http://3news.co.nz en-NZ Copyright 2003 3news no_reply@3news.co.nz Israeli archaeologists have discovered a rare trove of 3,000-year-old jewellery near the ancient city of Megiddo. http://www.3news.co.nz/Israeli-archaeologists-find-ancient-jewellery/tabid/417/articleID/255651/Default.aspx Sat, 26 May 2012 11:15:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Israeli-archaeologists-find-ancient-jewellery/tabid/417/articleID/255651/Default.aspx 255651 Newly discovered circular carvings that are mostly likely meant to represent female genitalia have been recorded as the oldest rock art ever found in Europe. http://www.3news.co.nz/Female-genitalia-art-37000-years-old/tabid/1160/articleID/254484/Default.aspx Wed, 16 May 2012 14:30:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Female-genitalia-art-37000-years-old/tabid/1160/articleID/254484/Default.aspx 254484 The new finding shows calculations include a time span longer than 6,000 years that could extend well beyond 2012. http://www.3news.co.nz/Newly-discovered-Mayan-calendar-goes-beyond-2012/tabid/1160/articleID/253846/Default.aspx Fri, 11 May 2012 07:36:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Newly-discovered-Mayan-calendar-goes-beyond-2012/tabid/1160/articleID/253846/Default.aspx 253846 Syria's turmoil is threatening the country's rich archaeological heritage, experts warn. http://www.3news.co.nz/Syria-uprising-Cultural-treasures-latest-victim/tabid/417/articleID/252677/Default.aspx Wed, 02 May 2012 12:04:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Syria-uprising-Cultural-treasures-latest-victim/tabid/417/articleID/252677/Default.aspx 252677 Scientists have long debated how farming expanded across Europe. http://www.3news.co.nz/Study-Ancient-migrants-spread-farming-in-Europe/tabid/1160/articleID/252060/Default.aspx Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:37:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Study-Ancient-migrants-spread-farming-in-Europe/tabid/1160/articleID/252060/Default.aspx 252060 Huge mounds in the shapes of animals have been discovered in Peru. http://www.3news.co.nz/Ancient-animals-hidden-in-plain-sight/tabid/1160/articleID/249996/Default.aspx Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:46:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Ancient-animals-hidden-in-plain-sight/tabid/1160/articleID/249996/Default.aspx 249996 When did our ancestors first use fire? That's been a long-running debate, and now a new study concludes the earliest firm evidence comes from about 1 million years ago in a South African cave. http://www.3news.co.nz/When-did-our-ancestors-first-use-fire/tabid/1160/articleID/249159/Default.aspx Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:36:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/When-did-our-ancestors-first-use-fire/tabid/1160/articleID/249159/Default.aspx 249159 Lucy, it turns out, had company - another pre-human that also walked but spent more of its time in trees. http://www.3news.co.nz/A-pre-human-walked-same-time-as-Lucy/tabid/1160/articleID/248478/Default.aspx Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:21:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/A-pre-human-walked-same-time-as-Lucy/tabid/1160/articleID/248478/Default.aspx 248478 A new book claims that European explorers found New Zealand before not only the Maori, but before the birth of Jesus Christ. http://www.3news.co.nz/Book-claims-European-explorers-were-here-first/tabid/1160/articleID/247752/Default.aspx Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:59:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Book-claims-European-explorers-were-here-first/tabid/1160/articleID/247752/Default.aspx 247752 Archaeologists excavating near Cambridge have stumbled upon a rare and mysterious find: The skeleton of a 7th-century teenager buried in an ornamental bed along with a gold-and-garnet cross, an iron knife and a purse of glass beads http://www.3news.co.nz/A-7th-century-teen-found-buried-in-her-bed/tabid/1160/articleID/246933/Default.aspx Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:05:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/A-7th-century-teen-found-buried-in-her-bed/tabid/1160/articleID/246933/Default.aspx 246933 Researchers scratching in the sediment during the historic expansion of the Panama Canal say they have discovered the fossils of a small camel with a long snout that roamed the tropical rainforests of the isthmus some 20 million years ago. http://www.3news.co.nz/Ancient-camel-fossils-found-in-Panama/tabid/1160/articleID/246723/Default.aspx Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:12:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Ancient-camel-fossils-found-in-Panama/tabid/1160/articleID/246723/Default.aspx 246723 Human skulls dug up in China more than three decades ago are now believed to be that of a unique species. http://www.3news.co.nz/New-species-of-human-discovered/tabid/1160/articleID/246683/Default.aspx Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:52:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/New-species-of-human-discovered/tabid/1160/articleID/246683/Default.aspx 246683 Scientists from northern Italy have revealed intriguing new details about the Iceman - the world's oldest mummified corpse. http://www.3news.co.nz/Iceman-mummy-had-brown-eyes-was-lactose-intolerate/tabid/1160/articleID/244942/Default.aspx Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:51:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Iceman-mummy-had-brown-eyes-was-lactose-intolerate/tabid/1160/articleID/244942/Default.aspx 244942 In the Jurassic era, even the flea was a beast, compared to its minuscule modern descendants. These pesky bloodsuckers were nearly an inch long. http://www.3news.co.nz/Dinosaurs-had-fleas-too-giant-ones-fossils-show/tabid/1160/articleID/244743/Default.aspx Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:18:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Dinosaurs-had-fleas-too-giant-ones-fossils-show/tabid/1160/articleID/244743/Default.aspx 244743 Egypt's archaeological authority has begun the third stage of excavation of the second solar boat belonging to King Khufu of the fourth dynasty. http://www.3news.co.nz/King-Khufus-solar-boat-excavations-reach-third-stage/tabid/1160/articleID/243613/Default.aspx Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:26:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/King-Khufus-solar-boat-excavations-reach-third-stage/tabid/1160/articleID/243613/Default.aspx 243613 Spain says it will soon send hulking military transport planes to Florida to retrieve 17 tons of treasure that US undersea explorers found but ultimately lost in American courts. http://www.3news.co.nz/Spain-to-retrieve-rich-undersea-treasure/tabid/417/articleID/243587/Default.aspx Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:29:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Spain-to-retrieve-rich-undersea-treasure/tabid/417/articleID/243587/Default.aspx 243587 When neighbours in the hills east of Mexico City saw backhoes ripping up pre-Hispanic relics for a highway, they did something unexpected in a country where building projects often bulldoze through ruins: They launched protests to stop the digging and demanded an accounting of what is there. http://www.3news.co.nz/Mexico-road-project-sets-up-fight-over-ruins/tabid/1160/articleID/242309/Default.aspx Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:45:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Mexico-road-project-sets-up-fight-over-ruins/tabid/1160/articleID/242309/Default.aspx 242309 A professor from American University in Cairo says the discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old mummy indicates the disease was caused by genetics, not environment. http://www.3news.co.nz/Cancer-found-in-ancient-Egyptian-mummy/tabid/1160/articleID/241289/Default.aspx Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:53:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Cancer-found-in-ancient-Egyptian-mummy/tabid/1160/articleID/241289/Default.aspx 241289 Archaeologists in Mexico teamed up with Spain for an ambitious exhibition that showcases dozens of artefacts from an exclusive school for the children of Aztec nobility. http://www.3news.co.nz/Mexican-archaeologists-reveal-ancient-Aztec-school/tabid/1160/articleID/240949/Default.aspx Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:27:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Mexican-archaeologists-reveal-ancient-Aztec-school/tabid/1160/articleID/240949/Default.aspx 240949 A "winged" structure is puzzling archaeologists in Norfolk, England. http://www.3news.co.nz/Roman-winged-structure-puzzles-archaeologists/tabid/1160/articleID/240617/Default.aspx Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:42:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Roman-winged-structure-puzzles-archaeologists/tabid/1160/articleID/240617/Default.aspx 240617 A rare 2,000-year-old Roman cavalry helmet has been fully restored in Britain. http://www.3news.co.nz/Rare-Roman-helmet-finally-fully-restored/tabid/1160/articleID/238820/Default.aspx Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:27:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Rare-Roman-helmet-finally-fully-restored/tabid/1160/articleID/238820/Default.aspx 238820 Only a year is left before December 21, 2012, when some believe the Maya predicted the end of the world. http://www.3news.co.nz/Mexico-Mayan-region-launches-apocalypse-countdown/tabid/417/articleID/237316/Default.aspx Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:21:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Mexico-Mayan-region-launches-apocalypse-countdown/tabid/417/articleID/237316/Default.aspx 237316 Archaeologists have announced that they dug to the very core of Mexico's tallest pyramid and found what may be the original ceremonial offering placed on the site of the Pyramid of the Sun before construction began. http://www.3news.co.nz/Original-offering-found-at-Pyramid-of-the-Sun/tabid/1160/articleID/236623/Default.aspx Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:39:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Original-offering-found-at-Pyramid-of-the-Sun/tabid/1160/articleID/236623/Default.aspx 236623 A second reference to the predicted apocalypse in 2012 exists on a carved fragment from a ruin site in the Mexico's south. http://www.3news.co.nz/Second-reference-to-Mayas-predicted-2012-apocalypse/tabid/417/articleID/234086/Default.aspx Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:56:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Second-reference-to-Mayas-predicted-2012-apocalypse/tabid/417/articleID/234086/Default.aspx 234086 Humans were expert deep-sea fishermen as far back as 42,000 years ago, hauling in tuna, sharks and barracudas, new research suggests. http://www.3news.co.nz/Humans-were-catching-tuna-42000-years-ago/tabid/1160/articleID/234076/Default.aspx Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:05:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Humans-were-catching-tuna-42000-years-ago/tabid/1160/articleID/234076/Default.aspx 234076 Newly found coins underneath Jerusalem's Western Wall could change the accepted belief about the construction of one of the world's most sacred sites two millennia ago, according to Israeli archaeologists. http://www.3news.co.nz/New-find-sheds-light-on-ancient-site-in-Jerusalem/tabid/1160/articleID/234052/Default.aspx Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:10:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/New-find-sheds-light-on-ancient-site-in-Jerusalem/tabid/1160/articleID/234052/Default.aspx 234052 More than 2 million years ago, scores of whales congregating off the Pacific Coast of South America mysteriously met their end. http://www.3news.co.nz/Whales-in-the-desert-Fossil-bonanza-poses-mystery/tabid/1160/articleID/233408/Default.aspx Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:28:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Whales-in-the-desert-Fossil-bonanza-poses-mystery/tabid/1160/articleID/233408/Default.aspx 233408 A team of palaeontologists working in northern Chile have unearthed an ancient whales' graveyard filled with fossils dating back seven million years. http://www.3news.co.nz/Ancient-whale-graveyard-discovered-in-Chile/tabid/1160/articleID/232657/Default.aspx Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:46:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Ancient-whale-graveyard-discovered-in-Chile/tabid/1160/articleID/232657/Default.aspx 232657 Cave painters during the Ice Age were more like da Vinci than Dali, sketching realistic depictions of horses they saw rather than dreaming them up, a study of ancient DNA finds. http://www.3news.co.nz/Cave-painters-were-realists-DNA-study-finds/tabid/1160/articleID/232071/Default.aspx Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:05:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Cave-painters-were-realists-DNA-study-finds/tabid/1160/articleID/232071/Default.aspx 232071 A fresh look at fossilised remains has turned up a surprise: the earliest modern people in Europe. http://www.3news.co.nz/New-look-at-fossils-yields-oldest-modern-Europeans/tabid/1160/articleID/231612/Default.aspx Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:52:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/New-look-at-fossils-yields-oldest-modern-Europeans/tabid/1160/articleID/231612/Default.aspx 231612