ARCHAEOLOGY  IN  THE  NEWS

Afghanistan

Bahrain

Cambodia

Chile

China

Egypt

England

Germany

Greece

Greenland

Indonesia

Iraq

Israel

Italy

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Mexico

Namibia

Niger

Peru

Russia

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

Spain

Switzerland

Turkey

United States

Arizona

            Colorado

            Connecticut

Delaware

            Maryland

            Michigan

            New Jersey

            New Mexico

            Oregon

            South Carolina

            Texas

            Virginia

Venezuela

Miscellaneous General Topics

Cultural Heritage/Museums

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Afghanistan

9-9-08 – Ancient Buddha Statue Is Discovered in Afghanistan

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/arts/09arts-ANCIENTBUDDH_BRF.html?scp=1&sq=ancient%20buddha%20statue%20is%20discovered%20in%20afganistan&st=cse

4-22-08 – Earliest Paintings Discovered

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24261371/

Bahrain

9-18-09 – In a New Age, Bahrain Struggles to Honor the Dead While Serving the Living

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/world/middleeast/18bahrain.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=in%20new%20age%20bahrain%20struggles%20to%20honor%20the%20dead&st=cse

Cambodia

7-6-08 – Thai Museum at Angkor Draws Tourists, and Criticism

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/world/asia/06cambodia.html?scp=1&sq=Thai%20Museum%20at%20Angkor&st=cse

Chile

5-13-08 – Seaweed Suggests First Humans in America Took the Coastal Route

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/science/13obseaw.html

China

4-21-09 – 180 Hidden Miles of great Wall Found

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/world/asia/21wall.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=180%20hidden%20miles%20of%20great%20wall%20found&st=cse

11-18-08 – The Dead Tell a Tale China Doesn’t Care to Listen To

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/world/asia/19mummy.html

7-4-08 – China’s Legacy: Let a Million Museums Bloom

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/04/arts/design/04museums.html?scp=1&sq=China's%20Art%20Museums,%20caught%20in%20tension&st=cse

6-5-08 – Shoes Go Way, Way Back

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24988625/

Egypt

11-17-08 – In the Shadow of a Long Past, Patiently Awaiting the Future

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/world/middleeast/17cairo.html

11-11-08 – New Pyramid Found in Egypt: 4,300-Year-Old Queen’s Tomb

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081111-new-pyramid-egypt.html

11-4-08 – Great Pyramid Mystery to Be Solved by Hidden Room?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081114-pyramid-room.html

7-1-08 – Uncovering Evidence of a Workaday World along the Nile

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/science/01egyp.html?scp=1&sq=Uncovering%20evidence%20of%20a%20workaday%20world%20along%20the%20nile&st=cse

2-15-08 – Rare Egyptian “Warrior” Tomb Found

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080215-egypt-coffin.html

2-12-08 – 5200 B.C. Is New Date for Farms in Egypt

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/science/12egyp.html

England

9-25-90 – Amateur with Metal Detector Strikes Ancient English Treasure

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/world/europe/25treasure.html?scp=4&sq=archaeology&st=cse

6-30-08 – Stonehenge Used as Cemetery from the Beginning

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/science/30stonehenge.html?scp=1&sq=emetery%20from%20the%20beginning&st=cse

5-29-08 – Stonehenge Was Cemetery First and Foremost, Study Says

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080529-stonehenge-cemetery.html

Germany

6-25-09 – Flutes Offer Clues to Stone Age Music

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/science/25flute.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=ice%20age%20flutes&st=cse

11-17-08 – Using a Variety of Tools, Researchers Unravel Tale of German Graves

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/science/18obgrave.html

9-13-08 – Ancient Graves Discovered in Greece

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/arts/13arts-ANCIENTGRAVE_BRF.html?scp=1&sq=ancient%20graves%20discovered%20in%20greece&st=cse

Greece

8-28-09 – Ancient Burial Site Discovered in Northern Greece

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/28/world/AP-EU-Greece-Ancient-Burial.html?scp=2&sq=archaeology&st=cse

4-23-08 – Alexander the Geat’s “Crown,” Shield Discovered?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080423-alexander-great.html

Greenland

5-30-08 – DNA Offers Clues to Greenland’s First Inhabitants

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/science/30ancestor.html

Indonesia

3-18-08 – Debate Over “Little People” Intensifies after Recent Island Discovery

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/science/18litt.html

Iraq

4-12-08 – Syria Returns Iraqi Loot

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/arts/30arts-SYRIARETURNS_BRF.html

Israel

9-2-09 – Israeli Archaeologists Find Ancient Fortifications

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/02/world/AP-ML-Israel-Ancient-Wall.html?scp=3&sq=archaeology&st=cse

12-08 - West Bank Looting

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/12/palestine-antiquities/lange-text/1

10-30-08 – Finds of Ancient City Could Alter Notions of Biblical David

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/world/middleeast/30david.html?scp=1&sq=find%20of%20ancient%20city%20could%20alter%20notions%20of%20biblical%20david&st=cse

7-6-08 – Ancient Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/world/middleeast/06stone.html

4-18-08 – Team Unveils Mideast Archaeology Peace Plan

http://www.johnbohannon.org/NewFiles/heritagepeaceplan.pdf

Italy

7-24-09 – Pristine Roman Shipwrecks Are Discovered

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/world/europe/24briefs-italyshipwrecks.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=pristine%20roman%20shipwrecks%20discovered&st=csehttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/world/europe/24briefs-italyshipwrecks.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=pristine%20roman%20shipwrecks%20discovered&st=cse

11-13-08 – Exploring Old Rome without Air (or Time) Travel

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/arts/design/13anci.html

10-1-08 – Archaeologists Unveil Majestic Roman Ruins that Rival Riches of Pompeii

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/arts/design/01fres.html?scp=1&sq=archaeologists%20unveil%20majestic%20roman%20ruins&st=cse

7-26-08 – Saving Pompeii from the Ravages of Time and Tourists

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/arts/design/26ruin.html

4-12-08 – An Emperor Found

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/arts/12arts-ANEMPERORFOU_BRF.html

4-5-08 – Past Catches Up with the Queen of Roads

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/arts/design/05appi.html?_r=1

3-24-08 – Roman Relics Retrieved

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/arts/24arts-ROMANRELICSR_BRF.html

Kazakhstan

3-6-09 – Kazakh Clues Indicate Early Domestic Horses

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/science/06horses.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=John%20Wilford%20noble&st=cse

Kenya

2-27-09 – Prints Show a Modern Foot in Prehumans

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/science/27foot.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=print%20shows%20modern%20foot%20in%20early%20humans&st=cse

3-21-08 – New Analysis Suggests Earlier Start for Upright Walking

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/science/21bone.html

Mexico

12-08-08 – Mystery Pyramid Built by Newfound Ancient Culture?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081208-mexico-pyramid.html

10-9-08 – On Capital’s Edge, Gardens that Once Fed an Empire

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/americas/09mexico.html?scp=1&sq=On%20Capital's%20edge,%20gardens%20that%20once%20fed%20an%20empire&st=cse

8-22-08 – Portal to Maya Underworld Found in Mexico

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/080822-maya-maze.html

5-27-08 – Treasures of a Nation, Not Fodder for an Ad

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/world/americas/27mexico.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=treasures%20of%20a%20nation&st=cse

5-12-08 – “Indiana Jones” Plays off Real-Life Skull Worship

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24547679/

2-29-08 – Maya May Have Caused Civilization-Ending Climate Change

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080229-servir-maya.html

2-27-08 – Scientists Figure out Secret of Maya’s Blue Paint

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23373242/

2-29-08 – The Grim Story of Maya Blue

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/science/29bluew.html

Namibia

5-1-08 – Tons of Riches Found in 500-year-old Shipwreck

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24409867/

Niger

8-15-08 – Graves Found from Sahara’s Green Period

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/science/15sahara.html

Peru

1-09 – Wari Masked Mummy/Lima, Peru

http://www.archaeology.org/0901/topten/masked_mummy.html

12-8-08  - Debate Rages in Peru: Was a Lost City Ever Lost?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/world/americas/08peru.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=debate%20rages%20in%20peru&st=cse

5-12-08 – Inca Skull Surgeons Were “Highly Skilled”

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080512-inca-skulls.html

4-1-08 – From a Burial Pit in Southern Peru, a Golden Oldie

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/science/01obgold.html

2-23-08 – The Lost Treasure of Machu Picchu

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/23/opinion/23karp-toledo.html?_r=1

2-7-08 – Scientists Say Mummies’ Lice Show Pre-Columbian Origins

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/science/07lice.html

1-16-08 – Ancient “Lost City” Discovered in Peru, Official Claims

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080116-lost-city.html

Russia

1-09 – Origins of Whaling/Chukotka Penninsula, Russia

http://www.archaeology.org/0901/topten/origins_of_whaling.html

12-2-08 – Dig Unearths Stone Age Sculptures

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7758986.stm

Saudi Arabia

8-31-09 – Digging Up the Saudi Past: Some Would Rather Not

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/31/world/AP-ML-Saudi-Hidden-Past.html?scp=5&sq=archaeology&st=cse

South Africa

8-18-09 – Early Humans Used Heat to Shape Their Tools

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/31/world/AP-ML-Saudi-Hidden-Past.html?scp=5&sq=archaeology&st=cse

Spain

9-8-09 – Research Indicates Earlier Debut in Europe for Refined Stone Tools

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/science/08obaxe.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=research%20indicates%20ealier%20debut%20in%20europe%20for%20refined%20stone%20tools&st=cse

9-23-08 – Neanderthals Took Hunt for Food to the Sea

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/science/23obfish.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=neanderthals%20took%20hunt%20for%20food%20to%20the%20sea&st=cse

3-27-08 – Fossils Link Pre-Humans in Europe to Earlier Date

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/science/27fossil.html

3-26-08 – Oldest Known Human Fossil Found in Europe

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23813443/

Switzerland

8-21-08 – New Details Emerge about Neolithic Age in Alps

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/New_details_emerge_about_Neolithic_age_in_Alps.html?siteSect=108&sid=9580826&cKey=1219408658000&ty=st

Turkey

1-09 – Kuttamuwa’s Soul/Zincirli, Turkey

http://www.archaeology.org/0901/topten/kuttamuwas_soul.html

1-09 – Imperial Colossi/Sagalossos, Turkey

http://www.archaeology.org/0901/topten/imperial_colossi.html

11-18-08 –Found: An Ancient Monument to the Soul

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/science/18soul.html?_r=1

8-27-08 – Statue of Emperor Is Uncovered in Turkey

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/arts/27arts-STATUEOFEMPE_BRF.html?_r=1

United States

Arizona

9-9-08 – Down Canyons and Up Cliffs, Pursuing Southwest’s Ancient Art

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/science/09rock.html?scp=1&sq=down%20canyons%20and%20up%20cliffs&st=cse

4-8-08 – Vanished: A Pueblo Mystery

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/science/08anasazi.html

Colorado

2-26-09 – Colorado Backyard Yields Cache of Stone Age Tools

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/us/26tools.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=colorado%20backyard%20yields%20cache%20of%20stone%20age%20tools&st=cse

4-8-08 – Vanished: A Pueblo Mystery

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/science/08anasazi.html

Connecticut

5-18-08 – Removing, Little by Little, a History in Stone

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/18colct.html?_r=1

Delaware

2-17-09 – Dig Unearths Secrets of Early Delawareans

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009902170329

12-10-08 – Archaeologists Dig In at Site of Early Store

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008812100370

Maryland

10-20-08 – Under Maryland Street, Ties to African Past

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/science/21arch.html

9-6-08 – An Abolitionist Leads the Way in Unearthing of Slaves’ Past

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/05/science/05doug.html?_r=1

Michigan

6-23-09 – Deep in Lake Huron, Signs of Ancient Hunts

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/science/23oblake.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=deep%20in%20lake%20huron&st=cse

New Mexico

6-30-09 – Scientist Tries to Connect Migration Dots of Ancient Southwest

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/science/30chaco.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=lekson%20southwest%20archaeology&st=cse

2-4-09 – Mystery of Ancient Puebloan Jars Solved http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/us/04cocoa.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=mystery%20of%20ancient%20puebloan%20jars%20solved&st=cse

4-9-08 – National Briefing/Southwest, New Mexico: Soldier’s Remains Secretly Exhumed

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E1D71130F93AA35757C0A96E9C8B63&scp=1&sq=new%20mexico%20soldiers'%20remains%20secretly%20exhumed&st=cse

4-8-08 – Vanished: A Pueblo Mystery

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/science/08anasazi.html

New Jersey

10-5-08 – Pursuing a Secret of the Passaic

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/nyregion/new-jersey/05colnj.html?scp=1&sq=pursuing%20a%20secret%20of%20the%20passaic&st=cse

Oregon

9-22-08 – When Did First People Come to North America

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26819601/

4-4-08 – Evidence Supports Earlier Date for People in North America

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/science/04fossil.html

South Carolina

1-5-09 – C.S. Hunley: Fate of Historic Sub a Cold Case File

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONFEDERATE_SUBMARINE?SITE=OHCIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Texas

9-19-08 – On Rock Walls, Painted Prayers to Rain Gods

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/travel/escapes/19Pict.html?scp=1&sq=,painted%20prayers%20to%20rain%20gods&st=cse

Virginia

7-3-08 – Washington’s Boyhood Home is Found

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/science/03george.html?_r=1

Venezuela

2-25-09 – In Venezuela, Trying to Map Out Blueprint for Lost City

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/world/americas/25venez.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=in%20venezuela,%20trying%20to%20map%20out%20blueprint%20for%20lost%20city&st=cse

Miscellaneous Topics

12-1-08 – How Did That Vase Wind Up in the Metropolitan?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/opinion/01waxman.html?scp=1&sq=how%20did%20that%20vase%20wind%20up%20at%20the%20metropolitan&st=cse

5-27-08 - Antiquities, the World Is Your Homeland

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/arts/design/27conn.html?scp=1&sq=Antiquities,%20The%20World%20in%20your%20homeland&st=cse