Gobekli Tepe: Evidence of The World’s First Temple

Fascinating prehistoric megaliths could be the world's oldest worship temple, the one - acre excavation has not yet releaved all of its secrets. " Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern...

Oldest Hebrew Script Found

AN ARCHAELOGIST in Israel claims that five lines of ancient Hebrew script may be the oldest ever found.  The lines have been found on a shard of pottery by a teenager on a "dig" 20km southwest of Jerusalem   " Five lines of ancient script on a shard of pottery...

Clay Feats and Wood-firing

Studio ceramics has been practiced in Pakistan for the last several decades, when graduates from the National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore started to experiment and show their creativity in clay. Some prominent...

Hue restores pottery village for festival

The ancient pottery village of Phuoc Tich in Phong Hoa commune, ThuaThien-Hue Province will be renovated for Hue Festival 2008, which willtake place from June 3 to June 11."More than VND300 million (US$19,000) was...

Exeter's Temple of Doom Gives Up Treasure

"His real name is Derek Dugdale but all his mates call him Indiana Jones. He's the man who visited Exeter's very own Temple of Doom and emerged with a treasure beyond the dreams of avarice. Derek was digging deep and hard in Princesshay when he saw something strange,...

Diabetics: Eat your Chia Pet

The Ancient Aztec seed grains used in growing your Chia pet have been found to help diabetics and those with blood pressure and heart disease problems.  Who knew eating your Chia pet may save you thousands in...

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Archaeology: Lost city 'could rewrite history'

The remains of what has been described as a huge lost city may force historians and archaeologists to radically reconsider their view of ancient human history.Marine scientists say archaeological remains discovered 36 metres (120 feet) underwater in the Gulf of Cambay off the...

Ancient Sarcophagus Unearthed in Cyprus

A 2,500-year-old sarcophagus with illustrations from Homer's epics has been discovered in Cyprus.

ancient tunnels found at Israeli dig site

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