Archaeologists

Jesus' Will Found

Mark C. Miller | Posted 05.07.2012

Mark C. Miller

Having successfully completed his quest for Jesus' will, Matlow now looks forward to his next assignment from the Israeli government: locating the Garden of Eden's Tree of Knowledge.

Largest Find Of Roman Excrement Could Reveal Secrets Of Ancient Life

BBC.co.uk | Posted 11.15.2011

Archaeologists have been discovering how Romans lived 2,000 years ago, by studying what they left behind in their sewers. A team of experts has been s...

New Iceman Oetzi Model On Display At Italian Museum

Yahoo! News | – | Posted 05.25.2011

BOLZANO, Italy (AFP) - Visitors will get to see Iceman Oetzi under a new light starting Tuesday at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, w...

Swiss Door From 5,000 Years Ago Discovered By Archaeologists

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 05.25.2011

GENEVA — Archaeologists in the Swiss city of Zurich have unearthed a 5,000-year-old door that may be one of the oldest ever found in Europe. Th...

2,400-Year-Old 'Soup' Discovered In China

Posted 05.25.2011

Here's something that'll make you think twice before complaining about those week-old Thanksgiving leftovers: a team of Chinese archaeologists have un...

Guatemala Tomb May Hold Founder Of A Maya Dynasty

latimes.com | Thomas H. Maugh II | Posted 05.25.2011

U.S. and Guatemalan archaeologists have found an unusually well-preserved burial chamber that they believe is the tomb of the founder of a Maya dynast...

Ptolemaic King Statue Found In Egypt By Archaeologists

AP | MAAMOUN YOUSSEF | Posted 05.25.2011

CAIRO — Archaeologists in Egypt said Tuesday they have discovered a headless granite statue of an unidentified Ptolemaic-era king that is more t...

Archaeologists Find Early Menorah Depiction

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists have uncovered one of the earliest depictions of a menorah, the seven-branched candelabra that has come to sy...

Vespasian Birthplace: Roman Emperor's 2000-Year-Old Villa Unearthed Near Cittareale

AP | MARTA FALCONI | Posted 05.25.2011

ROME — Archaeologists have unearthed a sprawling country villa believed to be the birthplace of Vespasian, the Roman emperor who built the Colos...

Roman Ship Graveyard Discovered Off Italian Coast

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Archaeologists scanning the seabed almost 1000 feet below the coast of the Italian island of Ventotene discovered five perfect-condition ancient Roman...

China: 100 Terracotta Warrior Statues Discovered

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

Archaeologists in China's northern Xi'an city have excavated another 100 terracotta warriors, including a much-prized army officer, near the tomb of t...

Jerusalem Quarry Discovered Linked To Building Of Second Temple

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

An ancient quarry has been uncovered by construction crews in Jerusalem that, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority, can be traced back 2,300 ...

Prehistoric German Flute Is Oldest Known

AP | PATRICK McGROARTY | Posted 05.25.2011

BERLIN — A bird-bone flute unearthed in a German cave was carved some 35,000 years ago and is the oldest handcrafted musical instrument yet disc...

Ancient Cyprus Well Discovered With Body At The Bottom

AP | MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS | Posted 05.25.2011

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Archaeologists have discovered a water well in Cyprus that was built as long as 10,500 years ago, and the skeleton of a young ...

Hebrew Text Discovered On 3,000-Year-Old Jar Handle

AP | JOSEPH MARKS | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — Archaeologists digging on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives have discovered a nearly 3,000-year-old jar handle bearing ancient Hebrew scri...

Venus of Hohle Fels: PREHISTORIC PORN

AP | PATRICK McGROARTY | Posted 05.25.2011

BERLIN — A 35,000-year-old ivory carving of a busty woman found in a German cave was unveiled Wednesday by archaeologists who believe it is the ...

Hobbits Found To Be 'A Separate Species'

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

Scientists have found more evidence that the Indonesian "Hobbit" skeletons belong to a new species of human - and not modern pygmies....

Egyptian Temples Discovered By Archaeologists In Sinai

AP | HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 05.25.2011

CAIRO — Archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed four new temples amidst the 3,000-year-old remains of an ancie...

Marcus Nonius Macrinus, Real-Life "Gladiator," Found In Italy

Daily Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011

The 1,800-year-old stone mausoleum on the banks of the River Tiber was hailed by experts as an "extraordinary discovery" and one of the most important...

Ancient Greek "Computer" Deciphered

Posted 05.25.2011

The New York Times reports: The Antikythera Mechanism, sometimes called the first analog computer, was recovered more than a century ago in the wrec...

'World's First Church' Discovered In Jordan: Report

AP | DALE GAVLAK | Posted 11.17.2011

AMMAN, Jordan — Archaeologists in Jordan have discovered a cave underneath one of the world's oldest churches and say it may have been an even m...