Stone Pages Archaeo News http://www.stonepages.com/news/ Stone Pages Archaeo News is the leading resource for extensive and timely information about the most recent archaeological meetings, digs and breathtaking discoveries, mainly related to prehistoric and megalithic monuments. The Stone Pages is also the first online guide to European megaliths (including Stonehenge) and provides images, descriptions, folklore, panoramic views, forums, weblinks and tours. webmaster@stonepages.com Stone Pages http://www.stonepages.com/ http://www.stonepages.com/images/archaeo_news_logo.gif 120 32 Stone Pages' Archaeo News en-us 2010-03-16T17:31:21+01:00 Spring equinox sunrise at Loughcrew http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003748.html The Irish Office of Public Works will have staff in attendance at Cairn T, Loughcrew (Co Meath, Ireland) on the mornings of Saturday the 20th of March, Sunday the 21st... Ireland 2010-03-16T17:31:21+01:00 Ancient tribal meeting ground found in Australia http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003747.html Australian archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be the world's southernmost site of early human life, a 40,000-year-old tribal meeting ground. The site appears to have been the last... Australasia 2010-03-16T17:28:52+01:00 Prehistoric axes unearthed in Cuba http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003746.html A new archeological discovery of prehistoric tools in the area surrounding the Cedro Lagoon in the province of Villa Clara (Cuba) is giving rise to new theories of the existence... Americas 2010-03-16T17:28:00+01:00 'Double burial' practiced for 4,500 years in Mexico http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003745.html According to the first known evidence of 'double burials,' ancient people in what is now Mexico routinely dug up decomposing bodies and took off their arms, legs, and heads, then... Americas 2010-03-16T17:27:15+01:00 Kerala's megalithic monuments linked to the Mediterranean? http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003744.html A wide range of megalithic burials recently discovered in some northern districts of Kerala (India) during a research project have thrown light on possible links between the Mediterranean and Kerala... Asia 2010-03-16T17:26:07+01:00 Bronze Age sites discovered in Pakistan http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003743.html The Italian archaeological mission in Pakistan has discovered a large number of Buddhist sites and rock shelters in Kandak and Kota valleys of Barikot in Swat in the North West... Asia 2010-03-16T17:25:15+01:00 Prehistoric remains block broadband plan in Ireland http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003742.html A telecommunications mast which would provide Internet broadband access to a scenic area of Kerry (Ireland) would be a 'new alien intrusion' on a very beautiful and almost pristine landscape.... Ireland 2010-03-16T17:24:27+01:00 Four Iron Age roundhouses discovered in Scotland http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003741.html Experts believe they have discovered another Iron Age power centre in Moray (Grampian, Scotland). National Museums of Scotland curator Dr Fraser Hunter said investigations at a field at Burghead have... Scotland 2010-03-16T17:23:40+01:00 Discovery of an Irish ring fort puts roadworks on hold http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003740.html Thousands of years ago Irish Neolithic men and women were hunting wild game with flint arrows in the hills overlooking what is now Ballymena (Co Antrim, Northern Ireland). Now they're... Ireland 2010-03-16T17:22:47+01:00 Engraved eggs suggest early symbolism http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003739.html Many researchers think that the capacity for symbolic behaviors - such as art and language - is the hallmark of our species. A team working in South Africa has now... Africa 2010-03-16T17:21:35+01:00 Neolithic stone circles and alignments discovered in Syria http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003738.html Dr. Robert Mason, an archaeologist with the Royal Ontario Museum, discovered an ancient landscape of stone circles, stone alignments and what appear to be corbelled roof tombs in Syria. From... Middle East 2010-03-16T17:20:32+01:00 Additional details on recent discoveries made at Stanton Drew http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003737.html Last January we reported that archaeologists found the outline of a burial mound dated from nearly 1000 years before the stone circles at Stanton Drew (Somerset, England). The discovery... England 2010-03-16T17:19:23+01:00 Scientists turn migration to the Americas theory on its head http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003736.html Two U.S. scientists have published a radical new theory about when, where and how humans migrated to the New World, arguing that the peopling of the Americas may have begun... Americas 2010-03-16T17:18:17+01:00 Irish ring fort may have held Bronze Age sports arena http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003735.html A mysterious ring fort in Co Tipperary (Ireland) holds 'massive potential for discoveries' according to archaeologists who have carried out the first survey of the site. Their initial findings suggest... Ireland 2010-03-16T17:05:33+01:00 Virtual Stonehenge launched online http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/003734.html Wiltshire is now on the virtual map, as Heritage Key have just unveiled a 3D virtual Stonehenge web experience. Heritage Key is an online community aimed at those with an... England 2010-03-16T16:58:24+01:00