TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 28 -- Archeology Southwest issued the following news release: * * * Pierce served the organization for decades, growing it from a team of 3 to an annual budget of $3M * * * Please join Archaeology Southwest's Board of Directors, staff, and longtime supporters in celebrating Linda Pierce and her innumerable contributions to the heart and soul of the organization over the past 25 years. As the second person founder and retired President & CEO Bill Doelle hired to work for  more

SWANSEA, Wales, Aug. 30 -- Swansea University issued the following news: An ancient Egyptian coffin has returned to Swansea after a painstaking 26-year project to bring it back to life. The artefact, believed to date back to around 650 BC, is now at Swansea University's award-winning Egypt Centre once again after thousands of hours of conservation work at Cardiff University. The coffin, originally made for a man called Ankhpakhered in the city of Thebes, was transported back under the watchfu  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Aug. 31 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: A Mississippi State faculty member with more than two decades of experience in anthropology and Near Eastern archeology is now the head of MSU's Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures. Professor James W. "Jimmy" Hardin began as department head on July 1 after previously serving as the interim. "Dr. Hardin is a longtime member of the university faculty and one of the original faculty mem  more