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Global warming destroyed rainforests 300 million years ago

November, 30 2010

The Telegraph

The destruction of the Carboniferous tropical rainforests may have paved the way for the rise of dinosaurs 100 million years later Global warming devastated tropical rainforests 300 million years ago triggering the rise of the dinosaurs, according to a new study by British scientists.

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Ancient Buddhist seals found in NW Pakistan

November, 30 2010

Peoples Daily Online

More than 100 seals of ancient Buddhist period were found in Taxila which was the capital of the Buddhist kingdom of Gandhara and a center of learning in northwest Pakistan, local Media reported Tuesday.

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Byzantine Bath Unearthed in Tel Kesra

November, 29 2010

Day Press News

Tel Kesra is a Byzantine fort located along the old eastern borders of the Byzantine Empire.

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A thousand shipwrecked stories call from a Baltic seabed

November, 29 2010

AFP

Marine archaeologist Riikka Alvik Riikka Alvik rests her chin in her palm as she imagines the last terrifying moments of the life of a 13 year old girl trapped in a cabin on the St. Mikael as it mysteriously sank in the icy Baltic.

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90 Han, Tang tombs unearthed in Henan

November, 29 2010

Peoples Daily Online

Photo shows pottery of various types and sizes unearthed from one of the tombs in Baofeng County, Henan Province. Baofeng County, which was prosperous due to its rich mineral resources in ancient times, is a peaceful and quiet small city with long history.

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No Romans needed to explain Chinese blondes

November, 29 2010

Discover Magazine

Augustus Every few years a story crops up about "European looking" people in northwest China who claim to be of Roman origin.

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More on The oldest salt mine known to date located in Azerbaijan

November, 29 2010

PhysOrg

Duzdagi - Stone hammers from the early Bronze Age French archeologists have recently provided proof that the Duzdagi salt deposits, situated in the Araxes Valley in Azerbaijan, were already being exploited from the second half of the 5th millennium BC. It is therefore the most ancient exploitation of rock salt attested to date.

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Archaeologists to embark on quest for 2,500 year old lost Greek theatre

November, 29 2010

The Telegraph

Alex Hardcastle and the ancient Greek Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Dioscuri Valley of the Temples, Sicily Italian archeologists are to embark on a quest for a long lost, 2,500 year old Greek theatre, nearly a century after the hunt cost a British adventurer his fortune and his sanity.