Lost Legs Found

Recently an archaeologists has discovered legs which belong to an important statue the bust of which is in the Metropolitan museum of art in New York.

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009092928628/National-news/lost-legs-found-in-siem-riep.html

Nero's Rotating Dining Room

Archaeologists doing maintenance work at the forum in Rome have found what they believe to be Nero's rotating dining room.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iQPJJbma8j1ft1YJbsTGFMJlyY_wD9B13JIG1

The Emperors Grotto

A grotto used as a private swimming pool by the Roman emperor Tiberius may still have some of its statues lying on the bottom.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/28/blue-grotto-statues.html

Hitler's Skull

A skull collected by Soviet forces in Berlin belongs to a 40 year old woman according to an American scientist.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C556343%2C00.html?test=latestnews

Yale's Stolen Machu Picchu collection

Just a remembrance that Yale University still is in possession of tens of thousands of artifacts which were loaned under contract with the Peruvian government for one year back in 1912.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=31346710936

Denying Jerusalem's Past

An article from the Wall street journal on Arab deniers of Jewish history in Jerusalem.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203917304574413811883589676.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Warrior Reburied

Article on a grave robbers hoard including the remains of an American civil war soldier and his burial goods being removed from auction for reburial.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/21102107/detail.html

Anglo Saxon Hoard

People using metal detectors have found a hoard of Anglo Saxon gold and silver objects that are all made for a man or a number of men.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6847081.ece

Here excellent slide show:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8272370.stm

Grave of the Anglo Saxon Princess

The Kirkleatham museum will be displaying the grave goods found with a Northumbrian princess including her beautiful jewels.

http://www.culture24.org.uk/spliced/artefacts+%2526+other+objects/art71841

Ritual Bath

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have found a ritual bath near ruins of the second period temple. This article has 2 nice pictures.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jRaBu2HXlqmEo4EbqT9Lmzpok5TgD9AT12MG2

Buried Beneath the Palace

A very interesting discovery of burials beneath an ancient palace in Syria, among the finds are fine Egyptian stone vessels and cylinder seals.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090921173412.htm

Musical Pyramids

Some researchers believe that the Maya built there pyramids as musical instruments to appease the rain god.

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/ancient-mayans-made-pyramids-to-make-music-for-rain-god_100251139.html

Friends Come in Boxes

Here archaeologists remove two more people from their Trojan grave in the name of science.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE58L2A820090922

Storm Trooper Captures Three

Three Iraqis have been arrested for trafficking in Sumerian antiquities. Please take note that for some reason the accused need to be blindfolded.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jtUrmnWZo2fCB-rp4DZw5A7_orsw

Shakespeare's Grave

The roof of the church where Shakespeare is buried is rotting and in need of repair.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/coventry_warwickshire/8266160.stm

Syrian Royal Tomb

An ancient royal tomb in Syria has been found undisturbed under an ancient palace.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4710845,00.html

Rembrandt to be Auctioned

A painting by Rembrandt that has not been seen in public since 1970 is to be auctioned off .

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article6840232.ece

A Pre-Moche Tomb

A fascinating find in Peru of a pre-moche tomb of a priestess, great images.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/photogalleries/moche-pre-inca-treasure-dig/index.html

The article:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090918-peru-tomb-moche-male-priestesses.html

Decapitated in Dorset

This article is about the mass grave of decapitated (Vikings)? recently excavated. The article comes with excellent images and slide show.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/dorset/8250295.stm

Roman Skeleton

A skeleton from a 4th century Roman town has left archaeologists puzzled by the position the body was buried in.

http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=NOED14%20Sep%202009%2016%3A44%3A12%3A220

Aphrodite of Hippos

Recently some roman period figurines of Aphrodite have been found at an excavation at Hippos in Israel.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-09/uoh-foa091309.php

Navigating the Northeast Passage

Commercial ships are navigating the northeast passage thought be the result of global warming.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6832885.ece

Two Right Feet

Two right feet have been found in an attic in Ireland, one foot belongs to an adult male and the other to a child. It is the belief that they may have come from bog bodies.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/0914/1224254476530.html

Quiz on Archaeology

This is an interesting short quiz of 20 questions on archaeology.

http://archaeology.about.com/b/2009/09/13/archaeology-quiz-site-types-in-archaeology.htm

A Beautiful Sarcophagus

A tomb has been found in Syria including some jewelry and a beautiful stone sarcophagus.

http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/200909122670/Culture/archaeological-findings-a-mass-cemetery-carved-in-rocks-discovered-in-syria.html

Odyssey Marine Explorer and it's Treasure

The Tampa based organization is famous for finding treasure including a half billion dollars worth of coins from a Spanish wreck being referred to as "the black swan".

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/sep/11/how-does-odyssey-find-all-sunken-treasure/

In the Kalahari

Impressive giant stone age hand axes have been found in lake Makgadikgadi in the Kalahari desert.

http://www.physorg.com/news171790409.html

Did Jesus Preach Here?

The site of a 2000 year old synagogue has been found along the sea of Galilee complete with one of the oldest engravings of a menorah.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/133388

Pre-Inca Citadel

The great Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva has confirmed that a pre- Inca citadel has been found in the area of the Zana rivers upper basin.

http://www.livinginperu.com/news/10075

Coins of Revolt

A hoard of coins has been found in a cave in the Judean hills from the Bar Kokhba rebellion of 132-135CE.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804529782&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Mysterious Inscription from the Holy Land

This article is about a limestone cup recently discovered in Jerusalem with a mysterious 10 line inscription.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090909-code-biblical-cup.html

Those Easter Bonnets

The recent talk is about the hats on the statues from Easter island.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/08/easter-island-red-hat.html

Next to the Cathedral

Digging next to a cathedral in Brechin has resulted in the discovery of the sites medieval history.

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/tayside/121269-significant-medieval-discoveries-in-angus/

Colossal Apollo

A colossal statue of Apollo has been found in Turkey.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/08/apollo-statue.html

The Grand Duchess' Jewels

This collection of Romanov era royal jewelry has been found which had been deposited by the late Grand Duchess in trust of the Swedish embassy.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6823408.ece

Tiara Home:

http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/dressfortheoccasion/object.asp?exhibs=BPSO2006jewellery&item=1

Capital Theft

A column capital from a Byzantine structure has been stolen from the Greek site of Olympia.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ij6owvrVSruKDNENg_0CT8PPJxSgD9AHUEFO2

Those Cheery Canaanites

A defensive Canaanite wall has been found in Jerusalem.

http://chattahbox.com/world/2009/09/05/ancient-canaanite-fortification-unearthed-in-jerusalem/

Wrecking the Material World

The draw of tourism is the greatest threat to the very sites they wish to visit with the answers being not easy to come by.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/06/mass-tourism-environmental-damage

Drowned Convent

A 16th century convent which has been submerged in a reservoir for the last 40 years can bee seen because of low water levels.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090902-mexico-convent-video-ap.html

Prehistoric Handaxes

There is nothing like prehistoric stone tools and these tools from Spain may also be 900 000 years old almost twice as old as thought.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/03/prehistoric-hand-axes.html

Relics of a Saint

This is a fine article with nice picture of relics containing human remains found in Bulgaria which though without the name of who's remains these are may well those of a medieval saint.

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=107410

Battle at El Mirador

Very interesting article on what might have been the last battle of the ruling royal family at the top of a huge pyramid called El Tigre.

http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=18952