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3000 year old tomb group found in Xinjiang

February, 20 2011

Global Times

The Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology reported on Feb. 14 that it discovered an ancient tomb group covering an area of more than 10,000 square meters 100 kilometers south of Hami City in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

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Native Americans: the first Kansans

February, 20 2011

Kansas

Pawnee Headmen: Photo taken approximately in 1870 at Camp Supply in Indian Territory, by William S. Soule. They were procured by Wichitan A.A. Hyde "I was born on the prairie where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no inclosures and where everything drew a free breath. I want to die there and not within walls."

Quote from Comanche Chief Ten Bears at 1867 Medicine Lodge Peace Treaty

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Pre Maya Bones Found In Mexico

February, 20 2011

The Right Perspective

Diver Alex Alvarez looks at the remains of an extinct mastodon at the base of Hoyo Negro The discovery of a ancient human skull at the bottom of a lake in Mexcio may support the Solutrean hypothesis, which states the first humans to live on the North American continent emigrated from Europe and not the Bering Straits.

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Roman Childs Footprints Found

February, 18 2011

Sky News

Roman child's footprint. Photo: Northern Archaeological Associates Two thousand year old footprints left by a Roman child playing by the side of a road have been found in North Yorkshire.

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Earliest humans not so different from us, research suggests

February, 18 2011

EurekAlert

That human evolution follows a progressive trajectory is one of the most deeply entrenched assumptions about our species.

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Restoring Ancient Artifacts: What Does it Take?

February, 18 2011

PRS Newshour

Restoring Ancient Artifacts: What Does it Take? As the dust settles on Egypt's recent protests, one less discussed outcome of the uprising is the damage done to some of the country's ancient artifacts.

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Wroxeter house recreation adds colour to Roman site

February, 18 2011

Guardian UK

Ideal domus: the Romans liked colour and excess, according to Dai Morgan Evans, who dreamed up the Wroxeter project. Photograph: Wroxeter Roman City Bright yellow and red house built using real Roman techniques and a few illicit wheelbarrows can be seen a mile off

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Human Ancestors Have Identity Crisis

February, 18 2011

Discovery News

Som remains once heralded as specimens of human ancestors may actually be apes in disguise, two anthropologists say Fossils heralded as the remains of 4 to 7 million year old hominids might actually come from apes.

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Excavating the Origins of Maya Civilization

February, 18 2011

New York Times

Maya archaeology has changed greatly since this structure at Ceibal was excavated and restored by a Harvard team in the 1960s. There are various types of archaeology: small test pits, wide area exposures, architectural reconstruction, regional survey, etc. Our strategy at the Maya site of Ceibal (also written as Seibal in English literature), in the tropical lowlands of western Guatemala, is decidedly a vertical pursuit.

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Another Buddhist site found in Islamabad

February, 18 2011

The Express Tribune

Remains of a Buddhist site in Sector G-12 of Islamabad. PHOTO: ZULFIQAR ALI KALHORO The cultural heritage in Pakistan is little cared for. "In Europe, such treasure would sustain an entire Industry," writes Alice Albania, in her book "Empires of the Indus, the story of a river".