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News Archive

Archaeologist Claims 12,000 Year Old Solstice Site in Clarke County

October, 23 2011

Clarke Daily News

Chris White excavates solstice site - Photo courtesy Rene' White Bear's Den Rock has captured the attention of travelers in the northern Shenandoah Valley since colonial times and for thousands of years before by the indigenous people who hunted and fished in the region.

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Ritual bath dating to the Second Temple Period discovered near Kibbutz Zora

October, 23 2011

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The exposure of the bath corroborates historical sources that indicated the existence of a Jewish settlement in the region.

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Face To Face With an Ancient Human

October, 22 2011

Science Daily

Scanning the skull is done with a laser surface scanner, and the resulting information is loaded into a computer programme. After her programming, Ms Barber could convert the digital construct into a plastic model and then shape muscle, skin and features in clay. (Credit: Jenny Barber) A reconstruction based on the skull of Norway's best preserved Stone Age skeleton makes it possible to study the features of a boy who lived outside Stavanger 7500 years ago.

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Significant new lapida cemetery found in Vanuatu

October, 22 2011

Radio Australia

How much can a cemetery tell us about the lives of the people buried there? The answer to that question is one of the things that excites archeologists like Dr Stuart Bedford from the Australian National University.

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More on Ardnamurchan Viking boat burial discovery a first

October, 22 2011

BBC

The UK mainland's first fully intact Viking boat burial site has been uncovered in the west Highlands, archaeologists have said.

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Couple Held Hands for 1,500 Years

October, 22 2011

Discovery News

Two skeletons found in central-northern Italy reveal the couple was buried holding hands some 1,500 years ago. The man and woman were likely buried facing each other in Italy in the 5th century A.D.

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More on Texas AM study: Hunters present at least 800 years earlier than previously thought

October, 22 2011

EurekAlert

The man and woman were likely buried facing each other in Italy in the 5th century A.D.

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9,000 Year Old Tools Found in Mexico

October, 22 2011

Fox News

A photo released Wednesday of rudimentary man-made tools and artifacts dating back to the Early Holocene era (between 8,000 and 11,000 years ago). EFE/INAH A team of Mexican archaeologists has discovered hundreds of rudimentary man made tools and artifacts dating back to the Early Holocene era (between 8,000 11,000 years ago) in the northwestern state of Baja California Sur, the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said.

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Part of wall collapses at Pompeii

October, 22 2011

CBS News

Officials at Pompeii's archaeological site say part of a wall has collapsed due to heavy rains in recent days.

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Prehistoric bones discovered at Spring Lake

October, 20 2011

San Marcos Mercury

Construction at the former Aquarena Springs amusement park has unearthed human remains believed to have been buried at the headwaters of the San Marcos River long before the first Spanish explorers set foot in what is now Texas.

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