http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/ArchaeologyFind stories, videos, and photos about Archaeology from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:24:39 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Archaeology14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Archaeology from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/24/iraq.virtual.museum/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/24/iraq.virtual.museum/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt houses some of ancient Mesopotamia's rarest artifacts, but what is even harder to find at Iraq's National Museum are visitors.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/15/ctw.rome.portus.coliseum/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/15/ctw.rome.portus.coliseum/index.html#cnnSTCTextUnder a canopy of elegant Italian pines, the foundations of a mini Roman Coliseum are at once unmistakable and exhilarating.Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/07/stonehenge.discovery/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/07/stonehenge.discovery/index.html#cnnSTCTextStonehenge, an enigma to visitors and scientists alike for so many years, became less of a mystery after a discovery announced to the world this week.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/21/turkey.bosphorus.tunnel.marmaray/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/21/turkey.bosphorus.tunnel.marmaray/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt's a common sight in the traffic-clogged streets of Istanbul, a city that straddles two continents.Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/11/jerusalem.synagogue/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/11/jerusalem.synagogue/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn what was slated to be the site of a new 122-room hotel, archaeologists say they have discovered one of the world's oldest synagogues in Northern Israel.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/04/israel.wall.discovered/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/04/israel.wall.discovered/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn archaeological dig in Jerusalem has turned up a 3,700-year-old wall that is the largest and oldest of its kind found in the region, experts say.Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/31/iraq.babylon.damage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/31/iraq.babylon.damage/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military did major damage to the site of one of the wonders of the ancient world while converting it into a base, the United Nations said in a new report.Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/29/newyork.mexico.artifacts/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/29/newyork.mexico.artifacts/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne man's trash is another man's mystery.Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/29/vatican.st.paul.bones/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/29/vatican.st.paul.bones/index.html#cnnSTCTextScientific tests prove bones housed in the Basilica of St. Paul in Rome are those of the apostle St. Paul himself, according to Pope Benedict XVI.Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/05/29/adult.summer.camps/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/05/29/adult.summer.camps/index.html#cnnSTCTextPreparing for summer camp can be stressful.Fri, 29 May 2009 12:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/05/11/athens.greece.travel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/05/11/athens.greece.travel/index.html#cnnSTCTextA century and a half ago, Athens was a humble, forgotten city of about 8,000 people. Today, one out of every three Greeks packs into this city of about 4 million.Mon, 11 May 2009 13:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/29/roman.find/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/29/roman.find/index.html#cnnSTCTextArchaeologists excavating a site in East London have made an "extremely rare and unprecedented" find -- a delicately detailed dish made of hundreds of pieces of tiny glass petals, the Museum of London Docklands announced Wednesday.Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/10/wedeman.via.dolorosa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/10/wedeman.via.dolorosa/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt's Good Friday, the day that Christians believe Jesus was crucified. Jerusalem's Old City is crowded with the faithful, retracing the steps of Jesus along the Via Dolorosa -- the Way of Suffering -- to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where Christians believe he was crucified.Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/26/israel.ancient.find/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/26/israel.ancient.find/index.html#cnnSTCTextArchaeologists in Israel have discovered what they believe is the bust of a Roman boxer from the second or third century.Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/12/mummy.mystery/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/12/mummy.mystery/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe beautiful singer was about 30 years old when the world forgot about her. But now we know what she looks like for the first time in nearly 3,000 years.Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:55:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/01/13/magazines/fortune/obrien_easter.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/01/13/magazines/fortune/obrien_easter.fortune/index.htmIt's the tail end of the rainy season in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, and a wind-blown mist falls on the planet's most remote civilization, Rapa Nui, known as Easter Island. Sonia Haoa, a 55-year-old native with olive skin and a long ponytail pulled through a baseball cap, pokes the earth with a walking stick as she considers the scene before her.Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/05/germany.battlefield/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/05/germany.battlefield/index.html#cnnSTCTextArchaeologists have found more than 600 relics from a huge battle between a Roman army and Barbarians in the third century, long after historians believed Rome had given up control of northern Germany.Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/23/satellites.archaeology.egypt/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/23/satellites.archaeology.egypt/index.html#cnnSTCTextArchaeologists believe they have unearthed only a small fraction of Egypt's ancient ruins, but they're making new discoveries with help from high-tech allies -- satellites that peer into the past from the distance of space.Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/22/israel.rare.coins/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/22/israel.rare.coins/index.html#cnnSTCTextSome Israeli archaeologists are having a particularly happy Hanukkah, thanks in part to a British volunteer who took time off from her job to work on a dig.Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/12/york.oldest.brain/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/12/york.oldest.brain/index.html#cnnSTCTextArchaeologists have discovered what they say is the oldest surviving human brain in Britain, dating back at least 2,000 years to the Iron Age.Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/03/stoneage.art/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/03/stoneage.art/index.html#cnnSTCTextArchaeologists in Russia have discovered an "extraordinary" group of Stone Age artworks which appear to have been carefully buried in pits and covered with mammoth bones, researchers announced this week in a paper published in the academic journal, Antiquity.Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/30/israel.ancient.text/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/30/israel.ancient.text/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Israeli archaeologist has discovered what he says is the earliest-known Hebrew text, found on a shard of pottery that dates to the time of King David from the Old Testament, about 3,000 years ago.Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/28/solomon.mines/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/28/solomon.mines/index.html#cnnSTCTextArchaeologists believe a desert site in Jordan may contain the ruins of the elusive King Solomon's Mines.Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:58:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/23/magazines/fortune/antiquities_hira.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/23/magazines/fortune/antiquities_hira.fortune/index.htmThe antiquities trade has been making headlines, and they are weird ones: "Eulogy for the Euphronius Krater." (What in the world is a "krater"?) "Museum to Show Off Fake Egyptian Sculptures." (That's ridiculous, isn't it?) "Antiquities Dealer Gets Prison Time." (A nice old man with a pince-nez comes to mind, dragged off to the clink for some tragicomical offense, no doubt.)Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:10:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1843362,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1843362,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to be its healing properties, archaeologists said MondayMon, 22 Sep 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824608,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824608,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsArchaeologists will excavate hundreds of fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat entombed in an underground chamber next to Giza's Great PyramidSat, 19 Jul 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1823660,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1823660,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe first archaeological dig at one of the nation's oldest cathedrals has turned up a mix of new finds in the heart of the French QuarterWed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/03/washington.boyhood.home/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/03/washington.boyhood.home/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfter nearly three years of excavation, archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of the site of George Washington's boyhood home near the banks of the Rappahannock River in northeast Virginia.Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:22:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1819913,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1819913,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe archaeologists were delighted to at last find the remains of George Washington's boyhood home but got stumped when they looked for evidence of the cherry tree and rusty hatchetThu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1813514,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1813514,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsArchaeologists in Jordan have discovered a cave underneath one of the world's oldest churches and say it may have been an even more ancient site of Christian worshipWed, 11 Jun 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1812175,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1812175,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsEgyptian archaeologists unveiled on Thursday a 4,000-year-old "missing pyramid" that is believed to have been discovered by an archaeologist almost 200 years ago and never seen againThu, 05 Jun 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1810439,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1810439,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsEngland's enigmatic Stonehenge served as a burial ground from its earliest beginnings and for several hundred years thereafter, new research indicatesThu, 29 May 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1810233,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1810233,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsArchaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed 3,000-year-old remains from an ancient fortified city, the largest yet found in EgyptThu, 29 May 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1729020,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1729020,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWorking in secret, federal archaeologists have dug up the remains of dozens of soldiers and children near a Civil War-era fort after an informant tipped them off about widespread grave-lootingTue, 08 Apr 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1728631,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1728631,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsTools dating back at least 35,000 years have been unearthed in a rock shelter in Australia's remote northwest, making it one of the oldest archaeological finds in that part of the country, archaeologists said MondayMon, 07 Apr 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1706523,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1706523,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsArchaeologists in northeast Syria have unearthed a 3rd century cemetery in the shape of a cross, the country's official news agency reported WednesdayThu, 24 Jan 2008 15:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1704299,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1704299,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA Jerusalem conference convened by a Princeton theologian reexamines claims that the body of Christ was buried on EarthWed, 16 Jan 2008 22:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/12/19/pharaohs.egypt/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/12/19/pharaohs.egypt/index.html#cnnSTCTextA few years back, when I was working as part of an archaeological mission in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, I unearthed a slab of white limestone covered in ancient paint smears. More of that later. First, however, I should tell you about the 3,000 year-old gold jewelry.Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:10:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1680502,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1680502,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics(LUXOR, Egypt) -- The face of King Tut was unshrouded in public for the first time on Sunday -- 85 years after the 3,000-year-old boy pharaoh's golden enshrined tomb and mummy were discovered in Luxor's famed Valley of the Kings.Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/10/22/montreal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/10/22/montreal/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe blackboard menu is in French and all around the little cafe, people are chattering in French, nibbling on croissants and sipping café au lait. But we're a lot closer to home than Paris.Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/19/ww.treasurehunters/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/19/ww.treasurehunters/index.html#cnnSTCTextA sunken galleon, modern-day treasure hunters, a fortune in silver coins and the Spanish navy.Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/09/17/pompeii/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/09/17/pompeii/index.html#cnnSTCTextWe 're standing in a dusty square trying to conjure up an image of a bustling gathering place with white marble floors, gleaming columns and fashionable people buying and selling wine, beautiful fabrics and exotic treasures -- imagine SoHo in New York, I tell the kids. Powerful politicians work just across the way. In our imaginations, there are gorgeous bronze statues everywhere. In reality, all that's left are a few crumbling columns.Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/09/05/ancient.honey.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/09/05/ancient.honey.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextArchaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever found.Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/24/russia.royal.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/24/russia.royal.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextProsecutors said Friday they have reopened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the last Russian czar and his family nearly 90 years ago after an archaeologist said the remains of Nicholas II's son and heir to the throne may have finally been found.Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/08/20/egypt.footprint.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/08/20/egypt.footprint.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextEgyptian archaeologists have found what they said could be the oldest human footprint in history in the country's western desert, the Arab country's antiquities' chief said on Monday.Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/05/08/fs.virtual.heritage.forum/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/05/08/fs.virtual.heritage.forum/index.htmlSix of the seven Ancient Wonders of the World have vanished into history, but now there may be a way to recreate these ancient heritage sites, as well as to people them and furnish them in a historically authentic way.Tue, 08 May 2007 17:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/03/29/greece.britain/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/03/29/greece.britain/index.htmlEmboldened by the return of two ancient artifacts claimed to have been spirited from Greek soil a decade ago, Greece's Prime Minister has lashed out at the British Museum, saying its grounds for refusing to relinquish possession of Greece's most famous antiquities, the Parthenon Marbles, were "feeble."Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/06/05/rock.art/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/06/05/rock.art/index.htmlA rock carving discovered in Arizona might depict an ancient star explosion seen by Native Americans a thousand years ago, scientists announced today.Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/03/13/satellite.noahs.ark/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/03/13/satellite.noahs.ark/index.htmlHigh on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey, there is a baffling mountainside "anomaly," a feature that one researcher claims may be something of biblical proportions.Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:34:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/12/01/8365392/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/12/01/8365392/index.htmYou're standing in a tent. The phone rings: An archaeology professor needs you to explore a mysterious Egyptian tomb. A stone door rumbles open. For the next 45 minutes you will solve puzzles to de...Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/05/india.site.background/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/05/india.site.background/index.htmlThe dispute over a historic religious site in the northern town of Ayodhya has come to define the often fiery mix of politics and religion in India.Tue, 05 Jul 2005 05:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/17/carolina.dig/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/17/carolina.dig/index.htmlArchaeologists say a site in South Carolina may rewrite the history of how the Americas were settled by pushing back the date of human settlement thousands of years.Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/11/05/sudan.exhibition/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/11/05/sudan.exhibition/index.htmlToday Sudan presents the picture of an Islamic government at odds with the rest of the world.Fri, 05 Nov 2004 12:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.reporter/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.reporter/index.htmlU.S. government officials studying the tape of a Western journalist apparently threatened with death in Iraq believe the man "is being held captive" and are working to get his release, a senior State Department official said Thursday.Thu, 19 Aug 2004 07:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.journalist/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/17/iraq.journalist/index.htmlThe French fiancee of a U.S. journalist kidnapped in Iraq has made an appeal for his release, saying her partner was only doing his job.Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/11/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/11/iraq.main/index.htmlBrawling and gunfire involving a militia loyal to a radical cleric flared Friday in the south-central Iraqi city of Najaf and a Baghdad neighborhood.Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/04/08/cats.cyprus/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/04/08/cats.cyprus/index.htmlArcheologists say they have evidence that a bond between cats and humans was forged thousands of years before previously thought.Thu, 08 Apr 2004 18:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2002/10/15/pf/saving/travel/bpvac_phoenix/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2002/10/15/pf/saving/travel/bpvac_phoenix/index.htmWhen you think of Phoenix, you probably think of sprawl, lots of purple and turquoise, and phrases like, Yes, but it's a dry heat. But there's more to the city than meets the eye: Within an hour's drive are natural and historic attractions that make Phoenix the perfect base for a winter vacation in the desert.Fri, 25 Oct 2002 04:07:00 EDT