http://www.stonepages.com/news/ Stone Pages' Archaeo News is the leading resource for extensive and timely information about the most recent archaeological meetings, digs and breathtaking discoveries, mainly related to prehistoric and megalithic monuments. The Stone Pages is also the first online guide to European megaliths (including Stonehenge) and provides images, descriptions, folklore, panoramic views, forums, weblinks and tours. webmaster@stonepages.com http://www.stonepages.com/ http://www.stonepages.com/images/archaeo_news_logo.gif 120 32 Stone Pages' Archaeo News en-us 2008-07-19T18:15:05+01:00 http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002848.html Stone Age pits containing tools and pottery have been uncovered during work on a new bus station in Warwickshire (England). Digs for the bus station in Warwick started in early... England 2008-07-19T18:15:05+01:00 http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002847.html Archaeologists excavating a mass grave in the grounds of an Oxford (England) college uncovered what could be a monument dating back 5,000 years. The team unearthed between 30 and 40... England 2008-07-19T18:14:17+01:00 http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002846.html Ambitious plans for a world-class visitor centre for Stonehenge may have dwindled to a world-class prefab, but both English Heritage and the government pledged it would be built in time... England 2008-07-19T18:13:33+01:00 http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002845.html A number of round buildings that are eight and half meters high and date back to 5,000 BCE were discovered al-Hasaka governorate, 650 kilometres northeast of Damascus (Syria). Abdul Massih... Middle East 2008-07-19T18:12:50+01:00 http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002844.html In the remote desert highlands of southern Yemen, a team of archaeologists have discovered new evidence of ancient transitions from hunting and herding to irrigation agriculture 5,200 years ago. As... Middle East 2008-07-19T18:12:07+01:00 http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002843.html Two Germans share the longest proven family tree in the world. The men, Manfred Huchthausen and Uwe Lange, had known each other from living in the same village. But they... Rest of Europe 2008-07-19T18:11:12+01:00 http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002842.html Underwater archaeologists are taking to Loch Tay (Perthshire, Scotland) to try to uncover more about a submerged prehistoric woodland. The stumps of about 50 trees were discovered in 2005 -... Scotland 2008-07-19T18:10:22+01:00 http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002841.html There is a ridge and a creek in the heart of the 500,000-hectare Wollemi Wilderness (New South Wales, Australia) which are so remote they have never been officially named by... Australasia 2008-07-19T18:09:41+01:00 http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002840.html It started out as a simple plan to erect a pavilion-like shelter at Safety Harbor (Florida, USA). Then it became an archeology dig. A city crew erecting the shelter stumbled... Americas 2008-07-19T18:09:01+01:00 http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002839.html C. Andrew Hemmings, research associate of the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory (TARL) at The University of Texas at Austin, will lead an underwater archeological expedition in the Gulf of Mexico... Americas 2008-07-19T18:08:28+01:00 http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002838.html About an acre of one of Illinois' most significant prehistoric sites was destroyed by bulldozing. Located a mile or so from Lebanon's bricked and antique shop-lined main thoroughfare, the Pfeffer... Americas 2008-07-19T18:06:14+01:00 http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002837.html A Coroner has ruled that a hoard of ancient bronze ingots found on farmland near Dorking (Surrey, England) are treasure. Nick Green, who is a member of the East Surrey Search and... England 2008-07-19T18:05:36+01:00 http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002836.html Archaeological excavations on a large mound in South Walls (Orkney, Scotland) suggest that it does not contain a broch. Instead, it appears to be a Neolithic chambered cairn. A two-week... Scotland 2008-07-14T18:40:20+01:00 http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002835.html The Sustainable Trust (www.sustrust.co.uk) is now about to buy Carwynnen Quoit near Camborne, West Cornwall (England). The Trust is buying about 5 acres of land around the quoit, that is... England 2008-07-14T18:39:25+01:00 http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002834.html Burial mounds, rock carvings, ancient dwellings and other cultural heritage sites are increasingly being destroyed in Norway by new roads, agriculture and building sites. The number of criminal investigations connected... Rest of Europe 2008-07-14T18:38:04+01:00