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Seaside Fortress Was a Final Stronghold of Early Islamic Power

September, 17 2011

American Friends of Tel Aviv University

Ancient harbor at Yavneh Yam was used for hostage exchange, says TAU researcher

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Pictish beast intrigues Highland archaeologists

September, 15 2011

BBC

Pictish beast intrigues Highland archaeologists A Pictish symbol stone built into the wall of a Highland farm building has been recorded by archaeologists.

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Huge discoveries in recent excavations in ancient Pisidian city Antioch

September, 15 2011

Todays Zaman

The ruins of a Byzantine mansion belonging to a pontiff and a Roman villa have been unearthed in a recent excavation being carried out in the ancient Pisidian city of Antioch in Yalvac, Isparta.

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Lake Victoria bones likely part of bison kill site in Alexandria

September, 15 2011

Echo Press

Minnesota Historical Society's National Register Archeologist David Mather and Amy Van Surksum studied cut marks found on a bison bone. The marks may have been made by native inhabitants butchering the animals As if the summer sun and breath of breeze roused them once more, the bones crackled softly in the morning light. One could almost glimpse ancient bison rising to their feet, scraping their hooves across the dirt and rotating their mighty heads toward the sky, while their tails flickered rat a tat through the dust.

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Israeli lifeguard rescues sunken treasure

September, 15 2011

CBS News

Israeli lifeguards plunged into the Mediterranean sea this month on an unusual rescue mission: to pull out an ancient ship's anchor.

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Mausoleum of Ottoman conqueror found at Perperikon

September, 15 2011

Sofia Echo

Mausoleum of Ottoman conqueror found at Perperikon Archaeologists working at Bulgaria's ancient sacred site of Perperikon have found a mausoleum, with a sarcophagus inside containing a human skeleton believed to be that of a 14th century Ottoman conqueror, Bulgarian National Radio reported.

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Remains of ancient Greek settlement studied on island off Sozopol

September, 15 2011

Sofia Echo

An archaeological team headed by Dr Kristina Panayotova has found on the island of St Kirik, off the coast of Bulgaria's Black Sea town of Sozopol, remains of the first settlement in the area of Apollonia.

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Ancient Mesopotamian city in need of rescue

September, 15 2011

Popular Archaeology

The remains of Zimri-Lim Palace. Heretiq, Wikimedia Commons Mari, the city of 25,000 tablets and one of the great Bronze Age palaces of Mesopotamia, erodes into dust while it awaits a badly needed rescue.

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New Technique for Dating Silk

September, 15 2011

Science Daily

Strand for strand no fabric can compare to the luxurious feel, luminosity and sheen of pure silk. Since millennia, the Chinese have been unraveling the cocoons of the silk worm (Bombyx mori) and weaving the fibers into sumptuous garments, hangings, carpets, tapestries and even artworks of painted silk.

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Israeli archaeologists unearth Islamic period fortress

September, 15 2011

Xinhua News Agency

Israeli archaeologists announced Tuesday they have discovered the remains of an early Islamic fortress and Roman style bathhouse at a dig along the country's southern Mediterranean coastline.

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