Archaeology Weekly Roundup! 8-2-13

The University of Leicester team lifted the lid of a medieval stone coffin only to find a lead coffin inside, during the final week of their second dig at the Grey Friars site, where the King Richard III was discovered in September.

Thousands of artifacts have come to light through the “Ilısu Protection Excavation Project” conducted at the mounds located in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır and along the Ilısu River before dam waters flood the sites.

Archaeologists have said they have found a flint blade dating back 1.4 million years in the caves of Atapuerca in Spain, the earliest sign of a human presence at the site.

A team of researchers excavating a 19th-century shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico—the deepest wreck currently under excavation in U.S. waters—has found more than they had hoped for, including two other ships that appear to have been sunk at the same time.

For the first time, the iconic hominid (early pre-human) fossil finds of the famous Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site (COHWHS) in South Africa will belong, in a very literal way, to the world\’s public and help support local communities.

Artists and craftsmen more than 2,000 years ago developed thin-film coating technology unrivaled even by today\’s standards for producing DVDs, solar cells, electronic devices and other products.

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