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Evidence Found of Parthenon Coloring

June, 26 2009

Art Info

British Museum researchers say they have detected tiny traces of blue paint on the Parthenon's statues and friezes. The iconic pure white of ancient Greek sculptures makes it difficult to picture them in any other way, but new evidence suggests that the Parthenon temple' s statues and friezes were originally colored.

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Royal Tombs of Joseon Kingdom

June, 25 2009

Korea Times

The royal tombs of the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910) are drawing public attention as they are expected to be designated as a UNESCO World Heritage at the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee now in session in Seville, Spain through June 30.

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The first Europeans were cannibals: archaeologists

June, 25 2009

AFP

Skull named Miguelon, estimated to be 400,000 y.o. and the most complete skull of an Homo heidelbergensis ever found The remains of the "first Europeans" discovered at an archaeological site in northern Spain have revealed that these prehistoric men were cannibals who particularly liked the flesh of children.

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4-year-old discovers prehistoric arrow point

June, 25 2009

Juneau Empire

Artifact consistent with 1,500-year-old Athabascan culture

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Elgin Marble Argument in a New Light

June, 25 2009

New York Times

At the opening, a visitor views panels of the Parthenon frieze. The bronzed original sculptures stand in contrast to the white reproductions of the part of the frieze now displayed in the British Museum. Not long before the new Acropolis Museum opened last weekend, the writer Christopher Hitchens hailed in this newspaper what he called the death of an argument.

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Archaeological discovery in Saqqara

June, 25 2009

Egypt State Information Service

Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said on 23/6/2009 that a group of Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a number of ushabtis - an ushabti is a funerary figurine placed in a tomb as a substitute for the deceased, should he/she be called upon to do manual labor in the afterlife - and remains of animal bones and birds inside a hole near the Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara.

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USC, Argonne National Lab Collaborate on Study of Ancient Artifacts

June, 25 2009

NewsWise

USC' s first pilgrims to a temple of high-energy physics will be seeking answers to worldly questions about ancient commerce.

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Showcasing the secrets of Caistor Roman Town

June, 25 2009

Univeristy of Nottingham

In December 2007 a team of experts, led by The University of Nottingham, unveiled an extraordinary set of high-resolution images that gave an insight into the plan of the Roman town of Venta Icenorum at Caistor St Edmund in Norfolk.

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Surprises rise from dead: Mummy turns out to be a daddy

June, 25 2009

Daily News

Mummified remains of Pasebakhaienipet go in for CT scan at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, L.I. The Brooklyn Museum's 2,000-year-old mummy turns out to have been a pappy.

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Prehistoric flute in Germany is oldest known

June, 25 2009

The Associated Press

A bird-bone flute unearthed in a German cave was carved some 35,000 years ago and is the oldest handcrafted musical instrument yet discovered, archaeologists say, offering the latest evidence that early modern humans in Europe had established a complex and creative culture.