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2,300-year-old Maya temple destroyed for road fill

May 22nd, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Construction crews have demolished a 2,300-year-old Maya temple in Belize to use the stones in a road-building project. “It’s a

May 14th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

A 1,700-year-old Roman cemetery has been found beneath a parking lot in Leicester, England. The new discovery, found at the

May 7th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

An ancient canal built by the Hohokam people 1,500 years ago to irrigate their crops has been unearthed during Sky

May 1st, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

An analysis of animal bones found in the remains of a town where the builders of the pyramid of Menkaure

April 25th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Humans remains as well as various projectile points have been uncovered at a construction site in Alice, Texas. The bones

April 9th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Archaeological surveys performed ahead of the construction of a new railway line in Israel have uncovered two settlements complete with

April 2nd, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Archaeologists working at the construction site of a new school building have unearthed the brick foundations of a 19th century

April 2nd, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

A human skull, thought to be of Maori origin, has been found underneath a hospital parking lot in New Zealand.