal ord: 119), 2004-04-30


Arkæologer finder 790.000 år gammel bålplads
Arkæologer i Israel har fundet rester af ildsteder på omkring 790.000 år. Det kan være det ældste bevis på, at vore forfædre forstod at kontrollere ilden. For Kontrol af ilden »er den mest menneskelige egenskab, vi har«, siger arkæolog Nira Alperson fra Hebrew University i Jerusalem til New Scientist. Derfor er fundet af forkullet træ og flint på en stenalderboplads ved bredden af Jordan floden i Israel opsigtsvækkende. Ingen dyr har lært sig at kontrollere ild, og tidspunktet for, hvornår menn... (antal ord: 91), 2004-04-30


Det skabende menneske var først i Afrika
Fundet af 41 »perler« i Sydafrika peger på, at det tænkende menneske er 35.000 år ældre end tidligere antaget. Fundet støtter en teori om, at nutidens mennesker nedstammer fra en fælles forkvinde, som levede i det sydlige Afrika. Sydafrika er kendt for diamanter og guld. Men nu har en helt anden slags smykker fået arkæologer til at åbne øjnene. Verdens ældste smykker er fundet i en hule cirka 280 kilometer øst for Cape Town. Fundet består af 41 »perler«, der er formet af huse fra snegle, som har... (antal ord: 115), 2004-04-30


Earliest Known Use of Fire Discovered by Israeli Scientists
Israeli scientists have discovered evidence of the earliest known use of fire by humans. The remains of burned seeds, wood, and flint near an Israeli lake shore appear to be leftovers from campfires that blazed almost 800,000 years ago.Sitting around a crackling campfire is one of the oldest human activities. But no one knows how old. The earliest accepted date for human control of fire has been 250,000 years ago based on foolproof evidence of well-preserved hearths in cave sites. But researcher... (antal ord: 108), 2004-04-30


The sky at night ... as seen by the Chinese 1,300 years ago
The oldest known map of the stars will go on display in Britain this week in an exhibition that will demonstrate the supremacy of early Chinese astronomy.A fresh analysis of the star chart, which was found buried in a desert cave on the ancient Silk Road between China and the West, has dated the manuscript to as early as the 7th century AD.This makes the chart several centuries older than the first star maps produced in Europe during the height of the Renaissance when astronomy benefited fro... (antal ord: 710), 2004-05-05


Ancient Cave in Central Iran Dated to 15 Millennia B.C.
Iranian scientists have dated a Paleolithic cave in the central Isfahan province at about 15,000 years B.C. biologists in the university of Isfahan arrived at the conclusion after studying some 100 animal bones.The cave was discovered six months ago during archeological and geological studies west of the city of Isfahan near the Zayandeh River. Stone tools and bones were found in the cave.An official with the local cultural heritage department Mohsen Khavari said studies suggest the bones be... (antal ord: 157), 2004-05-05


Clay tablets hold key to tale of Helen, Paris and the siege of Troy
New archaeological finds show that Homeric and Hollywood epics may be based on more than just myth. The legend has dominated Western culture for more than 3,000 years - the kidnapping of the most beautiful woman in the world, the thousand ships sent to bring her back, and the bloody 10-year war that followed.Now a leading British historian claims that the true story of Troy is finally about to be uncovered.Bettany Hughes, currently making a television series about ancient Greece, says that a... (antal ord: 657), 2004-05-05


Viking artefacts found on Waterford road route
A suspected Viking settlement has been discovered along the planned route of the ‚300m Waterford City By-Pass. The National Roads Authority has confirmed to RTÖ‰ News that it is treating the site as one of 'special interest' and it could demand 'a significant amount' of additional expenditure.The NRA says this site was located at Woodtown last August, and, following preliminary excavations, several artefacts were located which suggest it was a possible Viking settlement.It is believed the pla... (antal ord: 192), 2004-05-05


Arkeologiskt fynd fördröjer ny vägsträcka till parken
€�Något liknande har aldrig grävts fram i Mora€�. Arkeologen och gymnasieläraren Thomas Danielsson i Mora har hittat något ovanligt. I samband med byggnationen av Mora Parken Hotell- och Campings nya infartsled gick han i torsdags dit för att undersöka platsen lite. Redan på fredagen var arkeologer och representanter från länsstyrelsen på fyndplatsen. Det var Thomas Danielsson som €�slog larm€� till arkeologen Fredrik Sandberg på Dalarnas Museum när han efter jobbet i torsdags tog en sväng förbi p... (antal ord: 343), 2004-05-05


Forskande urguten Nils Lithberg hedrades 70 år efter sin död  
På Valborgsmässoafton var det på dagen 70 år sedan den gotländske arkeologen och etnologen Nils Lithberg gick ur tiden. Hans minne hedrades med en kransedläggning på Ö–stra kyrkogården i Visby. En ytterligare markering av denne store gotländske forskares minne blev det genom att ett särskilt Nils Lithberg-rum på Högskolan invigdes. Nils Lithberg föddes i Norrlanda 1883.Han blev alltså bara 50 år gammal. Men vid 50 års ålder var han en bemärkt person. Om detta kunde släktingar förtälja i samband... (antal ord: 522), 2004-05-05


Expedition till Noaks ark på outforskad bergstopp
Multimiljonären Daniel McGivern ska leda en expedition till berget Ararats topp i Turkiet där han hoppas hitta Noaks ark. En amerikansk spionsatellit fotograferade under kalla kriget en 130 meter lång båtformad struktur på bergstoppen, bilden finns i en CIA-rapport från 1949.Geologer som har undersökt bilderna har inte kunnat hitta någon naturlig förklaring. Området, som är mycket otillgängligt och ligger på 5 000 meters höjd, är outforskat av människor, skriver Aftonbladet. McGivern hoppas ku... (antal ord: 90), 2004-05-05


Fick man ljuga på runstenarna?
Vikingarnas egna ord. Lars Magnar Enoksen, Historiska Media. Runstenarna är våra äldsta skriftliga dokument. De ger en bild av människors liv och leverne i Sverige för över tusen år sedan. Men berättar de kluriga tecknen hela sanningen? Futharkens sexton olika runor har lockat och fascinerat många människor genom historien och nästan lika många är tolkningarna och teorierna om vad runstenarna berättar, hur de tillkommit eller deras symboliska värde. Runologen och författaren Lars Magnar Enoksen... (antal ord: 571), 2004-05-05


Textilskatt visas i Ystad
Sexhundra år av liturgisk textil prakt, från 1400-tal till nutid, visas just nu i dormitoriet, Klostret i Ystad, gråbrödernas anläggning från 1200-talets mitt. Utställningen, som fått namnet Heliga kläder, har planerats under tre års tid och omfattar ett 50-tal skrudar.Kläderna har lånats in från Statens Historiska Museum, Kulturen i Lund, Malmö Museum, Kronovalls slottskapell, Eugenia katolska församling i Stockholm, Lunds domkyrkoförsamling, Ystad församling och Licium och visas tillsammans ... (antal ord: 481), 2004-05-05


Historien förenar jämtar och trönder
Författaren Carl Göran Ekerwald är på gång igen. I slutet av maj kommer €�Jämtarnas historia€� där han berättar om tiden från hällristningar till medeltid. Ekerwald skriver bland annat om de många likheter vi har med tröndernas historia... (antal ord: 35), 2004-05-05


Det färgade glasets historia
Ann-Marie SäldeAtt hantera färgat glas (AUU rapport nr 3 från KonstvetenskapligaPå elvahundratalet, då det multinationella kolonisationsföretag som kallas för korståg ägde rum, började man sätta upp färgade glasfönster i kyrkorna. Tidigare brukade man ha ljusintag genom tunna alabasterskivor. Det kan man se till exempel i Ravennas kyrkor. Konsten att göra färgade glasfönster lärde man sig av araberna i orienten. En smula senare under tolvhundratalet kom en annan nyhet, som man lärde sig av mu... (antal ord: 933), 2004-05-05


Ingen hejd på profetens storhet
Ö…r 850 gick en munk vid namn Perfectus ut för att handla i staden CÖ³rdoba, huudstad i muslimska Andalusien i Spanien. I en diskussion med några muslimer for han ut i smädelser mot profeten Muhammed, något som var belagt med dödsstraff. Annars tolererades kristna liksom judar i muslimska länder.Någon religiös förföljelse förekom inte i motsats till i Europa, där senare från korstågstiden och framåt antisemitismen flammade upp. Den muslimske domaren avstod först från dödsstraff, eftersom han ans... (antal ord: 1261), 2004-05-05


Naturfredning gemmer unikke stenalderfund
Offentligheden skal ikke forvente at få indblik i de enorme mængderforhistorisk materiale, der gemmer sig i Holmegaard Højmose påSydsjælland. Kulturarvsstyrelsen anbefaler at frede stedet fremfor for at gennemføre arkæologiske udgravninger.Våben, redskaber og et omfattende indblik i hvordan jægere og samlere har boet og levet for henved 9000 år siden. Det er hvad Holmegaard Højmose mellem Haslev og Næstved på Sydsjælland gemmer under tørvelag og drænet højmose.Men der kan komme til at gå man... (antal ord: 490), 2004-05-05


Mayan queen discovered in Guatemala
While excavating an ancient royal palace deep in the Guatemalan rain forest, archaeologists made a rare discovery - the 1,200-year-old tomb and skeleton of a Mayan queen.Archaeologists announced the find Thursday, and said the woman appears to have been a powerful leader of a city that may have been home to tens of thousands of people at its peak. They found her bones on a raised platform, with evidence of riches scattered around her body."We find clues of people's existence in the past all ... (antal ord: 583), 2004-05-06


Turkmen diggers find royal mausoleum
Archaeologists have made a sensational discovery in Turkmenistan - a royal mausoleum - local media reported Wednesday.The Margianskaya expedition led by Victor Sarianidi, a prominent Russian archaeologist, has been digging on the site of an ancient settlement called Gonur in the delta of the Murgab River in the eastern Mary region, some 200 miles east of the country's capital, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.ru said.The walls of the mausoleum are decorated with stone and gypsum mosaic. The scientists... (antal ord: 125), 2004-05-06


Iranian Underwater Archaeologists Searching for Lost Treasures
An Iranian underwater archaeology team will explore four historical areas in search of archaeological evidence, lost cities, and sunken ships.Iran, considered a rich civilization, had important ports and superior nautical science. References to Iranian ports and sailing in the Straits of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf during the Achaemenid and Sassanid have been detailed in historical books.Director of the Iranian underwater archaeology team Mahmud Mireskandari explained that this year€™s resear... (antal ord: 229), 2004-05-06


Der graves igen i Samsøs vikingetid
Arkæolog Jeppe Gejr Larsen sidder her midt i et af de grubehuse, der i næste uge bliver finkæmmet for indhold og fortæller mere om Søby i år 900.foto: Jens Ö˜ster-MortensenDer er langt imellem udgravninger på Samsø, og selv om der er mængder af steder, hvor fortiden ligger og lurer under jorden, er det i sidste ende økonomien der spiller ind, når der skal graves.Der er dog undtagelse, og det er, når der bygges, plantes læbælter eller lægges rør i jorden. Det er, hvad der sker lige nu på et st... (antal ord: 382), 2004-05-06


Ancient Map Captures Ocean Front
An ancient map of the North Atlantic - which features sea snakes and other dreadful monsters - may have boasted surprisingly advanced information.The Carta Marina - published in 1539 - depicts elaborate sea swirls, which, say researchers, closely match a giant ocean front shown in satellite images. If correct, it means the Swedish cartographer Olaus Magnus may have been the first to map such an ocean feature.The ornate Carta Marina is seemingly crude - and fanciful - by today's standards. Sc... (antal ord: 249), 2004-05-08


Troy's Fallen!
It's getting crowded at Troy these days. In addition to the motion picture with Brad Pitt as Achilles, there are at least four television programs out there. There's the movie, there's History Channel and National Geographic documentaries, something on A&E, and there's In Search of the Trojan War. Here's a review of some of these.Troy is a violent film. Homer's great poem the Iliad is cut and hacked mercilessly in it, while the evidence of the archaeological record is helpless before its onsla... (antal ord: 1988), 2004-05-14


Artifacts Found for Sale on Web
Viking swords, knives and horse harnesses dating to the year 800 were discovered for sale on a Web site run by a Michigan auction house, and an archaeologist said Thursday he has asked the Swedish government to help return them.Christian Runeby, who oversees the collection and preservation of antiquities on the Baltic sea island of Gotland, said the items were removed from Sweden and taken to the United States."We can only regret that they are there. It's like ripping out a page from a histo... (antal ord: 349), 2004-05-14


Explorers Still Seek El Dorado in the Mountains of Peru
It was just a sparkle on the horizon, where the sun hit what appeared to be a flat plain on an otherwise steep, untamed mountain in the Peruvian Andes. But Peter Frost, a British-born explorer and mountain guide, surmised that the perch would have made a perfect ceremonial platform for Inca rulers.So Mr. Frost and the adventure hikers he was leading slogged through heavy jungle growth and at 13,000 feet uncovered remnants of the Inca civilization that flourished here. They found looted tombs, ... (antal ord: 1135), 2004-05-14


Physicists probe ancient pyramid
Teotihuacan is known as the "City of the Gods". The largest particle detector in Mexico is being built inside a pyramid in the ancient settlement of Teotihuacan.The equipment will detect muons, tiny particles that are created when cosmic rays bombard the Earth's atmosphere.Dr Arturo Menchaca and colleagues from Mexico's National Autonomous University hope that by tracking the muons through the pyramid, they can find cavities.This could indicate whether the kings of the ancient people who b... (antal ord: 669), 2004-05-14


Iron Age tool marks move to steel
The punch was made in the 4th Century AD. A tiny Iron Age tool found in Holland is one of the oldest objects unearthed in Europe made from the alloy steel.The 6cm-long punch has a carbon content (2%) rarely seen in iron-based objects from the region at the time.The 4th Century AD tool, which may have been used as a nail, was probably made using the process of furnace smelting.The discovery, which occurred at the site of Heeten, is reported in the Journal of Archaeological Science by Matthi... (antal ord: 505), 2004-05-14


Guatemalan murals show sophistication of ancient Maya
In the sweltering bowels of a ruined Mayan pyramid, a 10-hour drive to the nearest grocery store, archeologists are painstakingly uncovering 2,000-year-old murals that elaborately depict an early creation mythology.Though they have been chipping away at the rock face for more than two years, the archeologists continue to be astonished by the artistic sophistication of the paintings, which predate the Maya's Golden Age by 800 years."It's as if you didn't know the existence of the Renaissance,... (antal ord: 1257), 2004-05-14


Ancient tank under Islamic Museum in Citadel
Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced the discovery of an ancient water tank under the Islamic Museum in the Citadel that dates back to the Mameluk era (1250-1517). The Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawwas said that the tank was found among a group of archaeological containers to store water inside the Citadel built by Saladin El-Ayoubi in 1176.On his part, Dr. Abdulla Kamel, Head of Islamic and Coptic Monuments Sector said that the above-mentioned tank ... (antal ord: 106), 2004-05-14


Rock carvings in Khirthar range
A team of researchers and archaeologists has discovered a series of petroglyphic sites in the Khirthar mountain range during their research regarding the activities of the ancient people , said to be once living in the lower Indus Valley.The team, comprising Mr Badar Abro, senior archaeologist Hakim Ali Shah Bokhari and Nawabzado M K Chandio, discovered various such sites in the last week of March, which they claimed to be the outcome of the specific human pursuits, from the prehistoric to the... (antal ord: 305), 2004-05-14


Tackjärn hittat vid utgrävningen norr om Karlsborg
En bit tackjärn har hittats vid utgrävningen av masugnsruinen i Hyttehamn norr om Karlsborg. Arkeolog Catarina Karlsson säger att järnfyndet visar prov på det järn som framställdes i masugnen. Järnfyndet är stort som en handflata.€“ Det är inte ofta vi hittar järn vid masugnen eftersom de som regel tog väl vara på tackjärnet, säger Catarina Karlsson.Dykare undersöker den här veckan också Vätterns botten. Där har de hittat slagg som kommer från tillverkningen. De olika proverna ska nu analysera... (antal ord: 98), 2004-05-14


Arkeologer gräver fram järncentrum utanför Karlsborg
Området vid Vättern norr om Karlsborg kan ha varit ett hittills okänt centrum för svensk järnframställning under tidig medeltid. I veckan gräver arkeologerna kring en masugn i Hyttehamn från 1200-talet, som upptäcktes för några år sedan.€“ Frågan var malmen kom ifrån är en av de mest spännande frågorna här, säger arkeolog Catarina Karlsson på Riksantikvarieämbetet, som deltar i utgrävningarna.Bergslagen är känt för arkeologerna som ett tidigt centrum för svensk järnframställning. Masugnen i Hy... (antal ord: 125), 2004-05-14


Unika figurer visas i Uppsala
Den som besöker Gamla Uppsala museum i sommar kommer att mötas av offer, hedniska riter och fynd från järnåldern. Bland annat kommer tre små statyer i guld, silver och brons att ställas ut. De hittades i Lunda socken utanför Strängnäs när arkeologer undersökte området inför ett stort vägbygge.- De låg i något som vi tror har varit en kultplats bredvid en gästabudshall. Att vi har en stor del av sammanhanget gör figurinerna unika. Tillsammans med gamla sagor kan vi nu närma oss en kunskap om jä... (antal ord: 108), 2004-05-14


Vikingarna och vikingatid ska sätta Gotland på kulturkartan
Gotland vikingaön 2005 handlar förvisso om en historisk dåtid, men i allra högsta grad även om öns framtid. Det menar kärntruppen bakom projektet, vars mål är att göra Gotland till ett internationellt vikingacentrum, uppbyggt på kunskap och upplevelser­något alla ska att kunna tjäna på och vara delaktiga i!Nästa år ska Gotland Vikingaön 2005 lanseras, men målet är satt betydligt längre framåt. Förhoppningen är att Gotland ska bli det givna centrumet för alla som på något sätt är intresserade a... (antal ord: 695), 2004-05-14


Vikingarna får ny epok på Gotland
- Det är till Gotland man från hela världen skall resa om man vill veta något om Vikingar, sa Dan Carlsson, docent vid Högskolan, när han i dag medverkade till att introducera Vikingaprojektet för företagare i turistbranschen.- Gotland har mer vikingahistoria än någon annan plats på jorden, sa Dan Carlsson.- I Australien är vikingar ett begrepp - det är känt över hela världen.Avsikten med projektet är att skapa förutsättning för forskning, information, studier och underlag för sysselsättni... (antal ord: 150), 2004-05-14


Ny computerteknik genskaber det gamle Rom
Computerteknik smelter fragmenter af det gamle Rom sammen. Hidtil har det været umuligt at samle stenkortet »Forma Urbis Romae«, men eksperter og computerkraft fra Stanford University nærmer sig nu målet.Med en papirkopi af kortet i hånden ville nutidens nysgerrige turist uden problemer kunne finde vej i Rom til Colosseum eller Forum Romanum. Så detaljeret og præcis en repræsentant for ingeniør- og landmålerkunsten er det oprindeligt 254 kvadratmeter store »Forma Urbis Romae« - stenkortet over... (antal ord: 575), 2004-05-14


Sandsten bevis på glashytte
Amatørarkæologerne fandt tirsdag et meget stor indicie på, at der har været produceret glas midt i Gribskov.I en af grøfterne lå en lille stump sandsten med en nærmest glaseret overflade.- Vi ved, at glasovnene blev bygget op af sandsten fra Sverige. Når man smelter glas, kræver det en ekstrem varme, og den varme gør, at overfladen på sandstenene nærmest smelter og bliver til et glaseret lag, forklarer arkæolog Tim Grønnegård fra Holbo Herreds Kulturhistoriske Center.Derfor er den lille sten... (antal ord: 264), 2004-05-14


Serresjö kan gömma stenåldersboplatser
Chansen att finna stenåldersbosättningar bedöms vara goda norr om Gislövs läge. Länsstyrelsen har beslutat om en arkeologisk utredning.I området mellan Dalköpinge och Serresjö, på ängarna norr om Gislövs läge, planerar Trelleborgs kommun att bygga ett nytt bostadsområde. Det är därför som Riksantikvarieämbetet fått i uppdrag att bedöma värdet av en arkeologisk undersökning. Och en sådan vore avsevärd, menar Riksantikvarien."Området torde genom sitt läge med tillgång till flera ekologiska nis... (antal ord: 241), 2004-05-15


Egypt in Nubia and vice versa
An exhibition featuring photographs of the dismantling and re-erection of the temples of Abu Simbel held in the Egyptian Museum last month reminds Jill Kamil of the debate fuelled during the UNESCO salvage operationsNubian rendition of Ramses II in the temple at Gerf Hussein; map of Nubia; pyramids of kings and queens of Kush at Gabal Barkal; the incense burner with Pharaonic motifs found in Nubia; part of a letter written by a homesick Egyptian in Nubia to his son at ThebesAn exhibition fea... (antal ord: 2808), 2004-05-21


Stone tools suggest bison hunting site in Alberta on trade route
Archeologists in Alberta have found a large bison kill site containing stone tools that point to an early trade route.The bison bones are behind wind-swept sand dunes in a small, shallow valley near Purple Springs, Alta., about 70 kilometres from Lethbridge.Archeologists think more than 1,000 years ago, hunters stalked, slaughtered and processed thousands of the animals at the site, primarily in the winter.Since arrowheads and tools found at the site are made from materials found only in N... (antal ord: 218), 2004-05-21


Discovery shows ancient mining evidence
An Israeli research team has discovered evidence that suggests some cave-dwellers were mining flint 300,000 years ago.Flint blades from Tabun Cave, near present-day Haifa, in northern Israel, had an isotope called beryllium-10 in levels indicating they were made from mined flint. However, tools found in Qesem Cave, barely 60 miles to the south, bore the hallmarks of surface rock, indicating these individuals were still using whatever stones were lying around.Flint is a hard, brittle rock tha... (antal ord: 188), 2004-05-21


Innovative software offers clues to age-old puzzle
It's the world's oldest and largest jigsaw puzzle - an ancient map of Rome in 1,200 fragments of marble. Archaeologists for centuries have tried to painstakingly piece together the sculpture, fragment by fragment. Now, computer wizards at Stanford University say they have created a software program that holds the key to the puzzle and the ancient city.At the heart of the program are three-dimensional scans of the fragments and algorithms to find possible matches. Already the work has produced ... (antal ord: 840), 2004-05-21


3000-year-old tomb found by accident
Chinese archaeologists accidentally discovered a cemetery that may include the oldest tomb ever discovered of the Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century to 771 BC).This week's find in Qishan County, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province may shed light on the mystifying history of the dynasty.The four centuries of its rule mark the basis for ancient China's political and cultural systems.The systems that originated then prevailed until the 19th century, said Li Xueqin, a historian with the Chinese... (antal ord: 491), 2004-05-21


Rock art stumps experts
Thousands of years ago, images of giraffe, antelope, elephant and rhino were scratched onto rock faces in the middle of a desert near Kalacha, in the extreme northeast of Kenya.To this day there is no consensus on exactly why.Almost every twist of the path along the base of the embellished hill offers another tableau."Hunters would come here, where they could look down at a sunken waterhole where animals came to drink. They just had to block the way out and would kill their prey with spear... (antal ord: 501), 2004-05-21


Human settlements already existed in the Amazon Basin (Ecuador) 4000 years ago
July 2003 saw a significant discovery in Ecuador by IRD archaeologists: 4000-year-old structures indicating the presence of one of the first great Andean civilizations in the upper Amazon Basin, where their presence had not been suspected. The site is at Santa Ana- La Florida in the south of Ecuador. Subsequent systematic excavations of other parts of the site led to the discovery of sophisticated architectural complexes. Among these are a tomb and a range of diverse vestiges: ceramic bottles, p... (antal ord: 1020), 2004-05-21


Glimpses of Genius
Mathematicians and historians piece together a puzzle that Archimedes pondered. At the start of the 20th century, a Danish mathematical historian named Johan Ludvig Heiberg made a once-in-a-lifetime find. Tucked away in the library of a monastery in Istanbul was a medieval parchment containing copies of the works of the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes, including two never-before-seen essays. To mathematicians' astonishment, one of the new essays contained many of the key ideas of calculus... (antal ord: 847), 2004-05-21


Unikt gravfynd på Frösön
Ett gravfynd på F4 kan utgöra spåren efter de första kristna gravarna på Frösön. - Vi uppskattar fyndet till sent 1000-tal, just vid övergången från hednisk tid till kristen tid, säger länsmuseets arkeolog Anders Hansson.Under två veckor har ett område i anslutning till Västerhus kapell på F4 varit föremål för utgrävningar. Största fyndet är en kvinnograv ett 20-tal meter från kyrkan. - Det som tyder på att graven är äldre än kapellet är att det ligger gravgåvor runt kvinnan, säger An... (antal ord: 231), 2004-05-21


Boråsare vill söka efter skatt på Norrby
Det finns en nedgrävd skatt på Norrby i Borås. Det rör sig om sydeuropeiska mynt från vikingatiden. En boråsare, Anders Andersson, vill ta upp skatten och har vänt sig till kommunfullmäktige för att få stöd för utgrävningen. Anders Andersson, som vill gräva på Norrby.Anders Andersson fick för flera år sedan höra historien om skatten av en döende vän och han känner att han har ett löfte att infria. Skatten skulle ge positiv uppmärksamhet åt Norrby och Borås och själv skulle han kunna få hittelö... (antal ord: 144), 2004-05-21


Golden find is 4,000 years old
A days metal detecting has unearthed an unexpected treasure - a 4,000-year-old piece of gold.The ornamental piece of gold is only the second piece to ever be found in the UK and the first to be discovered in Dorset.It was found by Clive Gibbs and his metal detector in a ploughed field in Fontmell Magna in November 2002.The precious metal has a gold content of 87 per cent and although it can't be identified with total certainty, may have come from Ireland or France.Claire Pinder, senior a... (antal ord: 282), 2004-05-21


The burning issue
Israeli researchers have pushed back the date at which humans harnessed fire by half a million years. Are they right? Steve Connor investigates.The discovery and control of fire by our early human ancestors is considered a milestone in man's evolution. Not only was it a technological achievement that provided humans with a wider choice of food and an extended geographical range, it was also a sign of intelligence. Keeping a fire going showed that we could plan ahead, and its presence on dark n... (antal ord: 1270), 2004-05-27


Keeping up the Empire
The Roman Empire has been well documented. Over the years written history and archaeology have brought to the surface, sometimes literally unearthed, a whole society. Thus Roman architecture, religion, military strategy and legal structures hold little mystery. Compared to this depth of knowledge, many of those living outside the boundaries of the Empire are lost in time. But now an archaeological excavation in the north of the Netherlands had begun to tell the story of the Roman's neighbours.... (antal ord: 691), 2004-05-27


Pioneering archaeological research charts African links with the Roman world
University of Southampton archaeologists Professor David Peacock and Dr Lucy Blue have just returned from a pioneering expedition investigating Roman sites in the East African country of Eritrea alongside colleagues from the University of Asmara. The University group is the first from the UK to work in the country since it won its independence more than a decade ago. They are already planning to return to this remote area on the shores of the Red Sea, previously part of Ethiopia.Investigations... (antal ord: 578), 2004-05-27


Medeltida hamn ser åter dagens ljus
Låg det en medeltida hamnanläggning mellan Landskyrkan och Bonnstan i Skellefteå? - Ja, mycket tyder på det, säger Ulf Lundström i Skellefteå hembygdsförening, och pekar mot en myräng nedanför församlingshemmet.I måndags tog arkeologerna de första spadtagen.Lillian Rathje, arkeolog på Västerbottens museum och Daniel Eriksson, arkeolog från universitetet i Umeå, går runt på området i stövlar och väl påklädda i det regngrå vädret.- Här ligger förmodligen en gammal husgrund, säger Lillian och... (antal ord: 324), 2004-05-27


Microbes consuming Mayan ruins
Researchers from Harvard University have discovered a previously unidentified microbial community inside the porous stone of the Maya ruins in Mexico.The microbes might be capable of causing rapid deterioration of these sites, researchers said."The presence of a previously undescribed endolithic microbial community that is different than the surface community has important implications for the conservation of Maya ruins as well as other stone objects and structures," said researcher Christop... (antal ord: 138), 2004-05-28


Medeltida köpmansgård funnen under Stortorget i Malmö
En arkeolog från Malmö Kulturmiljö har funnit grunden till ett medeltida hus under Stortorget i Malmö. Sannolikt är det ett av Rostockergillets hus, som låg här fram tills dess att Stortorget anlades 1536-46.Det var vid ledningsdragningar i Stortorgets nordöstra hörn, framför Rådhuset, som grunden påträffades. Grundstenar och tegelfyllning till detta stenhus tittar fram bland moderna ledningar och rör. Rostockerköpmännens gård bör ha varit välbyggd och ståtlig. De tyska handelsmännen var välbä... (antal ord: 212), 2004-05-28


Exciting find beneath the sea at Alexandria
A team from the Alexandrian Studies Centre has recently found pieces of rose granite that rep- resent the lower part of the famous statue of Isis found four years ago underwater in the vicinity of the Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria.The pieces provide the statue's legs, and ankles.The team has also found part of a large I granite stele that bears the tax law enforced in the reign of Ptolemy L The bulk of the panel had been lifted from the sea bed a few years ago.However, the most important o... (antal ord: 501), 2004-06-04


Iranian Archaeologists Puzzled Over Old Monument
Iranian experts are scratching their head over an old monument in west of the country as whether it was built as a fire temple in the Sassanid era or it was erected in the Islamic period.Located in the western Iranian town of Qasr-e Shirin, the Chahar Qapi or Chahar Taqi monument as well as its other monuments such as the Khosrow Palace, Ban Qaleh and the Safavid caravanserai suffered damages during the eight year Iraqi aggression.In 1998, a year after the end of the war when construction of... (antal ord: 295), 2004-06-04


Major excavation to open Viking graves
The largest excavation of a Viking burial site in 50 years is underway at a farm in Vestfold, south of Oslo. Archaeologists already started finding ship nails last week, and chances are good more Viking treasures are about to be revealed.Expectations are high as experts start opening up ancient Viking gravesites over the next few weeks. "This is an incredibly exciting project," says Lars Erik Gjerpe of the University of Oslo's Historic Museum in Norway.Gjerpe, in charge of the major dig at G... (antal ord: 217), 2004-06-04


Cliff carving spotted at Mount Lushan
A 1,300-year-old cliff carving was recently found at a temple at Mount Lushan in east China's Jiangxi Province. This was the oldest cliff carving ever spotted at Mount Lushan,a world cultural heritage site, and the only carving dating back from the Tang Dynasty (618-907), a Chinese archaeologist said.It was discovered in an ancient temple on the northern part of the scenic mountain during a recent cultural relics survey in the region.The obverse side of the object was engraved with three big... (antal ord: 137), 2004-06-04


Petra remains a lost city for many
Despite continuing problems in the Middle East, Jordan remains quite safe for travel.Before his death in 1999, Jordan's King Hussein was considered one of the most modern-thinking and respected rulers of the Middle East. His Western-educated son and successor to the throne, King Abdullah II, has continued his father's pragmatic, peaceful and progressive approach to governing. All of this makes Jordan open to visitors, and Jordanians are among the region's most hospitable people.Jordan is fil... (antal ord: 629), 2004-06-04


Ny grav funnen vid Böle i Sidsjön
De fann en ny grav från 400-talet i Böle, Sidsjö. När sista dokumentationen skulle göras i en redan utgrävd grav fann man en till strax intill.Det var i fjol som arkeologerna dokumenterade en gravplats från 400-talet vid Böle. När de skulle göra den sista undersökningen av graven i början på veckan fann man till sin förvåning en till. - Vi har funnit rester av människoben, ett barn, troligtvis en pojke. Att barnet fått en sådan pampig begravning tyder på att barnet tillhört en släkt med hög s... (antal ord: 309), 2004-06-04


Unika arkeologiska fynd
Arkelogerna har gjort flera intressanta fynd under den arkeologiska förundersökningen bakom Odd Fellow-huset. Bland annat har man funnit rester av glas och keramik från 1100-talet. Europaskolan planerar att bebygga tomten men nu väntar sannolikt en mer omfattande undersökning som kan försena byggprojektet.Förundersökningen har pågått i flera veckor och är i det närmaste färdig. Inom kort väntas länsstyrelsen besluta huruvida ytterligare arkeologiska undersökningar ska göras eller inte. Beslute... (antal ord: 390), 2004-06-04


Ancient Egyptians Were Jokesters
A recent series of lectures on ancient Egyptian humor given by a leading historian reveals that people thousands of years ago enjoyed bawdy jokes, political satire, parodies and cartoon-like art.Related evidence found in texts, sketches, paintings, and even in temples and tombs, suggests that humor provided a social outlet and comic relief for the ancient Egyptians, particularly commoners who labored in the working classes.On TV: Solve a history mystery by watching "Unsolved History"Go De... (antal ord: 678), 2004-06-04


Archeological news in brief
The following are major archeological news briefs of the week:Villager unearths ancient cooking vessel at homeA farmer in the northwest China province of Shaanxi recently unearthed in his own courtyard a bronze cooking vessel that was believed to date back nearly 3,000 years.The antique, 80 centimeters tall, 55 kilograms in weight and with designs of "taotie" - a mythical ferocious animal - on its neck, was discovered by Luo Fushe, a villager in Wugong county on the outskirts of Xianyang ci... (antal ord: 811), 2004-06-05


Vår historia grävs fram vid fäbodvall
Dagens första fynd, en gammal hästskosöm, sätter fart på fantasin. Den är ett av tecknen på att den över 300 år gamla Munkbovallen i fjälltrakterna väster om Oviken brukats. För de blivande arkeologerna är stunden fylld av glädje.- Fantastiskt! Man vill ju så gärna hitta något när man gräver, säger Johanna Andersson och håller upp den rostiga spiken. Lite i bakgrunden står arkeologen Björn Oskarsson som egentligen var den som först hittade hästskosömmen. Det var när han skulle instruera de bliv... (antal ord: 377), 2004-06-05


Limestone art treasures
The head of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, part of the Alhambra, Michelangelo's €˜Pieta', Indonesian Wajang puppets, a Hindu temple and a Catholic chapel - these are just a few of the many famous works of art that have been reproduced in a remarkable museum just outside the city of Maastricht in the southern Dutch province of Limburg. Equally spectacular as the copied works are their location: 18 kilometres of pitch dark, cold and damp tunnels in an old limestone mine.The €˜Jezuitenberg' (known in ... (antal ord: 643), 2004-06-05


Archaeologists raise eyebrows over sea treasures
Mozambican archaeologists argue that the recent sale in Holland of items salvaged from a Portuguese shipwreck in country`s territorial waters was illegal, and that the archaeological heritage should have remained in Mozambique.The scientists` argument was advanced in a report Friday of the independent newsheet "Mediafax."A Portuguese galleon sunk in the 17th century near Mozambique Island, off the coast of the northern province of Nampula.Some 117 Chinese porcelain objects from the Ming dy... (antal ord: 345), 2004-06-05


Ancient map shows egg-shaped England
It is known as a catalogue of 'marvel for the eyes' and tomorrow the public will be able to judge for themselves at last.A previously unknown medieval Arabic map with the earliest representation of an identified 'England' - a tiny, egg-shaped lump - is to go on public display in Oxford. The unique and, until now, unseen map is part of a manuscript called the Book of Curiosities of the Sciences and Marvels, which was originally put together, probably in the Nile Delta region, at some point befo... (antal ord: 511), 2004-06-09


Satellite images 'show Atlantis'
A scientist says he may have found remains of the lost city of Atlantis.Satellite photos of southern Spain reveal features on the ground appearing to match descriptions made by Greek scholar Plato of the fabled utopia.Dr Rainer Kuehne thinks the "island" of Atlantis simply referred to a region of the southern Spanish coast destroyed by a flood between 800 BC and 500 BC.The research has been reported as an ongoing project in the online edition of the journal Antiquity.Satellite photos of ... (antal ord: 803), 2004-06-09


Oldest Iranian Qanat Found in Bam
The oldest qanat (underground aqueduct) of Iran, dating to the time of the Seleucids-Achaemenids, was discovered during the preliminary studies in a historical city which surfaced near Bam as a result of the earthquake of 26th of December 2003.Archaeologists discovered an old city and qanats dating to more than two thousand years ago in a three hectare area, three kilometers south of Bam.According to head of the Bam Citadel project, Shahriar Adl, studies on the pottery found in the area led ... (antal ord: 198), 2004-06-09


Längs forna hålvägar på Hallandsås
Fortfarande går det att se spår av människorna som levde på Hallandsås under bronsåldern. Vandrare i bokskogen kan här och var träffa på på små stenrösen och hålvägar.Den som vet mest om forntida liv på åsen är nog arkeologen Lennart Carlie. I lördags var han ciceron för ett 50-tal personer i samband med att Laholms kommun anordnade en kulturvandring i anslutning till världsmiljödagen.Man gick från Brante källa till parkeringen på det som tidigare var landstingets strövområde , nu naturreser... (antal ord: 245), 2004-06-09


Hittade gränden som försvann...
Kartan över Visby från år 1646 (Meyers karta) stämmer. Det konstaterar arkeologen Leif Zerpe sedan han undersökt och funnit en gränd, som har grävts fram till Hästgatan i Visby. Grävningarna genomförs i samband med att Faktab finans gör om Gotlandsbankens gamla trädgård till parkering.Gränden fanns på kartan från 1846 men inte på en från 1697 (Schilders karta).Gränden som försvann finns alltså trots allt. Men snart försvinner den igen, när man fyller igen den uppgrävda marken. ­ Två hus och... (antal ord: 471), 2004-06-09


Lost City of Atlantis Found in Spain?
The fabled lost city of Atlantis might lie in a salt marsh region off Spain's southern coast, according to research reported online by the archaeology journal Antiquity.The study, not yet peer-reviewed by archaeologists, is based on satellite images showing ancient ruins that appear to match descriptions made by the Greek scholar Plato.Resembling two rectangular buildings, the structures are hidden in a muddy region known as Marisma de Hinojos near the port of Cadiz.According to Rainer KÖ¼... (antal ord: 648), 2004-06-09


Spiral ring reveals ancient complex machines
Distinctive spiral patterns carved into a small jade ring show that China was using complex machines more than 2500 years ago, says a Harvard graduate student in physics.The ring was among the goods found in high-status graves from China's "Spring and Autumn Period" from 771 to 475 BC. Most archaeological attention has focused on larger and more spectacular jade and bronze artifacts. But Peter Lu identified the patterns on the small rings as Archimedes' spirals, which he believes are the oldes... (antal ord: 499), 2004-06-11


Ny chef för Historiska museet på gång
Styrelsen för Historiska museet har beslutat att föreslå Per Karsten som ny chef för museet. - Jag känner mig väldigt hedrad, säger Per Karsten, men betonar att även museets rektor ska säga sitt om utnämningen. Därför vill han ännu inte berätta om sina planer för museet.Per Karsten är i grunden arkeolog och disputerade i Lund 1995 med avhandlingen "Att kasta yxan i sjön" om religiösa riter under skånsk bondestenålder. Han kommer närmast från Riksantikvarieämbetet, där han sysslat med både ut... (antal ord: 122), 2004-06-11


Divers to study Rome€™s rivers
Searching for wrecked ships and steamboats, wharves, and the remains of bridges, Jason Burns, an underwater archaeologist for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, hopes to record Rome€™s maritime heritage.The project, funded by the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, will use the help of volunteers around Rome.Burns said he and his crew of about 20 other divers initially will be guided through the Oostanaula, Etowah and Coosa rivers with a na... (antal ord: 237), 2004-06-11


Afghanistan's Buddhas still under threat
Seven strangers pulled into town a few weeks ago with a keen interest in a nearby Buddhist temple. They asked the local villagers why they wanted to work for pennies when they could make hundreds of dollars stealing Buddhas instead.The villagers' response? On May 16, they called the cops and had the outsiders arrested. But by then it was too late. Heads and torsos, hands and feet were removed, leaving behind only the delicately formed draped clothing of a once-exquisite, now-defaced, Gandhara-... (antal ord: 810), 2004-06-11


Här bodde de första Linköpingsborna
Det skimrar om fyndet. Ingen mänsklig verksamhet har rört den här platsen sedan stenåldersjägarna övergav boplatsen €“ de människor som var våra första Linköpingsbor. Området är kvar som de lämnat det, föremål av flinta och kvarts ligger där de själva lagt det. Under årtusendenas lopp är det bara naturen som påverkat området. Kanske djur har betat här, men ingen plog har rört om bland jordlagren.Den blivande infarten till nya skyttecentrum i Malmslätt döljer ett ovanligt välbevarat stenåldershu... (antal ord: 958), 2004-06-11


Rock €™face€™ mystery baffles experts
Archaeologists have found a trio of extraordinary stone carvings while charting the phenomenon of prehistoric rock markings in Northumberland, close to the Scottish border in the United Kingdom.  Records and examples of over 950 prehistoric rock art panels exist in Northumberland, which are of the traditional €™cup and ring€™ variety, with a typical specimen featuring a series of cups and concentric circles pecked into sandstone outcrops and boulders. However, archaeologists at the University ... (antal ord: 535), 2004-06-18


Viking "€˜town"€™ is Ireland€™s equivalent of Pompeii
It is likely to be some weeks yet before Minister for the Environment Martin Cullen announces recommendations for dealing with and possibly preserving what historians are now describing as Ireland€™s first town.The discovery of the Viking settlement, at Woodstown, five miles from the city, which is believed to date back to the mid-9th century, was made as preparatory work got underway on the city€™s ‚300m by-pass.The site, located close to the River Suir, is 1.5 km long by 0.5 km wide and so f... (antal ord: 416), 2004-06-18


Huge Etruscan Road Brought to Light
A plain in Tuscany destined to become a dump has turned out to be an archaeologist's dream, revealing the biggest Etruscan road ever found. Digging in Capannori, near Lucca, archaeologist Michelangelo Zecchini has uncovered startling evidence of an Etruscan "highway" which presumably linked Etruscan Pisa, on the Tyrrhenian coast, to the Adriatic port of Spina.... (antal ord: 55), 2004-06-18


Stonemasons uncover mediaeval mystery
Mediaeval pots dating from the 14th to 16th centuries have been discovered in one of Aberdeen's most historic buildings. They were found by masons repointing the west wall of one of Aberdeen University's oldest buildings. The four broken pottery jugs were carefully placed behind stones which, in two cases, had been trimmed away at the rear to accommodate them.The pots were found in King's College Chapel. They had all had their rims and handles removed and were on their sides, with the bases fa... (antal ord: 422), 2004-06-18


Förhistorisk bosättning lockar arkeologer till Indal
Ett fynd 1 000 år äldre än Högomsmannen hägrar för arkeologerna i Indal. I anslutning till de pågående utgrävningarna i Stige har spår  efter en förhistorisk bosättning påträffats cirka 60 centimeter nere i jorden. - I bästa fall kan den vara från yngre bronsåldern, säger Per H Ramqvist från Mitthögskolan. Upptäckten gjordes i samband med de pågående undersökningarna av en brandgrav från järnåldern i Stige, Indal. På en avskrapad yta bara ett 40-tal meter öster om gravplatsen framkom i dage... (antal ord: 307), 2004-06-18


4 000 år gammalt hus hittat
Resterna av ett 25 meter långt hus från övergångsfasen mellan stenåldern och bronsåldern har hittats vid en utgrävning två mil norr om Uppsala. Fyndet gjordes av arkeologer från Uppsalamuseet i Forsa, mellan Björklinge och Vattholma.Att hitta så gamla hus Mälarområdet är mycket ovanligt enligt museet. Arkeologerna gräver också i samma område ut en boplats från bronsåldern och ett antal gravar från järnåldern.... (antal ord: 63), 2004-06-18


Water woes, not wars, ended Angkor's empire
After resisting Siamese invaders for years, Cambodia's greatest city and civilization - temple-studded Angkor - was dealt a death blow with its final sacking in 1431. Or, so say the history books. But an international research team now thinks its demise was set much earlier, by something that is the bane of many modern urban societies - ecological failure and infrastructure breakdown."They created ecological problems for themselves and they either didn't see it until it was too late or they co... (antal ord: 834), 2004-06-18


Chineese Archeological news
Villager unearths ancient cooking vessel at home. A farmer in the northwest China province of Shaanxi recently unearthed in his own courtyard a bronze cooking vessel that was believed to date back nearly 3,000 years. The antique, 80 centimeters tall, 55 kilograms in weight and with designs of "taotie" - a mythical ferocious animal - on its neck, was discovered by Luo Fushe, a villager in Wugong county on the outskirts of Xianyang city, close to the provincial capital Xi'an. Cultural heritage w... (antal ord: 1602), 2004-06-25


Köpingsviks alla fynd samlade i en enda bok
Arkeolog Hella Schultze ser inte bara gräsmatta när hon går runt i Köpingsvik. - Här under ligger en del av muren, förklarar hon när hon i går presenterade boken om 30 undersökningar i Köpingsvik. Köpingsvik får en ny och spännande historiebok.Hella Schultze har ställt samman 30 rapporter från arkeologiska utgrävningar och vävt samman dem med tidigare kunskaper, fastighet för fastighet.- Boken är ingen slutlig produkt, den ska sätta igång något, påpekar hon.De grävningar som står i förgrun... (antal ord: 436), 2004-06-25


Sälben funna på stenåldersplats
En boplats från stenåldern har hittats i Högmossen strax utanför Mehedeby. Framför allt är det keramik och sälben som finns bevarade, men också till exempel tolv yxor. Boplatsen hittades vid den arkeologiska utgrävning som pågår längs E4:n, och som avslutas i år. För drygt femtusen år sedan låg boplatsen på en halvö som stack ut i havet.... (antal ord: 58), 2004-06-25


Farming origins gain 10,000 years
Wild types of emmer wheat like those found at Ohalo were forerunners of today's varieties Humans made their first tentative steps towards farming 23,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought.Stone Age people in Israel collected the seeds of wild grasses some 10,000 years earlier than previously recognised, experts say.These grasses included wild emmer wheat and barley, which were forerunners of the varieties grown today.A US-Israeli team report their findings in the latest Procee... (antal ord: 375), 2004-06-25


5,000 years of Stonehenge
It has stood - in various incarnations - for some 5,000 years on the Salisbury Plain in southern England. It has drawn and inspired astronomers, druids and 'wannabe' druids, ancient and modern pilgrims, and even overenthusiastic heavy metal bands whose amplifiers go to eleven.Stonehenge is one of the world's most famous man-made creations, but there has never been a website which offered virtual visitors a thorough tour of the monument and its environs, until now. The Stonehenge World Heritage... (antal ord: 903), 2004-06-25


Oldest Christian church possibly discovered in Jordan
The earliest known Christian church in Jordan was discovered, if the preliminary dating of the remains as first to second century A.D. proves correct, the local newspaperJordan Times reported Tuesday. Director of Jordanian Department of Antiquities, Adnan Hadidi, told the newspaper that the church was found during the third season of excavations at Artemis Temple and its vicinity in Jerash,about 50 km south of Amman.The excavations have been carried out by the department in cooperation with th... (antal ord: 120), 2004-06-25


Ancient hair gives up its DNA secrets
Analysing DNA from ancient strands of hair is a new tool for learning about the past, molecular archaeologists say, including whether hair samples belonged to Sir Isaac Newton.Until now, scientists had thought analysing the hair shaft was of relatively little use as it contained so little DNA.Dr Tom Gilbert of the University of Arizona led an international team that reported its work in the latest issue of the journal Current Biology.The researchers said they had extracted and sequenced m... (antal ord: 544), 2004-06-25


Vatican downsizes the Inquisition
The Vatican said Tuesday that fewer witches were burned at the stake and fewer heretics tortured into conversion during the dark centuries of the Inquisition than is generally believed, but it also sought renewed forgiveness for sins committed by Roman Catholics in the name of church doctrine.In a statement, Pope John Paul II acknowledged that the Inquisition was widely viewed as one of the church's bleakest periods and that it loomed as a symbol of scandal.But he also asked, "To what degree... (antal ord: 557), 2004-06-25


Stonehenge: Built by Welshmen?
At least three of the builders of Stonehenge were from Wales, according to archaeologists who found the builders' grave close to the Stonehenge site, and have linked the remains to stones used in the construction of the Salisbury Plain monument. The finding, which comes just before Sunday's summer solstice, not only sheds light on Stonehenge's origins, but also provides clues to prehistoric migration patterns within Europe following the Stone Age, which was the earliest known period in human cul... (antal ord: 79), 2004-06-25


Her er starten på landsbyen Egå
På hjørnet af Mejlbyvej og Grenåvej har arkæologer og arkæologistuderende fra Moesgård Museum fundet spor af begyndelsen til landsbyen Egå. I hvert fald lå her også i vikingetiden en landsby.Sjældent bronzefundArkælologerne fik travlt med at grave, da Ö…rhus Amt besluttede at opføre et nyt gymnasium på stedet, og allerede under museets prøvegravninger blev der fundet spor efter vægstolper og bærende stolper i datidens huse.- Vi har afdækket 10.000 kvadratmeter og fået overvældende informatio... (antal ord: 300), 2004-06-25


New Dinosaur Species Uncovered in Montana
Scientists have uncovered a new species of dinosaur that roamed the long-gone Montana coastline around 150 million years ago. Named Suuwassea emilieae, the 50-foot-long (15-meter-long) animal is a sauropod. Sauropods were plant-eating dinosaurs with long necks, whiplike tails, small heads, stubby legs, and huge bellies. ... (antal ord: 51), 2004-06-25


64,800-Year-Old Hair Yields DNA
Hair and fur could be our window to the past, according to scientists who have just extracted and cloned DNA from a 64,800-year-old bison and hairs purportedly from famed physicist Sir Isaac Newton. The bison DNA retrieval marks the oldest-ever genetic data obtained from hair. The age of the bison is approximately equal to the oldest authentic DNA taken from bones and teeth.Researchers now focus on bones and teeth for DNA studies. The latest findings, published this week in a Current Biology p... (antal ord: 606), 2004-06-25


The Early Days of Hearing
A fancy audio system with a frequency response up to 20,000 hertz may be just the thing to reproduce music, but you hardly need high fidelity to understand the spoken word. The human ear is relatively lo-fi; it's highly sensitive to frequencies between 2,000 hertz and 4,000 hertz, a range that covers many of the distinguishing sounds of speech.For those who study human evolution, the thinking is that this sensitivity range is related to the rise of spoken language. Chimpanzees, for example, ha... (antal ord: 559), 2004-06-25


Cereals Sought Much Earlier Than Previously Thought, Archaeologists Say
Pouring a bowl of cereal is a morning ritual for many people. Popular wisdom holds that our taste for grains goes back some 10,000 years. New findings may more than double that estimate. Paleolithic humans subsisted mainly on small- to medium-size hoofed animals. Scientists have surmised that these early hunters must have eventually expanded their food repertoire in order to sustain a growing population, but exactly when they began turning to plants for fuel was unknown. In the new work, Ehud ... (antal ord: 265), 2004-06-25


Villager unearths ancient cooking vessel at home
A farmer in the northwest China province of Shaanxi recently unearthed in his own courtyard a bronze cooking vessel that was believed to date back nearly 3,000 years. The antique, 80 centimeters tall, 55 kilograms in weight and with designs of "taotie" - a mythical ferocious animal - on its neck, was discovered by Luo Fushe, a villager in Wugong county on the outskirts of Xianyang city, close to the provincial capital Xi'an.Cultural heritage workers later unearthed stone axes, grinders,bricks,... (antal ord: 794), 2004-07-02


Remains of oldest inhabitant of Abu Dhabi found
Remains of the earliest-known inhabitant of Abu Dhabi have been found on the western island of Marawah by the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey, ADIAS, as part of their spring excavation season, it was announced on Tuesday. Marawah is part of the Marawah Marine Protected Area, MPA, which is managed by Abu Dhabi's Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA).The excavations were carried out at the site of a 7,000 year old village which has the best-preserved and most-sop... (antal ord: 695), 2004-07-02


New Money Needed For World's Ancient Monuments
From the Angkor Wat to the Olympia ruins, the list of World Heritage sites is growing longer and its conservation costs skyrocketing. Cash-strapped UNESCO needs to attract more private funds to its historic sites. The idea underlying UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites is a noble one - that a number of the world's ancient monuments are of such exceptional value and significance that their preservation should be a global concern and not just left to the countries where the sites are located.S... (antal ord: 779), 2004-07-02


Modern technology helps survey imperial tomb
Archaeologists at one of China's most significant archaeological sites are learning more by digging less. Scientists prospecting the relics under the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC) are using advanced technology to protect buried relics."Instead of surveying underground relics by applying long and narrow shovels, we use remote sensing technology to investigate the covered relics," said archaeologist Duan Qingbo."The methods indicates the time for large scale ha... (antal ord: 420), 2004-07-02


Jakt på skelettens ursprung
Ett gravfält från järnåldern eller en begravningsplats för de olyckliga som avrättades på den medeltida galgbacken? Arkeologer söker nu svar på hur gamla gravarna som hittats på Kvarnbacken är. På måndagen började personal från Ö–stergötlands länsmuseum undersöka de fynd som kommit i dagen vid schaktningen för ABS Pumps nya fabriksdel på Kvarnbacken. Under den här veckan genomförs en så kallad arkeologisk förundersökning. De skelettdelar som ligger vid markytan tas om hand. Arkeologerna gräver,... (antal ord: 479), 2004-07-02


Nya gravfynd på Kvarnbacken
Arkeologer från Ö–stergötlands länsmuseum påbörjade i går nya utgrävningar på Kvarnbacken där ABS pumpar håller på att etablera sig. Ett kranium och skelettdelar från minst sex personer har återfunnits. I början av maj upptäckte en arkeolog skelettfynd vid gräv- arbeten inför ABS Pumps stora tillbyggnad på Kvarnbacken i sydöstra delen av Vadstena. Detta trots att det i en detaljplan från 1990 står att det "inom planområdet saknas kända fornlämningar."Förstört gravplatsABS pumpar hann dock sätt... (antal ord: 327), 2004-07-02


Niclas tar dig med till stenåldern
I Högmossen i Mehedeby har ett område med boplatser från stenåldern hittats. - Det finns ett hundratal boplatser inom några kilometers avstånd. Det är en av de största koncentrationer av boplatser från yngre stenåldern som vi har i landet, berättar arkeolog Niclas Björck. Om man kör rakt in i skogen, mitt emot södra avfarten till Mehedeby, kommer man till riksantikvarieämbetets utgrävning i Högmossen. Vid första anblicken ser det bara ut som en massa sand och stenar huller om buller. Men om ma... (antal ord: 234), 2004-07-02


Järnåldersfynd i Viared
Det är i samband med ett vägbygge i västra delen av Viared som hembygdsforskaren Sture Magnusson hittade klumpar av järnslagg, av allt att döma myrmalm. Fynden som råkat komma i dagen genom schackmaskinernas framfart är ett antal slaggklumpar av ungefär en knytnäves storlek.- Jag förstod att det här måste vara något så jag ringde Leif Johansson på Lödöse museum, säger Sture Magnusson.Klumparna låg i en grop där också stenar verkar ha lagts i någon form av gryta.Vad som gjorde att Sture direk... (antal ord: 396), 2004-07-02


Fornfynd vittnar om en 6000-årig historia
Att området varit bebott redan 4 000 år före Kristus blev en överraskning när arkeologerna efterbearbetade fynden från utgrävningarna av kvarteret Seglaren på Teleborg i södra delen av Växjö häromåret. En del av de keramikfragment man funnit visade sig vid C14-datering vara de äldsta som någonsin påträffats i Småland. De härrör från tiden då jägarstenåldern övergick i bondestenåldern och visar, att det inre av Värend ingalunda låg vid sidan av sin tids kulturella strömningar. Jordbrukarkulturen... (antal ord: 568), 2004-07-02


De er spadestik fra vikingetiden
Arkæologer fra Moesgård Museum graver sig i disse dage ned til interessante fund i den gamle del af byen. Foreløbig er en velbevaret kælder fra 1300-tallet dukket frem, og undervejs er arkæologerne også stødt på resterne af en tidligere vej, der førte fra Mejlgade, bag om den forlængst forsvundne Skt Oluf Kirke og ned til stranden.Desuden har museumsfolkene lag for lag af dækket tydelige spor af byggerier gennem de seneste 600-700 år, suppleret med mange af datidens mønter samt stumper af keram... (antal ord: 434), 2004-07-02


Ancient European remains dound in Qinghai
Archeologists confirmed that the human skeletons discovered this May in northwest China's Qinghai Province belonged to three Europeans who lived in China over 1,900 years ago."The physical characteristics of the bones showed it is a typical European race," said Wang Minghui, an expert with the archeological institute under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.The skeletons were spotted at Zhongchuan Town of the province's eastern most Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County.Since 2002, archeo... (antal ord: 345), 2004-07-09


Egyptian Mummy Unwrapped in 3D
Cutting-edge computer technology and state-of-the-art medical scanning techniques have turned a 2,800-year-old mummy into a fully interactive 3-D experience, London's British Museum has announced.Resting in a decorated cartonnage, Nesperennub, a priest buried in Thebes in about 800 B.C., was moved from its display at the museum to undergo a CT-scan at a London hospital and a 3-D laser-scan in Scotland.€œ We are gathering information here without disturbing the casing or cartonnage at all. €�T... (antal ord: 573), 2004-07-09


Archeologists excavaate ancient Novgorod
Excavating the center of Veliky Novgorod's ancient kremlin (fortress -Ed.), Russian archeologists have found artifacts from the 15th century - leather cases of unidentified purpose, an iron knife with a bone handle, fragments of leather footwear, and many ceramic shards.According to the head of the excavating team chief expert of the Novgorod Museum Sergei Troyanovsky, judging by the abundance of slags and semi-processed bones, they have hit a potter-and-bone-carver area.At a depth of six me... (antal ord: 237), 2004-07-09


Surprise find for archaeologists in Cyprus
American archaeologists diving for Roman artefacts off a packed swimmers' beach in Cyprus found live munitions dating from World War 2 instead, authorities said on Tuesday.British bomb disposal experts were called in to destroy the device found a few metres away from the shore of a beach neighbouring a British military base on the southern coast of the island."The archaeologists were diving for bits of pottery and they saw a metal fin sticking up off the sea bed," British bases spokesperson ... (antal ord: 135), 2004-07-09


Remains of oldest inhabitant of Abu Dhabi found
Remains of the earliest-known inhabitant of Abu Dhabi have been found on the western island of Marawah by the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey, ADIAS, as part of their spring excavation season, it was announced on Tuesday.Marawah is part of the Marawah Marine Protected Area, MPA, which is managed by Abu Dhabi's Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA).The excavations were carried out at the site of a 7,000 year old village which has the best-preserved and most-so... (antal ord: 695), 2004-07-09


Björlanda - en tätort för 3 300 år sedan
För 3 300 år sedan var Kålsered i Björlanda på Hisingen en tämligen tätbefolkad plats. Utgrävningar de senaste veckorna har blottlagt 120 bronsåldersanläggningar. Det handlar om allt från spår av dåtida byggnader, till kokgropar och platser som kan ha använts vid ceremonier. Dessutom har keramikskärvor och enklare flintredskap hittats. - Bronsåldersfynden i Björlanda är sensationellt många. Kanske för att det var ett strategiskt bra läge för dåtidens handel med andra länder, säger arkeolog Stig... (antal ord: 526), 2004-07-09


Gravfynd bevaras i industripark
Kultur och industri får samsas i Hörbys nya industripark, som invigdes på måndagen. Området är rikt på fornlämningar och de kommer inte att trängas undan av företagsetableringar. Fornfynden är huvudsakligen från järnåldern (från 500 före Kristus till cirka 1 000 efter Kristus). - Det finns gravar i den sydöstra delen av industriparken, säger arkeolog Lasse Wallin, Dalby, och lämningar av odlingar i hela den norra delen. Lämningarna, speciellt från fornodlingen, är tydliga med sina stenrösen.I... (antal ord: 313), 2004-07-09


Nytt fynd väcker stort intresse Linköping
Avancerad ingengörskonst och stora resurser lades ner för att kunna genomföra vuxendop vid Sveriges kristnande. Men för bara några år sedan trodde man inte att det fanns några speciella platser för detta i landet. Nya fynd i Vreta visar motsatsen.- Ingen bygger en så här avancerad konstruktion bara för att hämta vatten, då hade en vanlig brunn räckt.Janusz Grenberger är arkitekten som arbetat mycket med projekten runt klosterruinen. Han kan inte se att det finns några andra rimliga förklaring... (antal ord: 731), 2004-07-09


Arkeologer söker efter nya fornfynd
Jakten på fornfynd fortsätter i Ö–rkelljunga kommun. Motorvägsbygget har gett arkeologerna unika möjligheter att kartlägga historien 11 000 år tillbaka i tiden. Kostnaderna för detta har varit gigantiska, närmare 80 miljoner har statliga Vägverket fått punga ut med. Det är nästa en tiondedel av hela vägbyggets totala kostnad.Nu är turen kommen till Ö–rkelljunga kommun. Ett nytt industriområdet är under uppbyggnad intill den nya trafikplatsen för motorvägen i Skånes Fagerhult. Skogen är avverkad ... (antal ord: 251), 2004-07-09


Fornlämningar bör undersökas
Området kring Storelid, ovanför Bilorama, i Asarum bör undersökas arkeologiskt. Det anser Tony Abaji, som är bosatt i Asarum och har ett stort intresse av arkeologi. Men också av Asarum historiska bakgrund. - Platsen kan vara av stort historiskt värde.Enligt Tony är hela området fyllt av arkeologiska lämningar. Bland annat finns där en gravplats med resta stenar från järnåldern. Rester av en stor fornborg finns i närheten och överallt i skogen där det ska grävas för ny bebyggelse finns spår ef... (antal ord: 330), 2004-07-09


Unikt fynd i Vreta kloster
En dopgrav från 1000-talet kan ha påträffats vid Vreta klosterruin. Det är i så fall en unik upptäckt som nu visas upp. Men för att göra riktiga utgrävningar krävs pengar som saknas i dag.Församlingen Vreta kloster renoverar sedan några år klosterruinen för att hålla den i stånd. I klostrets parlatorium, samtalsrum, har man tidigare funnit två trappor ner i marken och mellan dem en försänkning, ett murat kar. I denna försänkning finns dessutom en murad vattenledning. Hela anläggningen har tidi... (antal ord: 301), 2004-07-09


Nu är det livat i Birka - igen
Efter ett pars års sjunkande besökssiffror satsas det åter på Birka som attraktion i Stockholm. Förutom Vikingaveckan som startar i dag erbjuds dramatiserade rundturer och besök i riktiga vikingabyar. M/S "Victoria" lägger till vid Björkö brygga. Av stiger några vikingakvinnor samt två slovenska turister, för ett besök i Sveriges första huvudstad. Tomas Hocevar och Vesna Zorko utövar systematisk turism. Efter besök på runt 200 olika platser som nämns på UNESCO:s världsarvslista har nu turen komm... (antal ord: 380), 2004-07-09


Storhøvdings vognhjul fundet i Ö…sum
En hel tøjfabrik fra jernalderen er gravet ud ved ring III, og dele fra et træhjul er vigtigste fund- Måske er det noget, der er indgået i en industriproduktion.For det blotte øje ligner hullet blot et hul, men i virkeligheden peger Mads Runge, arkæolog og museumsin-spektør hos Odense Bys Museer, på en brønd fra jernalderen. Om kort tid vil fortiden i Ö…sum været asfalteret med ring III, og nutidens vidundere fræse oven på de 10 brønde til fremstilling af tekstiler i en oldtids-"tøjfabrik".F... (antal ord: 367), 2004-07-09


Nya arkeologiska upptäckter på Tomarp
Tomarps Kungsgård är en guldgruva för historiker och arkeologer. I veckan gjordes nya högintressanta upptäckter då en värmeledning skulle installeras. Grundmurar som markerar platsen där ett försvarstorn stod på 1700-talet och keramikskärvor från den romanska tiden är något av det som hittats. I torsdags kom en arkeolog från Malmö museum för att titta på fynden. €“ Men då hade vi inte hittat så här mycket, säger Ulf-Melvin Fjellström hämtar en bricka full med keramikskärvor. Bitarna är kraftigt ... (antal ord: 434), 2004-07-09


Archeological news in brief
The following are major archeological news briefs of the week:Villager unearths ancient cooking vessel at homeA farmer in the northwest China province of Shaanxi recently unearthed in his own courtyard a bronze cooking vessel that was believed to date back nearly 3,000 years.The antique, 80 centimeters tall, 55 kilograms in weight and with designs of "taotie" -- a mythical ferocious animal -- on its neck, was discovered by Luo Fushe, a villager in Wugong county on the outskirts of Xianyang ... (antal ord: 811), 2004-07-10


Stupa, murals found in Bamiyan
Researchers have been over Bamiyan, site of ancient Buddhist relics, with a tooth comb. Yet on Wednesday, a Japanese team reported the first discovery in 40 years of new cave murals. The paintings, found in the Da'uti area of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley in June, are near the remains of two giant Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001.The team, from the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, also confirmed during field work conducted June 15 to 29 that a 2.5-meter ... (antal ord: 364), 2004-07-10


A perfectly sacred place
Ancient Egyptians considered it the most perfect of all temples. Nevine El-Aref reports on recent discoveries as Karnak reveals more of its secretsA panorama view of karnak temple; a French restorer injecting a part of an Osirin statue, the red granite scarab of king Amenhotep IIIEven in ruins, Karnak Temple remains a spectacular sight. Within the temple enclosure is a cluster of pylons, sanctuaries, chapels and obelisks, forming a vast open-air exhibition of history set in stone. Much of th... (antal ord: 2295), 2004-07-10


Fossil findings blur picture of art's birth
Who created the earliest artwork? Artworks from Germany were found alongside human remains. For years archaeologists have clung to the idea that only truly modern humans were artists, and that our Neanderthal cousins spent their entire evolutionary lifetime as boorish philistines. But fresh analysis of a prized set of human bones has dealt a body blow to this cherished theory.The first sparks of artistic creativity are seen in carved figurines found at various sites throughout Europe. The olde... (antal ord: 489), 2004-07-10


Bronze Age neck rings reunited
The torc was found close to the site of an earlier discovery A Bronze Age necklace - said to be one of only five in the UK - is to be reunited with gold jewellery found nearby more than 40 years before. The plain torc, found in Moulsford, Oxfordshire, is to go on show at the Museum of Reading with another more ornate neck ring found in April, 1960.The latest find was discovered in a wheat field on 7 December, 2001.The necklace, dating from 1150 to 750BC, was found near the site of the other ... (antal ord: 219), 2004-07-10


Unikt fynd kan visa vuxendopets betydelse för kristnadet av Sverige
Nya fynd i Vreta visar att stora resurser kan ha lagts ner för att genomföra vuxendop vid Sveriges kristnande. Mycket tyder på att det är en påkostad och avancerad dopplats som hittats. Dopgraven i Vreta skiljer sig från tidigare dopplatser man hittat genom att den haft rinnande vatten. Fyndet är troligen från slutet av 900-talet eller början av 1000-talet och kan vara bevis för att dop genomfördes i stor utsträckning och att det liturgiska påbudet om rinnande vatten vid dop var viktigt. Vattenl... (antal ord: 121), 2004-07-10


Talking Tombstones Bear a Message from the Grave
The dead could soon be speaking from the grave if an American inventor's plan becomes reality. Robert Barrows, of Burlingame, California has filed a patent application for a video-equipped tombstone that will display a video message from grave's occupant."If his patent is granted, Barrows hopes that when people make out their will, they also leave a parting video with their lawyer," New Scientist magazine said on Wednesday.The hollow, talking tombstone will include a flat touch screen and wi... (antal ord: 159), 2004-07-10


Old is young, study finds
Researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of California at Riverside have discovered a dramatic increase in human longevity that took place during the early Upper Paleolithic Period, around 30,000 B.C. In their study of more than 750 fossils to be published July 5 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, anthropologists Rachel Caspari and Sang-Hee Lee found a dramatic increase in longevity among modern humans during that time: the number of people surviving to a... (antal ord: 532), 2004-07-10


Elderly crucial to evolutionary success of humans
Senior citizens played an important role in the dramatic spread of human civilisation some 30,000 years ago, a study of the human fossil record has shown. Rachel Caspari at the University of Michigan and Sang-Hee Lee at the University of California at Riverside studied dental fossils belonging to early humans and pre-human species dating back 3 million years. They judged the age of specimens by examining wear to teeth and classified "old" as twice the age of sexual maturity - roughly 30 years.... (antal ord: 387), 2004-07-10


Old Age Was Secret of Modern Humans' Success
Humans began to live long and prosper only about 30,000 years ago, researchers report. Results published online this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveal a striking increase in human longevity during the Upper Paleolithic Period when the number of people surviving to old age increased four-fold.Rachel Caspari of the University of Michigan and Sang-Hee Lee of the University of California at Riverside, examined 768 hominid dental samples from a variety of locations ... (antal ord: 286), 2004-07-10


The Artistic Vision of Jean Lecomte du NouÖ¿
Classical references, Orientalist imagery, and historical depictions abound in From Homer to the Harem: The Art of Jean Lecomte du NouÖ¿. In this new exhibition at the Dahesh Museum of Art in New York City, a hundred works - paintings, sketches, and drawings - by the artist are presented in the first major display focusing on Lecomte du NouÖ¿. Born in 1842, Lecomte du NouÖ¿ was a prominent figure in nineteenth-century academic art, but has been all but forgotten since his death in 1923.Art termed... (antal ord: 1465), 2004-07-16


Inrap Uncovers France's Past Lives
When industrialists propose development in France, the National Institute of Preventative Archaeological Research, better known as Inrap, investigates areas that are primed for construction. This past year, Inrap has made three important discoveries: ancient ships in Lyon, mosaics in Doubs, and an Iron Age cemetery in Puisserguier.The Lyon excavation in central eastern France, carried out in advance of a planned parking lot at Saint George Park, revealed remains of three ships from the first-s... (antal ord: 625), 2004-07-16


Canine Case Closed?
The conviction of a renowned handler raises questions about the use of dogs in archaeology. Michigan native Sandra Anderson is set to be sentenced on August 24 in Federal Court, Southern Division of the Eastern District of Michigan, for planting evidence at a crime scene and making false statements to authorities. A respected scent-detection dog trainer and handler, Anderson pled guilty earlier this year. Since the charges were filed last fall, the work of Anderson and her dog Eagle has been que... (antal ord: 2466), 2004-07-16


New twist on out-of-Africa theory
Homo erectus, the species thought to be the first to leave Africa for Eurasia in the out-of-Africa model of human origin (Image: Science)Early humans made love, not war, according to new DNA analysis presented at a genetics conference that gives a new twist on the out-of-Africa hypothesis of human origins. U.S. researcher Professor Alan Templeton of Washington University, St Louis, debunks the prevailing version of the out-of-Africa hypothesis, which says early humans migrated from Africa and... (antal ord: 410), 2004-07-16


€˜Sistine Chapel of the Ice Age€™ found at Creswell Crags
A team of researchers led by the University of Sheffield and supported by English Heritage have found eighty 13,000-year-old carvings in limestone rock of Church Hole Cave, at Creswell Crags in Nottinghamshire. The carvings are a unique find and form the most elaborate cave art ceiling in the world.The carvings, which appear on the ceiling of the cave, represent animal figures, including deer, bears, birds and possibly dancing women.Dr Paul Pettitt, of the Department of Archaeology at the Un... (antal ord: 231), 2004-07-16


Limestone find may change views on prehistoric people
Chunks of whitish limestone are turning up everywhere at the huge, prehistoric village excavation near the Brooklyn city limits. More limestone has been found here than at any other ancient Mississippian site excavated in the region. So much, in fact, veteran archaeologists like site excavation director Chuck Moffat wonder whether it will change long-held views about the farming and hunting people archaeologists call the Mississippians, who lived here about 1,400 to 1,000 years ago.- The potent... (antal ord: 763), 2004-07-16


Archeologists discover ancient graffiti on China's Great Wall
Chinese soldiers sent to the Great Wall centuries ago did not just spend their time keeping alien invaders out - they also decorated their watch towers with ancient graffiti, state media said. Archeologists studying a section of the wall in northeastern Liaoning province were surprised to find carvings of symbols representing love and peace, the Xinhua news agency reported.The historical record may offer an explanation, as it shows the general in charge of this part of the wall in the late 16t... (antal ord: 122), 2004-07-16


Pompeii find shows secrets of the Samnites
The discovery in Pompeii of a pre-Roman temple is being hailed as evidence that the city was sophisticated and thriving 300 years before Vesuvius erupted.The temple is said to be of Mephitis, a female deity worshipped by the Samnites, a mysterious ancient people who preceded the Romans in Pompeii.The temple complex includes a sanctuary where it is thought girls from good families worked briefly in "sacred prostitution" as a rite of passage to full womanhood.The Samnites were previously tho... (antal ord: 147), 2004-07-16


Priceless Bronze-age artefacts unearthed in north
Twenty-six artefacts dating back to the Early Bronze Age were unearthed by Turkish Cypriot archaeologists near the village of Galinoporni on the Karpassia peninsula on Monday.Archaeologists in the north say the find, which followed a tip-off to the museums and antiquities department by an American music lecturer at the north€™s Eastern Mediterranean University, unearthed Bronze Age relics unlike others previously found on the island.Head of the Famagusta branch of the museums and antiquities ... (antal ord: 238), 2004-07-16


Fann sten under sten
För en tid sedan gjorde Folke Röing ett ovanligt fynd i sin trädgård. Han hittade ett 4 000 år gammalt offerföremål. För ett par veckor sedan flyttade Folke Röing en stor sten i en slänt bakom sitt och hustrun Helvis sommarställe, Björkantu, på Hallerna strax sydöst om centrala Stenungsund. €“ Det kallas så efter två stora björkar som stod framför huset förr i tiden, men stormen €“69 tog dem, säger Folke Röing som tillbringat somrarna i det lilla röda torpet sedan början av 1920-talet. Folke be... (antal ord: 537), 2004-07-16


Arkeologer söker nya fynd vid Anundshög
Två mystiska diken i marken vid Anundshög har väckt arkeologernas nyfikenhet. Nu pågår utgrävningar vid högen för att lösa mysteriet. Runstenen, mitt framför högen, är från 1000talet efter Kristus. Området har varit bebyggt sedan järnåldern, cirka 500 år före Kristus. Anundshög har varit ett betydelsefullt maktcentrum i Mälardalen.När Ulf Alström, arkeolog på Länsmuseet i Västerås, i vintras såg flygfoton av Anundshög märkte han något konstigt. Två diken löper längs med Anundshögen och det omr... (antal ord: 446), 2004-07-16


Betande får skall hålla området öppet
Får håller rent mycket bättre än maskiner. Därför betar nu sedan några veckor tillbaka 21 tackor med sina nio lamm på den gamla grav- och boplatsen Råsvalslund i Guldsmedshyttan. Fåren håller efter vegetationen så att utgrävningsområdet inte växer igen. Redan förra året hade Guldsmedshyttan på Offensiven, som stått bakom utgrävningarna, planer på att inhägna platsen för att kunna hålla betesdjur där i syfte att hålla området öppet. Fåren på plats - Men eftersom man inte hittade någon brukare ... (antal ord: 529), 2004-07-16


Förbryllande gravfynd vid nya E4
Bronsknappar, dräktspännen och en styckad kropp är några av fynden vid en utgrävning av sex gravar från äldre järnåldern i Forsa mellan Björklinge och Vattholma. Martin Scheutz är biträdande projektledare och berättar vad han tror att det handlar om gravfynd vid Forsa.Under matjordslagret mitt på en till synes vanlig åker i Forsa mellan Björklinge och Vattholma, har arkeologerna nu under E4-utgrävningen hittat stensättningar, stenar lagda i cirklar och andra formationer, vilket är ett tydligt ... (antal ord: 122), 2004-07-16


Ringmur vid Gladsaxehus hittad
Nu har södra ringmuren till den medeltida borgen Gladsaxehus hittats. Med hjälp av en inhyrd gräv- maskin grävde arkeologerna Lars Jönsson och Ulrika Wallebom i går fram en bit av muren, lagom till starten för arkeologikurserna nästa vecka.- Det är jätteroligt. Och samtidigt lite frustrerande att vi var så nära muren i fjor, säger Lars Jönsson.Tillsammans med Ulrika Wallebom gräver han för tredje sommaren i rad ut området kring Glad-saxehus, strax öster om kyrkan i Gladsax. Och till sin hjälp... (antal ord: 414), 2004-07-16


Ind i gården og ned i fortiden Fund fra stenalder, middelalder og måske vikingetid
Lidt stenalder, måske lidt vikingetid og helt sikkert masser af middelalder - det er resultatet af Horsens Museums udgravninger den sidste uges tid i gården bag Søndergade 30. Usikkerheden omkring vikingetiden hænger sammen med, at arkæologerne på grund af en brist i kommunikationen først fik besked om arbejdet i gården, da gravemaskinerne havde været godt i gang med at gnave af jorden.FornemmelseNu måtte eksperterne i fortiden nøjes med at kigge på siderne i det opgravede hul.Nederst fandt ... (antal ord: 293), 2004-07-16


'Sistine Chapel of the Ice Age'
A 13,000-year-old carving from Church Hole, at Creswell Crags. The discovery at Creswell Crags was announced on Tuesday. It comes a year after the initial discovery of 12 engraved figures, which were trumpeted as the earliest examples of prehistoric cave art in Britain.The new discoveries were made possible by the good natural light in April and June, rock art experts said. Creswell Crags - a Site of Special Scientific Interest - lies on the border of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. It compris... (antal ord: 328), 2004-07-16


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Sommaruppehåll med nyhetsbrevenFör att inte onödigtvis fylla läsarnas epost-brevlådor under sommarmånaderna gör vi ett uppehåll med utskicken och återkommer i augusti. - Men varje vecka läggs nya nyhetsbrev ut på internet!Arkeologer söker nya fynd vid Anundshög Två mystiska diken i marken vid Anundshög har väckt arkeologernas nyfikenhet. Nu pågår utgrävningar vid högen för att lösa mysteriet. Runstenen, mitt framför högen, är från 1000-talet efter Kristus. Området har varit bebyggt sedan jä... (antal ord: 1217), 2004-07-16


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Sommaruppehåll med nyhetsbrevenFör att inte onödigtvis fylla läsarnas epost-brevlådor under sommarmånaderna gör vi ett uppehåll med utskicken och återkommer i augusti.- Men varje vecka läggs nya nyhetsbrev ut på internet!Nya arkeologiska upptäckter på TomarpTomarps Kungsgård är en guldgruva för historiker och arkeologer. I veckan gjordes nya högintressanta upptäckter då en värmeledning skulle installeras. Grundmurar som markerar platsen där ett försvarstorn stod på 1700-talet och keramiksk... (antal ord: 1011), 2004-07-09


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Sommaruppehåll med nyhetsbrevenFör att inte onödigtvis fylla läsarnas epost-brevlådor under sommarmånaderna gör vi ett uppehåll med utskicken och återkommer i augusti. - Men varje vecka läggs nya nyhetsbrev ut på internet!Fornfynd vittnar om en 6000-årig historiaAtt området varit bebott redan 4 000 år före Kristus blev en överraskning när arkeologerna efterbearbetade fynden från utgrävningarna av kvarteret Seglaren på Teleborg i södra delen av Växjö häromåret. En del av de keramikfragment ... (antal ord: 765), 2004-07-02


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Sommaruppehåll med nyhetsbrevenFör att inte onödigtvis fylla läsarnas epost-brevlådor under sommarmånaderna gör vi nu ett uppehåll med utskicken och återkommer i augusti. - Men varje vecka läggs nya nyhetsbrev ut på internet!Köpingsviks alla fynd samlade i en enda bokArkeolog Hella Schultze ser inte bara gräsmatta när hon går runt i Köpingsvik. - Här under ligger en del av muren, förklarar hon när hon i går presenterade boken om 30 undersökningar i Köpingsvik. Köpingsvik får en ny och spän... (antal ord: 1249), 2004-06-25


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4 000 år gammalt hus hittatResterna av ett 25 meter långt hus från övergångsfasen mellan stenåldern och bronsåldern har hittats vid en utgrävning två mil norr om Uppsala. Fyndet gjordes av arkeologer från Uppsalamuseet i Forsa, mellan Björklinge och Vattholma. Att hitta så gamla hus Mälarområdet är mycket ovanligt enligt museet. Arkeologerna gräver också i samma område ut en boplats från bronsåldern och ett antal gravar från järnåldern. Förhistorisk bosättning lockar arkeologer till Indal ... (antal ord: 501), 2004-06-18


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Ny chef för Historiska museet på gångStyrelsen för Historiska museet har beslutat att föreslå Per Karsten som ny chef för museet. - Jag känner mig väldigt hedrad, säger Per Karsten, men betonar att även museets rektor ska säga sitt om utnämningen. Därför vill han ännu inte berätta om sina planer för museet.Här bodde de första Linköpingsborna Det skimrar om fyndet. Ingen mänsklig verksamhet har rört den här platsen sedan stenåldersjägarna övergav boplatsen - de människor som var våra första... (antal ord: 758), 2004-06-11


Prehistoric art relic 17,000 yrs old found in central Russia
Archaeologists working in the Kursk region, 500 km south off Moscow, have found a relic of prehistoric art carved from mammoth€™s tusk about 17,000 years ago. Natalya Ahmetgaleyeva, the chief of the archaeological expedition, told Itar-Tass the object was found not far from the village of Byki.- It€™s a small thing and it might have been used as a primeval hunter€™s amulet or a fixed accessory of some primitive cult, she said.€œThe find was made at what might have been the camp of the Stone Age p... (antal ord: 212), 2004-07-23


Ancient etchings: Site loses protection
Just a half-hour drive down a bumpy, dirt road and a short hike through a pristine part of the Pahranagat Range sits a focal point of Lincoln County's American Indian heritage. The Shooting Gallery, as it's known in rock art circles, has endured summer heat, snowy winters and flash foods for more than 1,000 years. There are 575 rock art panels in a two-mile stretch of the range, with some 5,000 images in all.But within the past few years, all-terrain vehicle tracks lead to where looters have ... (antal ord: 1146), 2004-07-23


50 ancient tombs uncovered From correspondents in Athens
Archaeologists have discovered 50 tombs dating back to the late Minoan period, around 1400 BC, and containing a number of artifacts on the Greek island of Crete, ANA news agency reported today. The tombs were part of the once powerful ancient city of Kydonia, which was destroyed at the time but later rebuilt.The oldest among them contained bronze weapons, jewellery and vases and are similar to the tombs of fallen soldiers of the Mycenaean type from mainland Greece, said the head of the excavat... (antal ord: 119), 2004-07-23


Battle Over Kennewick Man Appears Over
The battle over Kennewick Man, one of the most complete skeletons ever found in North America, appears to be over. Four Northwest tribes seeking to bury the 9,300-year-old bones have announced they will not take their fight to the U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites) after losing in lower federal courts to scientists who want to study the remains, The Oregonian reported in its Friday editions.The U.S. Justice Department (news - web sites), which earlier had sided with the tribes, declined Thu... (antal ord: 396), 2004-07-23


Skärvstenshög dolde forntida husgrund
Den "skräphög" som den här veckan är föremål för arkeologiska undersökningar vid Slyos, Lövnäsvallen, har delvis fått arkeologerna att tänka om. Vid onsdagens grävningar blottades en husgrund! Enligt Riksantikvarieämbetets fornlämningslista är nummer 222 noterad som en skärvstenshög och det har tidigare tagits upp en provyta, men svaret på vad som döljer sig under markskiktet har hittills varit okänt.Ö„ven om det fanns teorier om att det möjligen kunde finnas en husgrund på platsen.När Slyosp... (antal ord: 452), 2004-07-23


Hällristningarna kan bli inhägnade
Ett kulturarv värt att bevara. Bror-Tommy Sturk, länsstyrelsen och Ann-Charlotte Hertz, Stadsmuseet, inspekterade under onsdagen skadegörelsen vid Himmelstalunds hällristningar.- Det här är skrämmande. Det är ren vandalism. Om det fortsätter så här får vi ta till drastiska åtgärder och spärra av området, säger Bror-Tommy Sturk när han ser skadegörelsen av hällristningarna i Himmelstalund. I går skrev NT om de 3000 år gamla hällristningarna i Himmelstalund som vandaliserats. Skadegörarna har hac... (antal ord: 516), 2004-07-23


Vandalisering hotar kulturskatt
Hällristningsområdet blir allt mer förfallet. Förra helgen hackades stora hål i berget. Himmelstalunds hällristningar lockar turister från hela världen. Men upp eldade bänkar, ölflaskor och sönderhackade berghällar gör många besvikna. Det är en bedrövad Ann-Charlotte Hertz, antikvarie på Stadsmuseet, som tog kontakt med NT på tisdagen. Hon har polisanmält förstörelsen i Himmelstalund och känner stor olust inför vad som sker ute vid området. De 3 000 år gamla hällristningarna är några av de finas... (antal ord: 446), 2004-07-23


Ugn hett fynd vid utgrävning
Ugn hett fynd vid utgrävning Inför utbyggnaden av dubbelspåret pågår omfattande arkeologiska utgrävningar. Projektet innefattar flera ut- grävningar i både Motala, Fågelsta och Skänninge. Flera fynd har gjorts från både sten- och bronsåldern. Det är riksantikvarieämbetet i Linköping som utför utgrävningarna på uppdrag av länsstyrelsen. De gräver mellan Mjölby och Motala, därefter är det länsstyrelsen i Ö–rebro län som tar över jobbet. MT&VT besökte Fågelstagruppens utgrävningar som innefattar H... (antal ord: 414), 2004-07-23


Romersk staty blir hel igen
En antik romersk staty av kejsarinnan Livia har blivit hel. Statyns huvud har sedan 1800-talet funnits på Ashmolean i Oxford, ett museum för konst och arkeologi. Kroppen hittades för några år sedan i Kroatien. En antik romersk staty av kejsarinnan Livia har blivit hel igen, skriver tidningen The Guardian. Statyns huvud har sedan 1800-talet funnits på Ashmolean i Oxford, ett museum för konst och arkeologi. Kroppen hittades för bara några år sedan under en utgrävning i Kroatien. Nu återförenas h... (antal ord: 131), 2004-07-23


Allstas historia ska grävas upp
Hur levde de allra första Allstaborna? Den frågan hoppas arkeologerna få svar på under den utgrävning som startar om drygt en månad.- Det finns tydliga spår på utgrävningsplatsen, säger Per Ramqvist, professor i regionalarkeologiI slutet av augusti sätter arkeologiskautgrävningar i gång i Allsta. Under tre till fyra veckor kommer det att arbetas med att hitta rester efter de första bosättarna. - Det finns tydliga spår på utgrävningsplatsen, säger Per Ramqvist, professor i regionalarkeologi. D... (antal ord: 245), 2004-07-23


Fåren drev vikingaskeppen framåt
Utan får, inga vikingar. Tillgång till mycket och vattenresistent ull var nödvändigt för vikingarnas resor. Vilda vikingar och milda får känns kanske inte som den naturligaste av symbioser. Men utan de härdiga nordiska fåren hade vikingarna inte kommit särskilt långt. Vikingaskeppens segel var gjorda av vadmalsliknande ullväv och moderna rekonstruktioner har visat vilka enorma mängder ull det gick åt för ett enda segel. Till ett skepp byggt för ett norskt museum gick det åt 2 000 kilo ull till e... (antal ord: 222), 2004-07-23


Archaeologists to seek Kyrgyz Atlantis
A Kyrgyz-Russian expedition has embarked for an ancient city covered by Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan, local media reported Wednesday. Issyk-Kul, 2,250 square miles in area, is a mountain lake in the north of the country. Historians and legends tell about a disappeared island in the lake with fortifications near the north coast where Tamerlane, the Tartar conqueror in southern and western Asia and ruler of Samarkand, held noble prisoners in the 14th century, the Vecherniy Bishkek newspaper said.... (antal ord: 196), 2004-07-23


First Wine? Archaeologist Traces Drink to Stone Age
Wine snobs might shudder at the thought, but the first wine-tasting may have occurred when Paleolithic humans slurped the juice of naturally fermented wild grapes from animal-skin pouches or crude wooden bowls.The idea of winemaking may have occurred to our alert and resourceful ancestors when they observed birds gorging themselves silly on fermented fruit and decided to see what the buzz was all about."The whole process is sort of magical," said Patrick McGovern, an expert on the origins of... (antal ord: 1357), 2004-07-23


Archeologists claim Essenes never wrote Dead Sea Scrolls
Located on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, Qumran is famous throughout the world as the place where the Essenes, who have been widely described in studies, conferences and exhibitions as a type of Jewish "monk," are said to have lived and written the Dead Sea Scrolls. However, based on findings soon to be published, Israeli archaeologists now argue that Qumran "lacks any uniqueness."The latest research joins a growing school of thought attempting to explode the "Qumran myth" by stating ... (antal ord: 978), 2004-07-30


Ancient brewery discovered on mountaintop in Peru
Archaeologists working in southern Peru found an ancient brewery more than 1,000 years old. Remains of the brewing facility were uncovered on Cerro BaÖºl, a mountaintop city over 8,000 feet above sea level, which was home to elite members of the Wari Empire from AD 600-1000. Predating the Inca Empire by at least four centuries, this Wari brewery was used to make chicha, a fermented beverage similar to beer that played an important role in ritual feasting and drinking during Peru's first empire. A... (antal ord: 1060), 2004-07-30


Earliest palace city discovered in Henan
Archaeologists said that the palace city discovered last spring at the Erlitou site in Yanshi City, central China's Henan Province, may be the earliest palace city ever discovered in China.- The design of the city had erected a model for later dynasties in designing their capital, said Dr. Xu Hong, who leads the archaeological investigation team at the Erlitou site of the Institute of Archaeology, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.The rectangular city is 300 meters wide from the east to ... (antal ord: 269), 2004-07-30


Radiocarbon Dating and Questions
Libby€™s discovery, now known as the carbon-14 (or radiocarbon) technique, was a method that could be used to determine the age of organic remains. In the following years, archeologists used this technique extensively and determined exact dates for pre-historic settlements in the ancient world. Some Neolithic (later stone age) remains were dated back to fifty thousand years in Russia and Africa. The city of Eriha in Palestine was dated back to eleven thousand years, and was designated as the firs... (antal ord: 1692), 2004-07-30


Skelettjakt i Storsjö kapell
Efter lyckad expedition i Slyos fortsätter nu arkeologerna vidare till Storsjö kapell. Den här gången på jakt efter skelett. En husgrund med eldstad i mitten och en hästsko blev en del av fynden i Lillhärdals Slyos. Anders Hansson, arkeolog, berättar att det blev många saker som ska skickas på analys. De kolprover som togs var väligt fina och skon som hittades på utgrävningens sista dag är intressant. Nu är det bara att vänta. - Man måste ha tålamod, det kommer ta tid innan sakerna kommer tillb... (antal ord: 179), 2004-07-30


Krukskärva kan bära förfäders fingeravtryck
Krukskärva kan bära förfäders fingeravtryck Mycket handlar om tur. När Hbl besöker de arkeologiska utgrävningarna i Sockenbacka, har grävarna just hittat ett cirka 6 000 år gammalt bärstenssmycke.Försiktig lindar arkeologen Jan Fast in den lilla biten i vått hushållspapper. - Den måste hållas våt för att vi ska kunna limma ihop den, berättar han. Man använder sig av hartslim som senare går att lösa upp utan att föremålen skadas. Vi befinner oss på en boplats från stenåldern. Den är 6 000 år ga... (antal ord: 548), 2004-07-30


Granloholm vilar på uråldrig grund
Granlo har Högom att yvas över; Selånger har såväl fornhistoria som medeltid. Men inte heller Granloholm saknar historia. Här föddes skvadern. Här tömdes Sticksjön i ett mini-Vildhuss-projekt. Och här bodde folk redan på 400-talet. Ulf G Conrah har fångat Granloholms förflutna i ett omfattande manuskript. Från jordbruksbygd med ett hundratal invånare på 1970-talet till modernt bostadsområde med mer än 4000 människor på 2000-talet. Omvandlingen av Granloholm har gått snabbt; huskropparna har dykt... (antal ord: 607), 2004-07-30


Unik hästsko funnen i Lövnäsvallen
I fredags avslutades den arkeologiska utgrävningen vid Slyos, Lövnäsvallen. Det blev ytterligare ett intressant fynd sista dagen, en hästsko som bedöms vara från tidig medeltid.- Hästskon är allmänt av medeltida typ och passar mycket väl in i det övriga sammanhanget, berättar arkeolog Anders Hansson.- Den hittades invid väggen till husgrunden som grävdes fram under onsdagen och har förmodligen legat på samma plats hela tiden.- Ingenting tyder på att det förekommit någon plöjning i det här o... (antal ord: 96), 2004-07-30


Jernalder gravet op i lyset
Da præriefesten flyttede festplads, valgte arkæologerne på Horsens Museum for tre måneder siden at tjekke undergrunden under det gamle dansegulv. Resultatet er foreløbig 12 grave fra den ældre romerske jernalder, dvs 0 - 200 efter Kristi.Gravene indeholder offergaver og nyttige brugsgenstande til "livet på den anden side".Den gamle festplads ligner ikke sig selv. Selv om der i tidens løb nok skal være mange, der er faldet i et hul til præriefesten, er de fleste da kommet op igen.I dag komme... (antal ord: 684), 2004-07-30


10-year dig at Qumran claims to overturn Essene connection
Located on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, Qumran is famous throughout the world as the place where the Essenes, who have been widely described in studies, conferences and exhibitions as a type of Jewish "monk," are said to have lived and written the Dead Sea Scrolls. However, based on soon to be published findings, Israeli archaeologists now argue that Qumran "lacks any uniqueness."The latest research joins a growing school of thought attempting to explode the "Qumran myth" by stating t... (antal ord: 978), 2004-07-30


Nya fina fynd från Spillings
Ytterligare vikingatida fynd har gjorts vid Spillings i Othem där arkeolog Per Widerström med hjälp av amatörarkeologer grävt under en vecka.- Det mest intressanta är att teorierna om en vikingatida plats har förstärkts, säger han till Radio Gotland. Där man trodde att det var enbart medeltida områden har nu även spår från vikingatiden påträffats. Bland fynden kan nämnas en dräktnål och ett par pärlor, samt keramik.... (antal ord: 66), 2004-07-30


Polish excavation in Syria sheds new light on ancient cult Discovery of cave paintings expose origins of mysterious religion
Myths surrounding ancient religions and cults have long preoccupied humanity's understanding of history. Yet they remain a mystery to us, especially in the absence of written texts. One such cult, that of Mithrae, said to have existed during the age of the Roman Empire, was widely spread among Rome's army. Vestiges going back to this faith have been discovered in areas under Roman control, in Europe, Britain and even Asia. Archaeologists used to believe this cult was born in the Middle East, tha... (antal ord: 695), 2004-07-30


Sardinian discovery rewrites the history of wine
A trowelful of pips and sediment is in the process of overturning the centuries-old snobbery with which mainland Italian connoisseurs have regarded the rustic wines of Sardinia. The world's largest wine producer has discovered that it owes a massive debt to the island's growers. Dutch and Italian archaeologists digging in the fertile Sardara hills north of Sardinia's capital Cagliari said yesterday that they had discovered grape pips and sediment dating to 1,200BC. Sardinia, it seems, may be the... (antal ord: 699), 2004-08-06


Bulgarian Archaeologists Find 3,000 Year-old Pictograms
Archaeologists exploring remains of a Bronze Age fortress in southern Bulgaria said Tuesday they found traces of primitive scripture supposed to have been used by Thracian tribes that once lived in that area. To read the whole story, you need to have a valid subscription for the BNN Archive Services. Click the Login button and enter a valid username and password in the respective boxes.... (antal ord: 65), 2004-08-06


Strand of science saves viking hair
Strands of hair from Viking times have been saved by students from the University of Lincoln. The artefacts, which were uncovered at a burial site in Russia, have been handed to the university by the Hull and East Riding Museum. They are said to be unique as many human remains dating back more than 1,000 years to the Viking period have deteriorated over time.But after they were handed to the university by the museum, a group of conservation students took it upon themselves to work to preserve ... (antal ord: 562), 2004-08-06


3500-year-old Bronze Age temple discovered in Jordan
A 3,500 year old temple from the Late Bronze Age has been discovered at Tall al-Umayri just south of Amman. The walls and cultic shrine of a temple dating from about 1,500 BC were uncovered at the end of July at the Bronze and Iron Age archaeological site by excavators working for the Madaba Plains Project and the Jordan Department of Antiquities.Towering 3 meters above the heads of the excavators, the walls of the temple created four rooms. In the largest room, about 5 by 8 meters in size, wa... (antal ord: 368), 2004-08-06


Archeologists uncovering Pompeii from before Roman rule
For Pompeii's 2 million yearly visitors, the overwhelming attraction is the captivating view of daily life in the Roman Empire evoked by the city's temples, taverns, houses and public baths, and ever-popular brothels with their erotic frescoes. They might fail to notice the newly dug trenches at the city's southwest exit that nevertheless provide a glimpse of a fact obscured by Pompeii's better-known association with the imperial era: A non-Roman civilization thrived here for three centuries, wi... (antal ord: 480), 2004-08-06


Skeletten från medeltiden?
Skeletten från medeltiden? Gravarna som hittades på Kvarnbacken verkar vara från medeltiden. Men först i september kan arkeologerna säga mer bestämt hur gamla skelettfynden är. Det var för drygt en månad sedan som personal från länsmuseet undersökte de fynd som dök upp vid schaktningen för ABS Pumps utbyggnad på Kvarnbacken. Flera gravar hittades. Arkeologerna tog hand om de skelettdelar som låg ytligt. Kvarlevorna skulle sedan skickas för en åldersbestämning med kol 14-metoden. Då fanns två t... (antal ord: 191), 2004-08-06


Målande bilder av järnåldern när historiska fynd penslas fram
Rester av gamla ben penslas försiktigt fram i Skäftekärr. Benen har lagts i ett paket under köksgolvet förmodligen som ett slags offer som ska skydda husets ägare. Benen ligger tätt packade och består av käkben och finare rörben från kor och andra djur. Leif Bergkvist och Ann-Magrete Jönsson hade turen att hitta ett offerpaket i sin ruta. Nu väntar arbetet med att försiktigt lossa benen och numrera dem. Jan-Henrik Fallgren, arkeolog är med och övervakar arbetet. En liten hästsko skapar förundran... (antal ord: 1078), 2004-08-06


Hemvändande arkeolog letar fornfynd på Irland
Till vardags letar Camilla Löfqvist skelett på Irland, men när det blir sommar lägger arkeologen spaden på hyllan och tillbringar semestern i Piteå. Det låter konstigt att Camilla Löfqvist aldrig gått arkeologstigen i Jävrebyn, kanske beror det på att hon satte fokus på Irland så snabbt. Camillas koppling till Piteå är att hennes mamma Ingrid Brännström är bördig från Piteå och under alla somrar har familjen Löfqvist tillbringat semestern i sommarstugan utanför Jävre. En idyll PT skrev om för ... (antal ord: 541), 2004-08-06


Nya arkeologer gräver i mediearkiv
Enligt en mer eller mindre tillförlitlig sajt på webben lär arkeologen och actionhjältinnan Lara Croft för en tid sedan publicerat artikeln €�Gravplundring eller kulturellt berikande?€� i den ansedda Philosophical journal of archaeology. Det är en ganska uppseendeväckande text, inte minst eftersom artikeln är skriven av en virtuell dataspelsfigur som dessutom, parallellt med sin påstådda akademiska forskning, gör global karriär på vita duken. Lara Croft är nämligen den mest kända mediala arkeolog ... (antal ord: 1713), 2004-08-06


Amatörer finner lyckan i jorden
De blir överlyckliga över minsta lilla benbit eller keramikskärva som de gräver fram. Amatörarkeologerna hjälps åt att gräva fram en del av stormansgården i Skäftekärr.Man måste vara mycket intresserad för att ägna en sommarvecka på grävlägret. Och dessutom betala för det. För andra året anordnas arkeologiskt grävläger i Skäftekärr. Utgrävningarna görs i samarbete med Uppsala universitet, med arkeologen Jan-Henrik Fallgren i spetsen, och Nordiska hembygdsförbundets arkeologisektion samt Skäftek... (antal ord: 399), 2004-08-06


Jernalder gravet op i lyset
Da præriefesten flyttede festplads, valgte arkæologerne på Horsens Museum for tre måneder siden at tjekke undergrunden under det gamle dansegulv. Resultatet er foreløbig 12 grave fra den ældre romerske jernalder, dvs 0 - 200 efter Kristi. Gravene indeholder offergaver og nyttige brugsgenstande til "livet på den anden side".Den gamle festplads ligner ikke sig selv. Selv om der i tidens løb nok skal være mange, der er faldet i et hul til præriefesten, er de fleste da kommet op igen. I dag kommer... (antal ord: 681), 2004-08-06


Huge statue of Ramses II found
Egyptian archaeologists recently discovered parts of what appears to be the biggest yet statue of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II. Sabri Abdel Aziz, an official at the Egyptian Higher Council for Antiquities (HCA), said on Sunday that an Egyptian mission had recently discovered the head, chest and base of a statue of Ramses II (1298-1235 BC). The discovery was made in the city of Akhmim, 474 km south of Cairo.The statue, depicting Ramses II in a sitting posture, was believed to have stood 1... (antal ord: 169), 2004-08-06


Dubbelgrav i Fröjel förbryllar arkeologer
En annorlunda grav har hittats vid sommarens utgrävningar i Fröjel. Att två personer ligger begravda tillsammans är inte unikt, men det är första gången man har hittat en grav där två personer lagts ovanpå varandra med huvudet åt samma håll.- Det är klart att det sätter fantasin i rörelse när man hittar någonting sådant här. Första tanken är ju att det är en man och en kvinna. Men det vet vi ingenting om ännu, säger Carina Dahlström som, tillsammans med Olle Hoffman, är lärare på högskolans ark... (antal ord: 594), 2004-08-13


Ancient rock paintings found along river in SW China
Archeologists, who have been working in the area since March, said they spotted ten rock paintings dating back at least 2,000 years ago at Jinsha River in southwest China's Yunnan province.Near Baoshan township in Naxi Autonomous County of Yulong in Yunnan province, the paintings are believed to have been completedby Diqiang tribe people, who lived in the northwest and migrated to the south about 2,000 to 3,000 years ago, said He Jinlong, headof the field work team and associate researcher wit... (antal ord: 247), 2004-08-13


Site reveals the Middle East's Iron Age secrets
The Bible relates that the Philistines zealously guarded technologies for producing superior weapons so that the Israelites couldn't get their hands on them. But it didn't last forever. A recent dig at tel Beit Shemesh has found a iron workshop dating back to the Ninth Century BCE- the earliest known in the eastern Mediterranean.Iron was employed for many centuries in the ancient Levant, but as an exotic metal used to make small ornaments and ceremonial artifacts, according to experts involved... (antal ord: 642), 2004-08-13


Britain's first nude?
A stunning haul of ice-age art found in a limestone cave has shed new light on how our prehistoric ancestors lived 13,000 years ago. David Derbyshire reports on some clever academic detective work. To the untrained eye, it most closely resembles a sock, a boomerang or maybe, after a long, hard stare, the head of a long-billed bird. But according to some of the UK's leading experts on ice-age art, this highly stylised image, carefully engraved in a Derbyshire limestone cave 13,000 years ago, may ... (antal ord: 1233), 2004-08-13


Värmlands bronsålder grävs fram
Spår efter bronsåldern finns det gott om på Värmlandsnäs, i form av hällristningar, gravrösen och nergrävda skatter. Men hur levde värmlänningarna här för tre tusen år sen? Det försöker Värmlands museums arkeologer ta reda på i projektet "Ristningar och brons". För fyra år sen startade Värmlands museum ett projekt om bronsåldern. Syftet var att fylla igen en stor kunskapslucka.- Bronsåldern är den tid vi har sämst kunskap om i Värmland. Vi har gravrösen och vi har hittat brons, men var människo... (antal ord: 844), 2004-08-13


Arkeologiskt guldläge vid Lommarpskorset
Arkeologer har påträffat en ett par tusen år gammal boplats, troligtvis från äldre järnåldern, vid Lommarpskorset utanför Vinslöv. Sedan drygt en vecka tillbaka pågår det en arkeologisk undersökning vid Lommarpskorset där en ny trafikplats ska byggas. För arkeologerna är det ett guldläge.€“ Det finns cirka 200 bo-platslämningar i form av gropar, stolphål och härdar på det område vi ska undersöka. Jag räknar inte med några sensationella fynd, utan det vi kommer att hitta är fragment av keramik oc... (antal ord: 583), 2004-08-13


Forntida gravar i Storsjö blir kartlagda på nytt
Två gravar från 700-talet är just nu föremål för arkeologisk undersökning vid stranden av Storsjö. Det är andra och sista grävningen som nu genomförs. I början av 1910-talet genomfördes de första undersökningarna av Vivallen vid Funäsdalen och då väcktes också intresset för de här två gravhögarna. De fynd som gjordes togs om hand och sedan lades gravarna igen. Bland fynden fanns pilspetsar i järn och som var lagda i kryss. De daterades till 700-talet.Platsen är nedströms Bottenbäckens utlopp i... (antal ord: 340), 2004-08-13


Konstiga gravar förbryllar arkeologer
Arkeologerna från Länsmuseet tycker inte det är något konstigt med de två personerna som ligger begravda vid Bottenbäcken. Det märkliga är sättet de begravts på. Redan 1912 gjordes utgrävningar på platsen, men då var man bara intresserade av de pilspetsar som nu finns att skåda på historiska museet i Stockholm. Benen efter minst två personer lämnades kvar, och det är dessa som nu väcker arkeologernas intresse. - Här finns det fullt med fornlämningar, platsen är inte så utforskad, säger Anders H... (antal ord: 357), 2004-08-13


Maja Hagerman får Hertig Karls pris
Idéhistorikern, författaren och journalisten Maja Hagerman tilldelas historiepriset Hertig Karls pris 2004. "Spåren av kungens män", en av hennes första böcker som kom ut 1996, har tidigare belönats med Augustpriset. Den framhålls även av den här prisjuryn tillsammans med de rikt illustrerade böckerna "Tusenårsresan" och "I miraklers tid" som Maja Hagerman skrivit i samarbete med fotografen Claes Gabrielsson.- Maria Hagerman har medverkat till att väcka och förstärka dagens stora intresse för ... (antal ord: 107), 2004-08-13


Bulgarian Archaeologists Find 3,000 Year-old Pictograms
Archaeologists exploring remains of a Bronze Age fortress in southern Bulgaria said Tuesday they found traces of primitive scripture supposed to have been used by Thracian tribes that once lived in that area.... (antal ord: 33), 2004-08-13


Säkra spår efter stenåldern
På måndagen började arkeologerna gräva ut stenåldersboplatsen där Valbo Volymhandel vill bygga ett nytt köpcentrum. Redan i de första provgroparna gjordes fynd. Små fragment av gropkeramik, inte större än småsten, visar att där Valbo Fältrittklubb i dag har sin fältrittbana bodde människor för 5 500 år sedan. - Man ser att keramiken var rikt dekorerad, säger projektledaren Maria Björck från länsmuseet och visar hur man på skärvorna kan se hur krukmakaren gjort geometriska mönster i leran. Det ... (antal ord: 372), 2004-08-13


Archaeologists find John the Baptist's cave, argue who wrote Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls are the only compendium of contemporary writings to survive the Second Temple period, and are thus an invaluable source of information about the customs of the times. Archaeologists said yesterday they have found a cave where they believe John the Baptist baptized many of his disciples. Other experts contend there is no proof John the Baptist had ever stepped foot in the cave. Meanwhile, some archaeologists now claim that Qumran was a regular community, and that its resident... (antal ord: 682), 2004-08-17


Ancient goth stytlement discovered in Ukraine
Near Voitenki village (Kharkov region, Ukraine) archeologists unearthed an ancient Goth settlement. The Goths lived in the Kharkov region alongside of Slavs 17 centuries ago, ICTV channel reported. According to the archeologists, this is one of the largest settlements of the Kingdom of Germanarika, which was located in modern Ukraine.A large amount of coins, jewelry and fragments of Roman glass cups prove that Goth aristocrats and their servants lived in this settlement, the archeologists said... (antal ord: 133), 2004-08-17


Ancient Rome's fish pens confirm sea-level fears
Coastal fish pens built by the Romans have unexpectedly provided the most accurate record so far of changes in sea level over the past 2000 years. It appears that nearly all the rise in sea level since Roman times has happened in the past 100 years, and is most likely the result of human activity.Sea-level change is a measure of the relative movement between land and sea surfaces. Tide-gauge records show that the sea level has been rising 1 to 2 millimetres a year since widespread measurements... (antal ord: 432), 2004-08-17


Relic linked to Seahenge
A simple carved wooden figure could hold the key to an amazing new theory about the true meaning of Norfolk's Seahenge site. Scientists have carbon-dated the relic, found in the Thames Estuary in 1912, and discovered that it dates back to the same period as the older of Norfolk's two timber circles. Archaeologists now believe instead of being composed of plain wooden posts, parts of a Bronze Age timber circle found close to the site of Seahenge could have been decorated with carvings resembling ... (antal ord: 381), 2004-08-17


Johannes döparens grotta hittad utanför Jerusalem?
Den brittiske arkeologen Shimon Gibson påstår sig ha hittat bevis som binder Johannes döparen till en grotta som användes för tvagningsceremonier på kullarna nära Jerusalem. Gibson, som gjort utgrävningar i Det heliga landet i nära tre årtionden, berättar för Reuters att han tror att grottan, uthuggen 24 meter in i en bergssluttning, kan ha besökts av såväl Jesus som predikanten Johannes som omnämns i Nya testamentet.Grottan upptäcktes av Gibson 1999. Sedan dess har både en stor bassäng och fö... (antal ord: 167), 2004-08-17


Medeltida skomode förödande för fötterna
Tjejer och killar som förstör sina fötter med stilettklackar, myggjagare och platådojor är inte ett så modernt fenomen som man skulle kunna tro. En brittisk arkeolog har funnit att det medeltida skomodet med extremt långa, smala och spetsiga skor var lika förödande för människors fötter som våra tiders skonycker, skriver The Guardian.När arekologen Simon Mays undersökte skeletten på en medeltida kyrkogård i Ipswich fann han så många hade starkt deformerade fötter att han först trodde att de be... (antal ord: 118), 2004-08-17


Arkeologidag på Fårö och i Othem
En gång om året öppnar sig arkeologerna särskilt mycket för allmänheten på platser som är aktuella. På söndag är det dags igen. Spilling-utgrävningarna och den medeltida gården vid Langhammars på Fårö står i centrum Gotlands fornsal och länsstyrelsen står bakom arrangemanget som är kostnadsfritt för allmänheten.Jenny Ö–rjestad och Ann-Marie Pettersson tar emot vid Spillings i Othem klockan 11 för att berätta om den största vikingaskatt som hittats i världen. Mötesplatsen är på vägen mellan Slit... (antal ord: 418), 2004-08-17


Historisk skatt gömd under hönshus
En markägare i Gurre utanför Helsingör trodde att han bara stötte på några gamla tegelstenar när han rev sitt hönshus. I själva verket blottlade han ett närmast sensationellt arkeologiskt fynd, skriver Helsingör Dagblad. Vad som dolde sig under hönsens boning var en av de ytterst få bevarade kalkugnarna från senare medeltid, 1300- eller 1400-tal. Fyndet innebär att ytterligare en pusselbit fallit på plats vad gäller Gurres historia. Gurre hade sin guldålder under Valdemar Atterdags och drottning... (antal ord: 81), 2004-08-17


Här kan Johannes ha smort sina lärjungar
Arkeologer säger att de hittat en grotta utanför Jerusalem där Johannes Döparen smorde och döpte sina lärjungar. Det är en stor reservoar med 28 trappsteg som leder ned till en underjordisk vattenbassäng, rapporterar nyhetsbyrån AP. I grottan hittades 250 000 krukskärvor, lämningar efter små vattenkärl som av allt att döma använts i dopceremonin. En reporter från AP fick följa med i går när arkeologerna visade fyndet som ligger intill kibbutz Tzuba €“ bara fyra kilometer från Johannes Döparens he... (antal ord: 342), 2004-08-17


Cave in Israel linked to John the Baptist
Archaeologists think they've found a cave where John the Baptist baptized many of his followers - basing their theory on thousands of shards from ritual jugs, a stone used for foot cleansing and wall carvings telling the story of the biblical preacher. Archaeologists believe they have found a Byzantine-era carving of John the Baptist in a cave near Jerusalem. Only a few artifacts linked to New Testament figures have ever been found in the Holy Land, and the cave is potentially a major discovery ... (antal ord: 976), 2004-08-17


Tuff arbetsmarknad för arkeologer
De är arkeologiboom i år. Arkeologerna har haft en hektisk sommar, men arbetsmarknaden för arkeologer är trots det mycket hård. Arkeologiboom i Mellansverige€“ Ja det är spännande, även om vi inte är direkt skattjägare. Där jag själv har grävt nu senast är ett vikingatida gravfält, vi hittar pärlor från vikingatiden, vi hittar vikter till en balansvåg till exempel, berättar hon.Stor aktivitet i Mellansverige Arkeologen Ö…sa Berger har gjort fynden vid ett stort grävprojekt där Norrortsleden mel... (antal ord: 251), 2004-08-17


Mystiska fynd vid utgrävning i Valbo
Arkeologer från Länsmuseet har under veckan gjort en första undersökning av en stenåldersbosättning söder om Valbo Centrum. Sedan de första utgrävningarna vid nu har avslutats, är det ett mystiskt föremål som särskilt intresserar arkeologerna.Fyndet består av två stycken spetsade stenstavar i skiffer som är ungefär tre centimeter långa. Föremålen kan ha använts till piercing av våra stenåldersförfäder.Arkeologerna hade bara den här veckan på sig för att göra stickprov och beräkningar för det... (antal ord: 110), 2004-08-17


Mystery of Iron Age woman with rings on her toes
She would have been a highly-skilled artisan who was buried 1500 years ago, her body covered with ornate jewellery and emblems of her high status.Yet, with her rings still adorning her toes, she was laid to rest in one of the most unusual burial sites known to archaeologists: beneath the floor of a busy Iron Age workshop.The discovery, at Mine Howe in Orkney, is extremely rare for an Iron Age site in Scotland and has baffled the team carrying out the dig."It's very strange, the last thing we... (antal ord: 2532), 2004-08-17


Lämningar av järnåldersborg funnen i Mark
Ytterligare en pusselbit har lagts till Marks äldre historia.Lämningar efter en järnåldersborg vid Ö–resjön norra sida ska hamna på fornminneskartan. Stenarna ligger lite huller om buller, men fortfarande i en sammanhållen linje. Knappt hundra meter löper muren mellan träd och annan vegetation uppe på höjden. Mats Hellgren, arkeolog på Lödöse museum, tvekar inte.- Det är lämningar från en fornborg. Att det skulle röra sig om ett nytt fynd är en sanning med modifikation. Alltid finns det någon so... (antal ord: 395), 2004-08-17


John the Baptist's cave 'found' in Jerusalem
A British archaeologist is set to reveal what he believes to be the location of John the Baptist's cave to the west of Jerusalem, The Times reported on Monday. Shimon Gibson, 45, has found a cave with a ritual baptism pool, rock carvings and pottery, which he linked to John the Baptist and his followers, the newspaper said.According to the New Testament, John baptised Jesus in the River Jordan.The Times said Gibson would reveal details at a press conference on Tuesday to be held at the cave,... (antal ord: 226), 2004-08-17


Stenstavar förbryllar arkeologerna
Två små slipade stenstavar är det märkligaste fyndet från utgrävningen av stenåldersboplatsen i Valbo. - Vi har ingen aning om vad det är. Vi har aldrig sett något liknande förut, säger Maria Björck, arkeolog på länsmuseet.- Jag har talat med riks- antikvarieämbetet också, men de vet inte heller. Det kan vara något man använt när man dekorerade keramiken, eller något man använde för kroppspiercing - eller något helt annat, säger hon. Provundersökningen av stenåldersboplatsen i Valbo avsluta... (antal ord: 259), 2004-08-17


Hällristning utsatt för skadegörelse
En av Sveriges mest berömda hällristningar i Tanums världarvsområde, Vitlyckehällen, utsattes natten till fredagen för skadegörelse. Den världsberömda bilden av det så kallade brudparet har gjutits av. En yta på två till tre kvadratmeter är täckt av en gråvit missfärgning som antas vara rester av avgjutningen. -Hällen är vandaliserad. Det är stor risk för permanenta skador, säger arkeolog Lasse Bengtsson vid Vitlyckemuséet till Sveriges Radio Väst. Illegal avgjutning av hällristningar är ett br... (antal ord: 77), 2004-08-17


Forskare låg bakom övermålning av hällristning
TANUM. En forskare med intresse för hällristningar har berättat att det var han som svarade för den uppmärksammade övermålningen av brudparet på Vitlyckehällen. Mannen påstår sig ha haft länsstyrelsens tillstånd. - Jag kan inte erinra mig att vi skrivit något tillstånd, säger länsantikvarie Jan-Gunnar Lindgren, som i övrigt avvaktar polisens utredning. Polisen väntar å sin sida på besked från länsstyrelsen. Närmast ska ett möte hållas med företrädare för Vitlycke museum, forskaren och trolig... (antal ord: 200), 2004-08-18


Ancient relics found in North Korea
South and North Korean archaeologists, in their first joint excavation, have discovered thousands of pieces of relics from as far back as the Old Stone Age, Xinhua reports. Various historic sites and remains, up to the Joseon Dynasty, were unearthed from the construction site of an industrial park at Kaesong town in North Korea close to the border with the south. Old Stone Age or Palaeolithic period is the earliest period of human development and the longest phase of mankind's history. It approx... (antal ord: 290), 2004-08-22


Archaeologists insist there was a community at Qumran
The Qumran myth is alive and well, despite recent attempts to disprove it, according to archaeologists digging at the site. The archaeologists, who are financed by Christian fundamentalist organizations, believe that despite recent theories to the contrary, there was a community at the place sometimes called "the oldest monastery in the Western world." The archaeologists said at a news conference yesterday that they intend to find the proof that the residents of the site indeed wrote the Dead Se... (antal ord: 304), 2004-08-22


Debate intensifies over who lived where ancient scrolls were found
Rival groups of scholars excavating a dusty plateau overlooking the Dead Sea are arguing over who lived there in biblical times -- ordinary farmers or the Essenes, a monastic sect believed by some to be a link between Judaism and early Christianity.The Essenes were the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls, more than 1,000 ancient texts found a half-century ago in the caves above Qumran, one of the most significant discoveries in the region.But some Israeli archaeologists say the placement of the ... (antal ord: 275), 2004-08-22


Ancient golden mask found in Bulgaria Tomb artifact is made of 500 grams of gold
Bulgarian archeologists have unearthed a 2,400-year old golden mask in the tomb of an ancient Thracian king, a newspaper said Friday. The mask bears the image of a human face and is made of 500 grams of solid gold, the project's lead archeologist Georgi Kitov told the local Trud daily. The discovery was made on Thursday near the village of Shipka, 200 kilometres east of Sofia.Kitov, who is at the excavations site, could not be reached immediately for comment. Dozens of Thracian mounds are spre... (antal ord: 251), 2004-08-22


Archaeologists find 9th century Viking body
A Viking body, believed to be that of a woman who was buried 1 100 years ago, has been discovered at an undisclosed site north of Dublin, Ireland's National Museum said on Friday. The find has been described as "exciting" and "significant" by the museum. Archaeological excavation of the remains also led to the discovery of a bronze oval brooch, an unusually long bone comb and other copper alloy ornaments.- The brooch is of Scandinavian manufacture and is dated to the early Viking Age - the late... (antal ord: 309), 2004-08-22


John the Baptist's cave 'found' in Jerusalem
A British archaeologist is set to reveal what he believes to be the location of John the Baptist's cave to the west of Jerusalem, The Times reported on Monday. Shimon Gibson, 45, has found a cave with a ritual baptism pool, rock carvings and pottery, which he linked to John the Baptist and his followers, the newspaper said. According to the New Testament, John baptised Jesus in the River Jordan.The Times said Gibson would reveal details at a press conference on Tuesday to be held at the cave, ... (antal ord: 224), 2004-08-22


Archaeologists link cave, John the Baptist
Archaeologists think they've found a cave where John the Baptist baptized many of his followers - basing their theory on thousands of shards from ritual jugs, a stone used for foot cleansing and wall carvings telling his story. It's only 126 days to Christmas so you'd better be getting ready Only a few artifacts linked to New Testament figures have ever been found in the Holy Land, and the cave is potentially a major discovery in biblical archaeology.- John the Baptist, who was just a figure fr... (antal ord: 959), 2004-08-22


Scroll site dispute simmers
Rival groups of scholars excavating this dusty plateau overlooking the Dead Sea are arguing over who lived here in biblical times €” ordinary farmers or the Essenes, a monastic sect seen by some as a link between Judaism and early Christianity. The Essenes were the authors and collectors of the Dead Sea Scrolls, more than 1,000 ancient texts found a half century ago in the caves above Qumran, one of the most significant discoveries in the Holy Land.But some Israeli archaeologists say the placem... (antal ord: 463), 2004-08-22


Spännande krigsfynd i offerfält
I Finnestorp offrades mäktiga män, deras hästar och krigsutrustningen. Ö„n längre tillbaka i tiden skedde fruktbarhetsoffer på platsen. Mossen som ligger i kanten av Lidans lopp har blivit en av de mest spännande arkeologiska platserna i landet. I flera år har fynd, som är mellan 1400 och 1800 år gamla, påträffats. Offerplats Finnestorp är det officiella namnet och det forskningsprojekt som inleddes i fjol löper över fem år.Fynd i offerfältPå 30-40 centimeters djup finns fynden. Större avlagri... (antal ord: 255), 2004-08-22


Utgrävning vid Västervång
Alltför lite är känt om Trelleborgs tidiga historia. Därför ska en arkeologisk utredning göras av området norr om Västervång längs riksväg 108, där kommunen planerar bostäder. Det har länstyrelsen beslutat.Enligt länstyrelsen är det troligt att det finns lämningar från bronsåldern i området. När det gäller järnåldern är ganska mycket känt om själva Trelleborg.Men landsbygden runt omkring är fortfarande relativt okänd. Riksantikvarieämbetet och länstyrelsen vill veta mer om hur bebyggelsen ru... (antal ord: 201), 2004-08-22


Radar till historien
En väl bevarad källare har grävts fram vid de arkeologiska utgrävningarna av S:t Olofs kloster i Skänninge. Med hjälp av markradar tror man sig dessutom ha lokaliserat den så kallade biskopsholmen, biskopens befästa gård. Det måste ha varit en mäktig syn att komma till Skänninge längs med Vistenagatan i slutet av 1200-talet. Två stora kloster, S:t Olof och S:t Ingrid, och däremellan, på biskopsholmen, Linköpingsbiskopens befästa gård omgiven av en vallgrav. Allt till delar byggt i det för tiden ... (antal ord: 429), 2004-08-22


Arkeologer hittade skelett i forntida grav
Ö„nnu ett skelett från en forntida grav som kommit i dagen med anledning av E4-bygget utanför Uppsala presenterades för massmedia på fredagen. Samtidigt avslutades utgrävningarna av det gravfält som påträffats vid Enbackens gård.Gravfältet blev i modern tid först känt när järnvägsspåren som nu bär Lännakattens tågsätt lades ut på 1870-talet. 1876 hittades skelettdelar vid järnvägsbygget, men det gjorde då ingen undersökning av platsen, berättar Emilie Schmidt Wikborg, som varit utgrävningsledare ... (antal ord: 493), 2004-08-22


Thrakisk guldmask sensationellt fynd
Bredvid masken påträffades en ring med en roddare inristad. Det är ett gott omen för de bulgariska roddarna i OS, säger Kitov till Reuters. Båda fynden är thrakiska och kan kasta mer ljus över det folk som en gång dominerade dagens Rumänien, Bulgarien och Makedonien och delar av Turkiet och Grekland. Thrakerna levde vid sidan av de romerska och grekiska rikena och hade rätt mycket kontakt med dem; Orfeusmyten tros ha thrakiskt ursprung. Men thrakerna hade inget skriftspråk, varför forskare har e... (antal ord: 276), 2004-08-22


Cave in Israel linked to John the Baptist
Archaeologists think they've found a cave where John the Baptist baptized many of his followers - basing their theory on thousands of shards from ritual jugs, a stone used for foot cleansing and wall carvings telling the story of the biblical preacher. Archaeologists believe they have found a Byzantine-era carving of John the Baptist in a cave near Jerusalem.Only a few artifacts linked to New Testament figures have ever been found in the Holy Land, and the cave is potentially a major discovery... (antal ord: 976), 2004-08-22


Experts Study Rare Gold Viking Arm Ring
A gold Viking arm ring, only the second of its kind to be discovered in Britain, has been handed in to experts for analysis, museum officials said today. The 325-gram ring, which consists of 95% gold, was discovered in the possessions of a deceased York builder whose relatives brought it in to experts at the Yorkshire Museum. It is now being studied and valued at the British Museum after being declared treasure at an inquest in York earlier this week.Simon Holmes, of the national Portable Anti... (antal ord: 307), 2004-08-27


1,300-Year-Old Copy of Holy Qur€™an in Abha P.K
A Saudi in the southern city of Abha claims to own one of the oldest handwritten copies of the Holy Qur€™an. On the first page of the Qur€™an, there is a note that the copy was written in the Hijrah year 116 - more than 1,300 years ago. Muhammad ibn Nasser Al-Kudry said he bought the Qur€™an some years ago from an old man and that he paid a large sum for it. Covered in natural leather with Islamic calligraphy, the Qur€™an is written in an Arabic script known as cursive Neskhi.Anwar Muhammad Al-Kha... (antal ord: 285), 2004-08-27


New robot to uncover Pyramid mysteries
A new robot, currently being designed by a Singaporean university, will hopefully explore the bowels of the Great Pyramid next year, a noted Egyptologist said on Wednesday.- The manufacturing of the robot will start in October, with the university footing the bill. The exploration will likely start next year, Zahi Hawass, chairman of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, told reporters."Stone doors inside the Great Pyramid could not just be there as an ornament. They must have a functi... (antal ord: 222), 2004-08-27


Second Temple village uncovered
Israeli archeologists have uncovered a 5,000-year-old Canaanite city and a 2,000-year-old Jewish village from the Second Temple period alongside each other in the Modi'in area.The adjacent ancient sites, which were known to exist but previously lay untouched, lie on a barren, wind-whipped hilltop spanning 120 dunams near the present-day Israeli town of Shoham.The area of the sites was to be converted into an industrial zone, but the finds €“ which include the remnants of ancient streets in ea... (antal ord: 382), 2004-08-27


Ancient Inuit graves discovered in Greenland
A team of archaeologists from Denmark, Greenland and Canada announced on Wednesday they had made the first ever discovery of ancient Inuit, or Eskimo, burial sites in the far north of Greenland. The three burial grounds were found in Ingefield Land, around 100 kilometres north of Qaanaaq in the northwest of the island and probably dated from the 13th century, team member Hans Lange, the curator of Greenland's national museum, told KNR radio.The seven archaeologists had also found marker stones... (antal ord: 177), 2004-08-27


Unearthing the Bible
What there was in the beginning, in the world of the Bible, is what there was in the land now called Iraq. There is nothing left of the Garden of Eden, no artifact at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers where myth has placed the Temptation and the Fall. But the great cities and empires from the Books of Genesis and Kings and Chronicles have left their traces: Ur, where Abraham was born; rapacious Assyria with its capital, Nineveh, and Babylon, where the ancient Israelites were carr... (antal ord: 104), 2004-08-27


Prehistoric Desert Town Found in Western Sahara
The remains of a prehistoric town believed to date back 15,000 years and belong to an ancient Berber civilization have been discovered in Western Sahara, Moroccan state media said on Thursday. A team of Moroccan scientists stumbled across the sand-covered ruins of the town Arghilas deep in the desert of the Morocco-administered territory.The remains of a place of worship, houses and a necropolis, as well as columns and rock engravings depicting animals, were found at the site near the town of ... (antal ord: 206), 2004-08-27


Intressanta fynd vid begravningsplatsen
Den arkeologiska förundersökningen av gruvans begravningsplats gav flera intressanta fynd. Man kan ha funnit grunden till kyrkan, vars plats hittills varit helt okänd. Skelett i gravar var tämligen väl bevarade efter minst 400 år.Undersökningen har pågått hela veckan. Ett stort antal stråk har grävts ur med grävmaskin till 30-40 centimeters djup. Och här har arkeologerna funnit tydliga förändringar i jordlagren och som också visar spår av gravar. En av dessa gravar har också öppnats, och där f... (antal ord: 690), 2004-08-27


Järnframställningen i Hyttehamn inte först i landet
Masugnen i Hyttehamn norr om Karlsborg är inte järnframställningens vagga - som en del lokalpatrioter kanske drömt om. Det visar analysresultaten från vårens utgrävningar, som just blivit klara. €“ Det är fyra dateringar som visar att vi klockrent rör oss i 1300-talet, säger arkeolog Anders Berglund vid Västergötlands museum i Skara. En del lokalpatrioter med historieintresse hade säkert hoppats att utgrävningarna i Hyttehamn skulle leda till att Västergötland kunde utropas till järnframställning... (antal ord: 146), 2004-08-27


Så var livet i Valbo på Flintas tid
För 5 500 år sedan nådde havet upp till Valbo. Där bodde stenåldersmänniskor, som livnärde sig på jakt och fiske och brände sina lerkrukor själva. Hur många som bodde där och hur länge kan man inte säga någonting om ännu. I samband med den kommande utbyggnaden av Valbo köpcentrum har länsmuseets arkeologer - på länsstyrelsens uppdrag - gjort en förundersökning av en stenåldersboplats som berörs av utbyggnaden.Fullt av fynd En så kallad blästplats för järnframställning från tiden 0-1 100 efter ... (antal ord: 334), 2004-08-27


Fler fornfynd i norr
Arkeologi. Allt fler fornfynd görs i Lappland och Norrbotten. Sven-Donald Hedman, arkeolog från Arjeplog, är just i färd med att undersöka ett område i närheten av Forsnäs, Pite älv. - Bara första dagen gjorde vi tjugo fynd, säger han.Intill Norra Holmnäs har många intressanta fornfynd gjorts. Arkeologerna misstänkte först att den här fornlämningen var en grav, men en ny teori är att det har stått en hydda på platsen. Fotograf:Goran GranstromHedman deltar i ett projekt med namnet "Skog och h... (antal ord: 552), 2004-08-27


Arkeologer jagar efter forntida spår
- Om vi har tur kan vi kanske hitta lämningar av medeltida fastigheter i området. Kanske så långt tillbaka som 1200-talet.Under tisdagen påbörjade personal från Dalarnas museum de arkeologiska utgrävningarna av det nya tilltänkta kyrkogårdsområdet vid Karelen i Ludvika.- På de äldsta bevarade kartorna från området från 1600- och 1700-talet ser vi att dåvarande Ludvika by ligger i det område som nu ska undersökas, säger grävningsledaren Fredrik Sandberg, Falun.Under tisdagen grävdes ett 30-t... (antal ord: 452), 2004-08-27


Tusenårigt fynd förbryllar arkeologer
Mord, olycka eller begravningsplats? I en grund grav intill sjön Njallejaur vid Serrejaur har man hittat rester av två individer, men vad som hänt dem är oklart. Fyndet, som via de mynt som återfanns på platsen, beräknas vara cirka ettusen år gammalt, gjordes för några år sedan av Artur Vesterberg, arkeologiintresserad ortsbo. De upphittade mynten är från det som nu betecknas som Tyskland och är präglade mellan åren 983 och 997, mitt under vikingatiden. Ö„ven andra fynd gjordes i anslutning till ... (antal ord: 341), 2004-08-27


First Wine? Archaeologist Traces Drink to Stone Age
Wine snobs might shudder at the thought, but the first wine-tasting may have occurred when Paleolithic humans slurped the juice of naturally fermented wild grapes from animal-skin pouches or crude wooden bowls.The idea of winemaking may have occurred to our alert and resourceful ancestors when they observed birds gorging themselves silly on fermented fruit and decided to see what the buzz was all about."The whole process is sort of magical," said Patrick McGovern, an expert on the origins of... (antal ord: 1357), 2004-08-27


Archaeology 'must not become history'
Thousands of young archaeologists are rallying to the defence of the country's only GCSE in the subject, which is facing abolition by the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance examining board (AQA).An online opinion poll and petition will be launched today to demand a change of heart over ending the "first-stage" exam which has a record of stimulating interest in A-level and archaeology degrees. Voting will run until September 30.The campaign has been organised by the Young Archaeologists' ... (antal ord: 344), 2004-08-27


Capturing a vanished time
In the 1830s, native Americans from the eastern half of the United States were being "relocated" to the West, while those already in the West were having their last experience with living in a land that was actually under their own control. At the same time, George Catlin, an ex-lawyer from Philadelphia decided to "gain fame" by recording Indian lives and cultures before they were permanently altered by European influences. Campfire Stories with George Catlin offers both historical and contempor... (antal ord: 740), 2004-08-27


Rester från storgård funna
Det kan vara föregångaren till Wrams Gunnarstorp som hittades när Regionmuseet undersökte marken vid församlingshemmet. Men för att fastställa det skulle mer arbete krävas. Det var när ledningar för jordvärme nyligen skulle läggas vid Norra Vrams kyrka som den arkeologiska undersökningen gjordes. - Vi misstänkte att det kunde finnas lämningar eftersom vi har skifteskartor från 1725 som visar att det fanns en gård här. Men det var förvånande att hitta så tidiga lämningar, säger Lars Salminen på R... (antal ord: 305), 2004-08-27


Historiska felsteg
Historiska museet har blivit ett propagandamuseum, skriver arkeologen Kristina Svensson i Expressen (27/8). Det hårda omdömet är dessvärre berättigat.På den ärevördiga institutionen härjar en handgången före detta departementstjänsteman som museichef, för uppgiften utplacerad av kulturminister Marita Ulvskog. Att en ny förment progressiv regim tagit över tydliggjordes i våras genom installationen Snövit (en guppande båt seglandes på en blodröd pöl med ett foto på en palestinsk kvinnlig självmo... (antal ord: 209), 2004-08-29


Men from early middle ages were nearly as tall as modern people
Northern European men living during the early Middle Ages were nearly as tall as their modern-day American descendants, a finding that defies conventional wisdom about progress in living standards during the last millennium.- Men living during the early Middle Ages (the ninth to 11th centuries) were several centimeters taller than men who lived hundreds of years later, on the eve of the Industrial Revolution, said Richard Steckel, a professor of economics at Ohio State University and the author... (antal ord: 1127), 2004-09-02


Bisexual Viking Linked to Seahenge
An ancient wooden carving of the bisexual Viking god Odin suggests the prehistoric timber circle monument Seahenge and another, even older, structure might have included totem pole-like carvings, according to archaeologists who have excavated the over 4,000-year-old British wood monuments. Because Odin was a mythological figure in prehistoric religion, the possible link between the carving and the monuments could mean that the mysterious circles held religious, funerary, or magical significance ... (antal ord: 620), 2004-09-02


Questions in Qumran
Yuval Peleg and Itzhak Magen are not revolutionaries. They work for the establishment - both respected archeologists have offices at the Israel Antiquities Authority. And, lest you have visions of Indy Jones, they've spent the last 10 years quietly excavating at Qumran, where the Dead Sea scrolls were found in 1947. But in the past month Peleg and Magen have set off what can only be called an academic revolution.advertisement The scrolls, which contain the oldest known version of the Old Testa... (antal ord: 272), 2004-09-02


Artifacts cast doubt on Nicaraguan history
Simple fragments of ceramics and eerie burial grounds are among the artifacts unearthed in Nicaragua by Canadian researchers who say their findings could change the long-held history of the Central American country. For generations, Nicaraguan children have been taught that their ancestors came from central Mexico as migrants around 1000 AD, and that in 1300, a second wave made the trek. Both were believed to have brought their Aztec or Nahua culture and language with them. At least, those were ... (antal ord: 570), 2004-09-02


Uncovering the secrets of the Great Pyramid
Two French amateur archaelogists this week published a book in which they claim to have located the secret burial chamber of the Pyramid of Cheops near Cairo, the largest pyramid ever built. According to the study of the Great Pyramid, a fourth, undiscovered room lies underneath its so-called Queen's chamber, and is likely to have been the burial chamber for Cheops, an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled from 2560 to 2532 BC.Cheops' final resting place has never been found despite decades of investigat... (antal ord: 448), 2004-09-02


Heirs find Viking gold ring hoarded in a builder's attic
The biggest Viking gold arm ring ever found in Britain has been discovered in a builder's attic in York. Archaeologists said they were amazed by the solid gold ornament, weighing 325gm (11.5oz) which was found by the man's family after his death.Viking rings have been discovered throughout the Norsemen's empire, but most of them are silver. Only one other gold one, considerably smaller, has been found in Britain."These rings would have certainly belonged to someone extremely important," said... (antal ord: 172), 2004-09-02


1,300-Year-Old Copy of Holy Qur€™an in Abha
A Saudi in the southern city of Abha claims to own one of the oldest handwritten copies of the Holy Qur€™an. On the first page of the Qur€™an, there is a note that the copy was written in the Hijrah year 116 - more than 1,300 years ago. Muhammad ibn Nasser Al-Kudry said he bought the Qur€™an some years ago from an old man and that he paid a large sum for it. Covered in natural leather with Islamic calligraphy, the Qur€™an is written in an Arabic script known as cursive Neskhi.Anwar Muhammad Al-Kha... (antal ord: 285), 2004-09-02


Second Temple village uncovered
Israeli archeologists have uncovered a 5,000-year-old Canaanite city and a 2,000-year-old Jewish village from the Second Temple period alongside each other in the Modi'in area. The adjacent ancient sites, which were known to exist but previously lay untouched, lie on a barren, wind-whipped hilltop spanning 120 dunams near the present-day Israeli town of Shoham.The area of the sites was to be converted into an industrial zone, but the finds €“ which include the remnants of ancient streets in eac... (antal ord: 382), 2004-09-02


Experts Study Rare Gold Viking Arm Ring
A gold Viking arm ring, only the second of its kind to be discovered in Britain, has been handed in to experts for analysis, museum officials said today. The 325-gram ring, which consists of 95% gold, was discovered in the possessions of a deceased York builder whose relatives brought it in to experts at the Yorkshire Museum.It is now being studied and valued at the British Museum after being declared treasure at an inquest in York earlier this week.Simon Holmes, of the national Portable Ant... (antal ord: 307), 2004-09-02


1700-årig mand dukket op
Grav fundet under arkæologisk udgravning på jernalderboplads i Høje Taastrup. For omkring 1700 år siden blev en mand, der kun var cirka 20-30 år år gammel, begravet. Han blev forsigtigt lagt i en kiste af træ, og liget blev lagt på ryggen med hænderne ned langs siden. I går dukkede han frem af mulden igen i Høje Taastrup, i skikkelse af et velbevaret skelet, skriver Dagbladet Roskilde.Ved den unge mands fodende var der blevet stillet et flot kar med mønster, og ved fødderne blev der også lagt ... (antal ord: 145), 2004-09-02


Ancient Inuit graves discovered in Greenland
A team of archaeologists from Denmark, Greenland and Canada announced on Wednesday they had made the first ever discovery of ancient Inuit, or Eskimo, burial sites in the far north of Greenland. The three burial grounds were found in Ingefield Land, around 100 kilometres north of Qaanaaq in the northwest of the island and probably dated from the 13th century, team member Hans Lange, the curator of Greenland's national museum, told KNR radio.The seven archaeologists had also found marker stones... (antal ord: 177), 2004-09-02


Begravet for 1700 år siden
For omkring 1.700 år siden blev liget af en mand, der kun var cirka 20-30 år år gammel, begravet. Han blev forsigtigt lagt i en kiste af træ, og liget blev lagt på ryggen med hænderne ned langs siden. I går dukkede den unge mand frem af mulden igen i Høje Taastrup, i skikkelse af et velbevaret skelet. Ved den unge mands fodende var der blevet stillet et flot kar med mønster, og ved fødderne blev der også lagt en del af en pattegris - så var der mad til den lange rejse. Lerkaret er meget typisk f... (antal ord: 159), 2004-09-02


Usædvanligt arkæologisk fund i Høje Taastrup
Et 1.700 år gammelt skelet af en ung smilende mand er dukket op under en udgravning i Høje Taastrup. Mandens tænder er pæne, selv om han har ligget i jorden siden det tredje århundrede. Og han smilede med dem til de arkæologer, der i Høje Taastrup gjorde et fund, de selv betegner som særligt.- Det er ikke sædvanligt, at vi har et skelet, der er så godt bevaret, siger arkæolog Anne Hansen fra Kroppedal Museum til Politiken.Nu går turen til Panum Instituttet, hvor manden skal undersøges nærmere... (antal ord: 89), 2004-09-02


Et smil fra oldtiden
Et 1.700 år gammelt skelet af en ung mand er dukket op under en udgravning i Høje Taastrup. Nu går turen til Panum Instituttet til vask og undersøgelse. Af Julie Jo Boding Send artikel Print artikel 50 centimeter nede i jorden dukkede i går et velbevaret skelet op fra omkring det tredje eller fjerde århundrede. Den unge oldtidsmand havde fine tænder, hvilket kan tyde på god kost. - Foto: Mads Nissen Klik for større billede Hans tænder er pæne, selv om han har ligget i jorden i cirka 1.700 år. Og... (antal ord: 306), 2004-09-02


Storsjöfynden ska analyseras
Under tre veckor i augusti genomfördes arkeologisk utgrävning av två gravar från 700-talet vid Storsjö och resultatet blev en del intressanta fynd.- Tillräckligt för att vi ska kunna gå vidare med analyser, berättar arkeolog Anders Hansson, länsmuseet.Fynd hade tidigare plockats upp ur gravarna och nu gjordes en sista undersökning innan de återställdes. I en av gravarna hittades benbitar som nu ska analyseras och där fann man också bitar av kammar i horn eller ben.- I den andra fanns mycket... (antal ord: 148), 2004-09-02


Ö„lgbilder på senaste hällmålningarna
Den senast upptäckta hällmålningen i landet finns vid Ö–kullen på Malmön intill byn Mårdsjö i Fjällsjö församling. Rödockramålningen finns på en stor berghäll ett stycke från sjön och består av två olika målningar. En älg och ytterligare färgfragment som troligast är en målning även den föreställande en älg, men de ca 6 000 år som gått sedan den kan ha målats, har satt sina spår. Målningen hittades av arkeolog Bernt Ove Viklund, Kulturmiljövårdarna Härnösand, när han på uppdrag av Länsstyrelsen i... (antal ord: 200), 2004-09-02


Nypremiär med ett bredare Asien
På lördag slår Ö–stasiatiska museet upp sina portar på Skeppsholmen, efter att ha varit stängt i två år. Besökarantalet väntas öka betydligt, för nu är det fri entré. Den nya öppenheten passar museichefen Magnus Fiskesjö förträffligt. Han vill ha ett tillgängligare museum, återge ett Asien som inte bara handlar om något exotiskt och förflutet, utan också det som är här och nu.Ett exempel är öppningsutställningen om "Manga", en bit modernare populärkultur. På Ö–stasiatiska får man följa den teckn... (antal ord: 625), 2004-09-02


Lidan lade grunden till Lidköping
Marinarkeologiska undersökningar visar att mitt inne i Lidköping finns kajskoningar från 1100-talet. Staden fick sina rättigheter år 1446, men hur långt tillbaka människor bott på den plats där Lidan når Vänern kan man i dagsläget bara spekulera i. Lidans flöde från sjön Grosken till Vänern sträcker sig över drygt nio mil. Fortfarande är vattnet mörkt och klart. I Lidköping är vattendraget djupt, elva meter som mest, med ett genomsnittligt djup på åtta meter.- Det finns inga fysiska rester av d... (antal ord: 459), 2004-09-02


"Skuldelev 2" på vej ud i verden
Skibsbyggerne på Vikingeskibsmuseets bådeværft er sikre i deres sag. Den imponerende kopi af vikingeskibet "Skuldelev 2" skal nok holde vand, når det på lørdag bliver søsat i Roskilde Fjord af dronning Margrethe.- Det har været utrolig spændende at være med til, siger den 23-årige Simon Day Larsen, der var så heldig at få en læreplads som skibsbygger på det meget specielle bådeværft og så ved netop dette byggeri.Alt er udført, som vikingerne selv gjorde det, ikke bare med hensyn til materiale... (antal ord: 701), 2004-09-02


A sleeping giant lies under Afghan sands
Archaeologist Zemaryalai Tarzi can barely bring himself to look at the ravaged cliff face where two ancient Buddhas towered until the Taliban infamously blasted them to bits.- For me, everything there is over, Tarzi says, pointing toward the heap of peach-colored dust and chunks of rock that used to be one of the massive statues. "It hurts my heart to go there and see what has been lost."But the scientist, who began his career in the sleepy valley in Afghanistan's central highlands more than ... (antal ord: 296), 2004-09-02


Norway finds 14th-century ship in tact
Norwegian marine archeologists have found a sunken ship dating back to the 14th century, Aftenposten reported Monday. Dubbed the Bolevraket, it was found by divers in the Skien River near the town of Telemark as part of a routine survey before the government laid down boulders on the bottom of the river to prevent erosion.Many feared the vessel had been destroyed during dredging operations in the 1950s.The vessel was single-masted and is believed to have been about 66 feet long. Archaeologis... (antal ord: 141), 2004-09-10


Viking burial ground dispels myth of longship marauders
A Viking burial ground, which has held bodies undisturbed for 1,000 years with all the trappings of the Sagas including swords, jewellery and firemaking materials, has been uncovered in Cumbria, after a chance find by a metal detector. The site - thought to contain the first formal burial of bodies discovered in England - is believed to date from the 10th century, when the Vikings had been Christianised, but were evidently still hedging their bets.Full details of the find at Cumwhitton, which ... (antal ord: 446), 2004-09-10


Unique archaeological find in Finnmark
Archaeology students have this summer unearthed the foundations of a unique 4000 year old "longhouse" at Alta in the county of Finnmark. The longhouse was more than 10 metres long, had two fireplaces in the middle, and must have housed at least 10-12 persons.The nine students have also found artifacts like knives, axes and daggers made of flint. They have also discovered what may be two grave sites.... (antal ord: 69), 2004-09-10


French Egyptologists Defend Pyramid Theory
A pair of French Egyptologists who suspect they have found a previously unknown chamber in the Great Pyramid urged Egypt's antiquities chief to reconsider letting them test their theory by drilling new holes in the 4,600-year-old structure.Jean Yves Verd'hurt and fellow Frenchman Gilles Dormion, who has studied pyramid construction for more than 20 years, are expected to raise their views during the ninth International Congress of Egyptologists in Grenoble, France, which starts Monday. They al... (antal ord: 485), 2004-09-10


Vikings, Buried With Their Swords
A burial site of six Viking men and women, complete with swords, spears, jewelry, fire-making materials and riding equipment, has been found in England, officials said. The site, discovered near Cumwhitton in northwestern England, is believed to date to the early 10th century, and archaeologists working there called it one of the few Viking burial grounds ever found in Britain.The only other known Viking cemetery in England was found in Ingleby, east of Cumwhitton. It was excavated in the 1940... (antal ord: 454), 2004-09-10


Dog makes New Mexico archeological find
A New Mexico archeologist is giving his dog credit for finding a camp site of the nomadic Folsom people who wandered through 10,000 years ago. Bruce Huckell said evidence has been found of some of the earliest humans to live in the middle Rio Grande Valley, thanks to his dog, Chuska, who led him to some small stone flakes that often mark an ancient camp site.Huckell is the senior research coordinator at the University of New Mexico's Maxwell Museum, and is leading the dig at the Boca Negra Was... (antal ord: 180), 2004-09-10


Neanderthal life no tougher than that of "modern" Inuits
The bands of ancient Neanderthals that struggled throughout Europe during the last Ice Age faced challenges no tougher than those confronted by the modern Inuit, or Eskimos. That€™s the conclusion of a new study intended to test a long-standing belief among anthropologists that the life of the Neanderthals was too tough for their line to coexist with Homo sapiens.€œLooking at these fossilized teeth, you can easily see these defects that showed Neanderthals periodically struggled nutritionally,€�... (antal ord: 791), 2004-09-10


Gamla gårdar eftersöks
Arkeologer skall undersöka om det finns rester av tre gamla gårdar i Eskelhem. Undersökningen skall föregå en läggning av en elkabel vid Rosenbys. På gamla skattläggningskartor från början av 1700-talet finns i området ett gårdsläge på nuvarande Rosenbys 1:3 och två på Boleks 1:5. Intill Rosenbys huvudbyggnad har även ett bronsfynd gjorts och på annan plats finns en svärdslipningssten. På Boleks har fynd gjorts som härrör från vikingar.GEAB har åtagit sig att stå för kostnaden för förundersökn... (antal ord: 87), 2004-09-10


Sjældent ravfund på Bornholm
En 1.700 år gammel ravkæde er dukket op under udgravninger på en mark uden for Svaneke. Af Helle Hellmann Send artikel Print artikel Ravkæden af 47 smukt forarbejdede perler fra ca. 300 e.Kr., er netop blevet fundet i en grav uden for Svaneke. €“ Foto: dk4 Klik for større billede En række gravfund fra romersk jernalder har vist sig at være så rige, at Bornholms Museum håber at kunne udvide deres gravetid til det dobbelte på en mark ved Jættebro uden for Svaneke.Et af de mest bemærkelsesværdige ... (antal ord: 429), 2004-09-10


Här bodde gästrikarna på stenåldern
Ett Ronjavrål rakt ut. När Ove Svahn och Petra Ö…hlén stött på en gammal stenåldersboplats i skogen kan de inte hejda sig. Deras lyckoskrik hörs vida omkring.- Hoppas ingen hör oss, skrattar Ove och Petra, södra Norrlands flitigaste stenåldersjägare. De två är duktiga amatörarkeologer, som på kartan kan upptäcka vad vi vanliga dödliga inte ser. Alla vikar, öar, uddar och vindskyddade stränder i söderläge som kunde nås från sjösidan för över 5 000 år sedan. Hittills har de hittat närmare okända 3... (antal ord: 925), 2004-09-10


Sällsynta fornfynd på Bornholm
En rad gravfynd från 300 e Kr har nyligen dykt upp vid utgrävningar av en grav utanför Svaneke på Bornholm. Bland fynden finns en osedvanligt välbevarad bärnstenskedja. Gravfynd från den Romerska järnålder i en grav utanför Svaneke på Bornholm har visat sig vara så rika att Bornholms museum nu hoppas få fördubbla grävtiden. Just nu arbetar 25 personer med grävningarna. En kedja med 47 vackert arbetade bärnstenar är ett a de mest sällsynta fynden.- Under de tre veckor vi grävt har vi funnit gla... (antal ord: 146), 2004-09-10


Ancient tomb discovered on Giza pyramids site
Egypt's antiquities chief on Thursday revealed a 2,500-year-old hidden tomb under the shadow of one of Giza's three giant pyramids, containing 400 pinkie-finger-sized statues and six coffin-sized niches carved into granite rock. Zahi Hawass, the director of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said archaeologists had been working for three months to clear sand from a granite shaft found between the pyramid of Khafre - also known by its Greek name of Chephren - Giza's second-largest tomb of a ... (antal ord: 253), 2004-09-10


The past in print
The thick, glossy tome can easily be dismissed as yet another coffee-table book that provides an entertaining read for the next 10 minutes or so. Yet, once you start flipping the pages of Archaeology In Malaysia by Malaysia€™s foremost archaeologist Professor Datuk Zuraina Majid, you are irresistibly drawn into the wondrous world of archaeology.The grime and sweat of painstaking excavations, the amazing findings of pottery, tools, skeletal remains and even teeth of ancient man, as well as the p... (antal ord: 1048), 2004-09-13


Students study culture, archaeology in Mongolia
A group of students spent this summer studying the culture and archaeology of Mongolia as part of a project arranged by IUP's anthropology department. Eight students, in addition to biology professor Nancy Schellinger, who registered as a student for the trip, accompanied anthropology professor Francis Allard on the trip, which lasted from June 30 to July 13. Three non-IUP students, one from Bloomsburg University, one from the University of Pittsburgh and one from Loyola University in Illinois, ... (antal ord: 721), 2004-09-13


Rock-art sites discovered near Siachen
The federal archaeology department claims to have discovered rock-art sites near the Siachen Glacier, between the villages of Domsum and Gulshan-i-Kabin on the left bank of Saltoro river in the Lower Sheyole (Khaplu) valley. Khaplu is located in eastern Baltistan, some 103km away from Skardu. The engravings depicting animal and human figures and inscriptions on boulders and rocks in the sub-valleys of Khaplu are some of the oldest historic remains of the region.Deputy Director Dr Muhammad Arif... (antal ord: 473), 2004-09-17


Ancient pot with horse-taming picture discovered
Archaeologists in the northwestern province of Gansu discovered a 3,000-year-old pot with a design showing a scene of horse-pasturing in Minqin County recently. The painted design shows a man herding eight horses. Some of these horses are bucking and some stand quietly; some have tails and some do not. All of the horses have large buttocks, slender waists and thin legs.Surrounded by the eight horses, the wide-shouldered, slender-waisted man is in a long gown. His physique and dress are quite s... (antal ord: 318), 2004-09-17


The Pacific's Pompeii
When New Zealand archaeologist Dr Stuart Bedford was handed a large piece of ancient broken pottery in Vanuatu this year he thought it was a joke. At Port Vila for a wedding, all thoughts of the nuptials deserted him as he stared at the piece of highly decorated Lapita pottery. "I thought I must have been in another country," he said.Finds of Lapita, the distinctive patterned pottery that marks the movement of the first settlers into eastern Melanesia and western Polynesia, are relatively unco... (antal ord: 1226), 2004-09-17


Archaeological cave dating back to 4th century unearthed in south Sinai
The mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities announced the unearthing of archaeological cave dating back to the 4th century in Pharaoh Hamam area in Sinai.The discovery is the first of its kind in South Sinai Governorate, asserted the mission, noting that the cave still has some of its internal details that reveal the life style and the ancient practices.The cave keeps several colors including red and black in addition to some ancient Hellenistic writings. Meanwhile, Mohamed Said Sawi, ge... (antal ord: 114), 2004-09-17


Fynd från 1300-talet i Gruvrondellen 
När områden exploateras säger kulturminneslagen att byggaren först måste bekosta arkeologiska utgrävningar. I det här fallet är det extra viktigt eftersom Gruvrondellen ligger inom världsarvet. Från början var det tänkt att utgrävningarna skulle vara klara 15 oktober, men nu räknar arkeologerna med att arbetet behöver pågå ytterligare två veckor.- Vi gräver ut de schakt som görs för att bygga rondellen och kulverten under. Schakten har blivit större än vi första trodde, berättar Eva Hjärtner Ho... (antal ord: 176), 2004-09-17


Sunken forest found after 6500 years
It has all the ingredients of an Indiana Jones adventure: an academic, an old map, and a search for hidden treasure older than the pyramids of Egypt.This treasure, however, is a forest in Orkney, which was buried beneath rising sea levels 6500 years ago. Alistair Rennie discovered it while doing a PhD looking at the effect of rising sea levels in the area, which he hopes will inform methods of dealing with climate change. His studies, funded jointly by Scottish Natural Heritage and Glasgow Uni... (antal ord: 492), 2004-09-17


Kon-Tiki to sail again with modern twist
Nearly 60 years after Thor Heyerdahl sailed across the Pacific Ocean in an epic journey aboard the balsa raft Kon-Tiki, a team that includes his grandson said they hope to repeat the feat next year -- with a 21st-Century twist.In 1947, Heyerdahl and his team sailed the raft, with the most basic of equipment, 8,000 kilometers (4,900 miles) from Peru to Polynesia in 101 days to prove Heyerdahl's theory that ancient mariners may have migrated across vast stretches of ocean.Heyerdahl, who died a... (antal ord: 707), 2004-09-17


The world's oldest dam
The earliest recorded dam in history was built some 4000 years ago - and was washed out before it was ever used. Jill Kamil goes in search of Sadd Al-Kafara. The first dam in history is clearly a major engineering achievement. But it is also something of a disaster story. Dating back to the age of the "Pyramid builders", and estimated to have been between 10 and 15 years in the making, Sadd Al-Kafara was destroyed by heavy rainfall soon after its completion. The experience was so traumatic for t... (antal ord: 1831), 2004-09-17


An archaeological site discloses multi-dynasties relics
The Viet Nam History Museum on Sunday announced the discovery of  artefacts from different dynasties at the Lam Kinh archaeological site in the central coastal province of Thanh Hoa. The excavation,conducted from May on an area of 3,000 sq.m., has found first artefacts from the Nguyen Dynasty which existed from the 19th century to mid-20th century at the archaeological site, the Le Dynasty from 1428-1776 and the Tran Dynasty from 1225-1440.Two strata related to the Le dynasty were found west o... (antal ord: 175), 2004-09-24


Biggest-ever ancient ink slab found in central Thanh Hoa province
A giant ancient ink slab, which can be mistaken for a royal wash-basin, has been found in central Thanh Hoa province. The slab, the largest seen so far, is carved out a single monolithic ash-grey stone in the shape of a peach and is 51cm high and 95cm wide in diameter at its widest point. On the surface are three peach-shaped hollows with a big one in the centre, 33 cm deep, and two smaller holes, each of which has a diameter of 18 cm and an inside depth of 10cm.There is no decoration on the s... (antal ord: 206), 2004-09-24


Archaeolink to stage bronze age funeral experiment
A Top north-east visitor attraction will recreate a Bronze Age funeral this weekend, cremating the body of a pig in a bizarre but significant Scottish Archaeology Month experiment. Saturday will see staff at the Archaeolink prehistory park at Oyne teaming up with colleagues from the National Museums of Scotland to stage an inferno investigation. The 11am-5pm event will see the experts create an ancient cremation pyre, then set it ablaze to find the effect of heat on objects from clothing and jew... (antal ord: 288), 2004-09-24


Scientist makes the case for Aegean underwater museum
Marine archaeologists meet to discuss modern exploration methods. Robert Ballard, the scientist who investigated the wreck of the Titanic, has called for a long-term research program to follow the Aegean€™s ancient trade routes and hopes the underwater exploration can be broadcast live. The one-day conference organized last week by the Ephorate of Marine Antiquities, in cooperation with the Hellenic Center of Marine Research, proved to be extremely challenging as well as interesting, as it discus... (antal ord: 483), 2004-09-24


Thracian Ruler Stirs Bulgaria's Interest
A bronze head of a Thracian ruler was discovered by Bulgarian archeologists near the city of Shipka. Photo by bTV Lifestyle: 22 September 2004, Wednesday. A bronze head of a Thracian ruler was discovered by Bulgarian archeologists near the city of Shipka.The great discovery was unearthed Tuesday evening by the team of the archaeologist Georgi Kitov. At first it was reported that the head might be of a bronze Zeus statue, but that information was later refuted.The bronze head is the second ma... (antal ord: 157), 2004-09-24


Castle dig reveals a medieval mystery
Digging up clues to the past has unearthed a medieval mystery in the latest excavation to take place within Bamburgh Castle. For two weeks the Bamburgh Research Project has been excavating the medieval Chapel of St Peter and has turned up an intriguing find. Along with the expected Anglo Saxon pottery pieces, the archaeologists also found a diagonal wall which strangely cut the 7th century chapel in two. Phil Wood, a project director, said: "It has always been known from books that one end of t... (antal ord: 517), 2004-09-24


Unrest in Middle East sets back archaeological research
Since the start of the Palestinian uprising four years ago, local archaeologists, many of them working on sites alluded to in the Bible, have had to scale back or even cancel their digs.That's because the threat of continued violence has kept foreign professors and students from providing assistance at large digs.Twin bus bombings that killed 16 people in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba last month did nothing to calm skittish scholars and nervous insurance companies. But archaeologist... (antal ord: 1125), 2004-09-24


Kvarnbacken var en avrättningsplats
Det är gravar till den medeltida avrättningsplatsen som arkeologerna har stött på vid Kvarnbacken. Snart börjar en för landet unik utgrävning. Arkeologerna har fått svar på vad de fann vid den arkeologiska förundersökningen på Kvarnbacken i somras. €“ Det är helt klart avrättningsplatsen, säger arkeolog Emma Karlsson. Det har kunnat fastställas dels genom kartstudier, dels via en åldersbestämning av en av skelettdelarna som hittades i en grav i somras. Ö…ldersbestämningen har gjorts på en tand.... (antal ord: 320), 2004-09-24


Arkeologerna fann bevis på Klintbergska tomten
Sista utgrävningsdagen hittade arkeologerna bevis för att det verkligen har funnits ett krukmakeri på Klintbergska tomten i Gävle. Men det är inte en brännugn utan en lerförvaringsgrop man hittat.- Det ligger i alla fall väldigt nära till hands att tolka det här som en förvaringsgrop för lera, säger arkeologen Ylva Roslund-Forenius och visar på en stor grop, avgränsad med flata stenar. Vid den provundersökning som gjordes på tomten för två veckor sedan hittades massor av keramikspill som trol... (antal ord: 254), 2004-09-24


Kvinnorna finns i historien
Det är männen, överhetens herrar, som skrivit vår historia. Ju längre tillbaka i historien vi går ju mindre får vi veta om kvinnorna i efterlämnade dokument. Men de finns där förstås, och nu har de fått röst genom författaren Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg i boken Forntida kvinnor. Hon är vetenskapsjournalist på Svenska Dagbladet och har skrivit flera fackböcker om främst vikingarna tidigare. Nu lyfter hon fram kvinnorna i fornhistorien, ända från stenålder till medeltid. Hon har läst och sammanfog... (antal ord: 358), 2004-09-24


Enestående fund ved Lejre
Arkæologer fra Roskilde Museum har fundet en gammel kongehal ved Lejre, og det er lidt af en sensation.- Det er en oplevelse, man som arkæolog ikke bliver forundt mange gange, siger museumsinspektør Tom Christensen, der leder udgravningen ved Lejre.Fundet er specielt interessant fordi hallen er fra tiden før vikingetiden, en tid der kaldes sagntiden, fordi langt det meste af den viden vi har derfra stammer fra myter og sagn.- Indtil nu har vi altså kun haft meget lidt at holde os til, såsom... (antal ord: 104), 2004-09-24


Opdagelse af agerjorden gjorde os krigeriske
Nye undersøgelser tyder på, at menneskers hang til krig og konflikter er opstået samtidig med, at de begyndte at dyrke jorden og slå sig ned i bebyggelser.Når mennesker går i krig og slår hinanden ihjel verden over, så følger de en sti af død og ødelæggelse, der blev grundlagt for mange tusinde år siden.Nye undersøgelser af omkring 14.500 år gamle skeletrester bekræfter forskeres formodning om, at mennesker begyndte at bekrige hinanden, da de gik fra at være nomader, jægere og samlere til at... (antal ord: 688), 2004-09-24


The massacre of Mesopotamian archaeology Looting in Iraq is out of control
Iraq: In the southern Iraq desert, the standing structures of ancient archaeological cities dot the horizon - majestic monuments to times long gone.  Untouched for thousands of years, historic temples, palaces, tombs and entire dead cities are the sole witness of the passing of time.Properly excavated, these cities could reveal valuable knowledge on the development of the human race and resolve the big mysteries of history. Unfortunately, this is unlikely to happen. The Sumerian cities have be... (antal ord: 1406), 2004-09-24


Cavemen started bling-bling culture
Bling-bling culture started with Stone Age cavemen up to 280,000 years ago. A new scientific study says hunters loved to be dripping in luxury goods, and the taste for flashy trinkets may have been what turned humans from savages into a civilised society. Beads, jewellery and ornaments found at a cave in Blombos, South Africa, are thought to be status symbols dating back up to 77,000 years.Until now it had been thought that an interest in fancy accessories only started around 40,000 years ago.... (antal ord: 204), 2004-09-24


The Weight of the World As Israelis and Arabs bicker, the Temple Mount risks collapse
The 14-hectare platform atop the Temple Mount is so freighted with history and legend, it's a wonder the walls can bear the weight. Jews believe that at its center is the rock on which Abraham bound Isaac. Christians believe that at its southern end, Jesus overturned the tables of the money changers. And Muslims, who call it Haram al-Sharif (noble sanctuary), believe it is the site of Muhammad's Night Journey, recounted in the Koran, in which the Prophet ascended to heaven. But today this sacred... (antal ord: 698), 2004-09-24


Mummy Hair Reveals Drinking Habits
Mummy hair has revealed the first direct evidence of alcohol consumption in ancient populations, according to new forensic research. The study, still in its preliminary stage, examined hair samples from spontaneously mummified remains discovered in one of the most arid regions of the world, the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and southern Peru. The research was presented at the 5th World Congress on Mummy Studies in Turin, Italy, this month.€œ In modern human hair the levels would generally be... (antal ord: 553), 2004-09-24


A Glimpse into Thracian History
The boundaries of the Thracian ethnos comprise not only the territory of present-day Bulgaria but also the land of present-day Romania, Eastern Serbia, Northern Greece and Northwestern Turkey. According to the Greek historian Herodotus (5th century BC) the Thracians were the most numerous people in Europe and came second in the world after the Indians (obviously the world Herodotus knew).Regrettably, during their 2000-year-long history the Thracians have not created an alphabet of their own. T... (antal ord: 774), 2004-09-24


Egypt's Cats Got Pharaoh Treatment
The ancient Egyptians put as much care into mummifying their animals as they did their kings and relatives, according to a study to be published Thursday in the British scientific journal Nature. Countless mammals, birds and reptiles were killed and mummified as an offering to the gods they represented, a cult that accelerated from 1400 B.C. under the pharaoh Amenhotep III.The goddess Bastet was embodied by the cat; Horus was represented by the falcon or baboon; Thoth was symbolized by the ibi... (antal ord: 263)



From the Nile to the IsÖ¨re
As Egyptologists from around the world gathered in Grenoble, Nevine El-Aref was there to follow the controversies and delight in a world which combines the love of erudition with a passion for the past. The International Congress of Egyptologists (ICE), which is held every four years in a different country, returned to Grenoble, the capital of the French Alps, early this September for the second time since the second congress was held there in 1979.Workers unveiling Karnak Cachet in 1934; god ... (antal ord: 2924), 2004-10-01


40,000-year-old axes unearthed
A Syrian archaeological team has uncovered two firestone axes dating back 35,000 to 40,000 years and some 6000 BC stone arrowheads. Mission head Bassam Jamous said he had to dig one metre deep into al-Wadi's cave in western Syria to find the two 8cm almond-shaped axes, used "by ancient Syrians to hunt their prey".In a telephone interview, Mr Jamous said the arrowheads used for river and land hunting were about 11 centimetres long. Bone needles used to sew leather, dating back to 6000 BC, were ... (antal ord: 130), 2004-10-01


Russian Expedition Establishes Exact Location of Ancient Mystical Country Shambala
A Russian expedition headed by a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Yuri Zakharov has established the exact location of the capital of the ancient state of Shambala €“ the mystical center revered by many religions and philosophers all over the World.€œWe saw what no European had ever seen before,€� Zakharov claimed.Speaking at a press conference organized by the Russian Information Agency Novosti, Yuri Zakharov said that the expedition was unique. €œNothing similar has been done be... (antal ord: 253), 2004-10-01


Researchers find signs of grain milling, baking 23,000 years ago
New find in Israel shows that cereal production predates agricultural societies by millennia. Archaeologists have found strong evidence that wheat and barley were refined into cereals 23,000 years ago, suggesting that humans were processing grains long before hunter-gatherer societies developed agriculture. The findings, including the identification of the earliest known oven and hence the oldest evidence of baking, were described in a recent issue of the journal Nature. "This is an observation ... (antal ord: 526), 2004-10-01


Ancient Artefacts Found in Rock Formations
Archaeologists have discovered ancient remains and buildings in some of the most inaccessible areas in the country, it emerged today. Members of the Severe Terrain Archaeological Campaign (Stac) have been using climbing equipment to explore sea stacks in Lewis and Shetland. Since forming in 2003, the Stac team has visited nine stacks and found buildings from the Iron Age and Bronze age, as well as pottery dating back to the Neolithic period. The archaeologists are now planning to return to ... (antal ord: 302), 2004-10-01


Ancient Indian camp found Palmerdale site dates 8000 BC to 1000 AD
State archaeologists have discovered a Native American campground near Palmerdale in north Jefferson County along the route of the proposed northern beltline. The site dates from 8000 BC to AD 1000 and is about 600 feet long and 180 feet wide, said Alabama Department of Transportation archaeologist Bill Turner. On the bank of Self Creek, the campground is covered with brush and waist-high weeds. Evidence of Indian fire pits and storage pits was found when the land was recently excavated, Turner ... (antal ord: 441), 2004-10-01


Rock art rests in development's path 28th Place Site area rich in petroglyphs
South Mountain is peppered with ancient markings from the area's indigenous residents of yore, and a large number of those markings are on a parcel of Ahwatukee Foothills private property that could be developed.What is referred to as the "28th Place Site," an 18-acre piece of land near Kyrene Akimel A-Al Middle School, has 89 recorded petroglyphs, or rock artworks. The oldest petroglyphs on the site are believed to date to the ancient Hohokam era, which lasted from A.D. 700 to 1450.Petrogly... (antal ord: 828), 2004-10-01


7000-year-old relics discovered at Narges Tappeh in Gorgan province of Iran
Some traces of ancient architecture, pottery and a dozen other monuments and relics have been discovered by Iranian archaeologists at the ancient site of Narges Tappeh near an airport currently under construction in Gorgan, capital of Golestan province.According to the daily Tehran Times, some of the relics date back to 5,000 BC.The discovery was made during an archaeological test excavation to determine if construction of the airport would damage the ancient site. According to the head of th... (antal ord: 127), 2004-10-01


One more ancient bronze drum discovered
Two construction workers have unearthed a bronze drum believed to belong to the Dong Son culture, first generation, dating back some 2,000 years ago, in the Central Highlands province of Dac Lac. The drum has a surface of 80 cm in diametre, which was decorated with nine circles and a 12-point star in the middle. The finding was handed over to the Dac Nong Museum, which houses the collection of 10 bronze drums discovered within the province... (antal ord: 78), 2004-10-01


Bulgaria Boasts "World's Oldest "Sanctuary
The summer of 2004 proved to be very successful for Bulgarian archaeologist Georgi Kitov (R). First he found a unique Thracian gold mask, then his team unearthed a bronze head and he now found world€™s oldest sanctuary. Photo by BNT Lifestyle: 25 September 2004, Saturday.The ancient sanctuary unearthed on Friday in Bulgaria is probably one of the oldest temples in the world.In the words of Georgi Kitov, head of the archeological expedition, the temple dates back to the beginning of 5th centur... (antal ord: 199), 2004-10-01


Noah's Ark Quest Dead in Water - Was It a Stunt?
In April businessman and Christian activist Daniel McGivern announced with great fanfare a planned summer expedition to Mount Ararat in Turkey. The project, he said, would prove that the fabled Noah's ark was buried there.Explorers have long searched for the ark on the Turkish mountain. At a news conference in Washington, D.C., McGivern presented satellite images, which he claimed show a human-made object€”Noah's ark€”nestled in the ice and snow some 15,000 feet (4,570 meters) up the mountainWe ... (antal ord: 1256), 2004-10-01


Forskare uppmärksammar "guldgubbar" från Eskilstuna
"Guldgubbarna" från Eskilstuna är två igen. För några år sen rapporterades den ene av dem vara stulen och stölden polisanmäldes. Det var emellertid inte så farligt. Den hade bara tillfälligt förkommit på Eskilstuna museer. Nu ligger de berömda fynden där tryggt igen, och har blivit högst aktuella i en bok som nyligen givits ut av Vitterhetsakademien och har den långa titeln Excavations at Helgö XVI - Exotic and Sacral Finds from Helgö.Mer än hälften av innehållet handlar just om de legendarisk... (antal ord: 648), 2004-10-01


Medeltida folkmakt utan inflytande?
Har det verkligen funnits en folklig demokrati i det gamla Ryssland, som länge antagits? En ny avhandling från Göteborgs universitet ifrågasätter vilken makt som den berömda folkförsamlingen hade i det medeltida Novgorod.Svenska biståndspengar till Ryssland går framför allt till den nordvästra delen av vårt östra grannland. Bevekelsegrunderna är flera. Det är vårt närområde och dessutom har Sverige under olika tider härskat över delar av nordvästra Ryssland, det som under medeltiden utgjorde N... (antal ord: 1044), 2004-10-01


Tungt fynd spolades upp
Ett nästan 300 kilo tungt ankare kan bli ett nytt spännande tillskott i Falsterbo museums rika samlingar. Men först skall pjäsen genomgå en ingående arkeologisk undersökning och konserveras. Det arbetet påbörjas inom kort av personal på Malmö Kulturmiljö med 1:e antikvarie Jan Ö–ijeberg i spetsen. Redan nu står det dock klart att ankaret har några hundra år på nacken. - Typologiskt bedömer jag att det hör hemma i 1700-talet. Böjningen i ankararmarna talar för det. Under 1600-talet var armarna rak... (antal ord: 369), 2004-10-01


Archeologists discover ruins of Genghis Khan mausoleum in the central areas of Mongolia
A Genghis Khan mausoleum has been discovered in the central areas of Mongolia by a joint Japanese-Mongolian archeological expedition, the press here reported on Tuesday.The scientists hope the discovery will help them find a place where Genghis Khan was buried. Genghis Khan was the founder of the Mongol empire that was established at the beginning of the 13th century and that put a yoke on vast territories of Asia and Eastern Europe. Genghis Khan's grandson Khubilai Khan conquered China and be... (antal ord: 203), 2004-10-08


Clues point to Ghenghis Khan's grave
Genghis Khan went to extraordinary lengths to conceal the location of his grave site, even after his death.According to legend, the Mongolian despot€™s huge burial party killed anyone who saw them en route to the site, and then servants and soldiers who attended the funeral were massacred.Now archaeologists believe they could be close to finding the long-sought grave, after unearthing the site of his 13th-century palace.A Japanese and Mongolian research team found the complex on a grassy st... (antal ord: 1341), 2004-10-08


Discovery of the oldest remains of a woman who died in childbirth
In ancient times, female death rates were particularly high and generally related to problems in maternity, such as complications during pregnancy, childbirth or the period of breast-feeding. However, in most cases this link has only been established from indirect data, such paleodemographic data and ethnographic references, or based on the poor health conditions normally attributed to ancient human groups.There also exists direct archaeological evidence of the high rate of female mortality in... (antal ord: 930), 2004-10-08


Arab scholar 'cracked Rosetta code' 800 years before the West
It is famed as a critical moment in code-breaking history. Using a piece of basalt carved with runes and words, scholars broke the secret of hieroglyphs, the written 'language' of the ancient Egyptians. A baffling, opaque language had been made comprehensible, and the secrets of one of the world's greatest civilisations revealed - thanks to the Rosetta Stone and the analytic prowess of 18th and 19th century European scholars.But now the supremacy of Western thinking has been challenged by a Lo... (antal ord: 511), 2004-10-08


MEDITERRANEAN ANCIENT HISTORY HAS SICILIAN BASE
The commercial and political history in the ancient Mediterranean area is documented in the relics that are spread generously around the Capo Molini seabed, which is just north of Catania, between Acitrezza e Acireale. The results of the excavation carried out this summer in that part of the sea, between the coast and the Cyclops Islands were being presented by Edoardo Tortorici, an archaeologist at the University of Catania. He was speaking at the International Under-Water Archaeological Confer... (antal ord: 513), 2004-10-08


From Egypt to Peru, archaeologists are unearthing breweries from long ago
Beer is nearly as old as civilization itself. It's mentioned in Sumerian texts from more than 5,000 years ago. Starting in the 1950s, scientists have debated the notion that beer, not bread, was actually the impetus for the development of agriculture. Nearly every culture around the world has invented its own local concoction. Historically, brewing was a home-based operation, as part of the preparation of meals. From South America to the Middle East, beer production grew in scale with the rise o... (antal ord: 1951), 2004-10-08


Per skriver c-uppsats om hällmålningarna vid Harahällan
Nu blir också hällmålningarna vid Harahällan, väster om Rossön mellan Bodums och Fjällsjö församlingar, föremål för en C-uppsats vid Stockholms universitet. Per Molin, studerande vid Stockholms Universitet var med arkeolog Bernt Ove Viklund ute vid Nagasjöån väster om Rossön på fredagen.- Genom en bekant i Härnösand fick jag ett tidningsurklipp om Bernt Ove Viklund och hällmålningsupptäkterna berättar Per Molin som åkt upp för att för första gången bekanta sig med de cirka 6000-åriga rödockram... (antal ord: 267), 2004-10-08


Rekordtidigt brödbak
Arkeologer har hittat indikationer på att vete och korn maldes och användes till bakning redan för 23 000 år sedan. Detta skulle betyda att det var jägare och samlare som först utvecklade metoden att förvandla vilda fröer och korn till lagad föda. De första jordbrukarna uppträdde först för ungefär 10 000 år sedan, då också sädesslag som korn och vete kultiverades.Fynden av mald säd har hittats vid en arkeologisk utgrävning i Israel och resultatens redovisades nyligen i tidskriften Nature. Fors... (antal ord: 184), 2004-10-08


När vikingarna behärskade världen
Vikingatiden och vikingarna upphör aldrig att fascinera. Enligt den nuvanligaste tidsangivelsen, 750-1100, svärmade danska, norska och svenska vikingar som (mördar)bin över stora delar av norra halvklotet, från Nordamerika i väster till nu varande Ryssland i öster. De tog sig runt Pyreneiska halvön in i Medelhavet; vid kejsarhovet i Konstan tinopel fanns ett vikingagarde. Inte undra på att vikingatiden fortfarande väcker intresse.Hur har synen på vikingarna för ändrats? Länge uppfattades de so... (antal ord: 1196), 2004-10-08


Rare finds at archaeological site
Finds include items from the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron ages Archaeological work in south east Cornwall is uncovering the history of the area. A team from the county council working at Scarcewater near St Stephen-in-Brannel says its finds are significant. Fieldwork has revealed a history of ceremonial and settlement activity at Scarcewater spanning five millennia.The finds represent the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron ages, and include hearth pits, pottery, a stock enclosure and roundhouses.The a... (antal ord: 185), 2004-10-15


Europe's oldest wooden staircase found in Austria
A 3,000-year-old wooden staircase has been found at Hallstatt in northern Austria, immaculately preserved in a Bronze Age salt mine, Vienna's Natural History Museum said. - We have found a wooden staircase which dates from the 13th century B.C. It is the oldest wooden staircase discovered to date in Europe, maybe even in the world, Hans Reschreiter, the director of excavations at the museum, told AFP. "The staircase is in perfect condition because the micro-organisms that cause wood to decomp... (antal ord: 208), 2004-10-15


Mysteries of the mesa solved
Almost a century after these ancient Indian ruins became a national park in 1906, strange earthen formations near the cliff and mesa-top dwellings continued to puzzle and divide scientists, until recently. The intake channel of the prehistoric reservoir at Mesa Verde National Park. Ancient Puebloans were accomplished water engineers.Shaun Stanley, Associated Press One mysterious dirt mound, 200 feet across, rises 16 feet above the floor of Morefield Canyon. A 1,400-foot path or channel extends... (antal ord: 572), 2004-10-15


Fornfynd ska lära oss om vår tid
En ny forskarskola för arkeologer ska göra kulturarvet mer folkligt. Men det sker på bekostnad av vetenskapen, menar kritikerna. Alltför många arkeologer sorterar yxor och smycken, och för få berättar om forntidens mångkultur och spännande utgrävningar. Det menar Statens historiska museer och Riksantikvarieämbetet som nästa år startar ett eget forskningsinstitut.- Om vi gräver upp en stenåldersboplats ska vi inte bara ställa de vetenskapligt aktuella frågorna, utan även frågor kring själva plat... (antal ord: 817), 2004-10-15


Iraks kulturarv plundras och förstörs
Plundringen av Iraks kulturskatter, som utbröt när Saddamregimen kollapsade våren 2003, har inte upphört. Stölder och förstörelse pågår oavbrutet i södra Irak och har blivit till en veritabel massaker på det gamla Mesopotamien, civilisationens vagga. USA:s trupper i Irak bidrar också till förödelsen. Slutsatsen om utvecklingen i Irak dras av den libanesiska arkeologen och Mellanösternkorrespondenten för det franska magasinet Archaeologia, Joanne Farchakh, i en direktrapport från södra Irak, skri... (antal ord: 860), 2004-10-15


Fandt danefæ
En mand, der er specialist i at bruge en metaldetektor, har fundet et danefæ i form af et meget velbevaret spænde i Hviding syd for Ribe.- Det er et fænomenalt fund. Der er fundet tilsvarende smykker i Danmark, men de har aldrig været så godt bevaret som dette. Det er et meget detaljeret smykke med en masse små inskriptioner. Smykket er udført i bronze, og der er påsat tin, som giver smykket en meget smuk overflade, siger arkæolog Claus Feveile til Ribe Ugeavis.Smykket er fra det tidlige viki... (antal ord: 109), 2004-10-15


Spændende jernalderfund i Bølshavn
Sværd, perler og bronzefade er der fundet ved udgravning i nærheden af Bølshavn. Fund fra begravelsesplads ved Bølshavn I denne uge slutter udgravningen af en gravplads i nærheden af Bølshavn. - Vi kan bruge fundene til at fortælle historien om de mennesker, der boede her engang, og vi kan se på gravene, at de også har haft omsorg for deres afdøde, siger arkæolog Michael Vennersdorf til DR-Bornholm. Pladsen er over 1600 år gammel og altså fra den periode, der kaldes yngre romersk jernald... (antal ord: 113), 2004-10-15


Rosenholm: Jernaldergård fundet i Lime
Udgravningsleder Stine Laursen fra Kulturhistorisk Museum i Randers har sammen med arkæolog Mikkel Kjeldsen undersøgt den sydlige halvdel af et stort gårdsanlæg, der lå netop der, hvor Rosenholm kommune nu er ved at byggemodne nye grunde på Kløvervangen i Lime. Ifølge Stine Laursen er der måske ligefrem tale om en landsby. Der er i hvert fald mere end et hus.Forud for sådanne byggemodninger kontakter kommunen rutinemæssigt museet for at høre, om der er fare for at fortidsminder bliver berørt a... (antal ord: 376), 2004-10-15


Skanderborg: Arkæologer midt i vikingetiden
Udgravningens daglige leder, Susanne Gram viser frem af de righoldige fund fra udgravningerne på Godthåb. Billedet er taget ved avisens besøg på udgravningsfeltet få dage før også Skanderborgs vikingetid blev gravet frem. Skanderborgs vikingetid er fundet. Fundet er sket på de kommende erhvervsgrunde på Godthåb vest for Låsbyvej lige i den nordlige udkant af Skanderborg mellem stationen og motorvejen.Det er Skanderborg Museums videre undersøgelser på Godthåb, som har ført til ny viden om Skand... (antal ord: 382), 2004-10-15


Medieval surgeons were advanced
The peasant's skull had been operated on Surgeons were carrying out complicated skull operations in medieval times, the remains of a body found at an archaeological dig show. A skull belonging to a 40-year-old peasant man, who lived between 960 and 1100AD, is the firmest evidence yet of cranial surgery, say its discoverers. The remains, found in Yorkshire, show the man survived an otherwise fatal blow to the head thanks to surgery. Nearly 700 skeletons were unearthed by English Heritage at a sit... (antal ord: 564), 2004-10-15


Afghan archaeology on road to recovery International teams help troubled nation restore cultural heritage after decades of strife
Persian and Hellenistic strata uncovered in Bagram (ancient Kapissa) were bulldozed into the ground and destroyed. The Great Buddha from the Bamiyan Valley was dynamited. Everywhere the Taliban destroyed anything that told a story about Afghanistan's cultural and historical heritage, predating their particularly sectarian version of "history."Now Afghanistan is recovering from years of war and civil strife. Seventy years of hard work and research have been lost through the chaos and anarchy of... (antal ord: 1096), 2004-10-15


Här grävs efter en medeltida kyrka
Ett gråtungt regndis bäddar in Nybble traktens böljande landskap. På en höjd med vidsträckt utsikt mot det kuperade landskapet runtom, följs en grävmaskins arbete med största intresse. Men det är inte vilket grävande som helst, det är sökandet efter en kyrka. Någonstans i landskapet här ute, cirka en halvmil väster om Söderköping, har en medeltida kyrka funnits på 1300-talet och en bit in på 1500-talet. Den kallades under medeltiden för Nybble kyrka och under 1500-talet Renaros kapell i Drothems... (antal ord: 451), 2004-10-15


Lice DNA Suggests Early Human Contact By Jennifer Viegas
Modern humans made direct contact with a now-extinct early human species, according to a new study of head lice. The species probably was Homo erectus, a chinless individual with a large projecting face, a prominent brow ridge, and a brain that was smaller than ours is today, the study said.The lice research, which involved both observational and DNA analysis, also provides a mini-history of human evolution from 5.5 million years ago to the present. Scientists believe the historical evidence i... (antal ord: 742), 2004-10-15


Yeb, cradle of feminism?
Little is known of the vibrant Judaic community which already existed on the island of Elephantine when Cambyses invaded Egypt in 525 BC. What we do know, however, is that they had a Jewish temple to serve their religious needs. The liturgical protocol detailed on some of the documents discovered on the island by archaeologists during the first decade of the 20th century dates back to a time before the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem. It is clear from this that the Judaic presence o... (antal ord: 1060), 2004-10-22


Full Excavation for Irish Viking Village?
Preliminary work to build a bypass road in an Irish village has yielded what could be the most significant piece of Viking history in Europe: a virtually intact town that some have already called Ireland's equivalent of Pompeii. Evidence for the ancient settlement was discovered last year by archaeologists testing areas ahead of road builders.Located near the banks of the river Suir at Woodstown, five miles from the city of Waterford, the potential Viking town lies below pasture fields commonl... (antal ord: 507), 2004-10-22


North-East dig throws light on early settlers
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of the first early settlers in Aberdeenshire during an 11-day excavation near Kintore. A Mesolithic, or Middle Stone-Age site, dating back around 8,000 years, was unearthed on the outskirts of the village. Kintore has already revealed historically valuable finds, including Roman bread ovens, a timber circle thought to date back 6,000 years, and evidence of a roundhouse.Experts now hope their latest discovery will help them piece together a history of the ... (antal ord: 251), 2004-10-22


Archeological Restoration of €˜Qatana Kingdom€™
The first stage of German-Syrian archeological restoration project at Tel Mishirfeh, known as €˜Qatana Kingdom€™, near the central Syrian city of Homs, was opened by Homs Governor Subhi Hamida in the presence of German Ambassador in Syria Eberhard Schuppius.The opening ceremony was also attended by Director General of the Archeological Sites and Museums in Syria Dr. Tammam Fakoush and his German counterpart and Head of the German archeological team operating at €˜Qatana Kingdom€™ site Peter Pfalin... (antal ord: 285), 2004-10-22


Hutchinson Island artifact find the oldest yet
The oldest artifact ever found on the island - a 4,000-year-old small piece of porous, blackened pottery - was discovered Friday as archaeologists surveyed three newly uncovered American Indian graves. Bob Carr, executive director of the Miami-based Archaeological and Historical Conservancy, said both the small pottery shard and the location of at least three graves in the rock south of Gilbert's Bar House of Refuge were exciting and historically significant.There were probably many more grave... (antal ord: 228), 2004-10-22


Germany's Bronze Age Blockbuster
Archeologists have dated the disc to 1600 B.C. The 3,600 year old Sky Disk of Nebra - the world's oldest image of the cosmos - is the centerpiece of the biggest Bronze Age show of Europe, in the eastern German town of Halle. It caused a world-wide sensation when it was brought to the attention of the German public in 2002, having been discovered in the state of Saxony-Anhalt two years earlier.Now the Sky Disc of Nebra -- a bronze disc with gold-leaf appliques representing the sun, moon, stars ... (antal ord: 826), 2004-10-22


Hurricanes uncover Florida's ancient civilizations
Hurricanes kill, injure and destroy, but they also can create, freshen and reveal.Directly striking this popular barrier island, Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne exposed - then partially destroyed - fresh evidence of the area's earliest inhabitants, according to scientists now working quickly to collect new archaeological treasures along the Treasure Coast.Among their discoveries at Hutchinson Island, Fla., just last week: shards of pottery that could be 2,000 years old, a chunk of charcoal (a le... (antal ord: 805), 2004-10-22


Stor restaurering av Biskopsborgen i Husaby
Biskopsborgen i Husaby uppfördes någon gång under den senare hälften av 1400-talet men kort efter att kungen fått kontroll över kyrkans egendomar vid Reformationen var dess öde beseglat och den totalförstördes.Arkivbild Under seklernas gång förföll de återstående ruinerna allt mer och mer och när man på 1960-talet började med en stor arkeologisk utgrävning på platsen syntes knappt mer än övre delen av borgväggen. Ruinerna grävdes fram och konserverades och åtskilliga fynd gjordes.Sedan dess ... (antal ord: 255), 2004-10-22


Silvergruvan i Hedesunda ska grävas ut
Det blir en utgrävning av den gamla silvergruvan i Hedesunda. Föreningen Hedesunda silvergruvor, med arkeologen Elise Hovanta i spetsen, har fått ett muntligt löfte från länsstyrelsen om tillstånd att tömma gruvan. - Vi väntar fortfarande på ett skriftligt godkännande men vi börjar gräva på måndag eller tisdag nästa vecka, säger hon glatt. Gruvan, vars ingång döljer sig under en gammal ek, är mytomspunnen och det är oklart hur djup den egentligen är. Klart är dock att eken, som har en stor de... (antal ord: 110), 2004-10-22


Important archaeological discoveries in Eastern Desert unearthed
An excavtation mission under Minnesota University in the US which is conducting excacavations in Wadi Qum Heleeg in Sharqeya desert unearthed 132 engravings dating back to pre-historic ages. Dr. Zahi Hawas, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities said yesterday that the mission found out drawings of cattle as well as pictures of a flock tied to persons, noting that the there was breeding up of livestock in pre-historic eras in this area.... (antal ord: 76), 2004-10-22


Skärvorna på Klintbergska tomten - ett lyft för Gävlekeramikens historia!
Keramikfynden på Klintbergska tomten visar att BoFajans och Gefle Porslins tillverkning vilar på riktigt gammal tradition. Enligt Bosse Hedblom har vi nu en fantastisk möjlighet att befästa Gävle som keramikstad på historisk grund.Klintbergska gården i Gävle revs under stort rabalder 2002 och sedan dess har tomten blivit alltmer vildvuxen och dess öde har engagerat många. Kan en övergiven, tilltufsad rivningstomt berätta något för dagens Gävlebor? Låt mig ta er med på en historisk resa där ni kä... (antal ord: 1567), 2004-10-22


To halvdele af vikingehus fandt sammen i computeren
Entreprenører og arkæologer har arbejdet fint side om side i flere måneder på Godthåb nu. Samtidig med, at arkæologerne graver ud og gør fund fra en periode på flere tusinde år er entreprenøren i gang med at byggemodne området til erhvervsbyggeri. Men den store arkæologiske udgravning har også givet entreprenørfirmaet Arkil lidt ekstra arbejde.Den overjord, som har skulle fjernes for at give arkæologerne adgang til de lag, hvor de har gjort deres i tusindvis af fund, er nemlig blevet gravet bo... (antal ord: 380), 2004-10-22


Graver i byens ældste fortid
Det kan godt være koldt om fingrene at rode i jorden i disse dage, hvor der har stået en skarp blæst ind over bl.a. Kirketorvet i Store-Heddinge. Det kan et par arkæologer fra Sydsjællands Museum i hvert fald bekræfte, da de er i fuld gang med at grave i byens ældste historie - fra tiden længe før man fik købstadsrettigheder. Men der er ikke tid til at skele til årstiden, da udgravningen skal gennemføres hurtigst muligt af hensyn til entreprenørens videre arbejde med renovering af kloak- og vand... (antal ord: 562), 2004-10-22


Geophysics, GPS Technology Play Important Roles In Excavation Of Ancient Roman Fort
For centuries, trowels and handpicks have been traditional tools of the trade for archeologists, but a University at Buffalo geophysicist who has been working at an archeological site in Jordan is proposing that some decidedly 21st-century technologies, like tablet PCs equipped with fancy navigational software, ought to be standard gear as well. In the middle of the Jordanian desert, UB researchers used geophysics and GPS to help archeologists locate important subsurface features of an ancient R... (antal ord: 840), 2004-10-29


New cave paintings discovered
Another 26 cave paintings have been discovered in the Fingal Cave at Naeroey in Troendelag. When the cave was discovered in 1961, 21 paintings were registered. The 47 paintings depict both people and animals.- The cave paintings may be more than 3000 years old, archaeologist Melanie Wrigglesworth at the Science Museum says to NRK.She believes the find may give us more knowledge of how human beings in the late Stone Age and in Older Bronze Age percieved the world around them.The cave is both... (antal ord: 123), 2004-10-29


Experts Prepare Jiroft's 5,000-Year Map
Archeologists and surveyors plan to draw up an archeological map of the Iranian southern city of Jiroft, home to a 5,000 year old civilization. Nicknamed as €œThe Lost Paradise€� by experts, historical sites of Jiroft are located by the bank of Halil River, which covers 8450 sq km and houses artifacts dating from the Neolithic to Islamic period.€œThe historical settlement of Halil River has relics from 7,000 years ago and is considered one of the earliest urban centers around the world. That€™s wh... (antal ord: 470), 2004-10-29


El Greco art discovered in Spain
El Greco's The Baptism of Christ dates from 1567-70 A 16th Century painting by artist El Greco, valued at £500,000, has been discovered in an envelope in Spain. The Spanish family that has owned the oil-on-wood portable altarpiece, The Baptism of Christ, since the mid-19th Century, did not know what they had. It was only discovered when they took it to a routine Christie's valuation.The auctioneers said it was a "wonderful, vibrant work" and came as a "complete surprise". It will be sold by Ch... (antal ord: 327), 2004-10-29


Mysterious pottery shows true face of first Pacific settlers
Staring out from an ancient piece of pottery, the mysterious face of a bearded man has given scientists a unique glimpse of what the first settlers of Fiji may have looked like. Researchers say the "extraordinary discovery" is a vital clue in mapping out how the South Pacific came to be inhabited some 3,000 years ago, suggesting the first direct link to islands some thousands of kilometres away.Thought to be the work of the Lapita people - a long-lost race which originated near modern-day Taiw... (antal ord: 377), 2004-10-29


Finnish find sheds new light on prehistoric Andean culture
Ceramic artifacts found by Finnish archeologists during a dig in Bolivia have shed new light on the prehistoric Tiwanaku people, of whom little is known, Helsinki University officials said.- The discovery demonstrates that the Tiwanakus made the highest quality ceramics in the Andean region, with very naturalistic portraits, and thanks to this we now know what they looked like, Martti Paerssinen, a professor from Helsinki University who led the excavations, told AFP.The Tiwanaku people settle... (antal ord: 253), 2004-10-29


Yeb, cradle of feminism?
Little is known of the vibrant Judaic community which already existed on the island of Elephantine when Cambyses invaded Egypt in 525 BC. What we do know, however, is that they had a Jewish temple to serve their religious needs. The liturgical protocol detailed on some of the documents discovered on the island by archaeologists during the first decade of the 20th century dates back to a time before the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem. It is clear from this that the Judaic presence o... (antal ord: 1060), 2004-10-29


"Ett sensationellt fynd"
- Ett fynd att drömma om, bland det mest sensationella som hänt på området under det senaste halvseklet, säger Lars Werdelin, docent vid Naturhistoriska riksmuseet om fyndet av Homo floresiensis.Kvarkar och planeter kan man vänta sig att hitta, teorierna stämmer. Men ingen hade kunnat föreställa sig att man, mitt under någon utgrävning, plötsligt skulle snubbla över varelser som är relativt nära släkt med oss själva. - Att vi, på var sin parallell gren av släktträdet, har levt samtidigt tills ... (antal ord: 171), 2004-10-29


Scientists find ancient Hobbit-sized people
Once upon a time, on an isolated island of Indonesia, there lived a colony of little people - very little people. Not only did anthropologists find the skeletal remains of a hobbit-sized, 30-year-old adult female, in this fairy-tale-like discovery they also uncovered in the same limestone cave the remains of a Komodo dragon, stone tools and a dwarf elephant. Feds Indict 19 on Online ID Theft Charges Cellular Companies Agree on Standards Web-Based Tool Helps Voters Find PollsSubsequent finds of... (antal ord: 1439), 2004-10-29


Shaking Up the Family Tree
New archaeological discoveries by Australian and Indonesian scientists on the Indonesian island of Flores are revealing that until at least 13,000 to 12,000 years ago, modern humans--our species, Homo sapiens--shared this planet with a totally different species of human being--a three-foot-high dwarf hominid with physical features usually seen as dating from 1.5 to 4 million years ago.The scientists, mainly from Australia's University of New England and University of Wollongong, have found the... (antal ord: 892), 2004-10-29


A Monumental Mandate
The paradox of the Maltese archipelago--five islands lying in the Mediterranean 60 miles south of Sicily--is how so much cultural heritage came to be packed into such a small area. This nation's vast heritage has been recognized for centuries. En route to Egypt at the behest of King Louis XVI of France, Charles Sonninni stopped at the islands in 1777 and made the following observation, - Before the island of Malta became the domain of the Brotherhood of St. John of Jerusalem, it had passed succ... (antal ord: 2593), 2004-10-29


Fragment of Persepolis inscription puzzles experts
Iranian archaeologists have still been unable to translate a fragment of an inscription recently discovered during an excavation at the ruins of Persepolis, ancient scripts expert Abdul-Majid Arfa€™i announced on Saturday.- With dimensions of 2cm x 2cm x 4cm, the triangular clay fragment bears cuneiform script, but we have not succeeded in identifying the language, he added.Some photos of the fragment have been sent to experts at the University of Chicago in the U.S., the University of Lunebur... (antal ord: 238), 2004-11-05


47,000 Archaeological Finds Unearthed By Public Last Year
New light is shed on the nation's buried past with the announcement of 47,000 archaeological finds which were unearthed last year by members of the public. The objects span almost 500,000 years and range from the weapons of prehistoric Essex man to a Victorian antidote to witchcraft. All have been found by amateur archaeologists, metal detectorists, gardeners, farmers, builders and walkers and reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme, the nation's largest community archaeology project.Among... (antal ord: 484), 2004-11-05


Archeology dig throws new light on history of Prague
A former army barracks on Prague's Namesti Republiky square is going to be the site of another shopping and office complex in the centre of the city. But the project has been delayed by the discovery there of major archeological treasures - in fact it is the biggest archeological dig in the country's history. The archeological research on Namesti Republiky square, photo: Petr Turyna Namesti Republiky is a square of average size situated in the historical center of the city. Apart form a number o... (antal ord: 488), 2004-11-05


Traces of an ancient settlement found on the dry bottom of the AralKyzylorda
The scientists of the Institute of Archeology named after Alkey Margulan found some traces of an ancient town on the dry bottom of the Aral Sea. The area of the town amounts to about 6 ha and goes back to the 13-14 centuries, i.e. the epoch of the Golden Horde.As a result of archeological researches there have also been found the relics of different workshops, windmills and storehouses for ceramic articles and the burial ground where the noble representatives of that period had been buried.  ... (antal ord: 98), 2004-11-05


Pompeii gets digital make-over
Visitors would have to wear a head-mounted display The old-fashioned audio tour of historical places could soon be replaced with computer-generated images that bring the site to life. A European Union-funded project is looking at providing tourists with computer-augmented versions of archaeological attractions.It would allow visitors a glimpse of life as it was originally lived in places such as Pompeii.It could pave the way for a new form of cultural tourism.Combining real and virtualTh... (antal ord: 452), 2004-11-05


A New Ancient Map?
By way of a note to the classics list, Pierre-Louis Malosse has announced the discovery by his Université Paul Valéry (Montpellier III) colleague Thierry van Compernolle of an ostrakon bearing what appears to be an ancient map of the Salentine peninsula (the €œboot-heel€� of Italy), possibly dating to the 5th century BC. The item remains, as yet, unpublished, and there are no photographs presently available.There is to be an international colloquium on this so-called €œMappa di Soleto€�, at... (antal ord: 624), 2004-11-05


Ancient stone hoes found in Dong Nai province
Two stone hoes dating back around 2,000-3,000 years have been found in Long Thanh district, southern Dong Nai province. Farmer Chau Ba Ngan and his neighbours discovered the rectangle and trapezoid-shaped hoes while they were digging the foundation for a house. The hoes are 32-33 cm long, 2-4 cm thick and 7-8 cm wide.According to initial assessment of the Dong Nai Museum, the hoes were tools used by primitive people who inhabited Bien Hoa and the basin area of the Dong Nai river in the Stone A... (antal ord: 112), 2004-11-05


Antarctic Forests Reveal Ancient Trees
A quarter-billion years ago, forested islands flashed with autumnal hues near the South Pole - a polar scene unlike any today, researchers say. Geologists have discovered in Antarctica the remains of three ancient deciduous forests complete with fossils of fallen leafs scattered around the tree trunks. The clusters of petrified tree stumps were found upright in the original living positions they held during the Permian period.Some stumps were even poking up through the snowfield in the Beardmo... (antal ord: 422), 2004-11-05


Pompeii artists painted the town red
The walls of Pompeii were painted with red pigments that had curious properties. The formula of the red, shiny and intense colour that dominated Pompeii's wall paintings 2000 years ago has been discovered by an Italian researcher. Buried in the catastrophic eruption in 79 AD, the brilliant Pompeian red has been preserved forever by the lava of Mount Vesuvius and still makes an impressive show in several frescoes."Though it consists of simple cinnabar pigment, Pompeian red is really unique. It ... (antal ord: 415), 2004-11-05


Rester av Eskilstuna slott hittat vid utgrävning
För första gången har rester av Eskilstuna slott påträffats på Klosters kyrkogård. Arkeologerna har funnit keramik, fönsterglas och den grund på vilken slottet restes.Att delar av slottet stod inom det nuvarande kyrkogårdsområdet har man anat. Men först nu är det bekräftat - till viss del på grund av en lycklig tillfällighet. Eftersom området är historiskt minerad mark, med spår från tusentalet, får inga grävarbeten göras utan att arkeologerna kopplas in och länsstyrelsen ger sitt tillstånd. Så ... (antal ord: 337), 2004-11-05


Ny teori om vikingernes døde
Med fundet af 104 vikingegrave ved gården Hesselbjerg findes Danmarks tredjestørste gravplads fra den tid lige uden for Over Randlev. Kirsten Marie Bruun og Nis Gunnarsen, arkæologistuderende, graver på stedet. Selvom der er løbet meget vand gennem åen siden vikingetiden, har arkæologer gjort utallige fund af henholdsvis bopladser og gravpladser fra denne fjerne fortidtid. Men kun sjældent i sammenhæng.Siden midten af 1970'erne har man fundet mange beboelser fra vikingetiden. Kun i få tilfælde... (antal ord: 788), 2004-11-05


Gammal kustboplats hittad
Norrlands förhistoria har kompletteras med fyndet av den äldsta kustboplatsen i Västerbotten. Platsen var bebodd för drygt 8 000 år sedan. Rester från verktygstillverkning, brända ben från säl och en yxa är några av fynden som hittats på platsen. Fynden kan bidra till en förändring av synen på Norrlands förhistoria.Mellan Hössjö och Gräsmyr har boplatsen hittats. Den ligger 160 meter över havet i ett område som skogsavverkats och markberetts. För drygt 8 000 år sedan var platsen en udde vid ha... (antal ord: 453), 2004-11-05


Gutenberg did not invent the press
Johannes Gutenberg may be wrongly credited with producing Europe's first printed book, an Italian researcher said, causing an uproar among bibliophiles and academics who see him as the father of the modern hardback. One of the world's most precious books, the Gutenberg bible was printed between 1452 and 1454. It sparked a literary boom in Europe. Bruno Fabbiani, a lecturer at Turin Polytechnic, said Gutenberg used stamps rather than the individual, moveable letters he is said to have invented th... (antal ord: 331), 2004-11-05


Bulgaria Strikes Gold in Hunt for Ancient Thracians
Georgi Kitov's hands trembled as he cradled the glittering visage of an ancient king unearthed from a tomb in southern Bulgaria.- This is the face of an evil ruler! cried the archaeologist, marveling at the cruel gaze from the mask of solid gold, the size of a dinner plate.The mask dates back to the 5th century BC -- the golden age of the little-known Thracians -- and has been hailed as an unrivalled find in the study of classical antiquity.If Kitov and other archaeologists from Bulgaria ha... (antal ord: 703), 2004-11-05


Afghanistan wants its 'Dead Sea Scrolls of Buddhism' back from UK
The Afghan government is to request the return of the "Dead Sea Scrolls of Buddhism" from the British Library, amid concerns the priceless manuscripts were looted during civil war in the early nineties. Afghanistan's Minister of Culture will formally ask for the 2000-year-old scrolls to be sent from London to the newly restored Kabul Museum in the next few weeks as part of a campaign to bring home stolen treasures from foreign collections.The British Library, whose conservation experts saved t... (antal ord: 757), 2004-11-12


Wrath of God or Man?
Discovery Channel announced today world-renowned Egyptologist Kent Weeks' discovery and possible identification of a skull that he believes could be that of Rameses II's firstborn son, who may have been killed during the 10th plague described in Exodus. Discovery Channel funded Weeks' expedition, which blends archaeology, state-of-the-art digital technology and the latest in forensic science to determine the identity of the skull and its possible place in history.In 1995, Dr. Weeks uncovered t... (antal ord: 471), 2004-11-12


Sculptures of Pala period found
A large number of sculptures belonging to Pala and Sena School of Art was found during the recent excavation at Viratpur in Saharsa district. The present excavation is considered as a landmark in archaeology of Bihar as it was the first scientific excavation conducted by the directorate of state archaeology, Bihar, in the Kosi region.The site is situated as 7 to 8 km north of Sonbarsa block in Saharsa district. This village is, incidently, a native village of the art and culture minister of Bi... (antal ord: 320), 2004-11-12


How Iranian Women Applied Makeup 3000 Years Ago
To describe how Iranian women applied makeup many thousand years ago is a difficult task. To say that how female cave dwellers used to array and beautify themselves within the geographical sphere now known as Iran, is not easy and the answer to such a question can be found only by a few archaeological excavations and rare records unearthed from ancient times. From a few records survived from such a time it is evident that not only women but men also used to apply cosmetics and that their makeup ... (antal ord: 3041), 2004-11-12


Finns uncover major Bolivian relics
Scientists from Helsinki University have discovered what are being considered as the most significant relics of Bolivian antiquity in the South American country€™s long history. This announcement was made via the university€™s well-developed communication services, which include news of the week on science and research topics and knowledge databases.Fragment of a vessel representing a noble Tiwanaku woman found on Pariti in 2004 © Helsinki University€™s Antti Korpisaari In their excavations of a ... (antal ord: 557), 2004-11-12


African rock art under threat
International experts in early human art are calling for greater protection to save many of these ancient paintings from destruction. The rock art survived the harsh climate but is now under threat from people They say rock paintings by early man in Africa are particularly at risk, as human populations grow, and expose sites to vandalism and graffiti. Near Nairobi this week, experts saw for themselves the problem facing rock art.On a rocky outcrop, an hour's drive out of the Kenyan capital, Dr... (antal ord: 548), 2004-11-12


Archaeologists fear 'looters' charter'
Archaeologists were yesterday aghast over a plan by MPs loyal to Silvio Berlusconi to legalise the private ownership of archaeological treasures in Italy. One called the measure a "looters' charter". At present, all antiquities found in Italian soil are deemed to be the property of the state and are meant to be handed over to the authorities. But under the proposed legislation, treasure hunters who declare their finds can keep and own them if they pay the state 5% of the object's estimated value... (antal ord: 553), 2004-11-12


They Were Here: Ice Age Humans in South Carolina Location: South Carolina
It was a time when our climate was cooler. Great ice sheets covered the northern areas of what was to become the United States. At the Topper Site in what is now Allendale County, South Carolina, artifacts have been found that show early humans were coming to ancient chert quarries, making rudimentary knives and other tools. This South Carolina Educational TV documentary covers the careful study and analysis of artifacts, let by Dr. Albert C. Goodyear, leading to evidence of early humans that da... (antal ord: 88), 2004-11-12


Pompeii pottery may rewrite history
A broken plate is one of the pieces in the puzzle of how ancient cultures traded. Archaeologists may need to change their view of Pompeii's role in trade and commerce, after a ceramics expert's recent discovery. Australian researcher Jaye Pont from the Museum of Ancient Cultures at Sydney's Macquarie University says people who lived in Pompeii bought their pottery locally and didn't import it.Pont said the find could "make waves" among archaeologists looking at trade in the Mediterranean.And... (antal ord: 674), 2004-11-12


Singaporean robot to creep into Cheops Pyramid in October
The robot experiment inside Cheops Pyramid in Giza will be repeated next year but this time by a different institution, said Chairman of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawas. The University of Singapore is currenï�tly designing a robot to reach beyond the door which blocked the route of the robot used by the US National Geographic in September 2003, said Hawas in statements on Saturday.The new experiment will be conducted in October 2005, added the SCA head.The Geographic's tiny rob... (antal ord: 252), 2004-11-12


Rare wooden sarcophagus found in Egypt
German archaeologists have discovered a rare wooden Pharaonic sarcophagus in the southern city of Luxor, the first such find in nearly two centuries, the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities said on Tuesday. Halil Ghali, a senior antiquities official for southern Egypt, said the empty sarcophagus, from the 13th Dynasty (1785-1680 BC), "is believed to be the biggest of its type". It is 2,7m long, 1,5m high and one metre wide.A hieroglyphic inscription on its face revealed that it belonged to... (antal ord: 271), 2004-11-12


Archaeologists may have found what was once the biggest city in Italy
Real archaeology bears about as much resemblance to an Indiana Jones movie as real spying bears to James Bond. Excavation€”at least if it is to be meaningfully different from grave robbing€”is a matter of painstaking trowel work, not gung-ho gold-grabbing. But there is still a glimmer of the grave robber in many archaeologists, and the search for a juicy royal tomb can stimulate more than just rational, scientific instincts.Few tombs would be juicier than that of Lars Porsena, an Etruscan king w... (antal ord: 743), 2004-11-12


9,000-year-old human skeleton found in Bulgaria
A Bulgarian archaeologist has discovered a 9,000-year-old human skeleton and the remains of a farm dwelling from the same period, the Standard newspaper reported today.- This woman skeleton is five centuries older than those which were found in the Balkans and belong to the first generation of farmers that inhabited this region, archaeologist Georgy Ganetsovski, who made the discovery, told the newspaper, according to an agency report.... (antal ord: 69), 2004-11-12


Underwater Archeology in Iran
As evidenced by archeological documents, the ancient city of Kish, the wall of the ancient city of Gorgan, Takht-e Suleiman and part of the Portuguese Castle are submerged in Iran's coastal waters. Although Iran's underwater archeological activities are over half a century old, this topic is yet to be treated in a suitable manner.Two centuries have passed and archeology has yet to achieve its rightful position in Iran. This science needs full revision, as Iran has special importance in human c... (antal ord: 1508), 2004-11-12


Top finds on Bolivian highlands
Finnish scientists discovered the most significant relics of antiquity in recent Bolivian history. In the excavations on Pariti Island in Lake Titicaca, in the highlands of Bolivia, the historical-archaeological research team of the University of Helsinki discovered a ritual offering site with well-preserved pieces of ceramics. The find adds substantially to what is known about the Tiwanaku culture, which flourished before the Incas and for which the island was probably an important religi... (antal ord: 277), 2004-11-12


Ny trafikled över unik guldskatt
Stormannagravar och exlusiva föremål i guld. I Sylta utanför Stockholm har arkeologerna penslat fram 1500 år gamla fynd. I det uråldriga kulturlandskapet mellan E 4 och E 18 rämnar marken av minnen från våra förfäder. Just här kommer en ny trafikled att dras.I området vid Täby kyrkby finns rika kammargravar, långhus, gamla stengärdsgårdar och fynd i bärnsten och ädelmetall. Redan under romersk järnålder och folkvandringstid var detta en trakt att räkna med. Senare under vikingatiden flyttade d... (antal ord: 434), 2004-11-12


De finaste stenåldershusen i landet
Ö„ven bronsåldershus är ovanliga fynd, säger arkeologen Fredrik Molin om byggnaden på drygt 160 kvadratmeter där en kärnfamilj bodde för 3 800 år sedan. De röda pinnarna markerar det tvåskeppiga bronsåldershusets takbärande mittstolpar.- Trädgårdstorp har landets mest välbevarade hus från tidig stenålder, säger arkeologen Fredrik Molin, vars skugga faller mellan de blå pinnar som markerar storleken på stenåldershuset vid Kärnavägen. För 9 500 år sedan var det bebott, åtminstone delar av året.... (antal ord: 708), 2004-11-12


Plundrare förstör våra fornminnen
Gropar i marken och spår av tjuvar. Plundringen av arkeologiska lämningar i Mälardalen och kring Stockholm ökar. Just nu förbereds flera polisanmälningar efter plundringsförsök i Haninge, Spånga och Järfälla.Ö„ven längs E 4:an utanför Uppsala har tjuvar försökt gräva upp fornfynd i flera utgrävningsområden. När arkeologerna återkommit till en utgrävningsplats har de sett att någon eller några varit där under natten. Likaså har ljusskygga individer sökt igenom ännu inte utgrävda fornminnen med h... (antal ord: 470), 2004-11-12


Nyt stort helleristningsfund
Der er gjort et stort helle-ristnings-fund på Bornholm. Danmarks største helle-ristnings-felt i 120 år - er fundet ved Sandvig - på Nordbornholm. En flåde - på 16 til 18 skibe - er for 2500 år siden - hugget ind i klippen. Helle-ristnings-feltet ligger i to private haver - og vil ikke blive opmalet og offentligt tilgængeligt - oplyser arkæolog Finn Ole Nielsen - fra Bornholms Museum. Helleristningerne blev fundet af museumsassistent Mogens F. Jensen, Bornholms Museum, der arbejdede på et helleri... (antal ord: 1672), 2004-11-12


Another Stonehenge Found in Russia?
Russian archaeologists have announced that they have found the remains of a 4,000-year-old structure that they compare to England's Stonehenge, according to recent reports issued by Pravda and Novosti, two Russian news services. If the comparison holds true, the finding suggests that both ancient European and Russian populations held similar pagan beliefs that wove celestial cycles with human and animal life.Since devotional objects and symbols are at the Russian site in the region of Ryazan, ... (antal ord: 683), 2004-11-19


German physicist disputes Atlantis discovery claim
The remains of the lost city of Atlantis which a United States researcher claims to have found off the Mediterranean island of Cyprus are in fact submarine volcanoes, according to a German physicist. US researcher Robert Sarmast claimed Sunday to have found proof that the mythical lost city of Atlantis actually existed and is located under the Mediterranean seabed between Cyprus and Syria.But German physicist Christian Huebscher said he had identified the phenomenon as 100,000 year-old volcano... (antal ord: 305), 2004-11-19


Ancient Iranian site shows Mesopotamia-like civilisation
Shellfish is not seen on most Iranians dining tables but it was part of the daily diet of the inhabitants of ancient Jiroft in southern Iran 5,000 years ago that showed the existence of an ancient civilisation. Jiroft, located in Kerman province, is one of the richest historical areas in the world, with ruins and artefacts dating back to the third millennium BC and with over 100 historical sites located along the approximately 400 km of the Halil Rood riverbank, according to Mehr news agency.M... (antal ord: 351), 2004-11-19


The Rise and Fall of the Mayan Empire
Scientists are using space satellites to unravel one of the great mysteries of the ancient world. Where the rain forests of Guatemala now stand, a great civilization once flourished. The people of Mayan society built vast cities, ornate temples, and towering pyramids. At its peak around 900 A.D., the population numbered 500 people per square mile in rural areas, and more than 2,000 people per square mile in the cities -- comparable to modern Los Angeles County.This vibrant "Classic Period" of ... (antal ord: 962), 2004-11-19


Gutenberg Printing Method Questioned
Johannes Gutenberg may be wrongly credited with producing the first Western book printed in movable type, according to an Italian researcher. Presenting his findings in a mock trial of Gutenberg at the recent Festival of Science in Genoa, Bruno Fabbiani, an expert in printing who teaches at Turin Polytechnic, said the 15th-century German printer used stamps rather than the movable type he is said to have invented between 1452 and 1455.expand A Page from the 42-Line Bibleexpand Gutenberg and ... (antal ord: 459), 2004-11-19


E-Type kan bli kung på Gotland
Att Kronprinsessan Victoria kommer och tänder den första vårdkasen när Vikingaåret invigs officiellt i den 25 februari är klart. Det sker på Grogarnsberget och sedan skall eldarna sprida sig runt om på ön. Länsstyrelsen har fullt upp med att klara ut var vårdkasarna kan tändas mitt i strandskyddsområdena. Invigningen fortsätter med att det spelas upp ett skådespel i Lojstahallen. Tanken är att det blir ett skådespel som bygger på att Olof Skötkonungs dotter Ingegerd gifter sig med ryssen Jarosla... (antal ord: 410), 2004-11-19


Arkæologisk fund bekræftet af eksperter
Der går glade arkæologer rundt på Viborg Stiftsmuseum. For kort siden blev der gjort et bemærkelsesværdigt fund i Aidt nær Thorsø, hvor arkæologerne mente, de havde fundet en middelalderkirke af træ. En meget usædvanlig opdagelse, især fordi der ikke fandtes gravsteder ved kirkenOg ved årets arkæologiske landsmøde i Fuglsø fik Viborg-folkene så bekræftet deres teori, da de diskuterede fundet med Danmarks bedste middelalder-arkæologer.Det forklarer Mikael Holdgaard Nielsen, arkæolog fra Vibor... (antal ord: 107), 2004-11-19


900 år gammel stavkirke fundet
Et usædvanligt fund af trækirke ved Aidt Kirke i Midtjylland. Forhistorisk arkæolog Mikael Holdgaard Nielsen mener, at det er en trækirke fra 1050-1150, der gemte sig i mulden i Aidt i Hvorslev Kommune, skriver De Bergske Blade. Kirken er tolv meter lang og seks meter bred. Den er placeret omkring 50 meter fra kirkegårdsskellet ved Aidt Kirke.Den er fuldstændig som de tidligste trækirker, der blandt andet er fundet i Hørning ved Randers, og de er meget sjældne. Der er fundet omkring 20 i Danma... (antal ord: 306), 2004-11-19


Indian pottery dating to 700 B.C. found at Panhandle condo site
Archaeologists have found pieces of rare Indian pottery dating between 400 and 700 B-C at the site of a proposed condominium complex in downtown Fort Walton Beach, Lead archaeologist Frank Servello said the decorated rims are very unusual for that period of the early Weedon Island culture.The decorations indicate the plates and bowls were used by wealthy people.The Prentice Thomas and Associates archaeologists also found shells and bones and kill pots in which holes had been punched to free ... (antal ord: 152), 2004-11-19


Farmer finds silver locket at battlesite
A tiny silver locket - discovered in a Westonzoyland field - may have fallen from the neck of a soldier fighting for the King at the Battle of Sedgemoor more than 300 years ago. The ornament, measuring little more than two centimetres, is a first for Somerset - and there are hopes it will eventually go on display at the County Museum in Taunton. Historians are excited by the romantic find and, although they cannot be certain, believe it does date back to the battle - the last to be fought on En... (antal ord: 560), 2004-11-26


Has Genghis' Tomb Been Found?
After four years' work, a joint team of Japanese and Mongolian archaeologists announced on October 4 that they had found what they believe to be the true mausoleum of Genghis Khan (1162-1227). The ruins, dated to between the 13th and 15th century, were found at Avraga, around 250 kilometers east of Ulan Bator, the capital of the People's Republic of Mongolia. Team members said that they expect the discovery to provide clues to the whereabouts of the khan's actual burial site, which they believe ... (antal ord: 622), 2004-11-26


Viking map may rewrite US history
Experts are testing the map to see if it is really evidence for Vikings landing in the New World first, not Columbus. Danish experts will travel to the U.S. to study evidence that the Vikings landed in the New World five centuries before Columbus. A controversial parchment said to be the oldest map of America could, if authentic, support the theory that the Vikings arrived first.The map is said to date from 1434 and was found in 1957. Some people believe it is evidence that Vikings, who depart... (antal ord: 427), 2004-11-26


Shipworm threatens marine archeological remains in the Baltic
Shipworm has spread to the Baltic Sea. If it continues to spread, it threatens to destroy still well-preserved and irreplaceable shipwrecks and other marine archeological remains along the coast of Sweden, according to Carl Olof Cederlund, professor of marine archeology at Södertörn University College in Stockholm and the Swedish representative in the EU project that has now determined the spread of shipworm to the Baltic for the first time.€œUp till now the Baltic has been regarded as a haven ... (antal ord: 578), 2004-11-26


King Tut's mummy will not be moved for examination
The mummy of the ancient King Tutankhamun will not be removed from its tomb in the southern city of Luxor for examination and restoration due to local opposition, Egypt's chief archaeologist told parliament Monday. Zahi Hawass, the head of the Supreme Council for Antiquities, told the parliamentary committee of culture and tourism that he decided against the move "out of respect for the sentiments of the people of Luxor," Egypt's Middle East News Agency reported.Hawass could not be immediately... (antal ord: 327), 2004-11-26


Canadian dig unearths Sinai desert fortress
A Canadian archeological expedition in Egypt has uncovered the remains of a 4,200-year-old fortress near the Red Sea coast in the Sinai Desert, a discovery that sheds some light on life at the time when the Great Pyramids were built. Details of the discovery will be published soon in the Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Research, and archeologists say it offers important clues on what was going on during the last years of the period in Egypt called the Old Kingdom (2700-2200 BC).The... (antal ord: 546), 2004-11-26


A scholar and a queen
An 80-drachma bronze coin with an image of Cleopatra Was the Egyptian queen Cleopatra just a sexy seductress, or was she in fact a scientist and philosopher? Recent research shows that Arab scholars in the medieval period respected her intellectual prowess, and it challenges some modern preconceptions about the relationship between science and Islam.It is said that history is written by the winners, which perhaps accounts for our persisting perceptions of Cleopatra as a kohl-eyed man-eater who... (antal ord: 976), 2004-11-26


China allocates budget for protection of 700-year-old Qu'ran
The Chinese government has allocated 1.5 million yuan for the protection of a rare manuscript of the Holy Qu'ran, Xinhua reported on Friday. This copy of the Qur€™an, which is over 700 years old, is currently being kept in a village mosque in the western Chinese province of Qinghai. Unfortunately, the condition of this Qu'ran has deteriorated due to lack of advanced equipment to protect it, mismanagement, and climatic changes. In other news, archaeologists last month announced that they had d... (antal ord: 93), 2004-11-26


Kronprinsskalle hittad
En amerikanska arkeolog har funnit en skalle som tros ha tillhört den egyptiske faraonen Ramses II:s äldste son, vilken enligt Gamla Testamentet ska ha dödats på befallning av Gud.Skallen hittades i en grav i Konungarnas dal utanför Luxor. Ramses II var Egyptens härskare för ungefär 3 000 år sedan, vid tiden för den bibliska historien om israeliternas uttåg ur Egypten. Enligt Gamla testamentet sände Gud en rad hemsökelser över landet, varav den tionde drabbade Ramses äldste son och arvinge, so... (antal ord: 124), 2004-11-26


Arkeologi från rymden
Vad kan vi lära oss av Mayariket och dess plötsliga försvinnande? Nasas egen Indiana Jones, arkeologen Tom Sever, utforskar urgamla mysterier från rymden. Mayarikets storstäder hade samma befolkningstäthet som Los Angeles. Under mer än 600 år blomstrade Mayakulturen i Centralamerikas djungler. Så, plötsligt, försvann allt som genom ett trollslag. Kvar blev bara ruiner av mäktiga byggnader som vittnar om fornstora dagar.Vad var det som hände? Berodde sammanbrottet på en miljökatastrof? Hade sko... (antal ord: 225), 2004-11-26


Nya fynd stärker vikingateorier
Nya arkeologiska fynd utanför Kämpinge vid Höllviken stärker teorierna om att vikingarna tog landvägen över Falsterbonäset på väg till marknaden i Foteviken istället för den farliga sjövägen runt halvön. Esbjörn Jonsson, Malmö kulturmiljö. Vid utgrävningar har bland annat ett silvermynt från 800-talet och rester av ett stort representationshus från 900-talet hittats.Esbjörn Jonsson från Malmö kulturmiljö, som leder utgrävningarna, ser fynden som mycket värdefulla:- Det blir ytterliggare en pu... (antal ord: 253), 2004-11-26


Tillbaka till vikingatiden med Rosborns nya bok
Det fanns trelleborgar även i Köpenhamn och Lund. Den teorin presenterar Sven Rosborn från Foteviken i sin nya bok, Den skånska historien, vikingarna. Vikingatiden ses ur ett skånskt perspektiv i Sven Rosborns nya populärvetenskapliga alster. Det är en fortsättning på hans förra opus om forntiden som gavs ut för fem år sedan Foteviken är en tidsmaskin som tar besökaren till vikingatiden. Där möts historieintressade från hela landet och numera även vikingaentusiaster från andra delar av Europa.... (antal ord: 382), 2004-11-26


Lund-kirkens gårde fundet i Ö˜m
Måske har arkæologerne netop nu fingre i gårde, som den danske konge i 1000-tallet forærede til kirken i Lund. Det tidligste nedskrevne danske dokument, som historikerne kender, nævner, at den danske konge i 1080erne overdrog nogle jorde og gårde ved Ö˜m til kirken i Lund. Måske de nye parcelhuse, der er ved at vokse frem ved Foldager i Ö˜m, står ovenpå netop de gårde. I foråret fandt arkæologer fra Roskilde Museum og Københavns Universitet spor af en vikinge-bosættelse netop her og udgravede e... (antal ord: 518), 2004-11-26


Prehistoric site found in underwater cave
A team of international scuba divers have located an underwater cave which reveals "promising signs" of prehistoric human activity. Maritime archaeologist Dr Bruno Werz described the site in False Bay on the Cape coast as "worthy of international exploration and excavation". He said: "The cave has the correct overhang and orientation for prehistoric cave dwellers. It would have been raised above the landscape allowing the inhabitants to spot game and command a strategic view.'This kind of disc... (antal ord: 344), 2004-11-26


Viking jewellery has been found
A hoard of Viking jewellery has been found by a metal detector enthusiast in the Cheshire countryside. The finder, Steve Reynoldson from Keighley in West Yorkshire, made the discovery near Huxley on Sunday during a metal detecting rally which attracted almost 100 enthusiasts. Archaeologist Dan Garner, who works for Chester Archaeology, went to the site where he confirmed the booty of 20 silver arm bands was likely to date from the Viking period in the 10th century.Mr Garner said: 'Of the treas... (antal ord: 1318), 2004-12-03


New theory on Stonehenge mystery
Experts believe the stones may have been levered into place A fresh theory on how Stonehenge was built has been tested out by a group of experts and enthusiasts.Gordon Pipes, of the Stonehengineers group of scientists and archaeologists, has suggested that levers may have been used to move the giant stones. They have tested his "stone-rowing" theory which involves a 45-tonne stone being levered on a track of logs."It's akin to rowing a boat, weights can be picked up with levers using body mass... (antal ord: 192), 2004-12-03


A complex agricultural society in Uruguay's La Plata basin, 4,800-4,200 years ago
A complex farming society developed in Uruguay around 4,800 to 4,200 years ago, much earlier that previously thought, Iriarte and his colleagues report in this week's Nature (December 2). Researchers had assumed that the large rivers system called the La Plata Basin was inhabited by simple groups of hunters and gatherers for much of the pre-Hispanic era.Iriarte and coauthors excavated an extensive mound complex, called Los Ajos, in the wetlands of southeastern Uruguay. They found evidence of a... (antal ord: 399), 2004-12-03


Maize reveals traces of old breeding project
Gene suggests ancient culture selected patterns in its corn. Teosinte grass (left) compared to "reconstructed" primitive maize, created by crossing teosinte with Argentine pop corn. The people of Mesoamerica are largely responsible for the golden corn we grow today, having domesticated tough teosinte grass thousands of years ago and bred it into modern maize.Researchers have now located the gene responsible for some of the traits that the Mesoamericans were selecting. The discovery should help... (antal ord: 500), 2004-12-03


Bronze age boat to be recreated
A section of the boat has already been reconstructed Archaeologists are planning to build a copy of an ancient boat found in Dover and sail it from Britain to France. The £200,000 project is intended to demonstrate how the boat might have been used thousands of years ago. The boat is one of the best preserved examples of a coastal vessel from the bronze age and was found in a chance discovery in 1992.Funding is now needed and the project could attract EU money thanks to a partnership with Fren... (antal ord: 229), 2004-12-03


Second Salt Man discovered in northwest Iran
A miner working at the Hamzehlu salt mine near Zanjan in northwest Iran recently discovered the remains of a skeleton of a man buried in the salt. According to the director of the Zanjan Cultural Heritage and Tourism Department, Yahya Rahmati, the new skeleton is only the second Salt Man ever discovered in the world.- The remains of the skeleton are almost perfect, and they include parts of the skull, jaw, both arms, as well as the left and right legs and feet, he said, adding that part of the ... (antal ord: 285), 2004-12-03


Unika fynd vid gammalt tempel
Franska arkeologer har hittat en mängd unika galliska föremål vid en utgrävning i ett gallisk-romerskt tempel i departementet CorrÖ¨ze. Bland annat fanns där svärd, spjutspetsar, vackert utsirade hjälmar och fem så gott som kompletta stridstrumpeter. De långa bronstuberna är över två meter långa med små flaggor längst ut - fyra med bilder av vildsvin och den femte med en orm. Ingenstans i världen har man tidigare hittat mer än något enstaka fragment av sådana instrument. Däremot har man sett dem ... (antal ord: 101), 2004-12-03


Gyllene stridtrumpeter funna i tempel
Franska arkeologer har vid en utgrävning av ett galliskt-romerskt tempel grävt upp fem stycken stridstrumpeter av brons. Det handlar om ett unikt fynd av de välbevarade instrumenten, som är två meter långa och som forskarna tror användes i strid för att skrämma och förvirra motståndare.Trumpeterna pryddes av små flaggor längst ut. Fyra av flaggorna hade bilder av vildsvin. Den femte hade bilden av en orm.Ingenstans i världen har ett liknande fynd påträffats.... (antal ord: 75), 2004-12-03


Warum starb der Neandertaler aus?
Mindestens 200 000 Jahre hatte er Zeit, sich an das raue Klima in Europa zu gewöhnen, dann verschwand er nahezu schlagartig. Das rätselhafte Aussterben des Neandertalers beschäftigt die Anthropologen nach wie vor. Es war eine kulturelle Revolution: Statt grobschlächtig behauener Steine tauchten plötzlich effektive und fein verarbeitete Werkzeuge auf. Es entstand - nahezu aus dem Nichts - eine figurative Kunst auf erstaunlich hohem Niveau, wie die fantasievollen Fresken in der Höhle von Chauvet o... (antal ord: 662), 2004-12-03


Møntfund på den nemme måde
Gamle hestesko, rustne søm og metalknapper som her i glasset er nok det, der findes mest af, når man søger med detektor. Men der er ikke desto mindre gjort opsigtsvækkende arkæologiske fund med den lille støvsugerlignende maskine."Detektorfund" er navnet på en udstilling, der kan ses på Ebeltoft Museum på Juulsbakke i december. Bag den lidt tørre titel gemmer sig en spændende beretning om de mange arkæologiske fund, der er gjort i Ö…rhus Amt i de seneste ti år ved hjælp af en bippende metaldetek... (antal ord: 432), 2004-12-03


Arkeologer på jakt efter nutida historia
Har du ett flygplansvrak i trädgården eller känner till en modern "fornlämning" med en historia kan du få besök av ett gäng arkeologer. Bohusläns museum söker just nu med ljus och lykta efter spännande nutidsfynd att gräva ut. De flesta förknippar arkeologi med gamla benknotor och pilspetsar i flinta. Gravfynd från mänsklighetens förhistoria. Men den nya trenden är att även gräva fram lämningar från modern tid. - Den här inriktningen av arkeologin är populär i framför allt England och USA. Där ... (antal ord: 481), 2004-12-03


Ancient skull fragment hints at surgery
A skull fragment found in a 400-year-old trash pit at Jamestown contains evidence of the earliest known surgery and autopsy in the English colonies in America, researchers say. Circular cut marks indicate someone attempted to drill two holes in the skull to relieve pressure on the brain, the researchers said. The patient, a European man, died and was apparently autopsied.Archaeologists found the 4-inch-by-4 3/4-inch fragment this summer while digging in a bulwark trench on the site of James Fo... (antal ord: 539), 2004-12-03


British archaeologist discovers 'John the Baptist' cave near Jerusalem
A British archaeologist has uncovered a cave in the mountains near Jerusalem which he believes conclusively proves that the Biblical figure of John the Baptist existed. - The first concrete evidence of the existence of John the Baptist has been found on site, 46-year-old Shimon Gibson told AFP. Gibson, who holds a degree from University College London and has written several works on Biblical archaeology, believes the discovery to be "the first archaeological proof of the historical veracity ... (antal ord: 651), 2004-12-10


Iran lays claim to world's oldest backgammon set
Archaelogists in Iran have said they have uncovered what they believe is the world's oldest backgammon set, which could make the country the cradle of board games. According to the Internet site of Iran's Cultural Heritage organisation, the game, complete with 60 pieces, was found in the ruins of the so-called Burnt City in Sistan-Baluchestan province the far southeast of the Islamic republic. The report said Iranian archeologists working on the relics of the 5,000-year-old civilisation believ... (antal ord: 234), 2004-12-10


Woman warrior found in Iranian tomb
These days, Iranian women are not even allowed to watch men compete on the soccer field, but 2,000 years ago they could have been carving the boys to pieces on the battlefield. DNA tests on the 2,000-year-old bones of a sword-wielding Iranian warrior have revealed the broad-framed skeleton belonged to a woman, an archaeologist working in the northwestern city of Tabriz said Saturday.€œDespite earlier comments that the warrior was a man because of the metal sword, DNA tests showed the skeleton i... (antal ord: 152), 2004-12-10


Bulgaria Unearthed Yet Another Ancient Gold
Two gold earrings were found during excavation works near the Black Sea city of Nessebar. The jewellery belonged to a woman buried during the Hellenic period IV- III century B.C., Tanya Dimova, chief of the Nessebar Museum announced.The Bulgarian archaeologists were surprised by the high quality of the metal - 24 carats. The earrings were made by an extreme professional and had a lion's head. The archaeologists are expecting to find more jewellery as at present they are excavating a second tom... (antal ord: 114), 2004-12-10


Ancient Uruguay farm village found
The discovery of a 4,800-year-old farming community on the plains of Uruguay's La Plata Basin indicates that agriculture was much more widely dispersed in the early history of South America than researchers previously had believed. Inhabitants of the region once were thought to be only hunters and gatherers, but new findings by archaeologist Jose Iriarte of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and his colleagues indicate that a change in climate forced the people to form farming... (antal ord: 287), 2004-12-10


Viking History unearthed
A hoard of Viking jewellery has been found by a metal detector enthusiast in the Cheshire countryside. The finder, Steve Reynoldson from Keighley in West Yorkshire, made the discovery near Huxley on Sunday during a metal detecting rally which attracted almost 100 enthusiasts. Archaeologist Dan Garner, who works for Chester Archaeology, went to the site where he confirmed the booty of 20 silver arm bands was likely to date from the Viking period in the 10th century.Mr Garner said: 'Of the treas... (antal ord: 1318), 2004-12-10


New theory on Stonehenge mystery
Experts believe the stones may have been levered into place A fresh theory on how Stonehenge was built has been tested out by a group of experts and enthusiasts.Gordon Pipes, of the Stonehengineers group of scientists and archaeologists, has suggested that levers may have been used to move the giant stones. They have tested his "stone-rowing" theory which involves a 45-tonne stone being levered on a track of logs."It's akin to rowing a boat, weights can be picked up with levers using body mass... (antal ord: 192), 2004-12-10


Bertil Nordin lever för museet och ristningarna vid Nämforsen
Outtröttlig har han vandrat i forntida fotspår i mer än tjugo år. Bertil Nordin är eldsjälen som genom idogt arbete har placerat Nämforsens hällristningsområde på besökskartan. Bertil Nordin arbetade som journalist på 1970-talet. Det var så han fick reda på att en länsutredning angående Nämforsen skulle starta.- Jag jobbade på dåvarande Nya Norrland. Utredningen som skulle genomföras var begynnelsen till mitt stora intresse för hällristningsområdet, säger han.- Första sommaren de behövde en ... (antal ord: 654), 2004-12-10


Gravplundrare härjar i Stockholm
Minst tre gravfält i Stockholms län har under hösten genomsökts med metalldetektorer. Länsstyrelsen har polisanmält händelserna. Fornminnena på Adelsö i Mälaren plundrades i början av 90-talet flera gånger av människor på jakt efter värdefulla föremål av metall. Om de hittade några dyrbarheter är det bara de själva som vet, men experterna tvivlar.Sedan dess har gravfält och andra fornlämningar fått vara i fred, men i höst har åtminstone tre gravfält haft besök av folk utrustade med metalldetek... (antal ord: 430), 2004-12-10


Krokeks kloster ska grävas ut - med hjälp av markradar
"De nya utforskningarna om Krokeks kloster, känns mycket spännande", säger eldsjälen Ulf Svensson, som ordnat finansieringen av projektet.  - Jag och många med mig är lite oroliga för de kommande utgrävningarna av Krokeks kloster och ödekyrkogård, eftersom jag tycker att man bör låta gravfriden fortsätta att råda där, säger förre kyrkoherden Barbro Westlund, inför de planerade utgrävningarna av de gamla klosterruinerna i Krokek.  Men Ulf Svensson, som håller i trådarna, vill lugna alla orolig... (antal ord: 816), 2004-12-10


Lyxig vägkrog för romarriket
En 2000 år gammal vägkrog har återfunnits i staden Neuss i västra i Tyskland. Krogen är komplett med välutrustad restaurang, golvvärme, affär, mekstation för vagnarna och stall för hästarna. - Det här bekräftar att delar av romarnas samhälle var anmärkningsvärt likt vårt, säger historikern Martin Haidinger till brittiska tidningen Telegraph.Krogfyndet gjordes i augusti i en utgrävning inför bygget av en parkeringsplats. Först nu har materialet analyserats ordentligt och det mesta tyder på att... (antal ord: 122), 2004-12-10


Fornfynd vid skidtunnelplats
Medeltida fynd? Inom kort väntas dateringen vara klar från den grop som kan vara förvaringslämning eller rester av en husgrund på Valbergsområdet i Torsby. Flera nya upptäckter av möjliga fornlämningar har gjorts i samband med planeringen av skidtunnelbygget. Inom kort väntas tidsbestämningen vara klar. Visar det sig vara fornlämningar måste man ta hänsyn till dem när tunneln ska byggas. Endera får tunneln placeras så att den inte kommer för nära, eller också får man ansöka om tillstånd att ta b... (antal ord: 418), 2004-12-10


Drachenbräu
Weltweit älteste Brauerei und ihre Produkte in China nachgewiesen. SaÖŸen die ersten Trinker nun im Orient oder doch eher in Ostasien? Die Bayern waren es jedenfalls nicht - trotz Reinheitsgebot und Oktoberfest: Es sind Funde aus China, die eine sehr komplexe Alkohol- und Brauwesenhistorie zeigen. Es muss feucht-fröhlich zugegangen sein im chinesischen Steinzeitweiler Jiahu in der Provinz Henan vor 9000 Jahren: Eine Kapelle spielte mit einigen der ältesten Musikinstrumente der Erde zum Tanz auf, ... (antal ord: 563), 2004-12-10


Grausige Grundsteinlegung
Azteken und Maya stehen symbolisch fÖ¼r Mexikos frÖ¼he Hochkulturen. Doch schon zuvor entwickelten sich dort Zivilisationen mit Sinn fÖ¼r Architektur und Wissenschaften. Menschenrechte kannten sie allerdings nicht. Es war eine Grundsteinlegung der etwas anderen Art, die sich vor 2000 Jahren im mexikanischen Teotihuacan abspielte: Eingemauert wurden von den Bauherren weder aktuelle Stelen oder Tontafeln noch Konstruktionspläne. Stattdessen packten die Architekten menschliche und tierische Opfer ins ... (antal ord: 557), 2004-12-10


Unikke gravhøje
Fra næste uge kan man gå rundt i 5000 års fortidsminder på Barritskovs jorde. Her ligger nemlig amtets største samling af megalitgrave. Megalitgravene, som kan oversættes til storstensgrave, stammer fra forskellige perioder i yngre stenalder.- Det er et unikt sted, og det eneste med så mange dysser i amtet, fortæller arkæolog Anne Marie Mortensen fra Vejle Amts naturafdeling.I et samarbejde med Barritskov og med amtet som økonomisk partner har arkæologer fra Kulturarvstyrelsen udført en omfat... (antal ord: 205), 2004-12-10


Forskere strides om Troja
Tyskeren Frank Kolb fra TÖ¼bingen Universitet langer i det nyeste nummer af det historiske tidsskrift Sfinx kraftigt ud efter Manfred Korfmann, som står i spidsen for udgravningerne af Troja. En by, som Korfmann påstår, skulle være identisk med det tidligere kongedømme Wilusa i det nuværende Tyrkiet. Forkert, mener Kolb, der overhovedet ikke ser nogen beviser på, at Troja var en stor by med 10.000 indbyggere. Faktisk mener han, at den by, der i dag ligger hen i ruiner, aldrig har indeholdt inst... (antal ord: 301), 2004-12-10


'Hobbit' Fossil Stirs Controversy
The discovery last month of a tiny skeleton dubbed "Hobbit" was proclaimed by its discoverers as part of a newly discovered human species. But that claim has met with skepticism from others in the scientific community. NPR's Richard Harris reports.... (antal ord: 40), 2004-12-10


Mystery of 'chirping' pyramid decoded
Acoustic analysis shows how temple transforms echoes into sounds of nature. El Castillo's strange echoes have fascinated visitors for generations. A theory that the ancient Mayans built their pyramids to act as giant resonators to produce strange and evocative echoes has been supported by a team of Belgian scientists.Nico Declercq of Ghent University and his colleagues have shown how sound waves ricocheting around the tiered steps of the El Castillo pyramid, at the Mayan ruin of Chichén ItzÖ¡ n... (antal ord: 538), 2004-12-17


After the hunt, ice age man chilled out - with a flute
Magic flute ... the world's oldest musical instrument is a 'technical masterpiece' according to archaeologists. He is better known for his hunting skills, but now it appears that ice age man did not merely chase prey - he was also fond of music.German archaeologists revealed yesterday that they had discovered one of the world's oldest musical instruments, a 35,000-year-old flute carved from the tusk of a now-extinct woolly mammoth.The flute was dug up in a cave in the Swabian mountains in sout... (antal ord: 395), 2004-12-17


ARCHAEOLOGISTS EXCITED BY 500,000-YEAR-OLD AXE FIND IN QUARRY
A Stone Age hand axe dating back 500,000 years has been discovered at a quarry in Warwickshire. The tool was found at the Smiths Concrete Bubbenhall Quarry at Waverley Wood Farm, near Coventry, which has already produced evidence of some of the earliest known human occupants of the UK.It was uncovered in gravel by quarry manager John Green who took it to be identified by archaeologists at the University of Birmingham."We are very excited about this discovery," enthused Professor David Keen o... (antal ord: 441), 2004-12-17


Computer modeling lets scientists make virtual re-creations of ancient people, things
Dr. Douglas Robertson swears that one of the best vantage points for observing a 5,300-year-old Egyptian mummy mask is in his laboratory at UPMC Montefiore.University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Computer model of an Egyptian mummy's mask shows the bare, geometrical model on the left, and, on the right, a texture map version in which photographs of the mask have been combined with the 3-D model. Click photo for larger image.Make no mistake: The funerary mask of what may have been a noblewoman ... (antal ord: 1377), 2004-12-17


'Answer' found to riddle of Sphinx
The riddle of the Sphinx has confounded generations of tourists and experts alike. Who built it, why, and what does it mean? Now a leading Egyptologist believes that he has pieced together the puzzle. After researching the pyramids of the Giza Plateau and their imposing half-human, half-animal guardian for 20 years, Vassil Dobrev of the French Archaeological Institute in Cairo has concluded that the Sphinx was the work of a forgotten pharaoh.For many years, it has been held that Khafre, a king... (antal ord: 622), 2004-12-17


Ice Age mammoth flute found in Germany
Archaeologists have unearthed a 35,000-year-old flute made from a woolly mammoth€™s ivory tusk in a German cave, the University of TÖ¼bingen said Friday. The flute, one of the oldest musical instruments discovered, was pieced together from 31 fragments found in a cave in the Swabian mountains in southwestern Germany, the university said.The mountains have yielded rich pickings in recent years, including ivory figurines, ornaments and other musical instruments. Archaeologists believe humans campe... (antal ord: 82), 2004-12-17


Första människorna kom efter istiden
Vid Lärkasjöhult, där riksväg 24 passerar Lärkesholmsån, finns två spångbildningar med rös mellan. Här har de första spåren av människor hittats. Motorvägsbygget genom Ö–rkelljunga kommun har avslöjat en i årtusenden dold lokalhistoria. Med arkeologernas utgrävningar har spår som är 12 000 år gamla hittats. €“ Det rör sig om jaktplatser strax efter istiden. Där man i mindre familjegrupper spanat, jagat, slaktat, bott och slagit sin flinta. Vi har tidigare inte hittat så många och fina fyndigheter... (antal ord: 394), 2004-12-17


Länets första kulturreservat har bildats
Landshövding Anders Björck har idag fattat beslut om bildandet av länets första kulturreservat. Beslutet innebär att den vikingatida miljön vid Lingnåre i Hållnäs socken i Tierps kommun lyfts fram som en unik och besöksvärd kulturmiljö. I Lingnåre finns ett till stora delar bevarat kulturlandskap från vikingatid och äldre medeltid. Spår av bostäder, odlingar och gravplatser efter de människor som tidigare bodde här har bevarats.Befolkningen i Hållnäs uppgick under vikingatiden till ca 120-150 ... (antal ord: 254), 2004-12-17


Markradar tar oss tillbaka till medeltiden
De röda fläckarna visar järnhalter. Spåren av den första kyrkan är tydliga i norr om ödekyrkan. Klosterkyrkan i Krokek var stor. Den anas genom lager av morän och jord. De första tecknen dyker upp på dataskärmen. Efter 460 år. Ur jorden växer den - som streck på en skärm. Som glödande prickar på en gul karta. Solen spelar över gräset;här vilar farfars farfars far och spillrorna av något ännu äldre, Vår fru. Så hette klostret som franciskanerna drev i hundra år på gränsen till Sörmland. Mitt i ... (antal ord: 620), 2004-12-17


7,000 Years of Religious Ritual Is Traced in Mexico
Archaeologists have traced the development of religion in one location over a 7,000-year period, reporting that as an early society changed from foraging to settlement to the formation of an archaic state, religion also evolved to match the changing social structure. This archaeological record, because of its length and completeness, sheds an unusually clear light on the origins of religion, a universal human behavior but one whose evolutionary and social roots are still not well understood.Th... (antal ord: 681), 2004-12-24


Women warriors from Amazon fought for Britain's Roman army
The remains of two Amazon warriors serving with the Roman army in Britain have been discovered in a cemetery that has astonished archaeologists. Women soldiers were previously unknown in the Roman army in Britain and the find at Brougham in Cumbria will force a reappraisal of their role in 3rd-century society. The women are thought to have come from the Danube region of Eastern Europe, which was where the Ancient Greeks said the fearsome Amazon warriors could be found. The women, believed to h... (antal ord: 429), 2004-12-24


Water to wine: Are these the jars?
Among the roots of ancient olive trees, archaeologists have found pieces of large stone jars of the type the Gospel says Jesus used when he turned water into wine at a Jewish wedding in the Galilee village of Cana. They believe these could have been the same kind of vessels the Bible says Jesus used in his first miracle, and that the site where they were found could be the location of biblical Cana.But Bible scholars caution it'll be hard to obtain conclusive proof -- especially since experts ... (antal ord: 566), 2004-12-24


Rare carving unearthed after moorland fire
A bold pattern of zigzags which may be the world's first known attempt at landscape painting, has been found in the aftermath of a devastating moorland fire. The crude carving by an unknown bronze-age artist is one of more than 2,400 historically important artefacts revealed by the scorching last year of a swath of the North York Moors, where until now only 30 scheduled ancient monuments have been designated.- It turns out to be an astonishing archaeological landscape, said Nick Redfern, region... (antal ord: 217), 2004-12-24


Archaeologists strike gold in secret spot
Eleven small, golden reliefs have been unearthed at an archaeological dig somewhere in eastern Norway. Officials won't say where, because they think more of the 1,400-year-old gold objects will be found at the site.- This is a tremendously unique and exciting discovery, the kind an archaeologist makes only once in a lifetime, professor Heid Gjøstein Resi told newspaper Aftenposten. Resi, who's tied to the Oslo museum housing Viking treasures (the Oldsakssamlingen at the Kulturhistorisk Museum)... (antal ord: 273), 2004-12-24


Figures carved into prairie are a story of ancient beliefs
Long before the first Europeans walked on Kansas soil, Native Americans celebrated the prairie and its December night skies. In some cases, these Indians of more than a thousand years ago dug intaglios - animal figures - into trenches along hillsides across the state and built council circles for dancing and sacred ceremonies. The winter solstice - Dec. 21 - held tremendous significance to these prehistoric Kansans, said Sue Cowdery, registrar at the Holmes Museum of Anthropology at Wichita Stat... (antal ord: 538), 2004-12-24


Koden som knäcker myten om graalen
Veteraner från den brittiska spioncentralen Bletchley Park har tagit sig an en kod som ingen lyckats knäcka på 250 år. Riktiga fantaster,inspirerade av författaren Dan Browns thriller Da Vinci-koden, tror att det kryptiska meddelandet visar vägen till den heliga graalen - för de invigda som lyckas tyda det,vill säga. Andra tror att inskriptionen kan vara ett kärleksmeddelande.Kanske till den engelska drottningen från hennes hemlige älskare?Kanske koden bara är en ploj? En rebus utan lösning, var... (antal ord: 796), 2004-12-24


Vintersolståndet €“ en del i gamla tiders solkult
I dag infaller vintersolståndet, när solen står som lägst på himlen. Före kristnandet i Norden var detta tiden för midvinterblotet. Vid Fotstad, några kilometer nordost om nuvarande Halmstad, i Nissadalen, reser sig en brant där skogen är svårhuggen och träden gamla. Vid foten av höjden glittrar en vattenspegel. Käringsjön är knappt 100 meter i diameter. Under romersk järnålder, 200€“400 efter Kristus, var detta en offerplats.€“ Ett av de centrala elementen under den tiden var blot. Man slaktade ... (antal ord: 434), 2004-12-24


Nya fynd på Smörkullen
En boplats från järnåldern har kommit i dagen i samband med utgrävningar på Smörkullen. Det handlar om rester från eldstäder, men inga föremål har hittats. Skålgroparna på Smörkullen har alltid fascinerat. Smörkullen tycks ha varit bebodd sedan urminnes tider. En stenåldersboplats och några skålgropar är sedan tidigare kända. För många år sedan gjordes utgrävningar, då man bland annat hittade några yxor.   - Det finns två registrerade fornlämningar som vi visste om. Nu har vi gjort en förunders... (antal ord: 202), 2004-12-24


Unik bronsmask
Arkeologer i Blekinge har hittat en tvåtusen år gammal ansiktsmask i brons. Masken, som är 5,5 centimeter bred och åtta centimeter hög, hittades vid utgrävningar i Hjortsberga socken.- Det här är en viktig pusselbit som anknyter till inflytandet som centraleuropeiska kulturområden hade på landområden här i norr, säger arkeolog Mikael Henriksson till Blekings läns tidning.Forskarna vill inte utesluta att föremålet är tillverkat i Blekinge, men troligare är att det härstammar från sydöstra Euro... (antal ord: 107), 2004-12-24


Spår i landskapet avslöjar okända fakta
Arkeologiska undersökningar upptog en stor del av kostnaderna för motorvägsbygget. Men de 80 miljoner kronorna har resulterat i en dokumentation som fått fram tidigare okänd fakta om Ö–rkelljungatraktens historia. Ö–rkelljungabornas rötter har kommit i dagen genom utgrävningarna längs motorvägsbygget. Arkeolog Thomas Andersson med den första populärutgåvan av boken "Spåren i landskapet".Arkeologiska undersökningar upptog en del av kostnaderna för motorvägsbygget. Men de 80 miljoner kronorna har ... (antal ord: 462), 2004-12-24


Lundaforskare söker efter dinosaurier
Forskare vid Lunds universitet planerar just nu den hittills största utgrävningen efter dinosaurier i Sverige. Utgrävningarna planernas till Kristianstads kommun och man kommer att leta efter fossil som bildats för omkring 80 miljoner år sedan. Johan Lindgren, forskare, Lunds universitet€“ Det finns gott om fossil i just det området och vi hoppas att så småningom kunna samla fynden i ett museum i trakten, säger Johan Lindgren dinosaurieforskare vid Lunds universitet.Just nu arbetar han med ett... (antal ord: 174), 2004-12-24


Historiska museet - en skandal utan like
Tillbringade en eftermiddag på Historiska museet häromdagen och en sorgligare och mer irriterande upplevelse har jag inte haft på länge. För i min enfald så trodde jag att detta museum förvaltade, förklarade och visade upp Sveriges historia. Att det var dit man kunde gå för att lära sig om människorna som levt i detta land och se på de ting som använts för att forma vår nutid. Det var tydligen helt fel. Allt som fanns var några konstiga prästkläder och trådrullar. Forntidsutställningen är borta ... (antal ord: 369), 2004-12-24


Boplads fundet ved Lisbjerg
Moesgård Museum er gået igang med prøveudgravninger vest for Lisbjerg, nemlig mellem Randersvej og det område, der er udlagt til erhvervsområde, og arkæolog Claus Skriver regner med at udgrave 40 hektar svarende til 80 fodboldbaner til foråret eller til sommer.- Foreløbig gælder det kun prøvegravninger, men vi kan allerede nu slå fast, at der har været en jernalderboplads omkring 200 år før vor tidsregning, og måske har der også været en boplads fra jernalderen, siger arkæologen.Arkæologerne ... (antal ord: 160), 2004-12-24


Bibelsk mirakel-by muligvis fundet
Israelske arkæologer mener at have fundet den bibelske by Kana, hvor Jesus omdannede vand til vin. Andre arkæologer tvivler. Israelske arkæologer i gang med at grave på det sted, som de mener kunne være det bibelske Kana, Mellem rødderne på ældgamle oliventræer har israelske arkæologer nemlig fundet stykker af gamle stenkar, som de mener er samme type kar, som Jesus brugte ved sit første mirakel.  Arkæologerne er derfor ifølge nyhedsbureauet AP overbeviste om, at de har fundet den bibelske by ... (antal ord: 346), 2004-12-24


Earliest Depiction of a Rainbow Found?
An ancient bronze disc that looks a bit like a freckled smiley face may show the world's earliest known depiction of a rainbow, according to a report published in the new issue of British Archaeology magazine. If the rainbow interpretation proves to be correct, the rare image also would be the only known representation of a rainbow from prehistoric Europe.The round bronze object, called the Sky Disc, was excavated in 1999 at Nebra in central Germany. It was said to have been found at an ancien... (antal ord: 112), 2004-12-24


3,000-year-old woodcarving discovered
The Chengdu Archeological Team discovered a 3,000-year-old painted woodcarving of a head during the second phase of excavation at the Jinsha site's ritual area. It is the oldest and most intact sculpture over its type ever discovered in southwest China's Sichuan Province. According to Wang Yi, curator of the Chengdu Municipal Museum, the woodcarving was found buried about three meters below the earth's surface.It is 80 centimeters long, with exaggerated facial features carved in bas-relief. Th... (antal ord: 266), 2004-12-31


Experts differ over origin of ancient pictographs
Idalia Sullivan, formerly of El Paso, on Wednesday took three of her nieces on a guided tour that made several stops at some of the rock formations with paintings.- I climbed the rocks here as a teenager, and came back recently, and was blown away by what I saw, said Sullivan, who was visiting from California. It was the first time her El Paso nieces - Tamara Hoefner, 15; Kristin Hoefner, 12; and Raven Anchondo, 5 - had gone to Hueco Tanks State Historic Site."I really enjoyed the tour, and I... (antal ord: 442), 2004-12-31


Tribal rock art offers clues to religious beliefs of old
It's likely that this pictograph of an eagle, located on a mountain ledge near Fort Huachuca, is Apache in origin, according to an archaeologist at the San Carlos Apache Reservation. Unlike the imposing grandeur of the cathedrals of Europe, a spiritual place on a mountain ledge in southern Arizona, also recognized as a holy site for hundreds of years, has a sense of serenity to it - an unspoiled, natural feel.Many generations of American Indians have used it for religious ceremonies, leaving e... (antal ord: 875), 2004-12-31


$4.5m allocated for reconstruction of Bam€™s monuments
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has collected $4.5 million in donations for reconstruction of the ancient citadel and other monuments in the quake-stricken city of Bam, UNESCO Assistant Director General for Culture Mounir Bouchenaki said here on Sunday. Speaking at a press conference held in the historic Golestan Palace in central Tehran, he added, €œUNESCO will spend $2.6 million of the amount in the cultural area and $1.6 will be used for education... (antal ord: 529), 2004-12-31


Archeologists find ancient village near Tel-Aviv
Archeologists have discovered a village near the Mediterranean coast dating from the 4th century B.C., the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Sunday - a rare find. The discovery provides an unusual insight into a turbulent period when there were intense struggles for control over the area, said Uzi Ad, who led the dig.During this period the region was under the rule of the Egyptian Ptolemy empire and then the Selucid Greeks from Syria before it was conquered by the Jewish Hasmonean dynasty... (antal ord: 245), 2004-12-31


Over 5000 shards unearthed in Bam Citadel
Over 5000 shards have been unearthed from the rubble of the Bam Citadel during the past year, archaeologist Narges Ahmadi said on Sunday.- Shards dating back from before the Christian era to the Islamic era have been discovered during the documentation of the historic citadel and the removal of rubble, added Ahmadi.The Bam Citadel and the city of Bam were almost entirely destroyed by a devastating earthquake on December 26, 2003.€œThe shards could be a good source for archaeologists to study... (antal ord: 254), 2004-12-31


Indonesian 'hobbit' legends may be factual
Nellis Kua is too old to remember his exact age, but his eyes light up when he talks of the gang of hobbit-like creatures his grandparents told him once lived in the forest on the slopes of this still smoking Indonesian volcano.- They had these big eyes, hair all over their body and spoke in a strange language, said Kua, his skin leathered by a lifetime tending coffee and chilli pepper crops under the harsh tropical sun."They stole our crops, our fruit and moonshine. They were so greedy they ... (antal ord: 944), 2004-12-31


The footprints of a miracle? Unearthed shards of jars arouse interest
Among the roots of ancient olive trees, archaeologists have found pieces of large stone jars of the type the Bible says Jesus used when he turned water into wine at a Jewish wedding in the Galilee village of Cana. They think these could have been the same kind of vessels the Bible says Jesus used in his first miracle, and that the site where they were found could be the location of biblical Cana. But Bible scholars caution it will be hard to get conclusive proof - especially since experts disagr... (antal ord: 579), 2004-12-31


Boy Jesus Image Created from Turin Shroud
Italian policemen who specialize in the analysis of violent crimes have rejuvenated the image of the bearded man that appears on the Shroud of Turin, one of the most controversial relics in Christendom., producing what they claim is a close possible likeness of Jesus when he was a boy. Made for "Jesus's Childhood," a documentary that airs on Sunday on the private TV station Retequattro of the Mediaset Group, the computer-generated image has been created with the same procedure used by the police... (antal ord: 788), 2004-12-31


Wind temple renovation goes into second phase
The second phase of a renovation project at an ancient temple dedicated to the worship of the God of Wind was started yesterday in Beijing. The Xuanren Temple, located on the northeastern side of the Forbidden City, was built in 1728 during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It is one of the famous "Outer Eight Temples" surrounding the former imperial palace. The gate of the temple, the bell and drum towers, and the Front Hall, also called the Tianwang Hall, were already revamped in the first phase... (antal ord: 416), 2004-12-31


Bromöllas forntid uppdagas bit för bit
Nu växer kunskapen om de kulturminnen människor lämnat efter sig i Bromölla under historiens gång. Ö…tta personer arbetar med att söka efter och registrera fornlämningar. Under ett halvårs tid har deltagarna i projektet "Gröna jobb" sökt efter spåren från det förgångna i Bromölla. På olika platser i kommunen har projektets deltagare uppdagat kultur- och fornminnen som döljer sig i naturen. Med hjälp av resultatet från arbetet ska byggande och skogsbruk i framtiden kunna ske med större hänsyn till... (antal ord: 306), 2004-12-31


Sensationella nya fynd
I Tingbergsområdet har arkeologerna gjort flera fantastiska fynd. Ett nytt boplatsområde och två skärvstenshögar har väckt intresse. Leif Johansson, arkeolog, gjorde flera intressanta fynd på Tingberget, bland annat en skärvstenshög. I samband med planer på att bebygga Badkaret, en del av Tingberget, har arkeologerna på Lödöse museum fått i uppdrag av kommunen att undersöka området. - Vi har tittat på två redan registrerade boplatser. På den ena har vi minskat avgränsningen, berättar Leif Joha... (antal ord: 369), 2004-12-31


Unik historisk guldskatt räddad i Irak
En arkeolog i Irak upptäckte 1988 en unik, 2800 år gammal guldskatt från det assyriska riket. Skatten, som hade tillhört rikets drottningar, försvann under Irakkriget. Nyligen återfanns den emellertid i gott skick.... (antal ord: 32), 2004-12-31


Lundaforskare söker efter dinosaurier
Forskare vid Lunds universitet planerar just nu den hittills största utgrävningen efter dinosaurier i Sverige. Utgrävningarna planernas till Kristianstads kommun och man kommer att leta efter fossil som bildats för omkring 80 miljoner år sedan. Johan Lindgren, forskare, Lunds universitet€“ Det finns gott om fossil i just det området och vi hoppas att så småningom kunna samla fynden i ett museum i trakten, säger Johan Lindgren dinosaurieforskare vid Lunds universitet.Just nu arbetar han med ett... (antal ord: 174), 2004-12-31


'High status' Viking site found
A 10th Century Viking merchant's weight has been recovered Archaeologists in Cumbria say they have discovered what could be the country's most important Viking burial site. Experts are so excited about the find and its wealth of treasures, they are keeping its location a secret so they can work undisturbed.All that has been revealed is that it is near Barrow and contains artefacts dating back to the 10th Century.Another burial site has been uncovered in Cumbria, close to Cumwhitton village, ... (antal ord: 221), 2005-01-07


Cultural Leaders say Looting of Iraq's Antiquities Continues
The cultural world was outraged at the massive looting of Iraqi museums and historic sites that took place in the aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Libraries were set on fire, statues were smashed and priceless cultural treasures were stolen. Iraq's cultural leaders say the looting continues despite safeguards put into place since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime.Dr. Donny George Youkhanna  shows a cuneiform tablet from Babylon stolen at  excavation site and offered to the museum ... (antal ord: 535), 2005-01-07


3,000-year-old woodcarving discovered
The Chengdu Archeological Team discovered a 3,000-year-old painted woodcarving of a head during the second phase of excavation at the Jinsha site's ritual area. It is the oldest and most intact sculpture over its type ever discovered in southwest China's Sichuan Province. According to Wang Yi, curator of the Chengdu Municipal Museum, the woodcarving was found buried about three meters below the earth's surface.It is 80 centimeters long, with exaggerated facial features carved in bas-relief. Th... (antal ord: 266), 2005-01-07


Nya fynd vid Linnés Råshult
Arkeologerna håller nu på med efterbearbetningen av de fynd som gjordes vid den arkeologiska undersökningen av Carl von Linnés födelsehem Råshult i södra Småland.- Vi har skickat iväg en del prover men inte fått svar på allt ännu. Det finns välbevarade lämningar och information som gör att man kan gå vidare och på så vis få veta mer om hur gården såg ut på Linnés tid, säger arkeolog Alexandra Nylén till tidningen Smålänningen.Bland annat har man undersökt en stensatt vattenkälla som ligger ci... (antal ord: 140), 2005-01-07


Grav i Rogslösa omkring 2 000 år
Kan den nyupptäckta skelettgraven söder om Rogslösa kyrka i Vadstena kommun grävas ut i år? Nu finns i alla fall en kostnadsberäkning, gjord av Emma Karlsson, arkeolog vid länsmuseet i Linköping. Inom arkeologins värld är det ganska ovanligt med så kallade räddningsutgrävningar. Det mesta som grävs beror på byggen av olika slag och är därför planerat sedan tidigare.Den nu aktuella graven strax norr om Omberg upptäcktes i november 2003 när det grävdes för bredband.Analys av en tand från grave... (antal ord: 171), 2005-01-07


Orättvis bild av Historiska museet
Historiska museet har under de senaste dagarna varit föremål för ett flertal ledarkommentarer och artiklar (SvD 19/12, Aftonbladet 19/12, DN 16/12, 20/12). Flera av artikelförfattarna förefaller ha hämtat sin inspiration och fakta från ett inslag om museet som sändes i SVT:s Vetenskapsmagasinet den 13 december. Dessvärre gav programmet - och därmed även de påföljande inläggen - en i flera stycken felaktig bild av museet och dess verksamhet.. Inslaget lider också av rena sakfel. Det är angeläget ... (antal ord: 735), 2005-01-07


Shepherds whistle while they work and brains process sounds as language
The human brain's remarkable flexibility to understand a variety of signals as language extends to an unusual whistle language used by shepherds on one of the Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa.And the way the brain processes these whistles is similar to the way it goes about deciphering English, Spanish or other spoken languages, according to research being published in tomorrow's issue of the journal Nature."Science has developed the idea of brain areas that are dedicated to ... (antal ord: 777), 2005-01-07


Herders' Whistled Language Shows Brain's Flexibility
Shepherds who whistle to each other across the rocky terrain of the Canary Islands off northwest Africa are shedding light on the language-processing abilities of the human brain, according to scientists. Researchers say the endangered whistled "language'" of Gomera island activates parts of the brain normally associated with spoken language, suggesting that the brain is remarkably flexible in its ability to interpret sounds as language.A Silbador from Gomera in the Canary Islands uses the whi... (antal ord: 805), 2005-01-07


Theory: Oetzi Murdered in Power Play
Ö–tzi the Iceman, the world's oldest and best-preserved mummy, might have been murdered in a struggle for power, according to a new theory that identifies the 5,300-year-old mummy as the powerful leader of a Neolithic community. Discovered in 1991 in a melting glacier in the Ö–tztal Alps - hence the name - by the German hiker Helmut Simon, Ö–tzi is thought to have died at about 45.... (antal ord: 68), 2005-01-07


Ekonomisk kris - styrelsen stänger Gene Fornby
Gene Fornby stängs 1 juli. Det har styrelsen för stiftelsen som driver anläggningen beslutat. Den främsta orsaken är en ekonomisk kris. Stiftelsen beräknar att fornbyn kommer att gå med en miljon kronor i förlust 2004. Tio anställda berörs varav tre är heltidsanställda. Nätverket Sveriges levande forntid har reagerat snabbt och erbjuder sitt stöd - dock inte ekonomiskt.- Vi är måna om Genes fortlevnad och ser fram emot en snar kontakt så att vi kan hjälpa till med lösningar på räddningsaktioner... (antal ord: 265), 2005-01-14


Vikingernes Aros var en af landets vigtigste byer
Datidens krigsskibe opankrede ved Ö…boulevarden op til træbroen, det nuværende Vadestedet og Immervad ved varehuset Magasin. Inde bag palisaderne til højre finder vi i dag Kannikegade med den sydlige port tæt ved den nuværende Harald Skovbys Gade. "Vikingernes Aros" bliver titlen på en kommende særudstilling i maj på Moesgård Museum og i kældermuseet under Nordea Bank på Klemens Torv. Arkæologerne på Moesgård mener nu at kunne fastslå, at den oprindelige vikingeby, som vi i dag kalder Ö…rhus i 980... (antal ord: 704), 2005-01-14


Svårare än lätt
Titel: "Smycken från vikingatid till nutid" Originaltitel: "Smykker fra vikinetid og nutid du selv kan lave" Författare: Irene From Petersen Foto: Niels Jensen Ö–versättare: Solveig Rasmussen Språk: danska Kategori: Fakta/fritid & hobby Förlag: Berghs Antal sidor: 60 ISBN: 9150213679 Utgiven år: 1999 Originalutgåva: 1997I februari invigs vikingaåret 2005 på Gotland. Vi som bor här på ön inser att det kommer att vara svårt att inte bli påverkad. Vikingar överallt. Lika bra att hänga med.I boke... (antal ord: 356), 2005-01-14


Koden som knäcker myten om graalen
Veteraner från den brittiska spioncentralen Bletchley Park har tagit sig an en kod som ingen lyckats knäcka på 250 år. Riktiga fantaster,inspirerade av författaren Dan Browns thriller Da Vinci-koden, tror att det kryptiska meddelandet visar vägen till den heliga graalen - för de invigda som lyckas tyda det,vill säga. Andra tror att inskriptionen kan vara ett kärleksmeddelande. Kanske till den engelska drottningen från hennes hemlige älskare?Kanske koden bara är en ploj? En rebus utan lösning, v... (antal ord: 797), 2005-01-14


Cave art museum gets major grant
The carvings are of animals, including an ibex A Derbyshire museum has been given £4.26m to expand its facilities. The money will be spent on building a centre of excellence at Creswell Crags, a limestone gorge which contains the country's oldest cave art. The grant has come from the Heritage Lottery Fund and will pay for a new museum and education centre telling the story of the Ice Age. Plans are now being drawn up, and if approved, work could start next year, with the centre opening in 2007. ... (antal ord: 160), 2005-01-14


Researchers hail find of secret Da Vinci lab
Researchers have discovered the hidden laboratory used by Leonardo Da Vinci for studies of flight and other pioneering scientific work in previously sealed rooms at a monastery next to the Basilica of the Santissima Annunziata, in the heart of Florence. The workshop rooms, located between the Institute for Military Geography and the Basilica, include frescos on walls painted by Da Vinci that have "impressive resemblances" to other examples of his experimental work, including a tryptich of birds ... (antal ord: 492), 2005-01-14


Statue reveals ancient astronomy
A Roman statue of Atlas - the mythical titan who carried the heavens on his shoulders - holds clues to the long-lost work of the ancient astronomer Hipparchus, an astronomical historian said Tuesday. The statue in question is known as the Farnese Atlas, a 7-foot tall marble work which resides in the Farnese Collection in the National Archeological Museum in Naples, Italy.What makes it important to scientists is not the titan's muscular form but the globe he supports: carved constellations ador... (antal ord: 336), 2005-01-14


Artifacts more than 1,500 years old found near Canton
Archeologists working along the proposed route for a new four-lane U.S. 61 north of Canton have found several artifacts that date back about 1,500 years.- It's like working with a jigsaw puzzle. You're finding each of these small parts to put together to get the whole story about those who lived in Northeast Missouri so long ago, said Larry Ayres, archeologist with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT)."This is a view into our past. It's not just the Indians, who were here before ... (antal ord: 622), 2005-01-14


Utah Woman's Property Turns Up Ancient Remains
A southern Utah woman's property has turned out to be a graveyard for some ancient remains. An excavation crew digging the basement for a home Jamie Church is building in Parowan unearthed what is believed to be the 1,000-year-old remains of a Fremont Indian family, a man, woman and two children.- It was kind of creepy, but I'm trying not to think that way, Church said.Digging stopped immediately when the bones were discovered, Parowan Public Works Director Kelly Stones said. Police were imme... (antal ord: 193), 2005-01-14


Old meets new in the cosmos
An ancient star atlas lost for centuries and a cutting-edge atlas of the modern universe were unveiled Tuesday by scientists at the American Astronomical Society meeting. Hidden in plain sight for centuries, the star atlas was found on a statue in Italy's National Museum of Archaeology in Naples. Called the Farnese Atlas, the 7-foot-tall marble statue depicts one of the titans of Greek mythology, Atlas, holding a 2-foot-wide globe on his shoulders. The sphere is covered with 41 star constellatio... (antal ord: 407), 2005-01-14


Great Alexander in New York
Over the years the Onassis Cultural Center in New York has hosted several important exhibitions, from Cypriot and Cycladic antiquities to post-Byzantine artworks. Now, through April 16, it is the sole North American venue for Alexander the Great: Treasures from an Epic Era of Hellenism, which seeks to provide the historical and cultural context of Alexander the Great as established from archaeology rather than the second-hand, or further removed, account of his ancient biographers.Using many o... (antal ord: 825), 2005-01-14


New species may have relatives in next villlage
A growing number of scientists are challenging the sensational discovery last year of a new species of one-metre-tall intelligent humans whose 13,000-year-old bones were said to have been found in an Indonesian cave. According to some leading anthropologists in Australia, Indonesia and elsewhere, Homo floresiensis is not "one of the most important discoveries of the last 150 years" as was widely reported last October, but a pygmy version of modern Homo sapiens with a not uncommon brain disease.... (antal ord: 313), 2005-01-14


Maritime archaeology & history of Sri Lanka
The premises of the Maritime Archaeology Unit in Galle were destroyed in the tsunami of 26 Dec, and the collections and equipment are all either lost or severely damaged. Being a weekend, only one security guard was present: he was swept away but managed to catch hold of a tree, and survived with injuries. All other members of the team survived, as did all staff of Nooit Gedacht. Local and international members of the team are communicating on the best ways to assist with the humanitarian di... (antal ord: 222), 2005-01-14


Hobbit folk 'were just sick humans'
Trumpeted as a new species of human being, the 'hobbit' folk of Indonesia are really just sick members of Homo sapiens, it has been alleged. The claim - by Teuku Jacob, professor of paleoanthropology at Indonesia's Gadjah Mada university - threatens to trigger an academic row over the discovery of an extinct race of little hominid people, Homo floresiensis, on the island of Flores.Jacob said the tiny floresiensis skull is really that of a relatively recently deceased human who suffered from mi... (antal ord: 347), 2005-01-14


From 18,000 years ago, the one metre-tall human that challenges history of evolution
Australian and Indonesian scientists have identified a new and completely unexpected species of human. It was only a metre high, had a small brain but a distinctly human face. It made delicate stone tools and it shared the planet with Homo sapiens at least 18,000 years ago. The scientists report in Nature today that they found the skull and incomplete skeleton of creature known as LB1 in the sediments of a limestone cave at Liang Bua on the remote island of Flores in Indonesia last September.S... (antal ord: 795), 2005-01-14


Humans: a short history
It is the most exciting anthropological discovery for a century. Until just 12,000 years ago, there was a species of little people walking around who would have only come up to our waist. Finally they were wiped out, possibly following encounters with the much larger Homo sapiens who, it's feared, may have patronised them to death. Things got off to a bad start after that first meeting and never improved."Halt! I am the chief of this island. What is your business here?""Hello little fellah, i... (antal ord: 794), 2005-01-14


New species may have relatives in next villlage
A growing number of scientists are challenging the sensational discovery last year of a new species of one-metre-tall intelligent humans whose 13,000-year-old bones were said to have been found in an Indonesian cave. According to some leading anthropologists in Australia, Indonesia and elsewhere, Homo floresiensis is not "one of the most important discoveries of the last 150 years" as was widely reported last October, but a pygmy version of modern Homo sapiens with a not uncommon brain disease.... (antal ord: 313), 2005-01-14


New prehistoric rock carvings discovered in Northern England
More than 250 new examples of England's finest array of prehistoric rock art carvings, sited close to the Scottish border, have been discovered by archaeologists compiling a unique database. Now over one thousand of the 'cup and ring' carvings can be admired on a new website, which carries 6,000 images and is said to be the most comprehensive of its kind in the world. The site, which goes live today, includes the 250 panels unearthed during a two-and-a-half year trawl of some of England's rem... (antal ord: 780), 2005-01-14


LSU researcher solves ancient astronomy mystery
An ancient mystery may have been solved by LSU Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Bradley E. Schaefer. Schaefer has discovered that the long-lost star catalog of Hipparchus, which dates back to 129 B.C., appears on a Roman statue called the Farnese Atlas. Hipparchus was one of the greatest astronomers of antiquity and his star catalog was the first in the world, as well as the most influential. The catalog was lost early in the Christian era, perhaps in the fire at the great library in... (antal ord: 1218), 2005-01-14


Babylon wrecked by war
US-led forces leave a trail of destruction and contamination in architectural site of world importance. Troops from the US-led force in Iraq have caused widespread damage and severe contamination to the remains of the ancient city of Babylon, according to a damning report released today by the British Museum.John Curtis, keeper of the museum's Ancient Near East department and an authority on Iraq's many archaeological sites, found "substantial damage" on an investigative visit to Babylon last ... (antal ord: 702), 2005-01-14


China publishes first comprehensive archaeology books
China today published the first two volumes in a series on Chinese archaeology, the first of its kind which will sum up the theories and discoveries in the subject, the state media reported. The ten-million-character book series, the first of its kind in China, was compiled by more than 50 veteran archaeologists. It is the first to showcase China's archaeological theories and discoveries, director of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Liu Qingzhu said.... (antal ord: 211), 2005-01-21


Wine at the farm
Five wine presses surrounded the farmhouse, built in the third century BCE, on land between what today is Moshav Gan Sorek and the Tel Aviv-Ashdod highway. The house had a few wings and an area of about 1,230 square meters (13,200 square feet). The quantities of wine produced in the five presses was more than required by those who lived there, meaning that the farm residents earned their livelihood from producing wine in commercial quantities. The wine apparently was produced for export and was ... (antal ord: 632), 2005-01-21


Anthropologists find 4.5 million-year-old hominid fossils in Ethiopia
Scientists from Indiana University Bloomington and seven other institutions have unearthed skeletal fossils of a human ancestor believed to have lived about 4.5 million years ago. The fossils, described in this week's Nature (Jan. 20), will help scientists piece together the mysterious transformation of primitive chimp-like hominids into more human forms. The fossils were retrieved from the Gona Study Area in northern Ethiopia, only one of two sites to yield fossil remains of Ardipithecus ramidu... (antal ord: 717), 2005-01-21


New Chemical Testing Points to Ancient Origin for Burial Shroud of Jesus; Los Alamos Scientist Proves 1988 Carbon-14 Dating of the Shroud of Turin Used Invalid Rewoven
The American Shroud of Turin Association for Research (AMSTAR), a scientific organization dedicated to research on the enigmatic Shroud of Turin, thought by many to be the burial cloth of the crucified Jesus of Nazareth, announced today that the 1988 Carbon-14 test was not done on the original burial cloth, but rather on a rewoven shroud patch creating an erroneous date for the actual age of the Shroud.The Shroud of Turin is a large piece of linen cloth that shows the faint full-body image of ... (antal ord: 519), 2005-01-21


Prehistoric Site Under Attack by Birds
The four-story Casa Grande Ruins, the hand-built centerpiece of a prehistoric American Indian village, have withstood Arizona's desert sun and its rains for perhaps seven centuries. But now those walls of concrete-like clay face an unlikely threat from the air and ground: birds and squirrels.Cooing pigeons roost in round holes that once held a stout wooden ceiling and floor beams. The birds peck at the hardened clay and foul the ruins with droppings.Burrows dug by the native ground squirrels... (antal ord: 683), 2005-01-21


Neolithic stone tool workshop spotted
Archaeologists have discovered what is believed to be China's largest stone tool processing workshop of the Neolithic Age, reports Xinhua. The workshop, with an area of 1,200 sq metres, was spotted in some ruins dating back about 7,000 years ago in the Guangxi Zhuang region, said Lin Qiang, a deputy researcher fellow with the autonomous regional cultural heritage research team.Tens of thousands of stone tools and instruments such as stones in the shape of hammers and chopping blocks, whetston... (antal ord: 223), 2005-01-21


Archaeologists discover 6000-year-old rocky habitation in Jiroft region
Iranian archaeologists recently discovered a 6000-year-old rocky habitation with more than 800 cells in the Barez Mountains, east of the Halil-Rud River in southern Kerman Province, the director of the archaeological team working in the Halil-Rud River area said on Wednesday.- The rocky village is located at a height of 250 meters with two and four square meter cells. The habitation is Iran€™s most ancient rock residence ever discovered, Davud Abyan added.The Jiroft region was one of the first... (antal ord: 267), 2005-01-21


Läckö slotts hemligheter kommer fram i ny utgrävning
En ny utgrävning inne på Stora Borggården hoppas ge svar på hur Läckö slott såg ut i sin begynnelse. Dessutom hoppas arkeologerna kunna ta reda på hur gamla de äldsta delarna av slottet egentligen är. Läckö slott är enligt de äldsta skriftliga beläggen uppfört 1298, och har sedan dess byggts om och till.Tegelbitar, kol och en tand ur en rådjurskäke är de saker som skickats för datering och som förhoppningsvis kommer ge svar på om trappan och tegelväggarna under Läckös stora borggård är från or... (antal ord: 181), 2005-01-21


Bilden av Läckö slotts ursprung klarnar
Nu klarnar bilden av Läckö slotts ursprung. Arkeologerna har grävt sig 700 år bakåt i tiden. Dagens skaraborgare har lärt känna Läckö slott som det mäktiga vita praktbygget med sina torn vid Vänerstranden. I begynnelsen, däremot, såg det helt annorlunda ut. Ingen vet riktigt hur ännu, men inne på borggården har arkeologerna nu blottlagt resterna av en viktig pusselbit. - Vi har hittat medeltida murar och en trappa som leder ner från en borggård och ner till ett källarrum, säger Marita Sjölin som... (antal ord: 231), 2005-01-21


Archaeologists find ancient musical instruments
Musical instruments thought to be about 3,000 years old have been found by a team of Vietnamese archeologists. Known as lithophones, the ancient instruments are typically made of 11 slabs of stone. The lithophones were found in the southern province of Binh Duong in early January at a site that stretches some 20ha near a small hill in My Loc village in Tan My Commune of Tan Uyen District.The broken instruments were buried deep in an 8sq.m pit, said Dr Bui Chi Hoang, deputy director of the Arch... (antal ord: 354), 2005-01-28


Roman work in Faliron stream
Last week€™s heavy rainfall in Athens has led to the discovery of a Roman marble statue which had been apparently dumped in a streambed in the southern suburbs, an archaeologist said yesterday.The 1.8-meter tall marble torso of a young man was spotted on Thursday night in the Pikrodafni streambed, in Palaio Faliron €” near the intersection of Dimocratias and Pikrodafnis Streets €” by a passer-by who alerted authorities, said Yiorgos Steinhauer, head of the Culture Ministry€™s local antiquities dep... (antal ord: 133), 2005-01-28


Archeologist unearths biblical controversy
Canadian archeologist Russell Adams's interest is in Bronze Age and Iron Age copper production. He never intended to walk into archeology's vicious debate over the historical accuracy of the Old Testament - a conflict likened by one historian to a pack of feral canines at each other's throats.Yet by coincidence, Prof. Adams of Hamilton's McMaster University says, he and an international team of colleagues fit into place a significant piece of the puzzle of human history in the Middle East - un... (antal ord: 844), 2005-01-28


Explorers find ancient city in remote Peru jungle
An ancient walled city complex inhabited some 1,300 years ago by a culture later conquered by the Incas has been discovered deep in Peru's Amazon jungle, explorers said on Tuesday. US and Peruvian explorers uncovered the city, which may have been home to up to 10,000 people, after a month trekking in Peru's northern rain forest and following up on years of investigation about a possible lost metropolis in the region.The stone city, made up of five citadels at 9,186 feet above sea level, stretc... (antal ord: 171), 2005-01-28


New findings change thinking on human sacrifices
It has long been a matter of contention: Was the Aztec and Mayan practice of human sacrifice as widespread and horrifying as the history books say? Or did the Spanish conquerors overstate it to make the Indians look primitive? In recent years, archaeologists have been uncovering mounting physical evidence that corroborates the Spanish accounts in substance, if not number.Using high-tech forensic tools, archaeologists are proving that pre-Hispanic sacrifices often involved children and a broad ... (antal ord: 844), 2005-01-28


Danish Archaeologists in Search of Vikings in Iran
Researchers from the Copenhagen Museum in Denmark have traveled to the coasts of the Caspian Sea, northern Iran, in search of clues of relationships between Iranians and Vikings. A few years ago, a researcher from the Copenhagen Museum, Nadia Haupt, discovered more than one thousand coins and relics that did not belong to the Danish or other Scandinavian cultures, and therefore set to find out more about the historical roots of the Danish civilization. The ancient items that took the attention... (antal ord: 415), 2005-01-28


Cave may reveal secrets of past
Archaeologists are hoping investigation of a cave on the Isle of Skye will provide a snapshot of life 2,000 to 3,000 years ago. Skye-based archaeologists Steven Birch, Martin Wildgoose and George Kozikowski began work on the site at Uamh an Ard Achadh - also known as High Pasture Cave - at Strath last year and have secured Highland Council and European Leader+ funding to continue their investigations this year.Finds so far have included stone, iron, antler and bone tools; remnants of pottery;... (antal ord: 418), 2005-01-28


Intellectual life in Roman Alexandria
The Polish mission at Kom Al-Dikka in Alexandria has made several exciting finds over the years, but their latest discovery hard on the heels of the establishment of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina has set tongues buzzing. Grzegorz Majcherek, director of the Polish-Egyptian mission which has been excavating at Kom Al-Dikka for the past 40 or more years, insists that overzealous journalists have rather too hastily linked this latest discovery in Alexandria to the ancient library. "In fact, the newl... (antal ord: 1685), 2005-01-28


Valbo en handelsplats 3 000 år före Kristus?
Området där Valbo Volymhandel vill bygga ett nytt köpcentrum har varit bebyggt två gånger förut. Första gången var 3 000 år före Kristus. Andra gången var 300 år efter Kristus. Det visar den datering av fynd från sommarens utgrävningar som nu blivit klar.  En arkeologisk utgrävning är en förutsättning för att Valbo Köpcentrum ska kunna byggas ut. I somras grävde arkeologer vid Länsmuseet därför 32 provgropar för att undersöka hur stor stenåldersbyn, som legat där, har varit. Dessutom undersökt... (antal ord: 364), 2005-01-28


Ny arkeologisk undersökning av Läckö slott
Statens fastighetsverk (SFV) startar arbetet med stenläggning av Stora borggården på Läckö slott och samtidigt inleds en ny arkeologisk undersökning av det medeltida slottets murar. SFV ska ta bort den existerande grusbeläggningen på Stora borggården och lägga kalkstensplattor från Kinnekulle. Detta återskapar en borggård som man tror har likhet med den som fanns på Magnus Gabriel De la Gardies tid.  I ett brev daterat den 30 augusti 1654 från Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie till slottsfogden på L... (antal ord: 388), 2005-01-28


Sanningen om färingarna: Nu ska de DNA-testas
Nu ska sanningen fram: stammar färingarna från vikingar som på väg från Norge till Island blev så sjösjuka att de stannade på Färöarna? Eller stammar färingarna, liksom islänningarna, både från norrmän och kelter?Det vill en grupp genforskare vid naturvetenskapliga och tekniska fakulteten vid Färöarnas universitet ha fullständig kunskap om.Därför har de inlett en DNA-undersökning av 150 pojkar för att fastställa färingarnas ursprung.Det räcker med pojkar, hävdar forskarna, eftersom dessa bär... (antal ord: 209), 2005-01-28


Vikingar, riddare och värdegrund
I helgen var jag på Historiska museet igen med sonen. Han gillar vikingar, riddare och svärd. Jag själv hade störst behållning av den amerikanska konstnär Ann Hamiltons så kallade interaktiva konstverket "aloud". Inte för att det är "ett verk som spänner över kroppens möjligheter till både fysiska uttryck och inre reflexioner", utan för möjligheten att veva vindmaskiner. Konstverk som rör sig och låter - det är bara så kul.Samtidigt är "aloud" inte riktigt ett verk som kan väntas på ett histor... (antal ord: 602), 2005-01-28


Wir finanzieren die Raub-Archäologie im Irak
Warum es sich lohnt, das Kulturerbe des Abendlandes zu vernichten Die PlÖ¼nderung und VerwÖ¼stung des Nationalmuseums in Bagdad und die Brandschatzung von Bibliotheken und Archiven, die durch die Untätigkeit der Besatzungsmächte ermöglicht wurden, haben im April 2003 weltweite Empörung ausgelöst. Eine noch weitaus gröÖŸere Katastrophe, deren AusmaÖŸ inzwischen jede Vorstellungskraft sprengt, sind die jetzt im ganzen Land grassierenden Raubgrabungen und die dadurch bewirkte Zerstörung archäologischer... (antal ord: 583), 2005-01-28


Fortidsminder tvunget op af stormen
Den voldsomme storm ved årets begyndelse har betydet, at en del skjulte fortidsminder og oldsager er kommet op til jordens overflade. Store træer på f.eks. jættestuer er væltet, og i den blotlagte rodkage kan der sidde meget betydningsfulde oldsager, der er vigtige for jættestuens historie.  De største skader på fortidsminder er €“ ifølge de foreløbige meldinger til Kulturarvsstyrelsen €“ sket på Djursland og omkring Viborg. Der er meldt om væltede træer på både gravhøje og jorddiger.  "Det ha... (antal ord: 337), 2005-01-28


Archeologists seek ancient lost city in Malaysian jungles?
Archeologists plan to search for what they believe might be a 1,000-year-old lost city in southern Malaysia's dense jungles, a news report said Thursday.The Department of Museum and Antiquities hopes to mount an expedition in Johor state for a site known as Kota Gelanggi, an early trading center of the Srivijaya empire that ruled swathes of Southeast Asia for over 600 years starting in the seventh century, The Star newspaper reported.Raimy Che-Ross, an independent researcher who has conducte... (antal ord: 188), 2005-02-04


Discovery of brick tablet in Jiroft proves 3rd millennium BC civilization
A brick tablet unearthed in the vicinity of Jiroft proves that the civilization of the area along Halilroud river near the city of Jiroft dates back to he first half of the third millennium BC.An archaeologist from the US University of Pennsylvania, Professor Holly Pittman, told IRNA here Monday that the issue had been declared at the area by the Iranian archaeologist and head of archaeological delegation, Professor Yousef Majidzadeh, last year.Pittman added that the tablet had been unearthe... (antal ord: 376), 2005-02-04


Anger over Stonehenge delays 
The National Trust accused the government of abandoning the scheme to rescue Stonehenge from the stranglehold of traffic yesterday, despite its undertakings to protect the world heritage site.Fiona Reynolds, the director general of the trust, said there was an "ominous silence on the subject", forcing the National Trust and English Heritage to delay plans for a £25m centre and improvements at the site.She has written to Alistair Darling, the transport secretary, protesting against the decisi... (antal ord: 194), 2005-02-04


Researchers find rare letters from fifth century Gaza Strip
Swiss researchers have uncovered a rare exchange of letters written in ancient Greek during the fifth century in what is now the Gaza Strip (news - web sites), the University of Fribourg said.The discovery offers proof of a rich intellectual society in a region that is better known today for a bitter and bloody standoff between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, said one of the researchers, Professor Jacques Schamp.Located amid mounds of manuscripts stored at the Marciana National Library... (antal ord: 324), 2005-02-04


Archaeologists find ancient musical instruments
Musical instruments thought to be about 3,000 years old have been found by a team of Vietnamese archeologists. Known as lithophones, the ancient instruments are typically made of 11 slabs of stone. The lithophones were found in the southern province of Binh Duong in early January at a site that stretches some 20ha near a small hill in My Loc village in Tan My Commune of Tan Uyen District.The broken instruments were buried deep in an 8sq.m pit, said Dr Bui Chi Hoang, deputy director of the Arch... (antal ord: 354), 2005-02-04


Rare bronze age ring find
A crumpled piece of metal found in a field in the Newchurch parish turned out to be an extremely rare Bronze Age decorative ring of national importance. A treasure trove inquest was told how it was unearthed by illustrator Alan Rowe, of Alvington Road, Carisbrooke, while out metal detecting last summer. Experts believe the ring, known as a composite ring and which comprises of three ribs fused together, may have hung from a twisted torc worn around the neck or from a bracelet.Frank Basford, co... (antal ord: 299), 2005-02-04


Ancient city located
A 1,000-year-old lost city, possibly older than Angkor Wat in Cambodia and Borobudur in Indonesia, is believed to have been located in the dense jungles of Johor. The discovery of what is thought to be the site of Kota Gelanggi or Perbendaharaan Permata (Treasury of Jewels) by an independent Malaysian researcher has prompted museum officials to plan an expedition to confirm the finding.If indeed the site is that of the lost city, it is set to transform the historical landscape of the region, s... (antal ord: 816), 2005-02-04


Kazakhstan to show another Gold Man
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev has ordered a presentation of a third Gold Man, an ancient warrior's costume made of gold, local media reported. Archaeologists found the Gold Man at a mound in the country's western Atyrau region, Khabar television said. The warrior, who wore the costume more than 2,000 years ago, was a nomad. He belonged to the Sakas, part of the Asian Scythians, a people who formed a network of nomadic tribes of horse-riding conquerors. Nazarbayev was quoted by ... (antal ord: 145), 2005-02-04


Man offers $10,000 for Pedro Mountain Mummy
In the name of poking holes in the theory of evolution, a Syracuse, N.Y., man says he will pay $10,000 for one of the most mysterious artifacts ever dug up in Wyoming -- the Pedro Mountain Mummy. John Adolfi says he wants the Pedro Mountain Mummy, sometimes referred to as Pedro, in order to conduct DNA tests, X-rays, and magnetic resonance imaging on the little fellow.Conducting such tests, however, is no easy matter, as the mummy vanished in 1950.Although the mummy has not been seen in publ... (antal ord: 900), 2005-02-04


Utgrävning i Sala var gamla gruvkyrkan
Arkeologerna är nu övertygade om att den stengrund som hittades vid utgrävningarna av den gamla gruvkyrkogården vid Sala silvergruva i somras, verkligen är resterna av den gamla gruvkyrkan. Det har länge varit osäkert var kyrkan, eller kapellet, låg men nu är arkeologerna tämligen säkra, även om stengrunden är ovanlig stor för att vara en medeltidskyrka.... (antal ord: 55), 2005-02-04


Medeltida hamn vid Bonnstan?
Ska en utgrävning vid Kyrkholmen i Skellefteå skingra dimmorna kring tätorten Skellefteås tidigaste historia? Skellefteå museum hoppas att redan till sommaren starta en utgrävning på den plats där man tror att Skellefteås äldsta hamn legat. Enligt vad TV 4 Botnia uppger går nu museet och väntar på besked om pengar till utgrävningen. I området mellan Bonnstan och landskyrkan har man tidigare hittat stensättningar från det som varit en medeltida strandskoning. ... (antal ord: 70), 2005-02-04


Norrlands äldsta boplats funnen
Ett arkeologiskt fynd, nästan 10 000 år gammalt, har hittats 6 km öster om Kangos i Pajala kommun. Ett sensationellt fynd enligt arkeologerna vid Norrbotten museum eftersom det indikerar att inlandsisen dragit sig tillbaka mycket fortare än man tidigare trott.Det var under augusti 2004, när man skulle göra en inventering inför ett vägbygge, som arkeologerna gjorde fynden. De tyder på att man hittat en av norrlands äldsta boplatser. I en öppen sandyta på utgrävningsområdet har man hittat rester... (antal ord: 238), 2005-02-04


Archaeologists find 'Russian Stonehenge'  
Russian archaeologists have found the site of a 4,000-year-old concentric wooden structure resembling Britain's Stonehenge, the Art Newspaper reported Friday.Evidence of the structure was found near Ryazan southeast of Moscow at the confluence of the Oka and Pronya rivers. The area long known for its archaeological treasures was settled by tribes migrating from Eurasia thousands of years ago. The report quoted Ilha Ahmedov of Moscow's State History Museum as saying a recent dig had uncovered e... (antal ord: 158), 2005-02-04


Archaeological fakes hurt Jewish claims to Holy Land
Indictments in a sophisticated antiquities forgery ring have cast a pall over the entire field of biblical archaeology and could provide new arguments for those seeking to delegitimize Jewish claims to the Holy Land.That's because religious leaders and even governments use the presence or absence of archaeological discoveries to bolster their claims to truth and territory, or to refute someone else's.- There is a huge fight over who has a claim to the Land of Israel, says David Hazony, the ed... (antal ord: 969), 2005-02-04


Ancient church found
The site of a nearly 1,000-year-old church has been found in Skien, making it likely Norway's oldest. Norway may have been converted to Christianity far earlier than believed. The remains were found in 2001 but have only now been dated radiologically. Experts believe the find strengthens theories that Norway was Christian in several spots long before Håkon the Good, Olav Tryggvason and Olav Haraldsson began their missionary raids.- It is fun to see confirmation of what we have long believed, th... (antal ord: 223), 2005-02-11


8000-year-old stone tool workshop discovered in northeast Iran
A team of Iranian experts recently discovered an 8000-year-old stone tool-making workshop during the first comprehensive archaeological area study at an ancient site south of the city of Shahrud in the northeastern Iranian province of Semnan, team member Kurosh Rustai announced on Tuesday.The excavations carried out over the past few years by Iranian and Japanese experts in Deh-Kheyr and Tappeh-Chakhmanq, south of Shahrud, resulted in the discovery of traces from the Neolithic era (circa 9000€“... (antal ord: 231), 2005-02-11


Ancient engravings found in Somerset cave
Two members of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society have discovered an engraving in a cave in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, which may be at least 10,000 years old. Graham Mullan and Linda Wilson, who have spent much of the last ten years studying Palaeolithic cave art, recently began a systematic search of caves in southern Britain in the belief that such works in this country would not simply be confined to those found at Creswell Crags, Nottinghamshire.The first results of this stu... (antal ord: 560), 2005-02-11


Science to test Argonaut myth
Gold jewelry found last year in an unplundered Mycenaean royal tomb on the outskirts of Volos will be tested for links with one of the most enduring ancient Greek myths, the Argonauts€™ expedition, an archaeologist said yesterday.The 14th century BC treasure - gold beads from necklaces and jewelry made of gold and semiprecious stones - was found with vases and other offerings in four pits inside the tholos tomb, a beehive-like subterranean structure usually associated with Late Bronze Age royal... (antal ord: 183), 2005-02-11


Ancient church found
The site of a nearly 1,000-year-old church has been found in Skien, making it likely Norway's oldest. Norway may have been converted to Christianity far earlier than believed. Christian influence gradually came to Norway via trade, marriage ties, Viking raids, Christian Celtic slaves and eventually missionaries.Olav the Holy (Olav Haraldsson, St. Olav), who lived from 995-1030, officially introduced Christianity to Norway.The first churches in Norway were stave and post churches. The only re... (antal ord: 313), 2005-02-11


Arkeologens Dag
Kvinnliga arkeologer har sämre anställningsvillkor och karriärmöjligheter än sina manliga kollegor. Det framkommer av DIKs enkätundersökning "Man måste äta på vintern också €“ vad blev det av dig som läste arkeologi?""Man måste äta på vintern också" Rapporten från DIKs arkeologenkät 56 procent av de yrkesverksamma arkeologer som svarade på enkäten är visstidsanställda. För dem är väntan på en tillsvidareanställning lång, i genomsnitt nästan fem år. För vissa till och med över tio år.Med anled... (antal ord: 112), 2005-02-11


Utgrävning i Stadsparken ger Salvestaden kunskaper
Vad kan Salvestaden lära av en utgrävning i Stadsparken i Kalmar? Och vad kan utgrävningen på platsen för det nya konstmuseet berätta om den medeltida staden Kalmar. Nästa vecka bjuder länsmuseichefen Maria Malmlöf och Destination Kalmars Patrik Holmberg till ett halvdagsseminarium kring Arkeologi i Medeltidsstaden Kalmar. "Kalmar är en av Sveriges viktigaste medeltidsstäder, men en av de arkeologiskt minst undersökta, trots ovanligt väl bevarade lämningar under mark", skriver Maria Malmlöf i si... (antal ord: 278), 2005-02-11


Järnåldersläger kan bli verklighet igen i Nolby
Ett levande fornminnesområde med guider i kläder från järnålder och tidig medeltid. Skolklasser som lever forntidsliv och barn som åker på järnålderskollo. Det vill museipedagog Tina Johansson och en grupp arkeologiskt intresserade bygga upp i Nolby.Fornminnesområdet i Nolby spänner över järnålder och tidig medeltid, över hedendom och kristen tro, över runristare och historieskrivare. Tina Johansson har i många år lett arkeologivandringar där. Vid ett möte med Ulrika Hådén, historieintresserad... (antal ord: 324), 2005-02-11


Förslag till vikingacenter
Ett besökscenter med "vikingaprägel" planeras i Värmlands Nysäter. Nu finns också ett färdigt förslag till hur byggnaden ska se ut. Den tidstypiska "hyddan" ska rymma den stora vikingautställning från York som föreningen Gillbergaturism äger. Under våren och hösten har den ekonomiska föreningen Gillbergaturism genomfört en arkitekttävling inom ramen för EU:s mål 2-projekt Vikingar i Värmland och världen. Tävlingen gick ut på att hitta ett förslag till hur ett besökscenter med vikingaprägel sku... (antal ord: 210), 2005-02-11


Mycket om Gotlands vikingar
Inte oväntat rymmer senaste numret av Viking Heritage åtskilligt om Gotland. Det är ju dags för €�Gotland Vikingaön 2005€� och mer än halva numret ägnas gotländsk vikingatid. Fornsalens Gun Westholm tar upp Gutalagen som unik källa till vikingarnas liv om leverne.Allt från lagar och regler till kvinnornas roll. Intressant. Några artiklar har tidskriftens redaktör Marita Ekman hämtat från fjolårets årsbok Gotländskt Arkiv som därmed sprids till en bredare krets. Majvor Ö–stergren skriver om go... (antal ord: 142), 2005-02-11


Jamtli öppnar landets första kvällsmuseum
I mitten av februari öppnar Jamtli landets första kvällsmuseum. Då hoppas man att besökare som av olika anledningar inte kan komma på dagstid, väljer kvällarna i stället.- Vi vill att folk som jobbar och ungdomar som går i skolan eller sportar på dagtid, ska kunna besöka oss när de passar dem bäst, säger Jeannette Wahl, som är ansvarig för projektet.- Därför öppnar vi nu Sveriges första kvällsöppna museum, från och med den 14 februari. Det kommer att bli vintertema både ute och inne på Jamtli... (antal ord: 244), 2005-02-11


Badelundaåsen ämne för avhandling
Jonas Monié Nordin har sin doktorsavhandling tagit utgångspunkt från de arkeologiska undersökningar som under 60-talet genomfördes på Badelundaåsen vid Grådö och som kom att bli en av Sveriges största borgundersökningar någonsin. Utgrävningarna har inte publicerats och de föremål som hittades har förvarats i Dalarnas museums arkiv.- Efter en genomgång av det rika källmaterialet från Grådö, Borgaholm och även Gudsberga klosterruin har en ny hypotes om Dalarnas medeltid formulerats, skriver Jon... (antal ord: 199), 2005-02-11


Den hellige vej går over hedensk område
Da pilgrimmene i stort antal gennem århundreder gik ad Sankt Helene Vej i Tisvilde for at komme til den hellige Helenes grav, gik de tværs gennem et område, som før var beoet af hedninge. Det viser det foreløbige resultat af de undersøgelser, som et hold arkæologer nu har gennemført på jorden til Borshøjgård, som nu skal bebygges med ti store sommerhuse. Undersøgelserne får nu arkæolog og museumsinspektør Liv Appel, Gilleleje Museum, til at søge Kulturarvsstyrelsen om penge til at kunne gennem... (antal ord: 446), 2005-02-11


Road builders plunder Great Wall
Road builders demolished a large section of China's World Heritage-listed Great Wall last month in an indication of the perilous state of one of the world's best known landmarks, state media said today. Almost 100m of the wall in northern Ningxia autonomous region was levelled in two overnight raids by construction workers who used the material to pave a road, the Ningxia Daily said.The destroyed area near Zhongwei city was constructed during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in an region known as ... (antal ord: 332), 2005-02-11


In the Valley of Life, oil is death to the art of a lost civilisation
It is hard to imagine how dry the desert is until you have gone for a stroll in the Sahara. After a couple of hours' walk across this lunar landscape, tracking along the steep escarpment of the Messak Settafet plateau, a paste of salt, sand, and sweat forms on every square inch of exposed skin.Halfway up the slope, picking his way through a giant's playpen of boulders, Hassan Ahmed Breki stops, unwraps his long, white headscarf, and runs a finger along lines carved into a rock surface. Here, o... (antal ord: 903), 2005-02-11


Första norrbottningen kom för 10.000 år sedan
Den lilla grusvägen Kangos-Hukanmaa tar plats i norrbottniska historien.Bredvid vägen hittades i somras det som troligen är Norrlands äldsta boplats.Förstummade arkeologer grävde fram nästan 10.000 år gamla eldplatser, redskap samt ben från gädd- och renmåltider. Mycket har hänt inom arkeologin i Norrbotten de senaste 20 åren. På 1980-talet hittades sten­åldershyddorna i Vuollerim, 6.000 år gamla. 2001 upptäckte Silvermuseet i Arjeplog en 9.800 år gammal boplats vid sjön Dumpokjauratj.August... (antal ord: 456), 2005-02-11


Norrbottens historia nu minst 10 000 år
Norrbottens, kanske rent av Norrlands troligen äldsta boplats har upptäckts 6 kilometer norr om Kangos i Pajala kommun. Undersökningar och dateringar från platsen visar att den använts för nästan 10 000 år sedan och alltså kan vara något äldre än boplatsen vid sjön Dumpokjauratj i Arjeplogs kommun, som Silvermuseet utforskar.Arkeolog Olof Ö–stlund, Norrbottens museum, grävningsledare på platsen, visar en bild från utgrävningen. Hela marken består av gammalt isälvssediment, som bildade bra unde... (antal ord: 585), 2005-02-11


"Kortsiktigheten styr"
Ett femtontal projektanställningar har Ola Matthing hunnit med under sina femton år som arkeolog. Han är kritisk till det kortsiktiga perspektiv som han tycker styr landets kulturinstitutioner. Ola Matthing har jobbat på flera olika avdelningar på Riksantikvarieämbetet och en mängd länsmuseer runt om i landet. Som längst har han stannat två år på ett och samma ställe men ibland har det handlat om bara några få månader. Just nu är han arbetslös.- Det finns inga chefer som vågar ge fasta anställ... (antal ord: 504), 2005-02-11


Tsunami unearths gifts for archaeology
The deadly tsunamis that crashed into southern India unearthed priceless relics, including two granite lions, that had lain buried under the sand for centuries, archaeologists say. A team from the Archaeological Survey of India descended on the ancient seaport of Mahabalipuram, 70km south of Madras, to examine the "gifts" left after the tsunami redrew the entire coastline.They include the remnants of a stone house and a half-completed rock elephant, archaeologists said late on Thursday. There ... (antal ord: 160), 2005-02-11


The oldest Homo sapiens
Fossils push human emergence back to 195,000 years ago. Geologist Frank Brown, dean of mines and Earth sciences at the University of Utah, crouches on Ethiopia's Kibish rock formation, where Brown and colleagues determined that fossilized bones of Homo sapiens were 195,000 years old - the oldest fossils of the our species ever found. Credit: Ian McDougall, Australian National University When the bones of two early humans were found in 1967 near Kibish, Ethiopia, they were thought to be 130,00... (antal ord: 1951), 2005-02-18


Carbon dating backs Bible on Edom
Evidence of biblical kingdom of Edom. Some archaeologists are convinced that pottery remains and radiocarbon work in Jordan were from a site that was part of the Edomite state. The Mideast's latest archaeological sensation is all about Edom. The Bible says Edom's kings interacted with ancient Israel, but some scholars have confidently declared that no Edomite state could have existed that early.The latest archaeological work indicates the Bible got it right, those experts got it wrong and some... (antal ord: 665), 2005-02-18


Vast palace of Rome's first kings discovered deep beneath the Forum
Ancient Rome has yielded its deepest secret - one that coincides with the legend of the city's foundation. Seven metres under the ruins of imperial Rome's Forum, Professor Andrea Carandini has discovered the remains of an immense building, covering 345 square metres, which he believes to be the palace of Rome's first kings.He has dated a section of flooring near by to 753BC - when, according to legend, the city was founded by Romulus on seven hills. Until now, historians have maintained that R... (antal ord: 212), 2005-02-18


Om en vecka tänder kronprinsessan vårdkasen
Om en vecka tänder kronprinsessan Victoria Gotlands första vårdkase på omkring 150 år. Det innebär startskottet för en löpeld av kasar och den formella invigningen av vikingaåret 2005! Intresset för det gigantiska experimentet är stort. Vårdkasar ön runt har, vad man vet, inte tänts sedan 1800-talet. Den 25 februari gör dock närmare 40 hembygdsföreningar just det. Initiativtagaren och dokumentärfilmaren Claes-Göran Appelquist är förväntansfull. €“ Vi har ju glömt hur man gör. Vi försöker anvä... (antal ord: 444), 2005-02-18


First Islamic pool discovered in Cairo
The first pool in Islamic civilization was discovered by chance in an archaeological site in Cairo, said Ayman Abdel Mona'm the director of the Old Cairo upgrading project. An archaeological mission restoring the palace of Prince Taz, found the pool underneath the building, Mona'm added.The palace recovery is part of his project to upgrade Old Cairo, where water cisterns were also found from time to time, during other restoration operations.... (antal ord: 71), 2005-02-18


Large Tibetan religious site discovered in Sichuan
The discovery of a large Tibetan religious site in Shiqu County in southwest China's Sichuan Province was announced recently. Located at the source of the Yalong River in remote southern Sichuan, the site was well protected since the area is not easy toget to, said Shi Shuo, a professor on Tibet culture in Sichuan University who discovered the site. The site, which is 73 meters long, 47 meters wide and 14.5 meters high at the center, has been carefully studied and authenticated by the Sichuan ... (antal ord: 267), 2005-02-18


Wallette ser sagorna i nytt ljus
Den fornnordiska vikingatiden som det skildrades under perioden 1650 till 1950 har obestridligen influerat den officiella Sverigebilden. Anna Wallette, verksam vid Lunds universitet, nyanserar denna bild i sin doktorsavhandling och visar på intressanta förändringar i synen på historien och svensk identitet.Utgångspunkten för Anna Wallettes doktorsavhandling är att de isländska sagornas bild av nordisk vikingatid länge spelat en viktig roll i konstruktionen av svensk nationell identitet. Genom ... (antal ord: 732), 2005-02-18


Du skulle inte vilja vara en upptäcktsresande viking! resor du knappast skulle klara av.
Bakom den långa titeln döljer sig en annorlunda historiebok. Man får följa en grupp vikingar på en spännande färd över havet från Grönland till Amerika. Allt skildras noggrant och detaljerat: förberedelserna, skeppet, den strapatsfyllda seglatsen. Vikingarna kommer fram till Vinland där de bosätter sig och övervintrar. Livet är dock inte så enkelt eftersom de kommer i strid med infödingar och slutligen måste resa hem igen.Ett annorlunda grepp är att huvudpersonen är läsaren som hela tiden får ... (antal ord: 222), 2005-02-18


De higer og søger for de kan ikke lade være
Ö˜stsjællandske amatørarkæologer har lige hyldet deres sammenslutning og en af de ivrige fortidsjægere. Det kribler i fingrene efter at komme ud og rode i jorden - ikke så meget i havejorden eller altankassen som i det store, danske fællesområde, hvor mulden, moserne kalk- og lerlagene ligger og gemmer på historiske vingesus, der kan få det til at rykke i enhver arkæolog - amatør eller ej.Lørdag formiddag mødtes amatørarkæologer fra det østsjællandske for at hylde deres sammenslutning og en af ... (antal ord: 550), 2005-02-18


Chinese used diamonds to polish sapphire-rich stone in 2500 BC
Find provides evidence of earliest known use of diamond and sapphire by prehistoric people. Researchers have uncovered strong evidence that the ancient Chinese used diamonds to grind and polish ceremonial stone burial axes as long as 6,000 years ago €“ and incredibly, did so with a level of skill difficult to achieve even with modern polishing techniques. The finding, reported in the February issue of the journal Archaeometry, places this earliest known use of diamond worldwide thousands of years... (antal ord: 676), 2005-02-18


Tutankhamun Murder Mystery Hangs on March Report
A team of experts expects to announce in March whether the latest test results on the mummified body of Tutankhamun will provide evidence for the theory that the boy pharaoh was murdered. Zahi Hawass, head of the Egyptian government's Supreme Council for Antiquities, told Reuters that results from a high tech x-ray scan of the mummy would help explain a bone chip in the skull that has sparked the murder theory. "This hole in the skull, people talked about it a lot, we have to tell the public a... (antal ord: 328), 2005-02-18


Erotikea
Sexy murals are among a wealth of Roman relics which have been uncovered on the site of a new Ikea store. The erotic paintings were found by workmen building a massive new outlet for the Swedish furniture giants. Roman tombs, villas, baths and a complex aqueduct system were also uncovered. It is believed the relics date back to the 5th century BC.The site where the artefacts were found was used as a brothel, or lupanar, by the Ancient Romans.The murals depict an elderly man entangled with a ... (antal ord: 265), 2005-02-18


Did Thames Wreck Take on the Armada?
The submerged wreck of a massive Elizabethan merchant ship, thought to be one of the English vessels that fought the Spanish Armada in 1588, has been discovered in the estuary of the Thames where it flows into the North Sea, 50 miles east of London.Huge timbers discovered over the past 18 months during dredging for the Port of London indicate that the vessel was one of the largest Armada-period English merchant craft ever built. The evidence so far suggests that the vessel may have been Royal ... (antal ord: 960), 2005-02-25


Thracian Gold Fever
Archaeologist and showman Georgi Kitov's spectacular discoveries raise questions about managing Bulgaria's past.Archaeologist Georgi Kitov sips wine from a gold drinking cup found in a tomb believed to belong to late-fourth-century B.C. Thracian king Seuthes III. (Tsvetan Tomchev/Noshten Trud Newspaper) [LARGER IMAGE]On a soft, gray fall afternoon, a crowd of several hundred waited patiently outside the Iskra History Museum in Kazanluk, the unprepossessing main town in central Bulgaria's ros... (antal ord: 352), 2005-02-25


Last Great Capital of the Maya
In the mid-1400s, MayapÖ¡n, a vast and powerful Maya political center in YucatÖ¡n, was destroyed by a violent revolt spurred by fear of Aztec mercenaries living in the city. MayapÖ¡n was the last great capital to fall--a seminal event in the Maya world. In the 1950s, archaeologists from the Carnegie Institution of Washington found evidence of the revolt in burned buildings, ransacked altars, and columnar figures with their heads lopped off. But despite Spanish and native accounts of MayapÖ¡n's forme... (antal ord: 467), 2005-02-25


The Lost Goddess of Israel
And [the king] set a graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which the Lord said to David and Solomon his son, "In this House, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever." --II Kings 21:7Asherah is arguably the most important goddess in the Canaanite pantheon. The prototypical mother of gods and humans and consort of the chief god, El, she is also the mistress of the sea and the land, and protector of all living things. We ... (antal ord: 484), 2005-02-25


The Buzz: Trial of the Century
Eighteen months after the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) first announced that the James Ossuary, a first century A.D. limestone bone box engraved with the words "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus," and the Jehoash Inscription, a tablet purporting to be a 2,800-year-old account of repairs to the Temple in Jerusalem, were forgeries, the country's Justice Ministry handed down indictments against five men. The group includes four antiquities dealers, among them ossuary owner Oded Golan and ... (antal ord: 629), 2005-02-25


Bjørnestad-skatten
Det kanskje merkeligste av alle skattefunn fra Sørlandet er det fra Bjørnestad i Spind. For mens både Lyngdal og Lista er representert med mer typiske sølv- og gullskatter fra forhistorisk tid, er Bjørnestad-skatten fra nabobygden Spind bare et par, tre hundre år gammel. Den er dermed den eneste bevarte €“ eller den eneste oppgravde? €“ skatten fra 1700-årene i hele Vest-Agder.Det var våren 1890 at Lars Tollisen Bjørnestad støtte på den bortgjemte skatten. Den allestedsnærværende P. Holmesland f... (antal ord: 2178), 2005-02-25


A Place to Rest for German Kings
When an engraved stone was dug up nearly a century ago on a building site, it didn't excite many. But now an archeologist has determined that it's actually part of Germany's oldest throne, sat in by Emperor Charlemagne. Usually the western city of Aachen gets all the press - at least when it comes to Charlemagne. It was the favorite residence of the emperor and served as the principal coronation site of Holy Roman emperors and German kings from the Middle Ages to the Reformation.But now Aachen... (antal ord: 269), 2005-02-25


Israeli expedition to unlock mystery of human origins
Keren Oren, a third-year student at the Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Culture, works at the site near Beit Shemesh which has yielded the earliest known iron workshop in the eastern Mediterranean. Since the discovery of a 160,000-year old human-like skull in Ethiopia in 2002, scientists have been refocusing their interest on questions relating to the evolution of Homo sapiens. Where and when did modern humans first appear and what were their routes of dispe... (antal ord: 1143), 2005-02-25


Cosmic Rays to Solve Ancient Mexican Mystery
Sub-atomic particles created by cosmic rays from space are to be used to probe a giant Mexican pyramid and solve one of the world€™s greatest archaeological mysteries.Investigators are to install detectors beneath the Pyramid of the Sun that look for muons €“ charged particles generated when cosmic rays hit the atmosphere which continuously shower the Earth.... (antal ord: 57), 2005-02-25


Coptic trove
In Al-Gurna where several excavation missions are probing for more Ancient Egyptian treasures under the sand, a team from the Polish Centre for Mediterranean Archaeology has stumbled on a major Coptic trove buried under the remains of a sixth-century monastery located in front of a Middle Kingdom tomb. Excavators unearthed two papyri books with Coptic text along with a set of parchments placed between two wooden labels as well as Coptic ostraca, pottery fragments and textiles. The head of the ... (antal ord: 508), 2005-02-25


Iron age necklace discovered
An amateur archaeologist using a 30-year-old metal detector has discovered a rare golden necklace from the iron age buried in a local farmer's field. The delicately twisted torc, designed for a well-to-do member of a tribe in the area now covered by north Nottinghamshire, is expected to be valued at more than £100,000.Maurice Richardson, 55, a self-employed tree surgeon from Newark, reported the find to the local coroner after initially thinking his soil-covered discovery was scrap metal.It ... (antal ord: 311), 2005-02-25


Controversial Dates Of Biblical Edom Reassessed
New archeological research from modern-day Jordan indicates the existence of the biblical nation of Edom at least as early as the 10th Century B.C., the era of kings David and Solomon, and adds to the controversy over the historical accuracy of the Old Testament. The full results of the 2002 excavation, by a team of international scholars, at the site of Khirat en-Nahas (or €œruins of copper,€� in Arabic), are reported in the current issue of the British journal Antiquity.The new study, under th... (antal ord: 475), 2005-02-25


Underwater arrowheads, tools dazzle Maritime historians
Archaeologists are showing off a treasure trove they call one of the most significant discoveries of Mi'kmaq artifacts in Nova Scotia. Hundreds of arrowheads and tools, some 8,000 years old, were discovered last summer along the Mersey River, near Kejimkujik National Park in the southwest region of the province.Workers from Nova Scotia Power were doing repairs to generating stations on the river. As water levels dropped in some areas, the riverbed was exposed for the first time since dams were... (antal ord: 250), 2005-02-25


De håber at finde en vikingehavn
Indtil for nylig blev der drukket irsk øl på den gamle Søndervold, men længe før den sidste slurk tabte en vikingekvinde sit kappespænde på stedet. Værtshusets gæster har forlængst drukket ud, gulvet er brækket op, og nu graver arkæologerne længere og længere ned i håb om at finde rester af en vikingehavn ved Ö…rhus Ö….Stedet ligger mellem Ö…boulevarden og Skt. Clemens Stræde mindre end et flaskekast fra Vadestedet. I efteråret lukkede den irske pub Paddy ved åen, snart efter var butiksejendommen... (antal ord: 485), 2005-02-25


Norrlands historia skrivs om
Arkeologen David Loeffler vid Umeå universitet försvarade på fredagen sin doktorsavhandlin. Där visar han hur Norrlands förhistoria har försummats, avfärdats och förvanskats. I den ringa mån den alls har uppmärksammats i skolböcker, historieböcker och av arkeologer under 1900-talet.- Många felaktigheter i historieskrivningen baserar sig på förutfattade meningar och projiceringar av nutiden till dåtiden, säger arkeologen David Loeffler. Redan på 1900-talet hade arkeologer gjort fynd som berätta... (antal ord: 570), 2005-02-25


Ancient Egyptians Hoarded Crude Oil
New research suggests that oil and its by-products were valued and traded in the Mideast at least 3,000 years ago, the same region that dominates world production and export of crude oil today. Evidence for the discovery came from surprising sources - mummies.According to a forthcoming paper in the Journal of Geoarchaeology, scientists found tar on several ancient Egyptian mummies. Because every batch of tar contains unique biochemicals, the researchers were able to trace the sticky substances... (antal ord: 571), 2005-02-25


Theory: Iceman Oetzi Wore High-Tech Shoes
Otzi, the copper ax-wielding iceman found frozen in the Alps where he had trekked over 5,300 years ago, wore high-tech snowshoes, according to a closer look at artifacts found with his remains.If the new theory holds, Ö–tzi's footwear would become the world's first known snowshoes, and in a landslide victory. The current likely record-holders are not even actual shoes, but rather carvings of what look to be snowshoes found within Iron Age petroglyphs that date to approximately 500 B.C.€œ The wo... (antal ord: 693), 2005-02-25


'Hobbit' bone of contention settled
A bitter academic dispute over the bones of the "hobbits" - the extinct metre-high human species whose sensational discovery was announced last year - has finally been resolved, but not without animosity.One of Indonesia's leading palaeontologists, Professor Teuku Jacob of Gadjah Mada University, last year seized the remains of the seven hobbit skeletons and locked them in his safe, refusing to let other scientists study them.He was not in the Australian-Indonesian team that found the bones ... (antal ord: 259), 2005-02-25


Moses and Archaeology
U.S. and Israeli researchers claim to have discovered proof that the five books of Moses were in existence during the First Temple period. The findings are based on new laboratory techniques used to date two small silver amulets, inscribed in ancient Hebrew and discovered in a burial cave in Jerusalem in 1979. The amulets, which were not fully deciphered until recently, contain the text of the Priestly Benediction, which appears in Numbers 6.Tests carried out in NASA laboratories have now date... (antal ord: 335), 2005-02-25


Experts have bones to pick on seashore
A rapid response archaeology team has been sent to Orkney after storms exposed skeletons on the shore below St Thomas' Kirk. Orkney Archaeological Trust informed Historic Scotland of the damage and the decision was taken to move forward a planned excavation which Historic Scotland had agreed to fund this summer. The team will excavate, record and assess storm damage to the medieval graveyard at the kirk and the broch at Hall of Rendall.Patrick Ashmore, Historic Scotland's head of archaeology,... (antal ord: 255), 2005-02-25


Fra Ormsland til Urnes
I 1357 ble Narvika i Søndeled (Aust-Agder) solgt. På det tidspunktet hadde gården en landskyld på 3 ½ månedsmatbol (mmb) (DN XXI nr. 92, jfr. Låg 1999:245). Den utgravde middelaldergården Lurekalven i Hordaland hadde en landskyld på 4 mmb og et samlet åkerareal på 10 da. De minste av de undersøkte gårdsanleggene fra middelalderen på Agder har et åkerareal på godt under det. Ormsland under Repstad i Søgne (nevnt som øde i 1656) kan for eksempel neppe ha hatt større samlet åkerland enn 2-3 mål (L... (antal ord: 3149), 2005-03-04


FSU anthropologist leads incredible journey through 'hobbit' brain
Florida State University professor and chair of anthropology Dean Falk led an international team of scientists on an incredible virtual journey through the tiny brain of an 18,000 year-old hobbit-sized human. What they found has upended conventional evolutionary wisdom on the relationship of brain size to intelligence.Findings from "The Brain of LB1, Homo Floresiensis" appear in the March 3 edition of Science Express, the online version of the journal Science, and will be featured in a March 1... (antal ord: 611), 2005-03-04


Lost society tore itself apart
The largest pyramid constructed by the Moche, the Huaca del Sol Two thousand years ago, a mysterious and little known civilisation ruled the northern coast of Peru. Its people were called the Moche. They built huge and bizarre pyramids that still dominate the surrounding landscape; some well over 30m (100ft) tall.They are so heavily eroded, they look like natural features; only close up can you see they are made up of millions of adobe mud bricks.These pyramids are known as "huacas", meaning... (antal ord: 733), 2005-03-04


Why had Mesopotamians built Mari?
French archeologist solves mystery of ancient Mesopotamian city purpose-built in desert for metallurgical industry. The mystery of an ancient Mesopotamian city has finally been lifted after 25 years of meticulous work by a French archaeologist who has revealed it was one of the first "modern cities", purpose-built in the desert for the manufacture of copper arms and tools.In a new book entitled "Mari, the Metropolis of the Euphrates", Jean-Claude Margueron said the third millennium BC city, in... (antal ord: 534), 2005-03-04


Experts' joy over Iron Age relics
An important archaeological discovery has led experts to believe Ryton-on-Dunsmore was home to a high-ranking Iron Age family more than 2,000 years ago.Scientists have found the first-ever complete example of an Iron Age kiln, which they believe a prehistoric family may have used to turn smelt iron into tools or jewellery.The clay oven was unearthed on the site of a £3 million safety improvement scheme on the A45, near the junction with the A445.Before, fragments of kilns had been dug up els... (antal ord: 378), 2005-03-04


'Atomic Paring Knife' Will Help Probe Ancient Civilizations
Mississippi State researchers are acquiring a high-tech laser instrument described as an €œatomic paring knife€� that will be used, among other things, to probe the mysteries of ancient civilizations. Hailed as the first such unit of its type in the Southeastern United States, the university€™s Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer will provide organizations across Mississippi - academic, non-profit and industrial - with unique capabilities for quantitative surface analysis an... (antal ord: 583), 2005-03-04


Ancient sky map or fake? German experts row over star disc
One of Germany's most acclaimed archaeological finds - a 3,600-year-old disc depicting the stars and the planets - is at the centre of a dispute following claims that it is a modern forgery. According to Germany's museum establishment, the Sky Disc of Nebra is the oldest depiction of the heavens discovered and offers an insight into the Bronze Age mind.But the authenticity of the disc has been challenged by one of the country's leading archaeologists, Peter Schauer of Regensburg University. He... (antal ord: 544), 2005-03-04


2,500 years old, and as fresh as the day she was buried
Hidden in a sprawling tomb behind a pair of ancient statues in the capital of ancient Egypt, a team of Australian archaeologists has found one of the best-preserved mummies, reports Anne Penketh. The green eyes stare out unblinkingly from the beaded mask. The woman's dark eyebrows and terracotta face look as fresh as they ever did.Yet the figure covered in turquoise beads and swaddled in black linen, nestling in a wooden sarcophagus, is believed to be 2,500 years old.Egypt's chief archaeolog... (antal ord: 666), 2005-03-04


Ancient Earth Drawings Found in Peru
Archaeologists have discovered a group of giant figures scraped into the hills of Peru's southern coastal desert that are believed to predate the country's famed Nazca lines. About 50 figures were etched into the earth over an area roughly 90 square miles near the city of Palpa, 220 miles southeast of Lima, El Comercio newspaper reported. The drawings - which include human figures as well as animals such as birds, monkeys, and felines - are believed to be created by members of the Paracas cul... (antal ord: 213), 2005-03-04


Traces of a Lost People
Who roamed the Colorado Plateau thousands of years ago? And what do their stunning paintings signify? Deep inside Utah's Horseshoe Canyon, the eight-foot-tall "Holy Ghost" hovers above a sandy wash, shimmering against the relentless sun. Ancient nomads created the larger-than-life image, reports author Kurt Repanshek, by filling their mouths with red-ocher-tinted paint and spraying it out with a mighty burst onto the sandstone.The "Holy Ghost" is the focal point of the Great Gallery, a vast mu... (antal ord: 262), 2005-03-04


A rich handover
At No. 8 Al-Alfi Street downtown last week, the scene was more bustling than usual. A large number of police officers, archaeologists and journalists were on hand as a huge cache of artefacts - hidden since 1971 - finally saw the light again. The collection includes a number of anthropoid sarcophagi, painted mummy masks, Ancient Egyptian ushabti figurines (wooden statuettes), limestone reliefs, necklaces, amulets, and scarabs, as well as a group of Graeco-Roman statues, Islamic vessels, clay c... (antal ord: 636), 2005-03-04


Arkeolog tror att fynd vid E 4 stulits
De arkeologiska utgrävningarna inför bygget av nya E 4 har avslutats. Arkeologen Andreas Hennius tror att det finns fler fynd än de som hittats. Han befarar att tjuvar slagit till.- Jag är nästan säker på att det har plundrats vid utgrävningarna längs E 4, men vi har inga klara bevis på det, säger han. Uppland är ett av Sveriges fornlämningstätaste landskap och problemet med plundring är därmed ett faktum. - Tierps kyrka har vid ett tillfälle bestulits, men fördelen med kyrkoplundringar är at... (antal ord: 363), 2005-03-04


Fler släktingar väntar på att bli upptäckta
I september 2003 hittades kvarlevorna av en småväxt förhistorisk människoform, Homo floresiensis, på ön Flores, väster om Java. Sensationellt nog existerade arten samtidigt som Homo sapiens. Mycket tyder på att fientliga människor gjorde sig av med det främmande folkslaget.Hur länge har människor funnits på jorden, var stod mänsklighetens vagga och på vilka vägar har människorna spritt sig över jorden? Det senaste halvseklets forskning har givit åtminstone approximativa svar på dessa eviga frå... (antal ord: 1935), 2005-03-04


Gammalt och dyrt i Laholmsmyllan
Unika fornlämningar kan stoppa utbyggnaden av ett industriområde i Laholm. Arkeologerna har hittat ett mycket rikt material av bebyggelse under det översta jordlagret i Nyby ,och vill nu gå vidare. En sådan utgrävning av kan bli mycket dyr för kommunen som är exploatör. Det kan handla om så mycket pengar att kommunen tvingas leta efter annan mark för framtida företag och industrier, skriver tidningarna i södra Halland.... (antal ord: 67), 2005-03-04


Forskare granskar Vinlandskartan på nytt
Ö„kta eller falsk? Vinlandskartan delar forskarvärlden i motståndare och anhängare. Nu prövar danska forskare att få fram sanningen om kartan på ett nytt sätt. De ska jämföra kartans pergament med prov från andra samtida skrifter.Fakta Vinlandskartan är en liten, tematisk världskarta på pergament som visar kristendomens utbredning från Kina i öster till Vinland i väster. Den togs emot med öppna armar på 1960-talet, men avfärdades 1973 som förfalskning. En analys av bläcket visade att det måste ... (antal ord: 761), 2005-03-04


Ö–ver 3000 ägnade helgen åt vikingar
Vikingaåret invigdes i helgen med en rad evenemang och blev uppmärksammat över hela Sverige. Intresset för vikingatiden kunde mätas i mellan 3000 och 4000 besökare på något av de evenemang som anordnades under invigningshelgen. - Det är bra för att vara en kall vinterhelg där folk skulle ta sig ut från tätorten för att vara med på aktiviteterna. Det säger Dan Carlsson, som jobbar med projektet Gotland Vikingaön. Han säger också att invigningshelgen uppmärksammades i drygt 20 tidningar och i r... (antal ord: 138), 2005-03-04


Medeltiden ur nya perspektiv
Mycket omvärderas nu om landskapets egenart och folkkultur. Kvinnorna hade stark ställning och det var självklart för hälsingarna att ta hand om samhällets fattigaste.- Det är bra för folks självkänsla i Hälsingland att få veta hur framstående landskapet var på medeltiden. Det säger Elisabeth Andersson som är projektledare hos Sensus studieförbund med lokalkontor i Hälsingland.Man har nu fokus på medeltiden och Sensus har ordnat inte mindre än ett trettiotal cirklar i ämnet runt om i landskap... (antal ord: 592), 2005-03-04


Forskning på folkets bekostnad
Forskningen om det svenska kulturarvet måste förnyas för att anpassas till en ny tid, heter det från Riksantikvarieämbetet som vill grunda ett nytt forskningsinstitut. Men förnyelsen av kulturarvsforskningen pågår redan, skriver Lars Lönnroth och pekar på flera aktuella böcker och forskningsprojekt.Mats Burström, Mikael Jakobsson och Birgitta Johansen (SvD 11/2, 22/2, 23/2) vill övertyga oss om att Riksantikvarieämbetets och Historiska museets nya forskningsinstitut innebär en värdefull förnye... (antal ord: 1135), 2005-03-04


Hobbit was 'not a diseased human'
The famous skeleton from Indonesia nicknamed the "Hobbit" does not belong to a modern human pygmy with a brain disease, as some scientists argue. That is one of the main outcomes of a detailed examination of the creature's braincase, published in Science. The authors say their study of the Hobbit's brain supports the idea it is a new, dwarf species of human.However, others contend the report does little to quash their theory it was actually a small, diseased person.The remains of the small h... (antal ord: 907), 2005-03-04


Can Cyprus claim world's oldest perfumery?
Egypt's Queen Cleopatra showed how to woo members of the opposite sex with it, the French may have perfected it, but it is the Cypriots who can now lay claim to the world's oldest perfumery. Nestled among the overgrown weeds on a Cypriot hillside offering stunning views of the Mediterranean, is a pit containing circular imprints which held perfume jars which Italian archaeologists believe is the oldest source of the multi-billion industry of today."This is 4,000 years old. Without a doubt, it ... (antal ord: 486), 2005-03-04


Russia refuses to give up Trojan treasure
A legendary collection of gold objects from ancient Troy that was seized by Soviet troops in Berlin in 1945 should become Russian government property, a top cultural official said in an interview published on Saturday. Anatoly Vilkov, deputy chief of the Russian agency that preserves the nation's cultural legacy, stopped short of ruling out the possibility the objects could return under certain conditions.The gold collection - named after Hermann Schliemann, the amateur German archaeologist wh... (antal ord: 396), 2005-03-04


Secrets from tomb of the ancient unknown warrior
An ancient British warrior leader found buried in his chariot beside the A1 in west Yorkshire probably originated from Scandinavia or the Scottish Highlands. Experts have been unable to establish how the slim, 5ft 9in tall man met his death 2,400 years ago when he was 30 to 40 years old. But the find has opened the possibility that the site at Ferrybridge may have been of great significance to ancient Britons, perhaps the venue for a mass rally. Unusually for the time, the man had good teeth and... (antal ord: 524), 2005-03-11


Våpengraver fra vikingtid i Rogaland
Flere forskere har benyttet de middelalderske landskapslovenes bestemmelser om bevæpning til å belyse våpensammensetningen i vikingtidens mannsgraver. Er det egentlig mulig? Og hvordan er egentlig våpensammensetningen i gravene i Rogaland? Stemmer den overhodet overens med det de langt yngre lovene foreskriver? Er våpen i gravene bare en gjenspeiling av våpen i bruk i det levende livet? Det finnes klare forskjeller i hvordan våpen legges ned i gravene i Rogaland og i en del andre landskap, for e... (antal ord: 3079), 2005-03-11


Kenya's first dinosaur dig yields fossil wealth
Scientists on Kenya's first scientific dinosaur expedition have unearthed hundreds of bones in an area previously known for the discovery of ancient human remains. Kenyan and US palaeontologists conducting the dig said they found more than 200 dinosaur specimens, including three from large carnivorous theropods thought to be related to the fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex, in north-western Kenya.The bones date to the Mesozoic era more than 200-million-years ago and are the first concrete evidence th... (antal ord: 391), 2005-03-11


Ancient earrings discovered at Burnt City disprove ornament theory
Archaeologists have found a pair of silver earrings in a grave of a woman in the 5200-year-old Burnt City which disproves the theory that the inhabitants of the city never used earrings, the director of the Iranian archaeological team working in the region said on Tuesday. A skeleton of a woman with one circular silver earring on each side of her skull was unearthed during the last days of the excavations at the cemetery of the Burnt City, Mansur Sajjadi added.The Burnt City is located 57 kilo... (antal ord: 407), 2005-03-11


Devon divers find 3,000 year old bronze age artefacts on shipwreck site
A group of divers have discovered a submerged hoard of Bronze Age artefacts off Salcombe, Devon. The find includes swords and rapiers, palstave axe heads, an adze, a cauldron handle, and a gold bracelet. The artefacts have been reported to English Heritage and declared to the Receiver of Wreck at the Maritime & Coastguard Agency, as it is believed that these relics come from an ancient shipwreck. The artefacts are currently being studied at the British Museum, which also holds the finds from the... (antal ord: 966), 2005-03-11


Egypt Unveils Plans to Move Ramses Statue
The Egyptian government Monday unveiled plans for the delicate task of moving a granite statue of the Pharaoh Ramses II, 3,200 years old and weighing 83 tons, from central Cairo to a new site near the Pyramids. The statue has stood in a square outside Cairo's main railway station for 50 years but with the growth of the city the square has become increasingly noisy and polluted.Raised pedestrian walkways make it hard to see the 11-meter (35-foot) statue from some angles.Culture Minister Faro... (antal ord: 287), 2005-03-11


Archaeological dig uncovers relics from Bronze Age to 19th century
Archeologists have unearthed evidence of medieval life €“ including fragments of pottery and animal bones €“ at an excavation near Huntingdon. The finds have been discovered by archaeologists from the Archaeological Field Unit of Cambridgeshire County Council, who are working in conjunction with Clegg's Ltd on behalf of the County Council at Walden House on George Street.The excavations have unearthed archaeology which spans an enormous period of time, from the Bronze Age to the 19th century, bu... (antal ord: 261), 2005-03-11


How prehistoric farmers saved us from new Ice Age
Ancient man saved the world from a new Ice Age. That is the startling conclusion of climate researchers who say man-made global warming is not a modern phenomenon and has been going on for thousands of years. Prehistoric farmers who slashed down trees and laid out the first rice paddies and wheatfields triggered major alterations to levels of greenhouse gases such as methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, they say.As a result, global temperatures - which were slowly falling around 8,000... (antal ord: 452), 2005-03-11


Vårt viktigaste medeltida landskap
Claes Theliander: Det medeltida Västergötland. Historiska Media. Detta är - såvitt kan bedömas - en föredömlig guidebok till ett av våra viktigaste medeltida landskap. Författaren är disputerad arkeolog vid Göteborgs Universitet. I korta men innehållsrika avsnitt behandlar han byar och borgar, därefter städer och slutligen kyrkor. Några exempel på vad som presenteras: Gamla Lödöse - på sin tid en stad i Birkas klass - Läckö slott och Husaby kyrka, där enligt en sannolikt falsk tradition Olof S... (antal ord: 160), 2005-03-11


Arkeologer kan ha funnit invånare från Trelleborgen
Sex gravar med sju mycket välbevarade skelett har hittats vid en utgrävning på bageriet Finax område vid Vannhög. Stämmer arkeologernas gissningar så kan de begravda ha levt då Trelleborgen var bebodd och aktiv. Området är sedan tidigare ett välkänt gravfält. Arkeologer har ända sedan i början av förra seklet grävt där med jämna mellanrum.För två veckor sedan påbörjades ännu en utgrävning. Anledningen är att Finax planerar en större utbyggnad som delvis ska ligga på det gamla gravfältet.€“ Vi... (antal ord: 308), 2005-03-11


Medeltiden ur nya perspektiv
Mycket omvärderas nu om landskapets egenart och folkkultur. Kvinnorna hade stark ställning och det var självklart för hälsingarna att ta hand om samhällets fattigaste. - Det är bra för folks självkänsla i Hälsingland att få veta hur framstående landskapet var på medeltiden. Det säger Elisabeth Andersson som är projektledare hos Sensus studieförbund med lokalkontor i Hälsingland.Man har nu fokus på medeltiden och Sensus har ordnat inte mindre än ett trettiotal cirklar i ämnet runt om i landskap... (antal ord: 594), 2005-03-11


Scientists Believe They Found Remains of Humans' Earliest Walking Ancestor in Ethiopia
A team of U.S. and Ethiopian scientists has discovered the fossilized remains of what they believe is humankind's first walking ancestor, a hominid that lived in the wooded grasslands of the Horn of Africa nearly 4 million years ago. The bones were discovered in February at a new site called Mille, in the northeastern Afar region of Ethiopia, said Bruce Latimer, director of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Ohio. They are estimated to be 3.8-4 million years old.The fossils include a c... (antal ord: 518), 2005-03-11


Scientists unearth early skeleton
Scientists say the bones prove the skeleton walked upright. US and Ethiopian scientists say they have discovered the fossilised remains of one of the earliest human ancestors. The research team, working in the north-east of Ethiopia, believe the remains of the hominid, or primitive human, date back four million years.They say initial study of the bones indicates the creature was bipedal - it walked around on two legs.The fossils were found just 60km (40 miles) from the site where the famous ... (antal ord: 660), 2005-03-11


Ethiopia Archaeologists Make Important Fossil Find
Archaeologists studying human origins in eastern Ethiopia have discovered 12 fossils that appear to be older than the famous fossil "Lucy," the team leader said on Saturday.- The discovery of 12 early hominid fossÖƒ¿il specimens estimated to be between 3.8 to 4 million years old will be important in terms of understanding the early phases of human evolution before Lucy," Ethiopian archeologist Yohannes Haile Selassie told a news conference. "It is hoped that the new discoveries will allow scie... (antal ord: 209), 2005-03-11


Were cavemen painting for their gods?
The meaning of Ice Age art has been endlessly debated, but evidence is increasing that some was religiously motivated, says Paul Bahn. At least 70,000 years ago, our ancestors began to adorn their bodies with beads, pendants and perhaps tattoos; by 35,000 years ago, they had begun to paint and engrave animals, people and abstract motifs on cave walls, like those in Lascaux, France, and Altamira in Spain. They sculpted voluptuous figurines in ivory or stone, such as the Venus of Willendorf.Unde... (antal ord: 1250), 2005-03-11


Dr Cameron of Tura finds a 2300-year-old shroud
A team coordinated by Tura Beach archaeologist Dr Judith Cameron has discovered and preserved the oldest complete shroud found in Southeast Asia, dating back some 2,300 years to the Bronze Age Dongson culture. The cloth was found in a wooden boat-shaped coffin covered by thick black mud in a canal in the Red River plains area of Vietnam in December last year.In what has been hailed as a major find, team leader Professor Peter Bellwood of the Australian National University said that the boat co... (antal ord: 1031), 2005-03-17


Neanderthals sang like sopranos
Neanderthals had strong, yet high-pitched, voices that the stocky hominins used for both singing and speaking, says a UK researcher. The theory suggests that Neanderthals, who once lived in Europe from around 200,000 to 35,000 BC, were intelligent and socially complex.It also indicates that although Neanderthals were likely to have represented a unique species, they had more in common with modern humans than previously thought. Stephen Mithen, a professor of archaeology at the University of ... (antal ord: 726), 2005-03-17


Mother of us all, or sister? Olmecs a puzzle
On a coastal flood plain etched by rivers flowing through swamps and alongside fields of maize and beans, the people archaeologists call the Olmecs lived in a society of emergent complexity. It was more than 3,000 years ago, along the Gulf of Mexico around Veracruz.The Olmecs moved a veritable mountain of earth to create a plateau above the plain, and there planted a city, the ruins of which are known today as San Lorenzo.The Olmecs are widely regarded as creators of the first civilization i... (antal ord: 238), 2005-03-17


Archaeologists tackle chess puzzle
A grubby green cousin of the world's most famous chessmen is puzzling archaeologists.The little knight on horseback, recently found by an amateur using a metal detector on farmland in north Nottinghamshire, is startlingly similar to chesspieces found hundreds of miles away in 1831, on a beach on the isle of Lewis.The find is being announced today at a British Museum conference to mark the government's agreement to keep funding a scheme to encourage the reporting of all finds.Not being of gre... (antal ord: 212), 2005-03-17


Cleopatra seduced the Romans with her irresistible . . . mind
Long before Shakespeare portrayed her as history€™s most exotic femme fatale, Cleopatra was revered throughout the Arab world - for her brain. Medieval Arab scholars never referred to the Egyptian queen€™s appearance, and they made no mention of the dangerous sensuality which supposedly corrupted Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Instead they marvelled at her intellectual accomplishments: from alchemy and medicine to philosophy, mathematics and town planning, a new book has claimed.Even Elizabeth T... (antal ord: 398), 2005-03-17


Viking sagas read through the lens of climate change
Ancient Icelandic sagas may be full of treachery, death and destruction, but the real villain behind all the foment could well have been climate change. According to a Canadian scientist, there's a direct link between changes in regional temperatures and the thematic content of the sagas.The research is based on newly reconstructed temperature records gained from ocean sediment cores collected off the coast of Vestfirdir, the northwest peninsula of Iceland by scientists from the University of ... (antal ord: 838), 2005-03-17


Ancient knife proves longer astronomical history
Archaeologists in northwest China's Qinghai province claimed that a 5,000-year-old stone knife with designs of constellations will extend China's history of astronomical observation by 1,000 years. The finely-polished stone knife, six centimeters long and threecentimeters wide, was unearthed at the Laomao Ruins, a New Stone Age site nine kilometers west of Lamao Village in Qinghai.Archaeologists also unearthed many other relics from the site including pottery pieces, stone and bone tools.Liu... (antal ord: 212), 2005-03-17


Dansk arkeolog prisad av Vitterhetsakademien
Den danske arkeologen Jörgen Jensen har belönats av Kungliga Vitterhetsakademien med Gad Rausings pris på 600000 kronor. "Den direkta anledningen till att vi velat uppmärksamma Jörgen Jensen är hans omfattande volymsamling om Danmarks förhistoria vars fjärde och avslutande del publicerades för några månader sedan. Danmarks oldtid är ett storverk som kommer att påverka den arkeologiska forskningen för lång tid framöver", motiverar Ulf Sporrong, sekreterare vid akademien, i ett pressmeddelande.V... (antal ord: 120), 2005-03-17


Kristdala inventeras på boplatser
Under våren kommer en inventering av boplatser från sten- och bronsåldern att göras i Kristdala. - Vi räknar med att kunna hitta mellan 25 och 30 boplatser, säger arkeolog Michael Dahlin som leder arbetet. Inventeringen i Kristdala är en fortsättning på projektet Forntid i Oskarshamns kommun, FOK, som pågått under två år. Detta projekt, som initierades av kommunens hembygdsföreningar, koncentrerades till Misterhults och Döderhults socknar och genomfördes i samarbete med fem skolor i Oskarshamn ... (antal ord: 341), 2005-03-17


Norrland mycket äldre än vad vi trott
Norrlands historia är inte vad den borde vara. Tvärtemot vad historieböckerna säger befolkades Norrland tidigt, direkt efter inlandsisen under äldre stenåldern.- Många felaktigheter i historieskrivningen baserar sig på förutfattade meningar och projiceringar av nutiden till dåtiden, säger arkeologen David Loeffler vid Umeå universitet.Redan på 1900-talet hade arkeologer gjort fynd som berättade om Norrlands forntida historia. Men faktum förklarades bort och det tog 80 år innan forskare och h... (antal ord: 566), 2005-03-17


Arkeologer kan ha hittat trelleborgens invånare
Sex gravar med sju välbevarade skelett har hittats vid en utgrävning utanför Trelleborg, skriver Ystads Allehanda. Enligt arkeologerna kan de begravda ha levt då den vikingatida trelleborgen var bebodd och aktiv. Området är sedan tidigare ett välkänt gravfält, som undersökts flera gånger tidigare. För två veckor sedan påbörjades ännu en utgrävning eftersom en av ortens industrier planerar en större utbyggnad som delvis ska ligga på det gamla gravfältet.Kvarlevorna är mycket välbevarade tack va... (antal ord: 158), 2005-03-17


Prestigepris til dansk forsker
Svensk pris på 600.000 sv. kr. til dansk arkæolog. Hvert år belønner det svenske "Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien" et stribe humanistiske og samfundsvidenskabelige forskere. Den fornemmeste pris går i år til arkæologen og museumsinspektøren dr. phil. Jørgen Jensen, København, som får Gad Rausings pris på 600.000 sv. kr. for sin banebrydende og internationalt anerkendte forskning i dansk forhistorie.- Den direkte anledning til at ville hædre Jørgen Jensen er hans omfattende produktion om "Danmarks o... (antal ord: 110), 2005-03-17


Moesgård får ansvar for det undersøiske
Kulturarvstyrelsen har overdraget det marinarkæologiske ansvar for alle farvande, søer og åer i Ö…rhus Amt til Moesgård Museum uden dog at have fået øget bevillingerne, så pengene til den nye opgave må foreløbig tages fra museets øvrige aktiviteter. Museumsdirektør Jan Skamby Madsen håber og regner dog med, at han vil få penge til de nye opgaver.Det nye ansvarsonmråde betyder, at museet skal føre tilsyn med allerede kendte fund og oparbdejde specialistkendskab til marine fortidsminder. Opgavern... (antal ord: 312), 2005-03-17


Scientists Outraged over Damage to 'Hobbit' Remains
The damage to the bones of this diminutive being - named Homo floresiensis and nicknamed hobbit by scientists - is so extensive that it will limit scholarly research on the species, say members of the Indonesian Center for Archaeology-based discovery team. Interested in technology and innovation news? Add this site to your "Favorites" to find your way back easily next time.Inside Liang Bua cave on the Indonesian island of Flores, the bones of the hobbit rested undisturbed for 18,000 years. But... (antal ord: 1272), 2005-03-25


Skeletal remains
Skeletal remains held by the National Museum of Scotland have been identified as a lost Egyptian queen and her child. The discovery has been made by scientists who used forensic investigative techniques to attempt to solve the mystery of the remains. The bodies were acquired for the collection a year after being discovered by Sir Flinders Petrie in 1909 at Qurna, a village on the west bank of the Nile, which has been the focus of illegal excavations. The burial discovery, displayed at the Roya... (antal ord: 600), 2005-03-25


Pharaonic fortress found inside turquoise mines in Sinai
An Egyptian-Canadian mission unearthed a Fort from the Old Kingdom in Fairuz area in South Sinai. The mission, which is represented by experts from Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities and Toronto University, was conducting digging operations in Sahl El Markha site, 160 kilometers south of Suez, on the Western Coast of Sinai. Dr. Mohamad Abdel Maqsoud, director-general of the Lower Egypt and Sinai monuments, said the unearthed stone fort rose three to Four metres high."The Fort was discovere... (antal ord: 89), 2005-03-25


Tsunami reveals a town's ancient ruins
For a few minutes, after the water had receded far from the shore and before it came raging back as a tsunami, the fishermen stood along the beach and stared at the reality of generations of legends.Or so they say. Spread across nearly a mile, the site was encrusted with barnacles and covered in mud. But the fishermen insist they saw the remains of ancient temples and hundreds of refrigerator-sized blocks, all briefly exposed before the sea swallowed them up again."You could see the destroye... (antal ord: 739), 2005-03-25


Bronze Age droppings reveal health of ancients
Archaeologists have found rare 3000-year-old human fossilised droppings revealing the healthy diet of Scotland's ancient inhabitants. Work on a Bronze Age farmhouse in Catpund, Shetland, has unearthed the coprolites, which give clues on the population, health and wealth distribution of the former islanders. The research has provided data on prehistoric diseases and may shed more light on the environments and evolution of plants and animals. Beverley Ballin Smith, archaeological project manager a... (antal ord: 159), 2005-03-25


Dr Cameron of Tura finds a 2300-year-old shroud
A team coordinated by Tura Beach archaeologist Dr Judith Cameron has discovered and preserved the oldest complete shroud found in Southeast Asia, dating back some 2,300 years to the Bronze Age Dongson culture. The cloth was found in a wooden boat-shaped coffin covered by thick black mud in a canal in the Red River plains area of Vietnam in December last year.In what has been hailed as a major find, team leader Professor Peter Bellwood of the Australian National University said that the boat co... (antal ord: 1031), 2005-03-25


Cambodia tries to save its past
Hidden among stands of bamboo far from the throngs of tourists who clamber over the grand temples of Angkor, bas-reliefs in rose and gray sandstone stand in solitary splendor. The gods and demons and half-human, half-animal figures revered by the Angkor civilization were carved at Mount Kulen by anonymous artists, and like countless other artworks disappeared into nature when the empire collapsed 500 years ago.Now, like much else at Angkor, the carvings are symbols, not only of the mystique of... (antal ord: 1013), 2005-03-25


Unikt träflöte hittat i Karlstads centrum
I den nya historien stod det en kebabrestaurang på platsen. I den gamla historien, för 7 500 år sedan, fanns där en fiskare. Och han tappade sitt flöte. På tisdagen hittade arkeologerna i Karlstad det. Under allra sista dagen av det utgrävningsprojekt som pågått i centrum en period såg en arkeolog ett litet föremål i ett schakt och det visade sig vara ett träflöte. Först trodde man att fiskeflötet bara var några tusen år, men en koll med kol 14-metoden visade att åldern var 7 500 år, uppger Vä... (antal ord: 133), 2005-03-25


Arkeolog hoppas hitta fler stenyxor i Kristdala
Arkeologen Michael Dahlin har fått 55 000 kronor av länsstyrelsen för att kunna inventera fornminnen i Kristdalatrakten.- Så fort snön är borta börjar vi inventeringen tillsammans med hembygdsföreningen. Det handlar om en ren inventering och rapporten skall vara klar till midsommar, säger Michael Dahlin.I samband med projektet forntid i Oskarshamns kommun som avslutades förra året fick Michael Dahlin möjlighet att fornminnesinventera två tredjedelar av kommunen.- Vi klarade av Döderhults och... (antal ord: 393), 2005-03-25


Svensk dagbok avslöjar ökenstad
Ö–ver 70 år gamla svenska dagboksanteckningar översatta till kinesiska har lett arkeologer närmare en lösning på mysteriet med en fyratusenårig kultur.Hundrasextiotre gravar, ett trettiotal med mumier, har hittills grävts fram under sanddyner i öknen i Xinjiangprovinsen i nordvästra Kina. Tiden hade gömt spåren efter gravplatsen, tills någon kom ihåg Folke Bergman.Vad som nu kommer fram är i välbehållet skick, och tros ge information om ett samhälle och en livsstil på en plats där kungariket ... (antal ord: 292), 2005-03-25


En trelleborg i Rygge?
Finnes det en ringborg fra vikingtiden på Lyby i Rygge, Ö˜stfold? Spørsmålet er faktisk berettiget. Strekningen fra Rygge kirke til Værne kloster/Ö…refjorden er i utgangspunktet et uhyre interessant vikingtidsmiljø, et av landets mest spennende €“ den berømte gullsporen alene sier noe om det store potensialet som ligger her, sett fra et arkeologisk ståsted. Når jeg bringer nettopp en ringborg på banen, er anledningen imidlertid mer konkret enn som så: Det skyldes et merkelig anlegg som arkeologen O... (antal ord: 2876), 2005-04-01


Gospel of Judas back in spotlight after 20 centuries
About 2,000 years after the Gospel according to Judas sowed discord among early Christians, a Swiss foundation says it is translating for the first time the controversial text named after the apostle said to have betrayed Jesus Christ.The 62-page papyrus manuscript of the text was uncovered in Egypt during the 1950s or 1960s, but its owners did not fully comprehend its significance until recently, according to the Maecenas Foundation in Basel.The manuscript written in the ancient dialect of ... (antal ord: 549), 2005-04-01


Gold love ring is treasure trove
A collection of artefacts dating from the Bronze Age to the 1600s has been declared treasure by a coroner's court in Cardiff. The items were found over the course of 18 months at various sites in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. They included a gold Elizabethan ring with the inscription "Let Liking Last" on its inner rim, found near the ruins of a manor house in Llantrithyd. Five Bronze Age axe heads were also among items found by metal dectectors. The court declared seven items to be tr... (antal ord: 498), 2005-04-01


Bamboo slips shed light on rise of Great Wall
Archeologists in central-south Hunan province have sorted out altogether 36,000 bamboo slips, about 35,000 of which bear official authentic records from 2,200 years ago at a coincidence with the rise of China's imposing Great Wall, which was first built on and off from the third century B.C..These priceless ancient records, ingrained in official scripts,provide a detailed, encyclopedic account of the imperial Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.), including politics, military affairs, ethnicity, economic... (antal ord: 530), 2005-04-01


Inga häxor i Jämtland?
Mellan 1200- och 1800-talen beräknas att i Europa och Nordamerika brändes omkring 3 miljoner kvinnor, män och barn som häxor. I Sverige började häxprocesserna 1665 i Ö„lvdalen och spreds vidare över landet och pågick som mest under en 10-årsperiod. Under den tiden, som har kallats "den stora oredan" brändes omkring 300 häxor. Så kallade visgossar sades ha förmågan att se på en kvinna om hon var häxa och kunde anmäla detta för kyrkoherden eller länsman som kunde betala en liten slant för upplysni... (antal ord: 205), 2005-04-01


The man who really found Tutankhamen
For the past 36 years journalist and author Desmond Zwar has shared a great secret: that it was not archaeologist Howard Carter who was responsible for the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb, but a humble British corporal whose very presence on the site had to be kept confidential; who in the last days of the dig took a photograph that changed history.Richard Adamson was a 23-year-old spy. He had infiltrated the Wafdist Party -- dedicated to overthrowing British rule in Egypt -- and as a result 2... (antal ord: 3811), 2005-04-01


Norrländsk arkeologi åsidosatt
Norrlands förhistoria nedvärderades konsekvent till förmån för södra Sverige under större delen av 1900-talet, det menar Umeå-arkeologen David Loeffler i sin doktorsavhandling.€“ Man betraktade Norrland som tomt. Att det befolkats sent, och att när det väl befolkades så var det inte några fasta bosättningar, säger David Loeffler, arkeolog vid Umeå Universitet.Redan i den arkeologiska forskningens barndom, i slutet av 1800-talet, hittade arkeologer slående bevis för att Norrland hade en både lå... (antal ord: 186), 2005-04-01


Remains of boats used by ancient Egyptians
Archaeologists have found the remains of boats used by ancient Egyptians for trading trips, the culture minister said in comments published on Wednesday. The boats were discovered in caves in a pharaonic harbour on Egypt's Red Sea coast around 300 miles southeast of Cairo, Farouk Hosni said in comments carried by Egypt's state MENA news agencyThey were used to transport goods to and from the Land of Punt, he said. The Land of Punt, mentioned in ancient Egyptian writings, is thought by most arc... (antal ord: 149), 2005-04-01


Nuclear Analysis Reveals Secrets Of Inca Burial Site
Researchers have applied a unique nuclear analytic technique to pottery found at an ancient burial site high in the Andes mountains, and believe that the girl buried at this site was transported more than 600 miles in a ceremonial pilgrimage - revealing some customs and rituals of the ancient Inca empire.The findings are being published by scientists from Oregon State University in the Journal of