41.   To make matters worse, says Danish archaeologist Jette Arneborg, the Black Death had decimated Norway, wiping out nearly two-thirds of the population.

42.   What does seem to have contributed to the abandonment of the Western Settlements, archaeologists said, is climate change.

43.   What is especially remarkable, archaeologists said, is that the discovery appears to reveal two distinct cultures at the two levels.

44.   Park archaeologists say the figure could double once they fully document the new discoveries.

45.   A hat decorated with the teeth of wild boar discovered in the smaller hut was probably used in some religious ritual, the French archaeologist said.

46.   Archaeologists said the amphorae date from between the first and second centuries.

47.   Archaeologists said the evidence is strong that the bones, found three years ago during excavation for a theater, could be those of the soldiers.

48.   Archaeologists say sewage, pollution and urban sprawl are threatening the Pyramids plateau.

49.   Archaeologists said Friday they have discovered four manmade caves in the chalky hills of Qumran, not far from where Arab shepherds first found the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls.

50.   Archaeologists said the discovery reaffirmed that stone was a popular material in the period of the Second Temple, especially among priests.