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In The Fires of Vesuvius, a clearer picture of Pompeii emerges from the ashes of history

December, 28 2008

Kansas City Star

The ruins of Pompeii give a clue to the way life was in the bustling city before Mount Vesuvius buried it in ash in 79 A.D. preserving it for history “Everything is not as it may at first seem,” historian Mary Beard says of today’s Pompeii, the Roman city buried by volcanic ash in an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

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Artifacts found at Colcord bridge site

December, 28 2008

Tulsa World

Archaeologist Heather Childers examines an artifact at an excavation in Delaware County northeast of Colcord. The dig, which was completed this month, unearthed at least 16,000 stone artifacts dating back 2,000 to 8,000 years, officials said Archaeologists say the artifacts could be up to 8,000 years old.

Archaeologists recently unearthed about 16,000 stone artifacts at a site for a new Delaware County bridge, offering scientists clues to how a prehistoric culture lived, a scientist said.

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New finds take archaeologists closer to Krishna

December, 27 2008

The Times of India

The conch and the Sudarshana Chakra are unmistakable. Although the figures do not match popular images of Kirshna sporting a peacock feather, archaeologists are convinced that the coins are of Krishna, revered as an avatar of Vishnu.

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Titanic sister ship to be tourist attraction

December, 27 2008

Dive Magazine

the wreck of the HMHS Britannic Plans to allow tourists to tour the Titanic's sister ship by submersible have been announced by the British owner of the wreck.

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Archaeologist discovers early North Americans roasted bulbs, onions

December, 27 2008

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Long before early humans in North America grew corn and beans, they were harvesting and cooking the bulbs of lilies, wild onions and other plants, roasting them for days over hot rocks, according to a Texas archaeologist.

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Liverpool Museum Uncovers Child Mummy

December, 26 2008

Huliq News

Liverpool Museum unveils child mummy as part of it's newest items exhibited online.

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Liverpool Museum Unveils Rameses Girdle

December, 26 2008
Huliq NewsThis is an incrediably rare woven linen belt known as the ‘Rameses Girdle’. It is 5.2 metres long and would have wrapped several times round the waist as part of the king’s military uniform.
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Frosty debate over bluestone mystery of Stonehenge

December, 26 2008

WalesOnline

LONG-STANDING theories that teams of ancient tribesmen hauled 80 giant bluestones from Pembrokeshire to build Stonehenge have been dismissed by a Welsh geology expert.

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Britain's historic sites at risk from funding cuts

December, 26 2008

ANI

London, Dec 26: A new report has indicated that some of Britain's most famous historic sites are at risk as the number being saved for the nation declines amid budget cuts.

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A large number of pre-historic artefacts stolen from a Maadi storehouse have returned to Egypt

December, 26 2008

AL-AHRAM Weekly

stolen artefacts After touring around various American states, 79 pre-dynastic artefacts, including plain stone reliefs, ceramic and alabaster pots, and jewellery made of shells, is back home. The items are now being restored at the Egyptian Museum laboratory with a view to being placed on display at the museum's temporary exhibition hall before they are taken back to the Maadi storehouse from where they were taken six years ago.