Archaeology

May 28, 2012 1 Comment

India’s Hampi heritage site families face eviction from historic ruins

Hampi’s 2,000 temples and ancient stones attract half a million pilgrims and tourists each year. Conservationists want the site in Karnataka restored to its medieval glory – but the price is the eviction of those who live in its old bazaar

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May 13, 2012 0 Comments

How stone age man invented the art of raving

New scientific techniques reveal how large tribal gatherings swept neolithic Britain

Archaeology

May 6, 2012 1 Comment

Archaeologists accuse MoD of allowing US company to ‘plunder’ shipwreck

Experts take legal advice in effort to block lucrative deal on underwater excavation of HMS Victory

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April 11, 2012 0 Comments

Specialist criminals stole £2m Chinese artefacts from university, say police

Thieves who took 18th-century bowl and sculpture from Durham museum probably only in building two minutes, says detective

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April 9, 2012 0 Comments

Titanic wreck to be protected by UN maritime convention

Fears of damage to historic site by tourist vessels and submarines prompts Unesco to confer protection on sunken liner

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April 5, 2012 0 Comments

York Minster tantalises archaeologists with hints of Saxon church

What happened after the Romans left and the Vikings of Jorvik arrived? Two post holes and a jumble of bones may hold a clue

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April 4, 2012 0 Comments

How fishermen are bringing lost secrets of UK waters to land

As trawlers dredge up more wrecks from our seas, a pilot scheme is set to record their finds

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March 26, 2012 0 Comments

TV treasure hunt show to pick Britain’s most important archaeological find

Britain’s Secret Treasures on ITV to follow experts as they judge the merits of antiquities discovered in the UK in the last 15 years

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February 18, 2012 0 Comments

Thieves raid Greece’s Ancient Olympia Museum

Armed robbers wearing hoods steal between 60 and 70 items of ‘incalculable value’ after breaking in and tying up female employee

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February 16, 2012 0 Comments

Stonehenge was based on a ‘magical’ auditory illusion, says scientist

The layout of Stonehenge matches the spacing of loud and quiet sounds created by acoustic interference, new theory claims

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February 12, 2012 1 Comment

Archaeologists strike gold in quest to find Queen of Sheba’s wealth

A British excavation has struck archaeological gold with a discovery that may solve the mystery of where the Queen of Sheba of biblical legend derived her fabled treasures.

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February 7, 2012 0 Comments

Stonehenge as you’ve never seen it

Millions of people have used Google Earth’s geo-modelling software to take a tour of the moon, Mars, foreign countries, or – let’s be honest – to compare their homes with those of their neighbours. But now a new project developed by Bournemouth University academics is giving surfers access to a virtual prehistoric landscape: Stonehenge.

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January 28, 2012 0 Comments

Italian memorial to recall second world war ‘friendly fire’ tragedy

1,100 British, South African and American prisoners of war were put on a train to be taken to a camp in Germany. On January 28, 1944, they were crossing the Orvieto Railroad Bridge North in Allerona, Umbria, when the American 320th Bombardment Group arrived to bomb the bridge.

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January 26, 2012 0 Comments

Liverpool’s world heritage waterfront faces ‘irreversible damage’, report says

Unesco delegation says skyscraper proposal will result in ‘serious loss of historic authenticity’

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January 23, 2012 0 Comments

How Birdsong creates a replica of first world war’s tunnels

Expert archaeologist helped drama producers make exact model of underground network

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January 21, 2012 0 Comments

Greece’s ancient sites to play starring role in recovery

Archaeological treasures including the Acropolis and the temple of Delphi will be available as backdrops for filming and photographic shoots for as little as €1,600 (£1,339) a day

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January 19, 2012 0 Comments

Temple of Mithras comes home

Construction work forces return of remains of Roman temple to the god Mithras to original London home after 58 years

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January 13, 2012 0 Comments

Rome’s Colosseum restoration sparks inquiries into contract

Italy’s most visited monument, the Roman Colosseum, is suffering from “about 3,000 lesions”, a government minister said last year. Sometimes, bits fall off, as did a chunk dislodged by a pigeon on Christmas Eve.

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January 12, 2012 0 Comments

US diving crew finds wreck of British submarine used in second world war

HMS Olympus struck a mine off the coast of Malta as it tried to evade German and Italian warships on 8 May 1942 – Archaeology News Press Release

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January 5, 2012 0 Comments

Israeli companies can profit from West Bank resources, court rules

Supreme court says international law does not fit the ‘reality on the ground’ of long-term Israeli occupation – HeritageDaily Archaeology News Press Release – News for Archeology by Archaeologists

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January 3, 2012 0 Comments

British Museum canters through 5,000 years of equine history

A celebration of the horse – from newly excavated Saudi Arabian rock carvings to Victorian London’s dung dilemma

Archaeology

January 3, 2012 0 Comments

China’s tomb raiders laying waste to thousands of years of history

Bulldozers and dynamite used to strip priceless artefacts from remote sites, with booty sold on to wealthy collectors