Here are some links to recent news from the world of Archaeology!
o  A new study suggests that foot morphologies gave Neandertals the advantage for power walking and early H. sapiens the advantage for running.
o  Research shows Croatia as a Neolithic hub for the spread of agriculture.
o  Earliest cemetery in the Middle East uncovered.
o  Digs in Germany uncovered ancient barley, likely malted during a Celtic beer-brewing process.
o  Linothorax armor may have been part of Alexander the Great’s success.
o  A new henge found by Stonehenge.
o  Byzantine church that may contain the tomb of prophet Zechariah uncovered in Israel.
o  Mosaics uncovered in the Byzantine church in Judean hills.
o  Church, perhaps mentioned in bible, discovered in Western Turkey.
o  China demands the return of “Secrets of the Silk Road†artifacts that would have been displayed at the Penn Museum.
o  Returned veterans find work in archaeology programs.
o  Egyptologists and Egyptian citizens fight to protect the Cairo Museum and other sites.
o  Tomb of Maya at Saqqara reportedly destroyed.
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