Archaeology
Canterbury's Roman Museum could fall victim to the credit crunch
Canterbury City Council is the latest local authority set to close museums as part of cost-cutting measures. It is wielding the budget axe and has decided that saving the city’s Christmas lights is more important than keeping the Roman Museum open to the public.
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Excavation and restoration on the Avenue of Sphinxes
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Egypt’s Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, and Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), along with the governor of Luxor, Samir Farag, will embark today on an inspection tour along the Avenue of Sphinxes that connects the Luxor and Karnak temples.
Temple fragment returns to Egypt and its place
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Egypt's Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni and Dr. Zahi Hawass today returned a piece of red granite belonging to an ancient Egyptian temple to its rightful place - the base of Amenemhat I's naos.
Tutankhamun secrets to be revealed
Monday, 1 February 2010
Egypt will soon reveal the results of DNA tests made on the world's most famous ancient king, the young Pharaoh Tutankhamun, to answer lingering mysteries over his lineage, the antiquities department said.
Cracking the codex: Long lost Roman legal document discovered
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Dr Simon Corcoran and Dr Benet Salway of the history department at University College London have found fragments of an important Roman law code that previously had been thought lost forever.
British film-makers uncover Trajan's hidden Roman aqueduct
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Two British film-makers have discovered what they believe to be the source of the 1,900-year old aqueduct built by the emperor Trajan in the early second century AD.
Ambassador or slave? East Asian skeleton discovered in Vagnari Roman Cemetery
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Lifestyles of the rich and famous... Egyptians
Monday, 25 January 2010
The rich and famous people of ancient Egypt lived a decadent lifestyle with fine wine, sex, high fashion, and plenty of partying. How do they compare with their equivalents today - the modern western celebrity set?
Queen Eadgyth's remains discovered in Germany
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Remains of one of the oldest members of the English royal family, Edith of England, have been located at the Magdeburger Dom in Germany. A lead coffin was discovered, bearing the name Eadgyth, the old spelling for Edith. Inside the coffin, a nearly complete female skeleton was found, wrapped in silk.
Queen Berenike's cat goddess temple discovered in Alexandria, Egypt
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
The remains of a temple of Queen Berenike - wife of King Ptolemy III - have been discovered by archaeologists in Alexandria, Egypt.
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