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Part of an ancient Roman wall has collapsed at the archaeological site of Pompei in southern Italy following flash floods and storms across the country, a spokeswoman said Saturday.The wall, built with the Roman "opus incertum" technique using irregularly shaped stones and ...

The first fully intact Viking boat burial site to be found on British soil has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists in Scotland.The five metre-long (16-foot) grave, thought to contain the remains of a high-status Viking, was discovered at a site ...

Feisty forest-dwellers in winged helmets, with a fondness for roast boar, strong wine and Roman-bashing. That is the pen portrait of the Gaul as summed up by the pint-sized comic hero Asterix -- and it is wrong from start to finish.Drawing on ...

Twenty years ago Monday, a German couple hiking the Italian Alps veered off a marked footpath and stumbled upon one of the world's oldest and most important archeological finds: Oetzi, "The Iceman".Oetzi fast became a sensation, not just because he proved to ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Four decorated clay disks have been discovered at a prehistoric site in Alaska, apparently the first artifacts of their type discovered in the state, the University of Alaska Museum of the North said.The disks were found during a ...

Libyan archaeologists are beginning to inspect the country's priceless historical sites, hoping part of their cultural heritage and economic future has not been ruined by war."It is the first time I go there since the war, Kadhafi's troops were inside and I ...

Saudi Arabia has found traces of a civilisation that was domesticating horses about 9,000 years ago, 4,000 years earlier than previously thought, the kingdom said."This discovery shows that horses were domesticated in the Arabian Peninsula for the first time more than 9,000 ...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is excavating a new archeological site that will show horses were domesticated 9,000 years ago in the Arabian peninsula, the country's antiquities expert said Wednesday.The discovery of the civilization, named al-Maqar after the site's location, ...

Cars zoom by on the boulevards overhead as work progresses on expanding the subway underneath -- and in between a full-fledged Roman city has emerged right in the heart of the Bulgarian capital.Archaeologists have little by little unearthed well-preserved stretches of cobbled ...

Israeli archaeologists have discovered a Roman sword from the time of the destruction of the second Jewish temple in 70 AD, officials said on Monday as Jews prepared to mourn the anniversary.The Israel Antiquities Authority said that the 60-centimetre (23.6-inch) long weapon ...

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Topic: Archaeology

Wall collapses at Pompei after flash storms

Viking boat burial site found intact in Scotland

Meet the Gauls -- minus the dolmens

Crucial mummy found 20 years ago Monday

Prehistoric clay disks found in northwestern Alaska

Libya combs priceless ruins for war damage

Saudi find shows horses used 9,000 years ago

Saudi Arabia discovers 9,000 year-old civilization

Bulgaria subway expansion digs up Roman city

Israelis link ancient sword to fall of Herod's temple

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