Competition: Find a megalith* on Google Street View A competition to find megaliths*, earthworks and other ancient sites on Google Street View via the Megalithic Portal, with lots of prizes on offer. On Thursday 11th March 2010 Google rolled out its Street View service to include 95% of the roads in the UK. Many prehistoric sites are in mundane roadside locations, and I'm not talking about Stonehenge here. There are thousands of obscure and unloved standing stones, earthworks etc in roadside locations all over the world.

Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi Possible stone circles, stone alignments and burial chambers in Syria. Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi (the monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian has stood at the eastern fringes of the Anti-Lebanon mountains since at least the sixth century. Thought to have been built on the remnants of a Roman watchtower, today it resembles a storybook castle perched on the edge of a steep precipice overlooking the Syrian desert.

London Stone Standing Stone in Greater London Once considered to be the guardian of the City and the place where all distances from London were measured, the London Stone now sits almost forgotten in a little glass box set into the wall of 111, Cannon Street opposite Cannon Street Station at TQ326809.

Northern Earth 121 Northern Earth 121 is out now. In this issue: The Ness Gardens Contemporary Henge. John Hill’s ongoing experimental project on Stonehenge goes public on the Wirral...

Diepkloof Rock Outcrop in South Africa.Two large rock shelters on the west bank of the Verlorenvlei River. Excavations have found hearths, tool fragments, decorated eggshell, and plant and animal remains dating to 55,000 to 65,000 years ago.

Palace of Amenhotep III Ancient Palace in Upper Egypt. The 18th Dynasty palace of Amenhotep III was built by simply placing stone blocks and columns on the ground without building foundations. It was therefore completely annilliated by an earthquake and all remaining blocks were used by succesive dynasties for their temples.

Cuneiform tablets, Seals and Tombs Unearthed in Syria According to Syrian media, archaeological expeditions working at North-eastern Syria (Hasaka Province) have discovered several collective tombs and parts of seals with different shapes in addition to 27 cuneiform tablets dating back to 2500 BC.

Degrees for Bournemouth Archaeology students who mix up Neolithic and Mesolithic The university professor who stood up against dumbing down of degrees. When Professor Paul Buckland settled down in his garden one summer's evening to mark exam papers from his second-year archaeology students, he was expecting the usual range of responses. But it soon became clear that the scripts had plummeted to new depths of ignorance.

Temple Mount Ancient Temple in Jerusalem. The Temple Mount is a religious site in the Old City of Jerusalem. According to Jewish tradition, it was from here that the world expanded into its present form and from where God gathered the dust used to create the first man, Adam. It was the place God chose to "dwell", hence the construction of two Jewish Temples at the site. Traditionally, it is believed that a Third and final Temple will also be located here. The Mount is considered the holiest site in Judaism and due to this, many Jews will not set foot on the Mount itself.

Ur. Ancient Settlement in Iraq.Remains of early Sumerian city and royal cemetery.