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Archaeologists find graveyard of sunken Roman ships

July, 23 2009

Reuters

Amphorae from a Roman shipwreck are seen on the seabed near the island of Ventotene in a June 19, 2009 file photo. A team of archaeologists using sonar technology to scan the seabed have discovered a "graveyard" of five pristine ancient Roman shipwrecks off the small Italian island of Ventotene.

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1000-Year-Old Cowshed Discovered in Iceland

July, 23 2009

IcelandReview

Icelandic turf farm Archeological research undertaken earlier this summer in Keldudalur in Skagafjördur has brought to light an unusually well-preserved cowshed from the 10th century; the first one to be unearthed in Northern Iceland, archeologist Ragnheidur Traustadóttir told mbl.is.

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Stone inscription on solar eclipse found

July, 22 2009

Tamilan Express

A portion of stone inscription at Periyanayaki Amman temple in Palani which mentions a solar eclipse during 17th century. Archaeologists have found a stone inscription at Periyanayaki Amman temple in Palani dating back to 17th century that mentions a solar eclipse that took place at that time.

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Massachusetts to search for lost Revolutionary War ship

July, 22 2009

The Associated Press

Somewhere along an industrial stretch of river pocked with rotting piers and towering salt piles north of Boston lies the answer to one of the great riddles of the Revolutionary war.

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Ancient humans left evidence from the party that ended 4,000 years ago

July, 22 2009

EurekAlert

Gourd and squash artifacts were recovered from the sunken pit and platform in the Fox Temple at the Buena Vista site in central Peru. MU researchers extract starch grains from gourd and squash artifacts, and learn about ancient feast

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Ancient Silla armor comes to light

July, 22 2009

JoongAng Daily

In a historic discovery, a collection of fifth-century scale armor was unearthed last month in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang. The recent discovery of the armor of Silla Dynasty cavalrymen has provided proof of the existence of these mythical men.

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Stone-age innovation explains ancient population boom

July, 22 2009

New Scientist

Thirty-five thousand years before nanotechnology became a buzzword, a different kind of diminutive innovation transformed India. The advent of stone microblades set the stage for the subcontinent's explosive population growth, new research suggests.

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More on Cleveland uncovering prehistoric American Indian settlement in Huron County

July, 22 2009

The Plain Dealer

Archaeologist and field supervisor Brian Scanlan, seated, takes notes and creates a map of the subsurface "feature" that Larry Gordon is measuring. Features are dark patches of soil that may represent old ditches or trash pits where artifacts may be buried. The maps record the type of soil and other contextual information. The first clue that something unusual lay hidden beneath the old bean field didn't come from digging in the hard-packed dirt. Archaeology is still fundamentally about digging, but that would come later.

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Tiny diamonds on Santa Rosa Island give evidence of cosmic impact

July, 22 2009

EurekAlert

Here are hexagonal nanodiamonds discovered on Santa Rosa Island. Nanosized diamonds found just a few meters below the surface of Santa Rosa Island off the coast of Santa Barbara provide strong evidence of a cosmic impact event in North America approximately 12,900 years ago, according to a new study by scientists. Their hypothesis holds that fragments of a comet struck across North America at that time.