Archeo-news archive

2010

• May–June
• Tutankhamen 'killed by sickle-cell disease'
• 'Oldest leather shoe' discovered
• 'Roman gladiators' link to York skeleton find
• Lost ancient Memphis tomb rediscovered
• Face of Stirling Castle warrior reconstructed
• Ptolemaic statue and temple gate discovered at Taposiris Magna


• March–April
• Do Dartmoor's ancient stones have link to Stonehenge?
• Ancient false door unearthed at Karnak
• Etched ostrich eggs illustrate human sophistication
• Huge head of pharaoh unearthed in Egypt


• January–February
• 'Malaria and weak bones' may have killed Tutankhamun
• British film-makers uncover Trajan's hidden Roman aqueduct
• Egypt tombs suggest free men built pyramids, not slaves
• Cleopatra's eye make-up 'had health benefits'
• Egypt archaeologists discover huge tomb near Cairo

2009

• November–December
• Ancient Amazon civilization laid bare by felled forest


• September–October
• Mummy autopsy result 'was wrong'
• Huge Anglo-Saxon gold hoard found
• Giant statues give up hat mystery
• Ancient wall found in Jerusalem
• Fragment from world's oldest Bible found


• July–August
• Innovative blades may have led to a Stone Age population boom


• May–June
• 'Oldest pottery' found in China
• German 'Venus' may be oldest yet


• March–April
• Dig 'may reveal' Cleopatra's tomb


• January–February
• Is the Roman Pantheon a colossal sundial?
• Mummy of female pharaoh uncovered

2008

• November–December
• Dig unearths Stone Age sculptures
• 'Oldest Hebrew script' is found


• September–October
• 'Gladiator' tomb is found in Rome
• Dig pinpoints Stonehenge origins


• July–August
• Head of Roman empress unearthed
• Doubt over date for Brit invasion


• May–June
• 'Neanderthal tools' found at dig
• Stonehenge 'a long-term cemetery'
• Rare Elizabeth I portrait found
• Ancient bust of Caesar found in French river


• March–April
• 'Breakthrough' at Stonehenge dig
• Necklace is 'oldest in Americas'


• January–February
• Grim secrets of Pharaoh's city
• Underwater city could be revealed

2007

• November–December
• 'Mythical Roman cave' unearthed
• Pre-dating the love of chocolate
• King Tut's face unveiled to world


• September–October
• Roman tombstone found at Inveresk
• Jews' Roman 'escape route' found


• July–August
• China finds secret tomb chamber
• Giant statue of Hadrian unearthed


• May–June
• 'Find of century' for egyptology
• Calendar question over star disc
• Ancient gold unearthed in Sudan
• Ancient Rome brought back to life
• Iceman 'bled to death on glacier'
• Chinese writing '8,000 years old'
• Tunnel to reopen at mystery hill
• King Herod's grave uncovered in hilltop fortress
• 'Stunning' Nepal Buddha art find
• Gladiators' graveyard discovered


• March–April
• Text reveals more ancient secrets
• Mystery of Great Pyramid 'solved'
• Pollen clue to clay army origins
• Roman clues found at ancient hill
• Towers point to ancient Sun cult


• January–February
• New finds at Egypt's city of dead
• On the origin of the Etruscan civilisation
• Coin shows Cleopatra's ugly truth
• Italy mystery of prehistoric hug
• Stonehenge builders' houses found
• Clues found for early Europeans
• Collapse of civilisations linked to monsoon changes

2006

• November–December
• St Paul's tomb unearthed in Rome
• Boy king may have died in riding accident
• Tomb find reveals pre-Inca city
• Roman ship thrills archaeologists


• September–October
• Thieves find pharaohs' dentists
• Aztec ruins unearthed in Mexico
• Mummified dogs uncovered in Peru
• 'Oldest' New World writing found


• July–August
• Thera eruption was bigger still
• Scythian mummy shown in Germany
• Ancient dagger found in Bulgaria
• X-rays reveal Archimedes secrets
• France's new Stonehenge: Secrets of a neolithic time machine
• Tut's gem hints at space impact
• Ancient garland in Egyptian tomb


• May–June
• Ancient beads imply culture older than we thought
• Search for India's ancient city
• Ancient fig clue to first farming
• Rome skeleton find pre-dates city
• Mysteries still surround Egyptian chamber
• Tattooed mummy discovered in Peru
• 'Brazilian Stonehenge' discovered


• March–April
• Olive branch clue to how Minoans were wiped out
• Dig for ancient pyramid in Bosnia
• Stone age man used dentist drill
• Ancient pyramid found in Mexico
• Mayan underworld holds natural wonders
• Parthenon once a riot of color
• Coffin with scenes from Homer's epics found
• Egypt Pharaoh find 'not a tomb'
• Did humans devastate Easter Island on arrival?
• Henges years older than pyramids


• January–February
• 'Pompeii of the East' discovered
• Europe's chill linked to disease
• Images 'show face of Shakespeare'
• Gladiators fought by the book
• Tutankhamen liked his wine white
• Greek tomb find excites experts
• Pharaonic tomb find stuns Egypt
• Eureka! Lost manuscript found in cupboard
• Infertility link in iceman's DNA
• Neanderthals: top-notch hunters
• Document reveals Newton's love of alchemy
• Time changes modern human's face
• Typhoid 'caused fall of Athens'