600-year-old skeleton mystery at Fermanagh crannog site

Mystery surrounds a 600-year-old skeleton found at the site of an archaeological dig in County Fermanagh.

The crannog - a man made island settlement - is situated on a site where the new A32 Cherrymount link road in Enniskillen will be built.

The Hangman's Tale: Archaeologists Dig into History of Execution

By Matthias Schulz

For years, few were interested in unearthing what lay beneath old gallows and scaffolds. But, in Germany, growing interest in "execution site archaeology" is throwing much light on how the executed died and the executors lived.

Ancient Egyptian Cemetery Holds Proof of Hard Labor

Traci Watson
National Geographic News

Carvings on the walls of the ancient Egyptian city of Amarna depict a world of plenty. Oxen are fattened in a cattle yard. Storehouses bulge with grain and fish. Musicians serenade the pharaoh as he feasts on meat at a banquet.

Dozens of 800-Year-Old Skeletons Discovered in Mexico

Archaeologists found dozens of 800-year-old skeletons at a construction site in the central state of Puebla, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History, or INAH, said.

Workers came upon the remains Tuesday during excavations to install a drainage system in San Andres Cholula, a town 15 minutes by car from Puebla city, the state capital.

Archaeologists to investigate after human skull found on golf course

STV 23 January 2013 11:51 GMT
Archaeologists are to investigate an East Lothian golf course after a human skull was dug up.

The bones were found by council workers who were carrying out winter maintenance on a bunker on Musselburgh Links Golf Course at 12pm Tuesday.

What to do with the remains of King Richard III sparks dispute

Various societies have differing views of where skeleton, if it really is his, should be reburied
By Stephanie Pappas
updated 1/22/2013 6:07:23 PM ET
Archaeologists may have uncovered the skeleton of the lost English King Richard III. But if they have, what should be done with the remains?