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(Courtesy Rafael Lewis) TEL AVIV, ISRAEL—The Jerusalem Post reports that Ashkelon Academic College and University of Haifa archaeologist Rafael Lewis believes he has pinpointed the site of the Battle of Arsuf, a key engagement of the Third Crusade. Long celebrated in the West as a great victory, the battle took place on September 7, 1191, whenContinue reading “Crusader-Era Battlefield Identified”

The former Albany Transportation Center in Downtown Albany. By WALB News Team ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) – Before the groundwork is laid for a new transportation center in Downtown Albany, an archaeological excavation is underway to preserve the history of the Good Life City’s Freedom Historic District. The excavation includes Albany’s Harlem District and is currently underwayContinue reading “Albany archaeological excavation may uncover historic district at transportation center site”

Two pre-Hispanic carved stone monuments believed to date back more than 1,500 years have been uncovered on a mountaintop in central Mexico. Archaeologists say the site – which in its heyday would have had seven pyramids, a ceremonial area and a games court – was found by villagers. It is thought to have been builtContinue reading “Mexico archaeology: Pre-Hispanic ruins found on mountaintop”

By Jack Guy, CNN One of the sites was found in the Cape Bruguieres Channel, off northwestern Australia. (CNN)Researchers have found the first confirmed underwater Aboriginal archaeological sites off the coast of Australia, and predict that there are many more to be discovered. Many settlements were built in areas that were on dry land at the end ofContinue reading “Archaeologists find ancient Aboriginal sites underwater, off the coast of Australia”

A new genetic study suggests that Polynesians made an epic voyage to South America 800 years ago. By Carl Zimmer Children play in the ocean behind Ahu Tongariki on Easter Island.Credit…Josh Haner/The New York Times About 3,000 years ago, people on the eastern edge of Asia began sailing east, crossing thousands of miles of ocean toContinue reading “Some Polynesians Carry DNA of Ancient Native Americans, New Study Finds”

By CALLUM HOARE ARCHAEOLOGISTS were able to uncover more than 14,000 settlement sites in northeastern Syria thanks to help from satellite technology from NASA’s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. The small communities were hiding in the overgrown landscape of the Middle East, but scientists say they hold vital clues to ancient civilisations that once inhabited this area. ByContinue reading “Archaeology breakthrough: How NASA satellite exposed 8,000-year-old ‘lost civilisations’”

Archaeologists from the University of Bradford have announced the discovery of a large prehistoric site at Durrington Walls near Stonehenge in England. The archaeologists found a series of Neolithic shafts that date from around 2500 BC and stretch for 2km around the Durrington Walls and Woodhenge monuments. Durrington Walls is the site of a large Neolithic settlement and hengeContinue reading “Archaeologists Find Large Neolithic Structure at Durrington Walls”

BY BENEDETTA GEDDO   Fabbriche di Careggine has seen the light only four times ever since it was submerged by Lake Vagli in 1994 © Romano Cagnoni / Getty Image In the mountains of Central Italy, there’s a medieval village that’s been at the bottom of a lake since the 1940s. And next year, it seemsContinue reading “Submerged medieval village in Italy may be about to resurface”

by University of Otago Professor Glenn Summerhayes at the “Joes’ Garden” site in the Ivane Valley in the New Guinea highlands. Credit: University of Otago New research which “fills in the blanks” on what ancient Papuan New Guineans ate, and how they processed food, has ended decades-long speculation on tool use and food stables in theContinue reading “New Papua New Guinea research solves archaeological mysteries”

By David Nikel A member of the Arckeologerna team at the grave site in Sweden. ARCKEOLOGERNA, NATIONAL HISTORICAL MUSEUMS Swedish authorities have announced the first Viking boat grave discoveries in the country in more than 50 years. Archaeologists taking part in a routine dig in Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala), 46 miles (74km) north of Stockholm, were shocked asContinue reading “Viking Grave Discovery In Sweden Leaves Archaeologists Stunned”