Recently, there have been quite a few archaeological revelations coming to light from the result of a wildfire that swept the moors of Fylingdales, N. Yorkshire. One of the items discovered is a “unique” carved stone, thought to be 4,000 years old. An article about the stone (from CULTURE 24) is below but before reading that, [...]
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Archaeologists working on a rescue excavation in Westray have discovered a “mysterious” Neolithic structure at one of the county’s most important sites.
The announcement this week, followed the conclusion of a successful rescue excavation, led by Historic Scotland, at the Links of Noltland.
The project aimed to learn everything possible about [...]
Brewing Up a Civilization
By Frank Thadeusz READ ORIGINAL ARTICLE AT DER SPIEGEL
Did our Neolithic ancestors turn to agriculture so that they could be sure of a tipple? US Archaeologist Patrick McGovern thinks so. The expert on identifying traces of alcohol in prehistoric sites reckons the thirst for a brew was enough of an incentive to [...]
ORIGINAL ARTICLE AT VIEWZONE.COM
Emerging archaeology in a new study highlighted by the Old Temples Study Foundation suggests that sound and a desire to harness its effects may have been equally important as vision in the design of humankind’s earliest ancient temples and monumental buildings.
Sarasota, FL (PRWEB) December 1, 2009 — Six-thousand-year-old ancient temples are giving [...]
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In November 12th 1955, as Albert Miller took a walk through his Pennsylvania property, named Meadowcroft, he noticed a freshly dug groundhog hole. Upon seeing the disturbed earth, the amateur archaeologist saw a chance to confirm his theory that Native Americans once lived on his land. He expanded the hole until he [...]
THIS ARTICLE FROM THE BBC NEWS CHANNEL
Archaeologists have unearthed what they say could be a prehistoric Bronze Age burial site in central Oxford.
Experts say important chiefs may have been laid to rest at the site of the former Radcliffe Infirmary.
Land around the River Thames, known as the River Isis as it passes through Oxford, was [...]
Original article at Heritage Key
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a prehistoric city, buried beneath a reservoir in southern England. The ‘mini-Atlantis’ was unearthed after water levels were lowered at the old Tottiford Reservoir, near Moretonhampstead – and comes complete with a Stonehenge-esque ceremonial site.
Archaeologists observing the city are justifiably astonished at its existence.
Jane Marchand, of [...]
Original article at the BBC here.
A remote Neolithic burial mound on an Orkney island may contain carvings of human eyes and eyebrows, it has been revealed.
The stone is inside the Holm of Papa Westray tomb.
Historic Scotland believes it is linked to the find of a carving believed to be Scotland’s earliest human face, dating back [...]
Article from the BBC 25th June 2009. Full article with sound samples and World Service interview.
Scientists in Germany have published details of flutes dating back to the time that modern humans began colonising Europe, 35,000 years ago.
The flutes are the oldest musical instruments found to date.
The researchers say in the Journal Nature that music was [...]
Old article from the Los Angeles Times July 31, 2008
2,100-year-old bronze and iron computer that predicted eclipses and other astronomical events also showed the cycle of the Greek Olympics and the related games that led up to it, researchers reported today.
The research team also has been able to decipher all the month names from [...]
Rupert came across this website about ancient man-made structures in South Africa in his recent researches. If the dates quoted are to be believed, this is quite one of the most significant discoveries in the archaeological world. I have posted the contents of the page about this one particular site where carvings and astronomical alignments have been [...]
“SCIENTISTS have unearthed what appears to be a mammoth wooden version of the famous Stonehenge monument at the Hill of Tara.
In a revealing new RTE documentary, many theories and insights into the country’s prehistoric past and 150,000 ancient monuments are unveiled and explained.
For the first time, people will be able to view a computer-generated recreation of [...]
A CONTROVERSIAL area of land in Swindon that is earmarked for a housing development could instead become Swindon’s own “mini-Avebury”, according to campaigners.
The claim comes after ancient stones, which could be part of Swindon’s Neolithic history, were unearthed at Coate.
The two sarsen stones were uncovered by the Highways Agency last week opposite Day House Farm, [...]
A Bronze Age sauna and one of the oldest prehistoric roundhouses in the UK have been unearthed on a site earmarked for a park and ride scheme in Somerset.
Archaeologists have uncovered 3,000 years of history at the site near the junction of the A358 and the M5 at Cambria [...]
Original article at The Japan Times
In 1861 at Oshoro, southwestern Hokkaido, a party of herring fishermen, migrants from Honshu, were laying the foundation for a fishing port when they saw taking shape beneath their shovels a mysterious spectacle — a broad circular arrangement of large rocks, strikingly symmetrical, evidently man-made. What could it be? An [...]
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