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Offers links to field data, documentation, networking, institutions, universities, and SAFA, the Society of Africanist Archaeologists.

From the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology on the first peopling of the New World. Highlights: Interviews with scientists, QuickTime Interactive timeline photorealistic reconstructions games for younger visitors.

A site for archaeological databases.

Insights into ancient gold mining community in the central Eastern Desert of Egypt.

Administrative centre of Egypt in the Old Kingdom, much of the New Kingdom, and the Late Period. Includes information and photographs of a range of artifacts.

From BBC, A team of Swiss and French archaeologists unearth statues of Nubian kings, in Sudan.

UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the site and a statement of significance.

UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the site and a statement of significance.

A collection of photographs by Dr. Volker Thewalt of Kabul Museum exhibits, Bamiyan, and other important sites in Afghanistan.

World Heritage Centre. Photograph, description, maps and documents.

A previously unknown temple is found in the middle of the Cambodian jungle, constructed in dedication to Brahmin beliefs in the ninth or tenth century.

From Xinhua, Cambodia's soldiers uncovered 154 miniature Buddhas coated with gold, silver and brass last weekin a plot in Stung Treng province.

Study of rice in Neolithic and Epi-Palaeolithic archaeological paddy sites on the middle Yangtze River.

From Xinhuanet, archaeologists have found awell preserved ancient female corpse, which was believed to be some 1,000 years old, in Gaochun county of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.

From Xinhuanet, Chinese archeologists have found alarge ancient saltpeter manufacturing base which they believe was used to manufacture gunpowder over 1,000 years ago.

Recent discovery of a stone portrait of a woman scholar of the 10th century.

Status of Women in 14th Century South India.

An essay on the history and current status of Japanese archaeology.

Includes photos, and information about David Pendergast, who excavated the site.

Brief description of the temples and plazas at Tikal. Includes some information about El Petén and other archeological sites.

UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the site and a justification for including it on the list.

The six thousand year old Mines of Spiennes are a Unesco World Heritage site.

Provides information about the Bulgarian medieval castles, fortresses, stronghold and other defence structures. Contains facts, plans, layouts, photos, legends and information for visitors.

A brief history of archaeological research in Bulgaria by Lyudmil F. Vagalinski.

UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the Renaissance castle and a justification for inscription.

American Journal of Archaeology 106(4). The proposal is made that lining the court here was a long pillared portico of two adjoining sections.

An introduction with artist's impression and visitor information from Dilos Holiday World.

Contains summary accounts of all the archaeological excavations carried out in Ireland - North and South - from 1970 to 2000. It can be browsed or searched using multiple fields.

Moderated discussion group for the academic study of the archaeology of Ireland during the Bronze Age. Part of the Irish Archaeology and History Mailinglist Suite.

B.J. Hodkinson's report on the archaeological investigation of the medieval castle of Dunamase in County Laois.

From BBC, Italian scientist says he has found a carved stone head that is 200,000 years old.

The present amber bibliography covers the period of Lithuanian Archaeological literature from 1792 to 2001.

UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps and a description of the site.

The rock art of Alta, a UNESCO World Heritage site. In English and Norwegian.

Brief overview of petroglyphs found in these regions. Includes illustrations and bibliography.

Provides information on the medieval monuments and 14th-century frescoes at Novgorod, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Iranian archeologists are seeking for public funding to explore the ruins of a vast urban citadel, left from the Parthian dynasty (247 B.C.E.-226 C.E.), in Khorasan Province

Francis Deblauwe gathers articles and information about the impact of the war on the archaeological remains in Iraq, including the losses from looting.

Photos of this underground tunnel system discovered by Charles Warren in the 1860s.

From the Age, Australian archaeologists have sparked an academic row by claiming to have solved the riddle of a missing 1,000 years in human prehistory.

Brief article by Arthur Rosen in The Jewish Magazine relates a history of this nomadic Arab tribe. With photos.

Southern Oman yields ruins of an ancient city on the fabled frankincense route.

Bibliography of archaeobotanical reports from Syrian sites.

Provides an overview and a virtual tour of the Nemrud, the throne of the gods, in the Taurus Range in Turkey. Includes photos, a history, inscriptions, and literature about this World Heritage Monument. [English, Turkish, German, and Dutch]

Limited access YahooGroup. Mailing list is for enabling discussion and communication amongst archaeologists working/interested in pre-classical Ancient Anatolia, and related regions. English/French/German/Turkish

Excavations at the ancient city of Aphrodisias by New York University. Location map, plan, history and detailed report with bibliography.

From Archaeology Magazine, second thoughts on working in the Middle East.

An applied archaeology project in the Bolivian Amazon testing prehistoric methods of sustaining large populations.

A controversial search for lost cities in Bolivia will embark on the fourth phase of exploration. Archaeology Magazine 55(4)

From NBC News, study of Chile's Atacama Desert ties together environment and history.