Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:50:01 +0100 (AP) - A Chalcidian type bronze helmet with griffins on the top, unearthed at Samuel's Fortress archaeological site and dating from the 4th century B.C. is displayed on the annual archaeological exhibition in Macedonia's capital Skopje, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. Some 19.000 artefacts have been excavated from 16 archaeological sites in Macedonia through 2011. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
Bronze figurines from late antique period, unearthed at Heraclea ...
Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:40:02 +0100 (AP) - Bronze figurines from late antique period, unearthed at Heraclea Lyncestis archaeological site, are presented on the annual archaeological exhibition in Macedonia's capital Skopje, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. Some 19.000 artefacts have been excavated from 16 archaeological sites in Macedonia through 2011. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:30:23 +0200 The fossil of a python dating from about 15 million years ago has been discovered in southern Germany, first time proof that the reptile lived so far north, German palaeontologists said Monday. (Source: AFP)
Archaeological students clean some of the unearthed remains ...
Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:30:02 +0200 (Reuters) - Archaeological students clean some of the unearthed remains of 42 children and 74 camelids, sacrificed approximately 800 years ago and found in the fishing town of Huanchaquito, Trujillo September 13, 2011. The massive sacrifice were part of a religious ceremony of the pre-inca Chimu culture for the fertility of the ocean and the land, and it represents the most important discovery related to human and animal sacrifices of the Chimu culture in terms of numbers of excavated individuals, according to Oscar Gabriel Prieto, chief archaeologist of the archaeological project. Picture taken September 13, 2011. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TRAVEL)
An archaeological student cleans one of the unearthed remains ...
Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:01 +0200 (Reuters) - An archaeological student cleans one of the unearthed remains of 42 children and 74 camelids, sacrificed approximately 800 years ago and found in the fishing town of Huanchaquito, Trujillo September 13, 2011. The massive sacrifice were part of a religious ceremony of the pre-inca Chimu culture for the fertility of the ocean and the land, and it represents the most important discovery related to human and animal sacrifices of the Chimu culture in terms of numbers of excavated individuals, according to Oscar Gabriel Prieto, chief archaeologist of the archaeological project. Picture taken September 13, 2011. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TRAVEL)