65 statues of human and animal figures found in Iran’s Burnt City
June 8th, 2009 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, June 8 (ANI): Archeologists have unearthed 65 statues of human and animal figures in Burnt City, located in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan.According to a report in Press ... Read more...
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Middle East’s oldest village found In Iran
May 27th, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, May 27 (ANI): Iranian and English archeologists have discovered the Middle East's oldest village that dates back to at least 9800 BC in western Iran.According to Press TV, the unique archeological ... Read more...
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9,000 yr old mysterious burial ritual discovered in Iran
May 18th, 2009 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, May 18 (ANI): Archeologists have discovered a mysterious burial ritual performed 9,000 years ago in Iran's Sialk Mound located in the center of the country.According to a report in Press ... Read more...
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Europes most ancient civilization discovered in Bulgaria
December 31st, 2008 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
Sofia (Bulgaria), Dec 31 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has found the most ancient civilization in Europe, near Yunatsite village, Pazardzhik District, in Bulgaria.In 2008, a joint Bulgarian-Greek team had ... Read more...
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Dakar Rally may damage important archeological sites in Argentina and Chile
December 19th, 2008 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Ottawa, Dec 19 (ANI): A top archeologist has said that the upcoming Dakar Rally, which has been relocated to Argentina and Chile because of security fears, could damage important archeological sites.According ... Read more...
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Archaeologists find some of the worlds rarest relics in Iran
December 15th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Dec 15 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has found relics at the Joobji archeological site in Iran, which they say are among the rarest of their kind in the world.Joobji ... Read more...
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Largest known statue of Pharaoh Ramses II being uncovered in Egypt
December 15th, 2008 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 15 (ANI): An archeological team has begun uncovering rubble under which the largest known statue of Pharaoh Ramses II is buried in the southern Egyptian town of Sohag.According ... Read more...
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Archaeologists discover 3,000 yr old embalmed corpse of Iranian king
November 28th, 2008 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): Archaeologists have found the embalmed corpse of a king, along with five corpses of his bodyguards, in the Irans Kurdistan province, dating back to 3,000 years.The king ... Read more...
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An Israeli archaeologists discovered a 2,000-year-old gold earring
November 12th, 2008 - 1:28 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
An Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old gold earring under a parking lot next to the walls of Jerusalem's old city. The discover draws back to date just after the time of ... Read more...
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Archaeologists find ancient ritual site in Java
November 3rd, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Jakarta, Nov 3 (ANI): A team of archeologists, which has discovered six ancient relics, a Chinese coin, and a temple foundation in a village in the island of Java, Indonesia, have ... Read more...
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Russians may have been the first potters on Earth
October 23rd, 2008 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 23 (ANI): Russian archeologists have claimed that the Russians were the first people on the planet to cultivate land, breed cattle and make earthenware.Russian tribes inhabited Khabarovsk Region in ... Read more...
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Archaeologists find Iron Age mausoleum in Armenia
October 4th, 2008 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 4 (ANI): Archeologists at work in the Gogaran village of the Lori province in northern Armenia have recently discovered an Iron Age mausoleum unlike others that appeared in the ... Read more...
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Ancient belt buckle with design of sleeping two-hump camel unearthed in Iran
September 29th, 2008 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, September 29 (ANI): An ancient belt buckle with a design of a sleeping two-hump camel has been unearthed in a 3,000-year-old cemetery in northern Iran.According to a report in ... Read more...
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Macedonian locality may be long lost kingdom of Pelagonia
September 25th, 2008 - 3:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 25 (ANI): Latest discoveries by archaeologists have shown a massive royal grave site in a village known as Bonce in Macedonia, one of a kind in the Balkans, which ... Read more...
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Archaeologists unearth pre-Islamic graveyard in northern Iran
September 15th, 2008 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran , September 15 (ANI): Archeologists have discovered a burial ground and a unique burial ritual dating back to Sassanid and post-Islamic eras in northern Iran .According to a report by ... Read more...
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1,500 yr old cemetery found in Iran
September 9th, 2008 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, September 9 (ANI): Archeologists have discovered a burial ground and a unique burial ritual dating back to Sassanid and post-Islamic eras in northern Iran, around 1,500 years ago.According to a ... Read more...
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Funerary monument dating back to 1st millennium AD uncovered in Russia
July 24th, 2008 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, July 24 (ANI): Archeologists have uncovered a unique funerary monument of the first millennium AD on the territory of Opolye, Suzdal, in Russia.
The discovery of this Finno-Ugric burial ground is ... Read more...
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Archaeologists unearth ancient royal structure in northern Iran
June 29th, 2008 - 3:47 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran , June 29 (ANI): Archeologists have unearthed an ancient royal structure in the city of Natel located in the northern Mazandaran Province of Iran.According to a report in Press TV, ... Read more...
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Human beings were as genetically diverse 2000 years ago as they are today
June 10th, 2008 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Copenhagen, June 10 (ANI): By studying human remains found in two ancient Danish burial grounds, forensic scientists have found that the Scandinavian race is not pure, which suggests that human beings ... Read more...
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6,000-year-old Jericho shroud might shed light on mysterious Turin shroud
May 30th, 2008 - 4:38 pm ICT by admin
Tel Aviv, May 30 (ANI): Scientists have expressed hope that a 6,000-year-old shroud uncovered in the Judean Desert in 1993 could help solve the age old mystery of the Shroud of ... Read more...
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Archaeologists make new discoveries about ancient Afghan cultures
May 23rd, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by admin
Vilnius (Lithuania), May 23 (ANI): Lithuanian archaeologists, carrying out excavation work in the Ghor province of Afghanistan, have collected large amounts of evidence about cultures that prospered in the region centuries ... Read more...
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Archaeologist to use satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico
May 14th, 2008 - 3:55 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 14 (ANI): An archaeologist is going to use satellite imagery obtained from NASA to explore ancient Mexico.Bill Middleton, professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Rochester Institute ... Read more...
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10 human skulls found near old Himachal fort
May 5th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by admin
Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), May 5 (IANS) Police with the help of peasants have dug out at least 10 human skulls at the edge of a centuries-old fort in a Himachal Pradesh village, ... Read more...
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2,200-year-old gemstones unearthed in Iran
April 28th, 2008 - 3:44 pm ICT by admin
Tehran, April 28 (ANI): Archeologists have discovered 2,200-year-old gemstones and jewels belonging to postdated Achaemenid era in Iran's southern province of Fars.Over 20 pieces of bracelets, necklaces and earrings adorned ... Read more...
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Archaeological find dates back Khmer civilization by six to eight centuries
January 22nd, 2008 - 2:38 pm ICT by admin
Tokyo, Jan 22 (ANI): A team of Japanese archeologists have discovered a man-made water channel in northwest Cambodia used for rituals as far back as the first century, which dates back the ... Read more...
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Discovery of archaeological site in Puerto Rico might shed light on early Caribbeans
December 27th, 2007 - 3:48 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 27 (ANI): Archeologists have discovered a major archaeological site in Puerto Rico dating back to 600 AD, that might help to reconstruct the life of the early Caribbean inhabitants.Found ... Read more...
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City of Khorfakkan in Sharjah might have been important economic center, suggest excavations
December 27th, 2007 - 3:24 pm ICT by admin
Abu Dhabi, Dec 27 (ANI): Archeologists have discovered artifacts dating from the 13th to the 15th century from excavations in Sharjah, UAE, which suggest that the city of Khorfakkan had been an ... Read more...
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Prague was a town made of stone and lime
December 17th, 2007 - 6:38 pm ICT by admin
Prague, December 17 (ANI): Archaeologists have excavated parts of Prague's oldest ramparts, dating back to the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries, which verify Jewish globetrotter Ibrahim ibn Jaqub's description of ... Read more...
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Archaeologists unearth 1,500 year old Chinese cemetery
November 26th, 2007 - 2:43 pm ICT by admin
Beijing, Nov 26 (ANI): Archaeologists have excavated an ancient graveyard in Central china's Henan Province, which dates back to the Eastern Wei Dynasty about 1,500 years ago.
Located in Anyang, a major ... Read more...
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