Archaeology

Archaeology

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  Builders bulldoze big Mayan pyramid in Belize

  A construction company has essentially destroyed one of Belize's largest Mayan pyramids with backhoes and bulldozers to extract crushed rock for a ... 

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  Scholars find cannibalism at Jamestown settlement

  Scientists revealed Wednesday that they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists at Jamestown, ... 

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  Ancient site unearthed in Iraqi home of Abraham

  British archaeologists said Thursday they have unearthed a sprawling complex near the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq, home of the biblical ... 

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  Saddam's specter lives on in Iraqi landmarks

  The soaring half domes of the Martyr Monument stand out against the drabness of eastern Baghdad, not far from where Saddam Hussein's feared eldest son ... 

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  London rail workers find likely plague burial pit

  Workers digging a new railway line in London have uncovered what they believe is a burial ground containing victims of the Black Death — a plague that ... 

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  Politics clouding Obama's coming visit to Israel

  A week before President Barack Obama is set to arrive in the region, Middle East politics are already casting a cloud over the visit as Israeli and ... 

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  Syria official warns of trafficking in antiquities

  A Syrian government official warned Wednesday of rampant trafficking in antiquities from his country and appealed for U.N. help in halting the illicit ... 

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  Experts find remains of England's King Richard III

  He was king of England, but for centuries he lay without shroud or coffin in an unknown grave, and his name became a byword for villainy. On Monday, ... 

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  Sacrificial skull mound in Mexico puzzles experts

  Archaeologists say they have turned up about 150 skulls of human sacrifice victims in a field in central Mexico, one of the first times that such a ... 

• Correction: Egypt-Encroaching on Antiquities story

  In a story Jan. 14 about illegal construction near a pharaonic temple and pyramids in Egypt, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the ... 

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  Israel to open exhibit on biblical King Herod

  Israel's national museum said Tuesday it will open what it calls the world's first exhibition devoted to the architectural legacy of biblical King ... 

• Archeologists in Egypt unearth 3000-year-old tombs

  Egypt's Antiquities Minister says Italian archaeologists have unearthed tombs over 3000 years old in the ancient city of Luxor. Mohammed Ibrahim says ...