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Pope claims human remains belong to St Paul

June, 29 2009

Guardian

St Paul the Apostle Human remains found beneath the Vatican have been identified as belonging to St Paul, Pope Benedict XVI said, apparently laying to rest the mystery of a tomb first discovered in the city in 2006.

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Rome catacomb reveals oldest image of St Paul

June, 28 2009

Reuters

Vatican archaeologists using laser technology have discovered what they believe is the oldest image in existence of St Paul the Apostle, dating from the late 4th century, on the walls of catacomb beneath Rome.

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Archaeologists uncover secrets of daily life among the great pyramids of Giza

June, 28 2009

Columbus Dispatch

Archaeologists have been digging for two decades in Egypt, digging up a lost city where Giza pyramid builders lived. The Egyptians who built the giant pyramids on the Giza Plateau 4,500 years ago ate dense bread, choice cuts of meat and preserved fish.

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Who' s in the Alexander Sarcophagus?

June, 27 2009

Wall Street Journal

Alexander Sarcophagus Not Alexander the Great, though he battles heroically in its high-relief friezes

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Pondering Prehistoric Melodies

June, 27 2009

New York Times

I have a reasonable good ear in music, says Bottom in Shakespeare' s Midsummer Night' s Dream. Let' s have the tongs and the bones.

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Scrapers, tools used by the Native American females

June, 27 2009

Corsicana Daily Dun

In last week' s article, I illustrated two specific types of scrapers. One is known as the transverse scraper and the other was an end and side scraper. The transverse scraper is not as common as either the combined end and side scraper or just the plain end scraper. Probably the main reason for this was due to the difficulty of striking off a piece of stone which had an angled edge. Functionally it was just as good a scraper as any of the others.

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Topper dig is becoming a renowned archeological treasure trove

June, 27 2009

Island Packet

The Topper archaeological dig site is the subject of the second episode of the new PBS series "Time Team America." It is scheduled to air at 8 p.m. July 15. An archaeologist who's been digging at the Topper Site in Allendale County for 11 years is uncovering new evidence that could rewrite America's history.

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More on the tomb of Amen-Em-Epet, Supervisor of Hunters

June, 26 2009

Al Ahram Weekly

More on the tomb of Amen-Em-Epet, Supervisor of Hunters During excavation work at the Tombs of the Nobles on Luxor's West Bank an Egyptian archaeological mission has stumbled upon what it believes is the tomb of Amen-Em-Epet, Supervisor of Hunters during the reign of the monotheistic Pharaoh Akhnaten, reports Nevine El-Aref

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Carvings tell story of ancient female solidarity

June, 26 2009

The Jakarta Post

Whatever the era or situation, women's issues have always cropped up, and the relief panels at Candi Tegowangi, in Pare, Kediri, are testimony that in East Java also, issues concerning the fate of woman were not swept under the carpet.

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Dig is only the second in 50 years

June, 26 2009

Chillicothe Gazette

From left, Albert Lebeau, James Brown, and Mark Lynott work to dig through a reconstructed wall to study the original Wednesday in Hopewell Culture Natural Historical Park. Team using modern equipment on mounds at Hopewell Culture