Archaeology

19 May 2013

Under the Temple of the Feathered Serpent in Mexico lay a tunnel not seen by people in more than 1,800 years. Damp, dark, filled with debris, and deliberately sealed by its creators, the...

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Railway work unearths mass grave of plague victims under City of London

16 Mar 2013

Seven centuries after their demise, the skeletons of 12 plague victims have been unearthed in the City of London, a find archaeologists believe to be just the tip of a long-lost Black Death mass...

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China digging into Afghanistan's treasure trove

15 Mar 2013

China is establishing an economic and strategic foothold in Afghanistan, as the nation prepares for the end of a decades-long war by touting itself as the new Mecca of mineral wealth. Demand for...

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British Museum shows life and death in Herculaneum

12 Mar 2013

Both come from a seaside mansion in Herculaneum, the town overwhelmed by a torrent of mud from Vesuvius after Pompeii had already choked to death. They will be seen in an eagerly awaited...

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Arts preview: The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia

24 Feb 2013

Some of the world's oldest tablets (not the sleek portable computers) are now on show at the Hong Kong Museum of History as part of its exhibition "The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia".

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Tianyuan Man scientists unlock secrets of ancient DNA

17 Feb 2013

The remains of Tianyuan Man consisted of more than 30 fragments, including lower jaw and leg bones, but no skull - not enough to tell how closely the ancient human related to present-day Chinese....

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Jake Van Der Kamp

iBonds are little help in easing inflation and a bad bet financially

3:55AM

First farmers crafted ancient water wells without metal tools

The people who lived in eastern Germany around 7,000 years ago are thought to have been some of the first farmers.

Now, new archaeological evidence suggests they were also skilled...

6:00AM

Grain finds in Yunnan province may shed light on a Bronze Age civilisation

Pottery and grains traditionally found in northern China were recently unearthed in the southwestern province of Yunnan, renewing a long-standing debate about how Chinese civilisation evolved in...

4:30AM

Greek police recover stolen Olympic treasures

Greek officials have solved an embarrassing museum robbery after a police sting operation netted three suspects and recovered dozens of ancient artefacts, including a 3,300-year-old gold ring.

4:26AM

PREHISTORY

Ancestors developed stone-tipped weapons earlier than thought

Scientists have found evidence that human ancestors used stone-tipped weapons 200,000 years earlier than once thought, changing notions about the capabilities of prehistoric people.

3:04AM

ARCHAEOLOGY

'Oldest town' in Europe was a settlement worth its salt

Archaeologists in eastern Bulgaria say they have unearthed the oldest prehistoric town ever found in Europe and an ancient salt production site that may explain massive riches discovered in the...

5:03AM

BULGARIA

Europe’s oldest prehistoric town found in Bulgaria

Archaeologists in eastern Bulgaria say they have unearthed the oldest prehistoric town ever found in Europe and an ancient salt production site that may explain massive riches discovered in the...

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