Footprints discovered in Kenya are thought to have been made by Homo ergaster or Homo erectus. The prints are approximately 1.5 million years old, and are the earliest evidence of modern upright walking. Underground passageways have been found beneath St. George’s Square in Valletta, Malta. The tunnels may have been built by the Knights of […]

A three-day strike by guards at the Athens Acropolis has shut it down to tourists. “I’m sure they are getting the short end of the stick, but I came a long way only to see half of Athens closed,” said archaeology student Paul Jones. Four wooden coffins have been unearthed at Saqqara by a Japanese […]