5,000 yr old jade vessels discovered in Chinese tomb

September 14th, 2009 LONDON - Archaeologists have unearthed a mass cemetery carved in rocks near al-Basel Hospital in Syria. According to the Global Arab Network, archaeologists at the Syrian Department of Antiquities in Tartous discovered the graveyard.

August 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of archaeologists in Bulgaria has found two golden rings, along with other priceless finds. The discovery was made by the TEMP expedition led by archeologist Diana Dimitrova, wife of the late Georgi Kitov, one of the most prominent Bulgarian archeologists.

August 4th, 2009 SOFIA - A team of archaeologists has discovered the tomb of a Bulgarian princess in the northern Bulgarian town of Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria's medieval capital. According to a report in The Sofia Echo, archaeologists Nikolai Ovcharov and Hitko Vachev have excavated on August 2 what has been described as the grave of a Bulgarian princess, buried in the courtyard of the St St Peter and Pavel church in Veliko Tarnovo.

August 3rd, 2009 ANKARA - A team of archaeologists has discovered an 8,000-year-old human skeleton in tomb during excavations in one of the oldest residential areas in southern Turkey. The skeleton was discovered inside a Neolithic-age tomb unearthed in Yumuktepe Hoyuk of the southern Mersin province by archeologists from the Italian Lecce University and Turkish Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, according to the semi-official Anatolia news agency.

August 2nd, 2009 ANKARA - An 8,000-year-old human skeleton was found during excavations in one of the oldest residential areas in southern Turkey, a media report said. The skeleton was discovered inside a Neolithic-age tomb unearthed in Yumuktepe Hoyuk of the southern Mersin province by archeologists from the Italian Lecce University and Turkish Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

July 31st, 2009 Ancient warrior's skeleton found near RomeROME — Archaeologists have found the skeleton of a warrior from up to 5,000 years ago floating in a tomb filled with sea water on a beach near Rome, Italy's art squad said Friday. The bones — believed to date from the 3rd millennium B.C.

June 17th, 2009 TORONTO - Archeologists digging in the dirt and black ooze under Mexico City's most important public square are still awaiting the discovery of a royal tomb, which may be the likely burial place of one of the last Aztec rulers. "They keep finding astonishing things as they inch their way along," David Carrasco, a Harvard University historian who's worked with Mexican archeologists at the Templo Mayor, told thestar.com But, the great find - a royal tomb - has eluded scientists.

June 11th, 2009 LONDON - Archaeologists, exploring a site opened up by earthquake damage, believe that they have found the first tomb of an Aztec ruler in Mexico City, which promises to yield one of antiquity's great treasures. According to a report in The Times, if archaeologists are right, the site may yield one of the great treasures of antiquity, the sort of haul that fires the imagination of people far beyond academic circles.

May 29th, 2009 SHANGHAI - An archaeological team has discovered five ancient tombs of the Song and Ming dynasties in Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province. According to a report in Shanghai Daily, the burial sites were originally accidentally discovered by workers of local electricity supply department when they made the ground work to set up a power-supply tower, a member of the archaeological team said.

May 29th, 2009 LONDON - Reports indicate that Italian experts will help Iran restore the tomb of Cyrus the Great (580-529BC), considered one of the most magnificent monuments of antiquity. According to a report by Poundbury Publishing, an agreement signed in Tehran will see Italian archaeologists working with their Iranian colleagues for at least two years.

May 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - China's Foreign Ministry has said that the US surveillance ship that got into a confrontation with Chinese fishing vessels on Friday in the Yellow Sea violated international and Chinese laws. The USNS Victorious, designed for anti-submarine warfare and underwater mapping, was engaged in routine operations in international waters, said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman.

April 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Archaeological have found a mural unearthed from an ancient tomb in the northwestern Chinese province of Shaanxi, which depicts how traditional Chinese medication was practiced 1,000 years ago. Song Dynasty murals are not rare in and around the ancient Chinese capital Xi'an, but researcher Sun Bingjun at Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology said this was the first found to depict traditional Chinese medication, prevalent in China for nearly 5,000 years.

April 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Chinese professor has theorized that the famed terracotta army of Xi'an region of the country are not soldiers, but royal servants and bodyguards. If this theory by Liu Jiusheng at Shaanxi Normal University proves to be true, it might turn China's most important archeological discovery upside down.

March 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty is 'deeply saddened' by the death of her foe-turned-friend Jade Goody, but is 'glad' that the British reality TV star is now 'out of pain' after suffering from cancer. Goody, 27, passed away in her sleep at 3.14 a.m.

March 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty says she is glad she couldn't meet her 'Celebrity Big Brother' housemate and cancer-stricken reality TV star Jade Goody - said to be hours away from death - in London as it would have depressed her no end. 'Am happy in a way, I haven't got to see her (Jade), it would've depressed me no end.