Tag Archives: Archaeology

Italian Bureaucracy Threatens Pompeii

POMPEII, Italy — Destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, Pompeii survived excavation starting in the 18th century and has stoically borne the wear and tear of millions of modern-day ... Read more

Khartoum Journal: In Sudan, Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Kingdoms

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Every winter they come and go, like birds migrating south. Most of them nest in downtown Khartoum’s old Acropole Hotel, but they’re not here to rest. They’re here to ... Read more

The Week: Medieval Remains, Dwindling Butterflies and Chatterboxes

This week’s opening category is “interesting stuff buried in the British Isles.” A few months ago, scientists from the University of Leicester in England found the remains of ... Read more

Israel Museum’s Herod Show Draws Anger Over Use of West Bank Objects

JERUSALEM — In one room sits a sarcophagus of reddish-pink limestone believed to have held the body of King Herod, painstakingly reconstructed after having been smashed to bits centuries ago. In another, ... Read more

Israel Museum’s Herod Show Draws Anger Over Use of West Bank Objects

Observatory: More DNA Tests to Confirm Skeleton Is Richard III’s

Researchers last week developed DNA evidence to help identify the remains of a skeleton found under a parking lot in Leicester, England, as those of Richard III, the last English king to die in battle, in 1485. ... Read more

Scholars Say Bones Belonged to Richard III

LEICESTER, England — Until it was discovered beneath a city parking lot last fall, the skeleton had lain unmarked, and unmourned, for more than 500 years. Friars fearful of the men who slew him in battle ... Read more

Bones Under Parking Lot Belonged to Richard III

LEICESTER, England — In one of Britain’s most dramatic modern archaeological finds, researchers here announced on Monday that skeletal remains found under a parking lot in this English Midlands city ... Read more