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Rankin House excavation unearths historic artifacts

May, 22 2010

Maysville Online

An archeological dig is under way at the historic Rankin House near Ripley, Ohio. Jeff Dilyard is shown working near the site on the west side of the property. Old nails, pieces of dishes, pottery, bones, brick fragments and a "projectile point" thought to be either a knife blade or spear point are among the items recovered at an excavation site beside the Rankin House in Ripley.

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Stirling Castle knight revealed as English nobleman

May, 22 2010

BBC

The skeleton of the knight was discovered during refurbishment work A skeleton discovered at Stirling Castle may have been an English knight who died in the 14th Century. Sir John de Stricheley died in 1341, when the English held the castle.

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Americas architectural heritage: Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

May, 21 2010

The Examiner

The people of Chaco Canyon built things that look like roads that radiate outward from the canyon. The Anasazi Road System

When high resolution satellite photographs became readily available to archaeologists in the late 20th century, they noticed lines in the terrain, radiating outward from Chaco Canyon. Using the photos, the archaeologists went on site to determine the source of the lines.

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Pioneering archaeological project provides hope for preserving West Bank heritage

May, 21 2010

AlphaGalileo

A final year archaeology student at the University of Leicester is developing a pioneering project in the Palestinian West Bank that will train young archaeologists from the region during the summer months.

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Where the ancients studied the moon and stars

May, 21 2010

CNN International

Kokino Macedonia is the youngest ancient country in the world and is full of relics of times past.

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George Washingtons library book returned 221 years late

May, 21 2010

Reuters

A library book borrowed by the first U.S. president, George Washington, has been returned to a New York City's oldest library, 221 years late.

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Archeological team of the Xian Warriors win top Spanish prize

May, 21 2010

AFP

A picture taken in 2007 shows the buried terracotta warriors in the northern Chinese city of Xian The archeological team behind China's terracotta Xian Warriors was Wednesday awarded Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias prize for scientific and technical research.

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Archaeologists are scrambling as accelerated erosion sweeps away artifacts on Alaska

May, 21 2010

Anchorage Press

Scientists from the University of Colorado took photographs of the boat while on a geography expedition of Alaska's Arctic shoreline. The scientists weren't looking for artifacts of twentieth century whaling crews. They were geographers doing a simple but high tech and detailed GPS survey of the coast. They were gathering data that could be added to climate change computer models or used to help with coastline construction in the Arctic.

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Pagan altar unearthed at Ashkelon hospital construction site

May, 21 2010

Haaretz

Ancient pagan altar discovered during excavations at Barzilai hospital in Ashkelon in May 2010 Archeologists say discovery proves hotly contested cemetery at site slated for hospital ER is pagan, not Jewish.

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Mysteries abound the city of bones in Jordan

May, 21 2010

Middle East North Africa Financial Network

Bab edh Dhra EB mudbrick wall, view to NW A little over an hour's drive south of the sprawling resorts on the Dead Sea lies one of the great puzzles of archaeology, a city of bones.