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Centuries old monoliths lie in ruins
March, 26 2009

Morung Express

The site of ancient Kachari Rajbari ruins in Dimapur. With poor maintenance and lack of public support, the historic site is a shamble. Harsh climatic conditions have also damaged most of the monoliths. The ancient Kachari Rajbari ruins, one of the only remnants symbolising the existence of the Kachari kingdom in Dimapur, is lying in  ruins' .


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Centuries old flood defences are uncovered
March, 25 2009

News Post Leader

Centuries old flood defences are uncoveredWork to improve flood protection for a Northumberland village has uncovered flood defences built centuries earlier.


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Early agriculture left traces in animal bones
March, 25 2009

EurekAlert

Unraveling the origins of agriculture in different regions around the globe has been a challenge for archeologists. Now researchers writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences* report finding evidence of early human experiments with grain cultivation in East Asia. They gathered this information from an unlikely source dog and pig bones.


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Researchers Find the Earliest Evidence of Domesticated Maize
March, 25 2009

NewsWise

Balsas teosinte, a large wild grass that grows in the Central Balsas River Valley of Mexico. Maize domesticated from Balsas teosinte more than 8700 years ago. Maize was domesticated from its wild ancestor more than 8700 years according to biological evidence uncovered by researchers in the Mexico' s Central Balsas River Valley. This is the earliest dated evidence -- by 1200 years -- for the presence and use of domesticated maize.


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Royal cemetery of the late Warring States Period found in C. China
March, 25 2009

China Internet Information Center

Royal cemetery of the late Warring States Period found in C. ChinaAn ancient Han State royal cemetery of the late Warring States Period was recently found in Xinzheng City, Henan Province. As the first discovery of a Han State royal tomb it has filled an archeological gap, and was chosen as one of the 25 finalists to compete for the top 10 new archeological findings of 2008.


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Archeological dig in Ridgebury looks for Revolutionary encampment artifacts
March, 25 2009

Danbury News Times

Artifacts from Revolutionary War encampments are the stuff Connecticut historians dream about.


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Development Projects Unearth Burial Grounds
March, 25 2009

USA Today

John Griggs removes dirt from human remains on the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum site in Waco, Texas. Construction crews expanding the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum here were surprised when, while burrowing utility lines, they dug up a human bone. Then another. Then a coffin. Then an entire field of human remains.


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Greek Masterpieces Show Lives Of Women In Ancient Athens
March, 25 2009

Antiques and Arts Weekly

Statue of the Goddess Artemis, circa 100 BC, Parian marble, 55 1/8 inches high, from Delos (found in the so-called House of the Diadoumenos), Athens, National Archaeological Museum, 1829. The galleries of the Onassis Cultural Center have been transformed into evocations of ancient Greek sanctuaries, each filled with artistic masterpieces assembled from international collections, for the exhibition "Worshiping Women: Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens." Currently on view through May 9, the exhibition brings together 155 rare and extraordinary archaeological objects in order to reexamine preconceptions about the exclusion of women from public life in ancient Athens.


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Archaeological Sites In Sorry State : Savar ancient site left 'unprotected'
March, 25 2009

The Daily Star

Locals dump garbage at Harish Chandra Rajar Dhibi site in Savar, Dhaka where archaeologists had excavated. The site, only a few kilometres away from the capital, is an example of the poor state many important sites across the country are in.The "Harishchandra Rajar Dhibi" in Savar may appear to the visitors as a dump, garage, poultry farm or any sleazy place, but obviously never a 'protected' archaeological site.


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Worthing metal detector enthusiast finds rare penny worth £2,000
March, 25 2009

Littlehampton Gazette

The 1,200-year-old pennyAFTER years of searching, the penny finally dropped for a Worthing metal detectorist when he found a coin worth £2,000.


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