Archaeological News
18th Century shipwreck under the world trade center, new york

Archaeologists have now analysed the date and structure of the timbers of the 18th century shipwreck found under the ruins of New York's World Trade Center. 
Well preserved 5th century AD ship found in istanbul

Another merchant vessel, this time "exquisitely preserved" has been found at the Yenikapi Marmaray excavations in Istanbul. 
Bronze Age Mummies from scotland made from jigsaw of body Parts
Two of the skeletons found at Cladh Halan, South Uist, Scotland in 2001 were made up from a number of people, according to new research.

Previous studies have shown that the bodies were mummified and kept as mummies centuries before they were buried inside the Bronze Age houses 3000 years ago. 
Neolithic Cosmology: A carving of a Comet
Was Halley’s Comet visible in the skies above Orkney in the later Neolithic, say around 3000BC to 2500 BC? The archaeologists at the Ness of Brodgar have just uncovered what they call a “Comet Stone”, which bears a good resemblance to Halley's Comet. It was found last Friday (12 August) in Structure Ten and it features a circle with three slightly diverging lines trailing after it. Tweet me at archaeology_ws if you know. 

Mystery object found at brodgar, scotland
It's ceramic, only 60mm long and is solid. Is it a figurine?
Director of excavations at the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney, Scotland said “Given the nature of the site, it would be easy to suggest the Brodgar figurine represented something ceremonial, ritualistic or religious. But given the area of the site in which it was found – one of the last buildings constructed on the Ness – I don’t think it’s of any obvious significance and I don’t think it’s a reflection on the site as a whole. “Maybe, if it had been found in Structure Ten, the massive ‘cathedral-like’ building, we’d be thinking differently, but it turned up in what would appear to be a not particularly significant deposit. “In addition, it’s not a beautifully carved piece of craftsmanship. It’s probably been part of another object at one time, which, when it broke, the fragment was perhaps then reworked into this little figurine.” 
neo-hittite lion statue found in turkey
Archaeologists leading the University of Toronto's Tayinat Archaeological Project in southeastern Turkey have unearthed the remains of a monumental gate complex adorned with stone sculptures, including a magnificently carved lion.

The gate complex provided access to the citadel of Kunulua, capital of the Neo-Hittite Kingdom of Patina (ca. 950-725 BCE), and is reminiscent of the citadel gate excavated by British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley in 1911 at the royal Hittite city of Carchemish. 

STONEHENGE: A NEW DISCOVERY
The discovery of a previously unknown henge monument has been found close to Stonehenge.

Using the latest geophysical imaging techniques, which "see" below the ground without excavation, it is possible to make out a dark circle of interrupted ditch. There are two wider gaps opposite each other - these were entrances to the monument and are aligned on the midwinter sunset and midsummer sunrise - like Stonehenge itself. Inside the ditch it is also possible to discern the slight shadows of postholes encircling the the central area, 25 metres in diameter. Near the centre are more dark areas indicating pits, and a large shadow suggesting that a mound was constructed there, perhaps in a later phase of the monument's use. The henge probably dates to around 2500-3000BC, contemporary with Stonehenge. More...
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