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Shang era ruins found to be ancient garrison

January, 18 2011

Peoples Daily Online

Photo, taken on Jan. 12, shows the gate ruins of the ancient city. (Photo by Xinhua/Zhao Peng) Through the excavation of the two ancient cities at Wangjinglou heritage site, archaeologists found an interesting saucer shaped ancient city gate, which has been proven to be a part of Wengcheng, an ancient garrison town.

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Archaeologist Investigates Drawings of Prehispanic Sites from the 17th Century

January, 18 2011

Art Daily

Drawing by Francisco Agüera y Bustamante. Photo: Leonardo Lopez Lujan/INAH. Hundreds of images of Prehispanic monuments and sites, created during the Colonial period and located in diverse archives, most of them outside Mexico, are being studied by archaeologist Leonardo Lopez Lujan, and have became helpful documentary sources for the location of Mesoamerican sculptures and ceremonial sites.

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Tutankhamens Tomb To Be Closed To Visitors

January, 18 2011

RedOrbit

Tutankhamens Tomb To Be Closed To Visitors Time is running out to visit the tomb of Tutankhamen, as officials with Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities have announced plans to close it to tourists by the end of the year.

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Police nab looter: discover lost tomb of Caligula

January, 18 2011

All Headline News

Italian police say they've found the tomb of Augustus Germanica Gaius Caesar, better known as the Roman emperor Caligula, but the scholarly community isn't so sure. Caligula ruled from AD 37 to 41 but was killed by his Praetorian guard at age 28 in his palace on Palatine Hill.

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Oldest Domesticated Dog in Americas Found Was Human Food

January, 18 2011

National Geographic News

This ancient human waste found in a Texas cave contained a piece of a dog's skull. Canine skull fragment discovered in 9,400 year old human feces.

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Pyramid that Contains Maya Tomb at Palenque Archaeological Zone Restored

January, 16 2011

Art Daily

Temple 20 in the archaeological zone of Palenque, Chiapas. Photo: DMC.INAH.M MARAT. The pyramidal building known as Temple 20 at Palenque Archaeological Zone, in Chiapas, where the existence of a funerary chamber that contains the remains of a high rank character has been confirmed, is being reinforced and restored by specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) with the aim of guaranteeing its structural stability and the possibility of public visit in the future.

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New Evidence for Climate Impacts on Ancient Societies

January, 16 2011

Science Daily

Annual resolved European summer climate has, for the first time ever, been reconstructed over the past 2,500 years.

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Large city ruins from Xia and Shang dynasties found in Henan

January, 16 2011

Global Times

Photo taken on January 12, shows reporters photographing and interviewing at the Wangjing Tower site. Photo: Xinhua Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute of Zhengzhou in Henan Province announced that two large city ruins covering an area of 1.68 million square meters from Xia and Shang dynasties (21st 11th century BC) were found on the site of WangJing Tower in Xinzheng, Henan Province.

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Reviving the taste of an Iron Age beer

January, 16 2011

Science News

Charred barley grains from an Iron Age Celtic settlement, such as these, inspired experiments to determine that they had been malted as part of a brewing operation that produced beer with a smoky and somewhat sour taste. Barley grains offer savory insights into ancient Celtic malt beverage

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2,100 year old Greek coin may have marked rare astronomical event

January, 16 2011

Unreported Heritage News

New research suggests that this coin marks an eclipse of Jupiter by the moon. It happened on January 17, 121 BC and was visible in Antioch, the capital of the Seleucid Empire. The coin itself show Zeus with a crescent moon above his head and a star like object hovering above the palm of his right hand. An unusual Greek coin, minted around 120 BC, may have marked a moment in time when people in ancient Syria saw Jupiter being blocked out by the moon.