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Pottery found in China is oldest known »
Posted by: IsraGeek 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a cone-shaped vase that they date back to 18,000 years ago. It is the oldest known pottery to ...
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | US criticised over Babylon damage »
Posted by: dissent 4 months, 2 weeks ago in News
American troops and contractors caused substantial damage to the archaelogical site at Babylon in Iraq after the 2003 invasion, a new UN report says.
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Archeological Evidence Of Human Activity Found Beneath Lake Huron »
Posted by: Klarissa 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News
ScienceDaily (June 9, 2009); More than 100 feet deep in Lake Huron, on a wide stoney ridge that 9,000 years ago was a land ...
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Mapping the world's oldest submerged town »
Posted by: SenorCoconut 6 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Underwater archaeologist Jon Henderson is hoping to reveal the secrets of the ancient Greek town of Pavlopetri.
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Huge statue of Roman ruler found »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 2 months ago in Science & Technology
Want a leg? Or an arm? How about a wing? Pieces of a marble sculpture depicting the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius were discovered at archaeological ...
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7 ghoulish archaeological discoveries »
Posted by: JessicaLaurie 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Remember the haunted house in grade-school where your hand was guided into a bowlful of "brains"? Those skinned grapes have nothing on what scientists have ...
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Ancient Etruscan Ointment Discovered in Italy »
Posted by: archetipo 4 months, 1 week ago in News
CHIUSI: Italian archaeologists have discovered lotion that is over 2000 years old, left almost intact in the cosmetic case of an aristocratic Etruscan woman. The ...
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Nearly intact mammoth skeleton a rare find in L.A. - CNN.com »
Posted by: memestryker 9 months ago in Science & Technology
(CNN) -- He had a rough life during the Ice Age, walking around with a couple of broken ribs and a possibly cancerous lesion on his ...
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Jerusalem archaeologists uncover Iron Age jar handle with Hebrew inscription -- chicagotribune.com »
Posted by: splitrch 6 months ago in News
JERUSALEM (AP) — Archaeologists digging on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives have discovered a nearly 3,000-year-old jar handle bearing ancient Hebrew script, a find significantly ...
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British archaeologists solve the mystery of the Easter Island red hats | Mail Online »
Posted by: daducha 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
A team of British archaeologists has solved the mystery of how the famous statues dotting the landscape of Easter Island acquired their distinctive red hats ...
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Mammoth tusk on Santa Cruz Is. could be missing link »
Posted by: Progressive 10 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
A complete tusk believed to belong to a mammoth has been discovered in the Channel Islands, one of three known sites where a dwarf version ...
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Peru archeologists inaugurate new museum at Sipan »
Posted by: Deidre 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
LAMBAYEQUE, Peru (Reuters Life!) - The newest display of Peruvian archeology opened on Thursday -- just a few feet from where the golden tomb of the Lord ...
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Jun 12th 2009| What happened in Archaeology today- News »
Posted by: LBA 5 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
CHINA| Un plus grand nombre de guerriers en terre cuite exhumé UNITED KINGDOM| Students unearth Saxon nunnery MOROCCO| Découverte d’ossements humains à Larache SOUTH ...
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Foot-shaped structures found in the Jordan valley »
Posted by: mmmscience 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
An interesting discovery in Jordan has opened a whole realm of possibilities in biblical archaeology. The collection of large foot-shaped structures found in the Jordan ...
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Understanding the Archaic Period in American Archaeology »
Posted by: flashgordonweb 10 months ago in Science & Technology
The Archaic period has been a working concept within
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archaeology, and even other social sciences, for well over half a century.
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