Archaeoscoop(ish): Images from Durham
Welcome to Archaeoscoop (ish), the place to find heritage and archaeology related news stories from around the world!
Today, these are the news stories I have to share:
1) Earliest Mayan monuments unearthed in Guatemala:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23444-earliest-mayan-monuments-unearthed-in-guatemala.html
Archaeologists unearth new information on origins of Maya civilization:
http://www.heritagedaily.com/2013/04/archeologists-unearth-new-information-on-origins-of-maya-civilization/
Archaeologists conduct first-ever survey of the legendary WW1 battlefield at Gallipoli:
http://archaeology.org/issues/92-1305/letter-from/765-anzac-gallipoli-wwi-battlefield-allied-german-ottoman
Fulford homes to be built on 1066 'battle site':
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-22302298
Humans may have reached the Americas 22,000 years ago:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23441-humans-may-have-reached-the-americas-22000-years-ago.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news
Eight skeletons found at Edinburgh car park dig:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-22293782
7 more skeltons found near Old Town knight grave:
http://www.scotsman.com/news/7-more-skeletons-found-near-old-town-knight-grave-1-2908534
Archaeological team digs at St. Augustine's Fountain of youth:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/rss/article/310303/3/Archaeological-team-digs-at-the-Fountain-of-Youth
Sewer workers in Bath reveal part of Roman city's walls:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-22279047
Love beyond the grave: Skeletons discovered holding hands in coffin together:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/393958/Love-beyond-the-grave-Skeletons-discovered-holding-hands-in-coffin-together?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-weird-news+%28Daily+Express+%3A%3A+Weird+News+Feed%29
Highland Council caves seminar being webcast after huge demand:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22296689
A fully furnished Graeco-Roman industrial area discovered on Thursday in Tell Abu-Seifi area, east of Egypt's Suez Canal:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/70077/Heritage/GrecoRoman/Roman-industrial-area-uncovered-in-Egypts-Suez-Can.aspx
Belfast Harbour: 400 years of history:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22292492