A lead coffin inside a stone sarcophagus with her name on it was found and opened in 2008 by archaeologists during work on the building.

In 2008, archaeologists working at the site of Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia uncovered a small bone fragment from the fifth finger of a juvenile member of a population now referred to as Denisova hominins, or simply Denisovans.

In 2008, this team of Russian archaeologists announced that they had discovered the ruins of Itil.

In 2008 archaeologists discovered a bone flute in the Hohle Fels cave near Ulm, Germany.

In 2008, archaeologists led by Saburo Sugiyama found a tomb containing important evidence that may help define and examine an active period in Teotihuacán history.

In 2007 and early 2008, over 174 ancient American Indian remains were unearthed by archaeologists at a development site of Brightwater Hearthside Homes in the Bolsa Chica Mesa area in Orange County, California.

Various historians and archaeologists have examined the Hwicce Kingdom, including Della Hooke and Stephen J. Yeates in his book The Tribe of Witches ( 2008 ).

In 2008, Japan allowed controlled, limited access to foreign archaeologists, but the international community still has many unanswered questions.

As of 2008, archaeologists have failed to find a site in existence during the time from 3300 BC ( Uruk IV ) to 556 BC ( Neo-Babylonian Era ), when Dilmun ( Telmun ) appears in texts.

On October 9, 2008, Serbian archaeologists at Pločnik found a copper axe believed to be 500 – 800 years older than the actual beginning of the Copper Age, suggesting that the human use of metal is older than believed.

Sarangani also has, as treasure, its ancient burial jars, discovered by archaeologists from the National Museum in Ayub Cave, Maitum, in 1991 and in 2008, at Sagel Cave, Maitum ( now declared by National Historical Institute as a national historical sites ).

In August 2008 archaeologists from the Museum of London excavating in New Inn Broadway, Shoreditch, announced that they had found the foundation of a polygonal structure which they believe to be the remains of the north-eastern corner of The Theatre.

Remains of the oldest settlements discovered by Lithuanian archaeologists in 2007 and 2008 in Ghor date back to 5000 BC.

Various historians and archaeologists have examined the Dobunni, including Stephen J. Yeates in his book The Tribe of Witches ( 2008 ).

In September 2008, archaeologists from the University of Tübingen discovered a 6 cm figurine woman carved from a mammoth ’ s tusk, the Venus of Hohle Fels, dated to at least 35, 000 years ago, representing the earliest known sculpture of this type, and the earliest known work of figurative art altogether.

In August 2008, further excavation of Aubrey Hole 7 by Mike Parker-Pearson, Mike Pitts and Julian Richards led the archaeologists to suggest that the 56 holes held Welsh bluestones.

Although archaeologists have tried to determine how many layers the site descends, it has not proved possible as of 2008.

On 13 March 2008, archaeologists discovered additional ruins at the periphery of Sacsayhuaman.

In 2008, archaeologists discovered a bone flute in the Hohle Fels cave near Ulm, Germany.

On February, 2008, archaeologists discovered 26 human remains ( with China plates on top of heads ) and 16th-century artifacts at the front lawn of Boljoon Church.

Until October 2008 there was uncertainty whether this was the site of the Claudian invasion of Britain ; two ditches at the site which have been dated to the Roman period were interpreted as defensive structures, however some archaeologists had favoured the theory that the landing took place in the vicinity of modern-day Chichester.

Arnhem land rock art, recorded by archaeologists in 2008, appears to provide further evidence of Makassan contact in the mid 1600s.

On August 14, 2008, it was revealed that Sereno had uncovered the large Stone Age cemetery Gobero in the Nigerien Sahara, and together with a team of archaeologists had worked on it the last eight years.

On November 8, 2008 former Yankees Scott Brosius, Paul O ' Neill, David Cone and Jeff Nelson, all members of the 1998 World Series championship team, joined 60 children from two Bronx based youth groups Youth Force 2020 and the ACE Mentor Program in ceremoniously digging up home plate, the pitcher's mound pitching plate ( rubber ) and the surrounding dirt of both areas and transporting them to comparable areas of new Yankee Stadium.

On Sunday August 3, 2008 a 16 year old boy whilst digging a tunnel in the sand dunes behind the beach, was trapped after the tunnel collapsed.

Bilateral trade with Russia stood at more than $ 700 million for the first nine months of 2010 – on track to rebound to $ 1 billion mark first reached in 2008 prior to the global economic crisis.

Economic analysts say that the project would cost at least $ 1 billion ( equivalent to about 40 percent of Armenia's 2008 state budget ).

According to the ROA National Statistical Service, the average monthly salary during January-June 2008 is 86, 850 drams ( about $ 287 at the time ).

On September 11, 2008, a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III successfully completed the first landing in Antarctica using night-vision goggles at Pegasus Field.

The " Theater am Bahnhof " ( Theatre at the Railway Station ) is mostly used by the Theatergruppe Lampenfieber and was opened on 19 October 2008.

* 2008 – The 2008 Summer Olympics officially opened with the opening ceremony at National Stadium, Beijing, China.

* 2008 – The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at, at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.

On December 1, 2008, the Curb Exchange building at 86 Trinity Place was closed, and the Amex Equities trading floor was moved to the NYSE Trading floor at 11 Wall Street.

# No playable tiles-Per 2008 rules, a player that has no legal plays because all 6 tiles in his or her hand are unplayable may reveal his or her hand, set aside his or her unplayable tiles, and draw six new tiles at the beginning of his or her turn.

In a June 2008 issue of the journal Autoimmunity Reviews, researchers S Planque, Sudhir Paul, Ph. D, and Yasuhiro Nishiyama, Ph. D of the University Of Texas Medical School at Houston announced that they have engineered an abzyme that degrades the superantigenic region of the gp120 CD4 binding site.

For example, an array of 10 integer variables, with indices 0 through 9, may be stored as 10 words at memory addresses 2000, 2004, 2008, … 2036, so that the element with index i has the address 2000 + 4 × i.

The Falcons had the NFL's second best winning percentage at home during the period of 2008 to 2010 with a. 833 percentage.

A 2008 quantum physics experiment performed in Geneva, Switzerland has determined that in any hypothetical nonlocal hidden-variables theory the speed of the quantum non-local connection would have to be at least 10, 000 times the speed of light.

DiFranco went on to perform at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

* 2008 – Live at Babeville

On August 11, 2008, Dallas Buck, RHP Micah Owings, and C Wilkin Castillo were traded to the Reds ( in last place in the NL Central at the time ) in exchange for OF Adam Dunn.

sc Heerenveen managed to do the same in 2008 – 09, though their away victory at Feyenoord was a KNVB Cup match ( Heerenveen had drawn 2 – 2 at De Kuip in the Eredivisie match ).

The Institute of Medical Psychology at the University Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany has set up a Research Department Ayahuasca / Santo Daime, which in May 2008 held a 3-day conference under the title The globalization of Ayahuasca-An Amazonian psychoactive and its users.

On 17 August 2008 club chairman and owner Franco Sensi died after a long illness ; his place at the chairmanship of the club was successively taken by his daughter Rosella.

On 4 March 2008, in announcing a partnership with Magna Steyr to outsource manufacture of over 2, 000 cars annually at Graz, Austria, the company stated " The continuing growth and success of the company is based upon Gaydon as the focal point and heart of the business, with the design and engineering of all Aston Martin products continuing to be carried out there.

In 2008 Atari was honored at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for pioneering the development of handheld games with its Lynx game unit.