Archaeology Magazine Archive

A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America

Special Introductory Offer!
latest news
Archaeology Magazine News Archive
2008-2012


Visit www.archaeology.org/news for the latest archaeological headlines!

Friday, May 29
May 29, 2009

Traces of a sod-and-stone wall on Baffin Island could represent the second Viking structure to be found in the New World. A whalebone spade, yarn, decorated wood objects, and whetstones have also been unearthed. Fragments of a spiral column that may have been part of a Roman temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis have […]

Read more...

Thursday, May 28
May 28, 2009

An American employed by a courier service has been taken into custody in Sri Lanka for trying to smuggle 74 Buddhist artifacts out of the country. The objects were allegedly headed to an art gallery in San Francisco. “An explosion” of looting in Libya’s Roman cities has occurred since the country opened to the West […]

Read more...



Advertisement


Advertisement