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Blackbeards Cannon Lifted from Ocean Floor

October, 28 2011

ABC News

Archaeologists lifted a 300 year old cannon from the pirate Blackbeard's ship off the coast of North Carolina today.

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Mummy Had Historys Second Oldest Prostate Cancer Case

October, 28 2011

Wired News

A high-resolution CT scan of the lumbar spine region of a 2150-year-old Egyptian mummy has just revealed small, round lesions- the oldest case of metastatic prostate cancer in ancient Egyptians. (MNA/DDF Instituto dos Museus e da Conservação, I.P., Lisbon; (CT, inset) LMP/IMI Imagens Médicas Integradas, Lisbon) Some 2,250 years ago in Egypt, a man known today only as M1 struggled with a long, painful, progressive illness. A dull pain throbbed in his lower back, then spread to other parts of his body, making most movements a misery.

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Scientists glimpse inside a Peruvian mummy

October, 28 2011

BBC

The CT scanner has already revealed the mummies internal organs are intact, Dr Frohlich says Dr Bruno Frohlich says he hopes the scan can reveal secrets of the mummy's life and death

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Scientist Uncovers Numerical Pattern in Ancient Mexican City

October, 28 2011

Fox News

Oct. 26, 2011: Scientist finds numerical pattern in ancient Mexican city of the Temple of Quetzalcoatl in the Teotihuacan archaeological zone in central Mexico. (EFE) Japanese archaeologist Saburo Sugiyama discovered that the architects of the ancient city of Teotihuacan based their designs on a numerical measure equivalent to 83 centimeters (32.68 inches), Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History, or INAH, reported.

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Beer and Bullets to Go: Ancient Takeout Window Discovered

October, 28 2011

Live Science

About 5,200 years ago, a mud-brick oval enclosure was built at Godin Tepe. The main building (pictured here) had two windows that may have been used for "takeout." Some 5,200 years ago, in the mountains of western Iran, people may have used takeout windows to get food and weapons, newly presented research suggests.

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6,000 Year Old Artifacts Unearthed at Cedar Swamp

October, 28 2011

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Leveillee examines possible artifacts a resident brought to the event.Credit Megan Parks Archaeologist Alan Leveillee spoke of historical artifacts discovered in Cedar Swamp.

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Bronze Age hoard found in Manorbier, Pembrokeshire

October, 28 2011

BBC

The items can be dated to the Late Bronze Age A collection of Bronze Age artefacts found by a man with a metal detector in a Pembrokeshire field may end up at the National Museum Wales.

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Cyprus Department of Antiquities Reveals Proto Byzantine Monument at Akrotiri Peninsula

October, 28 2011

Greek Reporter

Cyprus Department of Antiquities Reveals Proto Byzantine Monument at Akrotiri Peninsula The Department of Antiquities in Cyprus has revealed a monument of the proto byzantine period after year long excavations at the site of Katalymmata ton Plakoton at the Akrotiri peninsula under the directions of the Senior Archaeological officer of the Department, Dr Eleni Procopiou.

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The 20 Year Dig: 150,000 Artifacts Paint Picture of Early Stoney Creek

October, 27 2011

Rochester Hills Dispatch

The new surface research in Ula district's ancient city will reveal the information and details about the city. The ancient city is known to people as Okkatas.AA photo. New book chronicles findings of archaeological dig on grounds of Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm.

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Solving the Mysteries of Short Legged Neandertals

October, 27 2011

Science Daily

While most studies have concluded that a cold climate led to the short lower legs typical of Neandertals, researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that lower leg lengths shorter than the typical modern human's let them move more efficiently over the mountainous terrain where they lived.

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