Read more archaeology stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/440/archaeology.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:37:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74238/vanished-persian-army-turns-up-in-sand.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagItalian archaeologists in Egypt claim to have unearthed evidence of a 6th-century BC Persian military folly once thought mythical. Herodotus described an army of 50,000 Persians sent by their emperor, Cambyses, to destroy an oracle that had spoken ill of his ambitions. The army was, according to lore, beset...http://www.newser.com/story/74238/vanished-persian-army-turns-up-in-sand.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 14:21:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71915/atlantis-like-city-mapped-off-greek-coast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMarine archaeologists have uncovered a sunken city that may have inspired the myth of Atlantis. Located off the coast of southern Greece, Pavlopetri dates back more than 5,000 years and is thought to have been engulfed by the sea around 1,000 BC, making it the only sunken Greek...http://www.newser.com/story/71915/atlantis-like-city-mapped-off-greek-coast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 17 Oct 2009 6:06:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71833/mini-coliseum-unearthed-near-rome.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagArchaelogists excavating the ancient port that served Rome in the days of the Roman Empire have found the remains of a smaller-scale version of the Coliseum next to an imperial palace. Statues and many other archeological treasures have been found at Portus, which lies a mile from Rome's airport. The...http://www.newser.com/story/71833/mini-coliseum-unearthed-near-rome.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 3:41:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70751/fossil-find-shakes-up-evolution-timeline.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA primate fossil found in Africa in 1994 predates the famous “Lucy” skeleton by 1 million years and offers clues to human evolution, researchers say. “This is huge,” a paleoanthropologist tells the Washington Post . “This is the biggest discovery really since” Lucy. The researchers believe “Ardi”— Ardipithecus ramidus —lived in...http://www.newser.com/story/70751/fossil-find-shakes-up-evolution-timeline.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 11:51:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70013/pairs-remains-may-date-to-trojan-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a discovery one professor calls “electrifying,” archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a couple believed to have lived during the Trojan War era in Turkey’s ancient city of Troy, Reuters reports. “If the remains are confirmed to be from 1200 BC it would coincide with the Trojan war period”...http://www.newser.com/story/70013/pairs-remains-may-date-to-trojan-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 14:30:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61053/dozens-of-sacrificed-girls-found-at-inca-site.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDozens of carefully buried human sacrifices have been found in a coastal Inca site in Peru, reports the Telegraph . Most of the dead are teenage girls, and one appears to have been pregnant. The bodies, which still contain skin and hair, all bear signs of knife slashes along the neck....http://www.newser.com/story/61053/dozens-of-sacrificed-girls-found-at-inca-site.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Jun 2009 2:56:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58907/statue-of-busty-woman-may-be-worlds-oldest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGerman scientists have unearthed what may be the world’s oldest statue, a 35,000-year-old ivory carving of a busty woman. The 2.4 inch sculpture with extra-large breasts and an enlarged vulva was found in the same cave as a penis-shaped stone discovered in 2005, and may be an artistic...http://www.newser.com/story/58907/statue-of-busty-woman-may-be-worlds-oldest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 May 2009 16:16:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56878/opening-her-tomb-wont-tell-us-who-cleopatra-was.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf the tomb that archaeologists are about to start excavating in Egypt really is Cleopatra’s, what will that really tell us about the legendary queen? Aside from possibly clearing up questions about her heritage and cause of death, probably not much, writes Cleopatra expert Stacy Schiff in the New York...http://www.newser.com/story/56878/opening-her-tomb-wont-tell-us-who-cleopatra-was.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Apr 2009 10:05:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56721/china-finds-vast-new-stretches-of-great-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChinese scientists have discovered huge sections of the Great Wall of China that have been concealed by sandstorms over time, reports the BBC. A high-tech study using infrared and GPS technology found that the barrier built to protect against northern invaders is up to 1000 miles longer than experts previously...http://www.newser.com/story/56721/china-finds-vast-new-stretches-of-great-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Apr 2009 1:58:55 CDT