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LATEST NEWS
- World's Oldest Christian Bible Digitized
- Quarry Used to Build Israel's Second Temple Found
- Israel Unveils Huge Mosaic From Early Christian Times
- Ancient Boat to Sail From Philippines to Southeast Asia
- Ancient Mummy's Face Recreated With CT Scans
- Woman's Skeleton Found at Bottom of Prehistoric Well
- Bone Flute Found in Cave Is World's Oldest Instrument
- 6,000-Year-Old Tombs Found Next to Stonehenge
- Aztec Temple May Yield Great Archaeological Treasure
- 18,000-Year-Old Pottery Found in China
- Ancient Hebrew Pottery Bears Biblical Name
- 'Sexually Charged' Human Figurine Could Be World's Oldest
- Four Pagan Temples Discovered in Egyptian Sinai
- Great Wall of China Even Longer Than Thought
- Egypt to Search Three Sites for Cleopatra's Tomb
BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
- World's Oldest Christian Bible Digitized
- Quarry Used to Build Israel's Second Temple Found
- Israel Unveils Huge Mosaic From Early Christian Times
- Ancient Hebrew Pottery Bears Biblical Name
- King Herod's Tomb Almost Certainly Found
- Golden Earring Found in Jerusalem Dates to Time of Christ
- Oldest Possibly Hebrew Inscription Possibly Found
- King Solomon's Mines Possibly Found in Jordan
- Pagan Temple Found in Ancient Jewish Village in Israel
- Ancient Bible to Be Reconstructed Online
- Pre-Christian Stone Tablet Foretells Resurrection
- Doubts Raised About Ancient Christian Shrine in Jordan
- Ancient Christian Shrine Possibly Found in Jordan
- German Archaeologist on Trail of Ark of the Covenant
- Jerusalem Mansion May Have Housed Exiled Queen
CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
- 'Archaeology for Dummies' Writer Digs Into Stereotypes
- Italy Names Archaeology Czar to Fix Ancient Monuments in Rome
- Long-Lost Ancient Greek Instrument 'Recreated' by Computers
- Mythic Birthplace of Zeus Possibly Found
- Rare 1,800-Year-Old Figurine Found in Jerusalem
- Scientists Find Oldest Human Brain in Britain
- Roman-Era Chariot Dug Up in Bulgaria
- Cache of Celtic Coins Uncovered in Dutch Cornfield
- Step Into the Past With 'Google Rome'
- Vast 'City of the Dead' Found Underneath Rome
- Tomb of Real 'Gladiator' Found in Rome
- Greece Gets Back Piece of Elgin Marbles
- Ancient Skeleton May Be Britain's First Tuberculosis Victim
- Ancient Greek Computer Calculated Olympics
- Famed Roman She-Wolf Statue May Be Medieval Fake
EAST ASIA, SOUTH ASIA AND PACIFIC
- Ancient Boat to Sail From Philippines to Southeast Asia
- Great Wall of China Even Longer Than Thought
- Huge Stash of Marijuana Found in Ancient Tomb
- Study: Humans Settled New Zealand 700 Years Ago
- World's Oldest Oil Paintings Found in Afghanistan
- Elaborate 3,000-Year-Old Jewelry Found in Fiji
- Ancient Tools Found in Remote Part of Australia
- China Raises Sunken 800-Year-Old Porcelain-Filled Ship
- Headless Skeletons Yield Polynesian Secrets
- Urban Sprawl May Have Doomed Cambodia's Angkor Wat
- Pyramid Chamber Found in Ancient Chinese Tomb
- Japanese Archaeologists Dig Up 2,100-Year-Old Melon
- Medieval Buddhist Paintings Found in Snowbound Nepalese Cave
- Pig DNA Suggests Alternate Origin of Malayo-Polynesian People
- Headless Bodies May Hold Secrets to Pacific Migration
EGYPTOLOGY
- Ancient Mummy's Face Recreated With CT Scans
- Four Pagan Temples Discovered in Egyptian Sinai
- Egypt to Search Three Sites for Cleopatra's Tomb
- Egyptian Queen's Perfume May Be Recreated
- Egypt to Open Lesser-Known Pyramids to Tourists
- Archaeologists Discover Golden Jewelry in Ancient Egyptian Tomb
- Archaeologists Rediscover Lost Egyptian Tomb
- Egypt Unveils Mummy Found in New Tomb
- Thirty Mummies Found in Newly Discovered Egyptian Tomb
- Australian Arrested Leaving Egypt With Gift-Wrapped Mummies
- Egyptian City of the Dead Gets Much Bigger
- 4,300-Year-Old Pyramid Found in Egypt
- Ancient Egyptian Skulls Dug Out of English Garden
- Egypt's Ancient Pyramids at Giza Get Makeover
- DNA Tests to Be Done on King Tut's 'Children'
MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY
- Medieval Moors Baked Bones Into Spanish Buildings
- Tourist Uncovers Hidden Treasure in Holy Land
- Famed Astronomer Copernicus' Grave Likely Found
- Ancient Christian Church Unearthed in Syria
- Scholar Claims to Find 1,000-Year-Old Jewish Capital
- Revered Christian Artifact Turns Out to Be Fake
- Thousand-Year-Old Viking Shield Found in Denmark
- Geologists Find Loaded Shipwreck Off Namibia Coast
- Medieval African Sculptures Were Coated in Blood
- Israeli Institute to Get Medieval Bible Fragment
- Vikings May Have Used Polarized Crystals to Navigate
- Study: Medieval Islamic Tile-Makers Were Master Mathematicians
- Medieval Boat Found Buried in Israeli Lagoon
- CSI Renaissance: Evidence of Medici Poisoning Discovered 420 Years Later
- After Testing, Experts Say Rib Bone and Piece of Cloth Probably Are Not Remains of Joan of Arc
PRE-COLUMBIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
- Aztec Temple May Yield Great Archaeological Treasure
- 13,000-Year-Old Tools Used by Clovis People Found at Colorado Home
- Mexican Mass Grave May Hold Last Aztecs to Resist Spanish
- Earthquake, Floods Snuffed Out Ancient Lost Civilization
- Well-Preserved Thousand-Year-Old Mummy Found in Peru
- Smithsonian Puts Mysterious Crystal Skull on Display
- Experts: Tourists Threaten Inca Citadel of Macchu Picchu
- Archaeologists Recreate Aztec 'Whistles of Death'
- Mexican Archaeologists Uncover Montezuma's Meditation Chamber
- Drilling May Imperil Prehistoric Utah Carvings
- Mystical Crystal Skull Stolen From California New-Age Store
- Real-Life Crystal Skull Cult Inspires Indiana Jones Movie
- Peru: Yale Holding Even More Machu Picchu Artifacts
- Peru Necklace Is Oldest Gold Artifact in Americas
- Pre-Inca Temple Found in Peruvian Andes
PREHISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
- Woman's Skeleton Found at Bottom of Prehistoric Well
- Bone Flute Found in Cave Is World's Oldest Instrument
- 6,000-Year-Old Tombs Found Next to Stonehenge
- 18,000-Year-Old Pottery Found in China
- 'Sexually Charged' Human Figurine Could Be World's Oldest
- Horse Taming Pushed Back 1,000 Years to 3500 B.C.
- Experts Trying to Decipher Ancient Language
- Professor: Stonehenge Perfect for Ancient Dance Parties
- 'Iceman' Mummy Had Moss in His Tummy
- Stone Age Village Unearthed in Central Greece
- Stone Age Family Lived Together, Died Together
- Stone Age Temple May Be Birthplace of Civilization
- Female Shaman's Grave Found in Israel
- 'Iceman' Alpine Mummy May Have Been Last of His Kind
- Discovery of Fire Pushed Back 500,000 Years
POST-COLUMBIAN AMERICAS
- Spanish Treasure Trove Found Off Georgia Coast
- Africans May Have Come With Columbus to New World
- Google Earth Leads Man to 'Buried Treasure'
- Scientists Discover New Clue in Mystery of Sunken Civil War Submarine
- Scientists Discover New Clue in Mystery of Sunken Civil War Submarine
- Archaeologists Find George Washington's Boyhood Home
- Sunken British Warship From American Revolution Found in Lake Ontario
- 115-Year-Old Outhouse Found by Construction Crew
- Pirate Captain William Kidd's Ship Possibly Found
- Famed Pirate's Cannon Possibly Raised From Deep
- Submerged Cannon May Be Clue to Lost Roanoke Colony
- DNA Identifies Mystery Boy Who Died in 1852
- Researchers Hope DNA Will Solve Roanoke Mystery
- Desperate New World Settlers Stole Christopher Columbus' Silver
- New Theory: Native Disease Wiped Out Mexican Indians
UNUSUAL EXCAVATIONS
- FOX Facts: Key Dates in Battle Over Titanic Artifacts
- Future of Titanic Shipwreck Artifacts in Judge's Hands
- 'Vampire' Found Buried in Venice Mass Grave
- Atlantis Found on Google Earth? You Decide
- Virginia Man to Search for Noah's Ark in Turkey
- Mysterious Pits May Be Signs of Modern Witchcraft
- Remains of Czar Nicholas II's Son May Have Been Found
- Sunken Ship May Have Stopped Napoleon From Taking Middle East
- Egyptologist: Bosnia 'Pyramid' Sites Worth Investigating
- Controversial Footprints: Earliest Man or Modern Machine?
- British Expert: Bosnian Hill No Pyramid at All
- Egyptian Geologist: Bosnian 'Pyramid' Likely Man-Made
- Experts Find Possible Evidence of Bosnian Pyramid
- Bosnian Town Cashing In on 'Pyramid' Mystery
- Map Suggests Chinese Got to New World First
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