Archaeology news

• Project Maps Possible Path of Lost Nile River Branch

  17-05-2024 01:30
  WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA—According to a Cosmos Magazine report, geomorphologist Eman Ghoneim of the University of Carolina Wilmington and her colleagues have found evidence of a 40-mile-long branch of the Nile River that flowed some 4,700 years ago along the western banks of the modern Nile. The evidence was collected through the analysis of soil cores, ground-penetrating radar and tomography surveys conducted by the Egyptian National Institute, and the study of historic maps. The sugges
  
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• Revolutionary War Barracks Found in Virginia

  17-05-2024 00:58
  WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA—WAVY 10 reports that traces of a barracks dated to the Revolutionary War period have been found near the visitor center at Colonial Williamsburg. Historic maps and documents indicate that the barracks was constructed between 1776 and 1777 to house up to 2,000 soldiers and 100 horses on an area of roughly three to four acres. The structures are thought to have been burned down in 1781 by British troops under the command of General Charles Cornwallis. Artifacts re
  
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• Roman Gold Coin Discovered on Island of Alderney

  17-05-2024 00:57
  BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS—A gold coin has been discovered at a Roman site on the island of Alderney, according to a BBC News report. The coin has been dated to the fourth century A.D., during the reign of the emperor Valens, who ruled from A.D. 364 to 378. Archaeologist Phil de Jersey said the coin will help researchers date the Roman occupation of the site. “It’s all adding to the picture of the intensive Roman settlement that was here,” he said. To read abo
  
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