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Three Year Old Boy Finds $4M Pendant in England

November, 21 2010

CBS News

This gold pendant found by James Hyatt, then 3, and his father, is valued at about $4 million. A young treasure hunter in Britain found something unusual and valuable when trying his metal detector for the first time last year. Three year old James Hyatt was using it when, as he put it, "It went beep beep beep."

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Ancient Roman village discovered in Syon Park around stately home

November, 20 2010

Guardian UK

Skeletons were found buried in ditches at the site but may date from long before the Romans arrived Remains of a Roman road, the village and thousands of artefacts were found at Syon House in Isleworth

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Mediaeval graffiti casts light on everyday workers at nunnery

November, 20 2010

The Local

Historians in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia announced on Tuesday that they have deciphered mysterious 500 year old graffiti left in an old abbey attic. The etchings are likely practice drawings made by handwork apprentices.

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Stonehenge mystery could rest on ball bearings

November, 20 2010

The Independent

Neolithic engineers may have used ball bearings in the construction of Stonehenge, it was claimed today.

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Real Mortimers Hole uncovered by cave survey

November, 20 2010

BBC

The entrance to the official Mortimer's Hole is near Brewhouse Yard Archaeologists in Nottingham say they have uncovered the true site of one of the country's most infamous caves.

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First Americans reached Europe five centuries before Columbus discoveries

November, 20 2010

Guardian UK

Christopher Columbus did not introduce the first native Americans to Europe, according to new research Scientists claim first Americans arrived long before Columbus bumped into an island in the Bahamas in 1492

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Prehispanic Decapitated Ballgame Player Sculpture Discovered by Archaeologists in Mexico

November, 20 2010

Art Daily

The life-size finding took place during research work conducted for the opening to public visit of the ceremonial site in 2012 A Prehispanic sculpture that represents a beheaded ballgame player was discovered by archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) at El Teul Archaeological Zone, in Zacatecas, one of the few Mesoamerican sites continuously occupied for 18 centuries.

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Vikings brought Amerindian to Iceland 1,000 years ago: study

November, 20 2010

Yahoo News

The Oseberg viking ship at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. The first Native American to arrive in Europe may have been a woman brought to Iceland by the Vikings more than 1,000 years ago, a study by Spanish and Icelandic researchers suggests. The first Native American to arrive in Europe may have been a woman brought to Iceland by the Vikings more than 1,000 years ago, a study by Spanish and Icelandic researchers suggests.

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Ancient trumpets played eerie notes

November, 20 2010

Science News

Ancient civilizations in Peru might have played this 3,000-year-old shell trumpet as part of a religious ceremony. New research has reconstructed what the instrument would have sounded like inside the religious site's ceremonial chamber. Scientists analyze tunes from 3,000 year old conch shell instruments for insight into pre Inca civilization

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Chinese Noodle Dinner Buried for 2,500 Years

November, 20 2010

Discovery News

Among food recently found buried in China for 2,500 years were (a and d) noodles and (b and e) cakes that resemble today's Chinese moon cakes. Noodles, moon cakes and other foods dating to 2,500 years ago were recently unearthed in a Chinese cemetery.