An Archaeology student has discovered the body of an Australian soldier who died during the first world war. His body has been recovered after a period of 90 years. A student of Bradford university aged 21 years by name Graham Arkley dressed in full kit discovered a skeleton as he was excavating the German trenches near St Yves in Wallonia.

The area was attacked during the first world war on the morning of June 7 1917 by the third division of Australia as a part of the Battle of Messines.

The student who is persuing a degree of B.Sc. Archaeology found the body while he was working with a project set to examine the effectiveness of the training of the 3rd division of Australia during the First world war.
Mr. Arkley was very proud of his recovery of the previously  missing soldier. The soldier would have met unimaginable hardship and has finally met a violent end.

The other items which were found were the German pickelhaube- a spiked helmet worn by the German soldiers. The remains of the soldier have been taken by the Belgian army and it would be given to the common wealth War graves commission, where they would try to identify the body.

Archaeologists have discovered a gold ring in the grave in a monastery of East Iceland. The discovery is significant because there are very few rings found in the excavations. The archeologist Skriduklaustur says that the ring is a normal wedding ring but it is decorated little. The ring has a leafy pattern engraved and it is believed that the ring has been made in the 16th or the 17th century.

There is confusion whether the ring belongs to the period before the operation of the church or after the operation of the church.

The ring has been found in an extremely elaborate grave whereas the person resting in was much smaller. The coffin lid has an inscription but has been decoded yet.

“I would believe that it had been a prior [a high-ranking monk] if the grave is from monastery time,” Kristjansdottir said, adding that if the coffin is younger the owner of the ring is probably a sheriff.

About 12,000 years ago, the well-known musical events would have taken place in torch-lit caves beside walls roofed in art, according to new archaeological research taken place in France. Stone Age-era caves there allow paintings placed in the most acoustically booming places, where sound remains or echoes.

The prime cathedrals, theaters and recital halls, researchers now theorize, might have been enthused by musical act held in caves. Iegor Reznikoff of the University of Paris stated Discovery News that he stumbled upon the Stone Age art and music connection.

“I am a specialist of the resonance of buildings and spaces, particularly of the resonance of Romanesque churches,” Reznikoff explained. “The first time I happened to be in a prehistoric cave, I tried the resonance in various parts of the cave, and quickly the question arose: Is there a relation between resonance and locations of the paintings?”

The association of Independent Museums (AIM) in UK has granted £6,000.The money would be used for improving the external look and the entrance of the building. The Wotton of the Heritage center was extremely pleased with the grants and says that this amount will make the exterior look of the center very attractive and there will be a complete reorganization in both tourist information and the souvenir shop. Recently an exhibition titled The Past in the Present’ was aired to the public. Mary says “It’s not archaeology in the sense of going round and digging things up,”

“It’s about history all around us. As you go around Wotton there’s so much to see, but we all get used to it.

“Door knockers and candlesticks are just a couple of antique items that are still in use today. Everything from horseshoes to shears have their origins rooted in the past.”

“One of the rolling pins on display used to belong to my grandmother, and you can see that the modern ones haven’t changed at all, really.”

A cooperative management has invited the public to see the archaeology students work during the 3 week archaeological field school class at the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield.

Students will try to locate structures with historic occupation around the Dug Springs area.

“The information found through this study will allow the battlefield to document the history of this newly acquired parcel of land, which we will then share with our visitors,” said battlefield Superintendent Ted Hillmer.

After the completion of the field work, a report containing the findings would be given to the park authorities.

Marine archaeologists have discovered a 600 ton vessel as luxurious as Titanic.

Among these treasures they have found a merman statue whose eye sockets are embedded with precious stones. At 130 ft the oak timbered ship has been one of the largest when it sank in around 1620.It has not been identified yet but it could probably be Dutch or British.

Marine archaeologists have carried a series of dives on the vessel which is 23 ft inside the water. There are doubts whether it is a cargo ship or a warship.

The study is being led by David Parham, who is preserving the merman statue in a paddling pool of fresh water at his home.

“It would have been a very big vessel for its day. The statue was on the outer ship, probably the stern, staring out and we believe it was part of a collection rather than an individual piece,” said Mr. Parham, a senior lecturer in marine archaeology at Bournemouth University.

“The whole vessel would have been a spectacular work or art. It was a sign of prestige and wealth.”

He added: “It would not have been a million miles from a 17th century version of the Titanic, although the Titanic was ornate for the passengers and not for those on the outside.”

There are no records of sinking and experts are unsure as to how the ship came to the founder.

X-Rays of the statue of the merman indicate that its lower portion on the body have been eaten by worms found in the Mediterranean.

According to the new archaeological research in Finance, around 12000 years ago the musical events had taken place in torch lit caves with masterpieces of art in the walls. During the Stone Age era the paintings were placed in the most resonant places with echoes. The cathedrals, concert halls are all inspired by these musical performances which were held in caves.

Iegor Reznikoff of the University of Paris told Discovery News that he stumbled upon the Stone Age art and music connection.

“I am a specialist of the resonance of buildings and spaces, particularly of the resonance of Romanesque churches,” Reznikoff explained. “The first time I happened to be in a prehistoric cave, I tried the resonance in various parts of the cave, and quickly the question arose: Is there a relation between resonance and locations of the paintings?”

For testing his question, Reznikoff sang and hummed within a French caves containing prehistoric art.

He gave three conclusions. Most pictures were located near resonant places. Next, the density of the pictures in these areas is proportional to the intensity of that spot’s resonance. Finally places where paintings was difficult have been marked with red lines.

The latter finding suggests cave dwellers first scoped out caves for their musicality before any painting commenced.

Reznikoff will present his findings this week in Paris at Acoustics08.

In the International Advertising Festival held at Cannes, India received the coveted bronze Lion Award for the Campaign of Incredible India Campaign. This is the first time that the tourism ministry was awarded for using the impeccable creativity of the archaeological monument Taj Mahal in the Incredible India Campaign and portrayed in the international market. The Cannes festival was going on in France on June 15 - June 21 of this year.

India was also honored in Shangai with the World Travel award-2008 for being the leading destination in Asia. This award has been in existence since 1993 and it recognizes the excellence in the global travel and tourism industry.

A newly discovered, well-preserved dinosaur bones along with petrified trees were found in south east Utah that could provide clues about life in that region some 150 million years ago. The Bureau of Land Management called the quarry near Hanksville, “a major dinosaur fossil discovery.” An excavation revealed at least four Sauropods that are long-necked, long-tailed herbivore dinosaurs and two carnivorous ones. Animal burrows and petrified tree trunks were six feet in diameter were found nearby. The site doesn’t contain any other new species but provides scientists a chance to study more about the ecology, says Scott Foss, a paleontologist.

The fossilized dinosaurs were from the late Jurassic period as those at Dinosaur National Monument that straddles the Utah-Colorado state line, and the Cleveland-Lloyd quarry near Price. The bones were found in a sandstone channel of an ancient river. “The preservation of these dinosaurs is excellent,” Foss added. The mix of dinosaurs, trees and other species in that area may help scientists put together what life was like 145 million years to 150 million years ago, including details on ancient climate. The Bureau of Land Management is planning to close the site to conduct an environmental assessment for continued work in the area. The agency isn’t disclosing the precise location of the findings due to security concerns.

Archaeologists recently discovered a bunch of human bones in the NYC’s Washington Square Park on last Monday. They found a bunch of human bones which includes two full skeletons. They already discovered these bones on one of the last three excavations. The park department says that they were little surprised – an expected 20,000 bodies recline under the Square Park.

They added that the bones will send to a proper investigation, before proper reburial. If finding bones in the heart of NYC has not caused much of arouse, it’s because one can often find much more deathly things on the NYC’s Washington City’s streets.

In the late 1700’s, long before the park became the ultimate purpose to assemble for various political rallies, cop nickel bags of oregano, it functioned as a mass burial ground as the yellow fever widespread devastated the city’s growing population. The park would go on to have a long and gloomy relationship with death, throughout the turn of the 19th century it was the sight of a public scaffold where a great many African slaves, indentured Irish, highwaymen and assorted unfortunates saw their demise. It was also a designated dueling ground, before the practice was outlawed in 1828.