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East Wear Bay dig uncovers hundreds of Roman artefacts

January, 23 2011

Kent News

A Neolithic arrowhead Hundreds of artefacts have been unearthed during an excavation at the site of a Roman villa.

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Finding Would Reveal Contact between Humans and Gomphotheres in North America

January, 23 2011

Art Daily

The discovery took place in early January 2011 in El Fin del Mundo, Sonora by researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), during the third field season at the site identified as a hunting and quartering area during the Pleistocene. Photo: INAH. Mexican Archaeologists discovered 3 Clovis projectile heads associated to remains of gomphotheres with an age of at least 12,000 years, in the northern region of the Mexican state of Sonora.

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Ancient Transylvanians Rich in Gold, Treasure Shows

January, 23 2011

National Geographic News

Leaves and snake heads adorn a Dacian bracelet in the Romanian National History Museum (file picture). Surprisingly hefty snake bracelets traced to Romanian region, circa 100 B.C.

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Data Matrix Codes Used to Catalogue Archaeological Heritage

January, 22 2011

Science Daily

Examples of applying DM codes to several archaeological objects. (Credit: CEPAP-UAB) Researchers at the Centre for the Studies of Archaeological and Prehistoric Heritage (CEPAP) of Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) have implemented an innovative system to register archaeological artifacts which eliminates problems in manual markings, such as errors in writing or erosion of data.

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Pterosaur eggs more reptile than bird

January, 22 2011

USA Today

Reconstruction of a male (right) and female (left) pterosaur Ancient flying reptiles from 160 million years ago laid eggs more like other reptiles and less like birds, paleontologists report.

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Scientists model ancient bog womans face

January, 22 2011

The Local

Scientists model ancient bog womans face German researchers have shed light on life during the Iron Age after examining the ancient remains of a woman found in a bog in what is now Lower Saxony. The body dates back to the pre Roman era, more than 2,600 years ago.

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How 8,000 Year Old Canoe Was Honoured at Market Square

January, 22 2011

AllAfrica

Since it was discovered 24 years ago, the Dufuna Canoe which is the oldest water craft in Africa and the third in the world, was never exposed for public viewing, even though it was excavated in 1994.

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Dinas Dinlle Iron Age fort saved from erosion

January, 22 2011

BBC

A rectangular mound in the centre could have been a Roman lighthouse The National Trust and Cadw have joined forces to safeguard an historic hillfort on the Gwynedd coast.

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Royal rumpus over King Tutankhamuns ancestry

January, 22 2011

New Scientist

Degraded DNA may have been detrimental to results (Image: Barry Iverson/Discovery Channel/AP/PA) Can we be sure which mummy was the daddy? When a state of the art DNA analysis of Tutankhamun and other ancient Egyptian royals was published last year, its authors hailed it as "the final word" on the pharaoh's family tree. But others are now voicing doubts.

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Discovery of Clovis Points in Mexico Show Link to Extinct Species

January, 22 2011

Fox News

Discovery of Clovis Points in Mexico Show Link to Extinct Species The discovery of three spear points that belonged to primitive hunters of the prehistoric Clovis culture show that they preyed on an elephant like animal thought to have become extinct in North America 30,000 years ago whereas the Clovis culture with its big game hunting did not flourish until 12,500 years ago.