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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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ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWS

The skull of a domesticated dog 33,000 years old has been found in a Siberian cave.

In Russia, archaeologists have found fish traps 7,500 years old.

Archaeologists are using high-tech methods to search the sea floor of the Mediterranean.

Archaeologists have been uncovering an ancient harbour town near Istanbul, Turkey.

A Cambridge (England) archaeologist has worked out the identity of the massacred men of Weymouth, England.

Cooking corn on the cob goes back 6,700 years in Peru.

Fermented cereal drink of the ancient Sumerians may not have been beer.

In Croatia, what appears to be the oldest known astrologer's board has been found.

An update on the singer found in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.

An unusual Roman building discovered in Norfolk, England may have been a temple, archaeologists are suggesting.

A pendant found in a man's garden n Somerset, England, may have belonged to a prostitute.

The first HMS Victory, which sank off France in 1744, is to be excavated.

The discovery of fishing equipment in a cave in East Timor shows that humans were deep-sea fishing 42,000 years ago.

In Egypt, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a female singer.

A team has received funding to explore the site of Britain's oldest known house - in Yorkshire, England.

In Cornwall, England, a boat is to be constructed in attempt to recreate a Bronze Age design.

A Roman helmet discovered in England, in hundreds of pieces 10 years ago has been painstakingly reconstructed.

A Roman villa has been discovered a Roman villa in Peterborough, England.

A US diving team have found the wreck of a British submarine for the second world war.

A Neanderthal Park for Gibraltar?

Evidence of caribou hunters from 10,000 years ago found at bottom of Lake Huron, Canada?

A temple on Orkney, Scotland, older than Stonehenge, could be much larger than expected.

In Italy, the tomb of a high status Etruscan has been found.

In Jerusalem, Israel, archaeologists have uncovered a major Roman highway.

A "brothel token" has been found on the banks of the Thames in London, the first to be found in Britain.

Work is underway to uncover Cambodia's second "Angkor Wat".

Study of ancient dna preserved in bones from the Middle Ages shows that Brucellosis was present.

An inscribed lead tablet, found in Turkey in the 1930s, has been deciphered to reveal a 1,700 year old curse against a greengrocer.

The new Visitor Centre at Stonehenge is go ahead, thanks to a public inquiry.

A 2000 year old Iron Age fireguard has been used to pay inheritance tax in Wales.

The public will soon be able to view Roman mosaics in Gloucestershire, England that have been hidden for 150 years.

The reconstruction of a Roman town house at Wroxeter, England opened last February is crumbling.

A place-name expert has traced the site of a Viking battle in eastern England.

The fire at Cairo's Egyptian Institute is a great loss to the nation's history.

A love pipe has been unearthed in Israel.

Scientists have been investigating the brains of Neanderthals and modern humans.

Archaeologists have located the sources of some of the stones at Stonehenge, England.

Thursday sees the midwinter sunset at Stonehenge - a key date in their calendar - and a new app is launched.

In 2012 the secrets of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Cheops may be revealed.

Why are hundreds of skulls found around the Roman city of London, England?

A rich treasure found recently in Lancashire, England, tells us about a Viking king we hadn't heard of before.

Archaeologists have uncovered parts of the English house where author Jane Austen lived.

Archaeologists have uncovered an intriguing circle of mammoth bones and tusks in Ukraine.

More ancient than ancient Egypt, rock carvings in Egypt have now been dated to between 15,000 and 23,000 years ago.

On the River Boyne in Ireland lies one of the most important prehistoric sites in Europe. Here, a new survey has revealed a number of new ancient sites.

In the Cambridgeshire Fens an ongoing excavation is producing an astonishing collection of Bronze Age artefacts.

As the doom-mongers point to the ancient Mayan reference to the end of the world in 2012, another inscription has been found and it forecasts the same event.

Excavations east of London have revealed the evidence for Chatham's first dockyard dating to the time of Henry VIII.

In China, evidence of violence has been found on an early human skull from 125,000 years ago.

Our ancestors mastered deep-sea fishing 42,000 years ago.

In Gloucestershire, England, a stone age handaxe has been found where there was once coastline.

New research into Oetzi the Iceman has shown that a serious eye injury may have contributed to his death.

A team of scientists using geophysical equipment around Stonehenge has found that the sun may have been the most important factor in the layout of the features they have been finding.

The Yorkshire Museum is trying to save two Iron Age torcs.

One of the best preserved Roman forts in the world has been revealed in Alderney, Channel Islands, UK.

A murder mystery, one thousand years old, is waiting to be solved in Galway, Ireland.

Archaeologists have found the earliest writing tablet to be found in Crete, Greece.

German archaeologists working in Sicily have found a huge Greek commercial centre in Sicily,taly.

An Iron Age tower, a broch, has been excavated in Assynt, Scotland. Curiously, it was hardly used.

London's famous Temple of Mithras, found in 1952, is to be moved and redisplayed.

"Lost" fortresses of the Libyan Sahara have been revealed by satellites.

Not a crystal skull, but a limestone skull, is to go on display in Toronto, Canada. It was sports gear for the afterlife.

A 17th century shipwreck has been found off the Swedish coast.

Just as stone age people painted the walls of caves, so too did the Sex Pistols in the 70s - and archaeologists are studying their work.

Two stories linked to the earliest appearance of Homo sapiens in Europe, one in southern Italy; one in Torquay, England.

Horses are depicted on cave paintings from 25,000 years ago. Did they really look like that or was there artistic licence. Scientists have been studying dna to find out.

Sadly, the latest technology has not revealed a buried second chamber at Newgrange, Ireland.

In Iran, archaeologists have found evidence for a "takeaway" window in a shopping street.

Excavation of 4,000 year old burial chamber on Dartmoor, England, reveals stunning grave goods and organic remains.

Interpol confirms Libyan treasure was looted.

University of Arizona scientists have found evidence of a mega-drought in the Roman period.

The discovery of jewellery in Georgia, suggests the Spanish conquistadors reached deep into the USA.

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