One of the keys to successful archaeology is knowing exactly where everything ... a point of origin (0,0). When drawing maps of different areas of the site, archaeologists can use the nearest grid ...

They take great care in excavating, mapping, drawing, photographing ... or SELL archaeolgical materials. Every time an archaeological site is destroyed by opportunistic looters searching for ...

these objects are drawing archaeologists into the high, frozen mountains each year. Norway is at the forefront of this emerging field of research, called glacial archaeology. With about 4,500 ...

The site was restored extensively by the famous archaeologist Arthur Evans in the early 1900s. Since then, it has become the biggest tourist draw on Crete. Knossos is located about 3 miles south ...

"Archaeological sculptures from both sites still appear on the art market," he warns, "and in the case of Nimrud, there is still no site inventory to discourage the trade. The sculptures are not ...