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Golden Bough from Roman mythology found in Italy

February, 18 2010

Telegraph UK

The legend inspired JMW Turner to paint a grand canvas entitled 'Lake Avernus ? The Fates and the Golden Bough', now held by the Tate Collection Italian archaeologists claim to have found a stone enclosure which once protected the legendary "Golden Bough".

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Ancient Jerusalem Waterway Revealed at Jaffa Gate

February, 18 2010

Arutz Sheva

Newly-uncovered ancient waterway The excavations inside the Old City of Jerusalem at Jaffa Gate have turned up yet another fascinating revelation: A water canal, 40 meters long (44 yards) and 1.5 meters (5 feet) high.

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KU researchers come up with a fish story for ancient fossil

February, 18 2010

Kansas City Star

It's a good thing Bonnerichthys didn't really swim at the same time as humans, but rather 100 million years ago. Some 100 million years after swimming the churning sea that is now Kansas, one heck of a big fish has been landed with the help of dinosaur researchers at the University of Kansas.

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More on Giant 1,400 year old wine press discovered in southern Israel

February, 17 2010

Daily Mail

The complex design and size of the press reveals the wine produced was probably for export in Egypt Israeli archaeologists have discovered an unusually shaped 1,400 year old wine press that was exceptionally advanced for its time.

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Malaria Is a Likely Killer in King Tutankhamuns Post Mortem

February, 17 2010

New York Times

The mummified feet of King Tutankhamun in a 2007 photograph. Scientists have now determined that the boy pharaoh most likely died of a severe bout of malaria combined with a degenerative bone condition. King Tutankhamen, the boy pharaoh, was frail and lame and suffered "multiple disorders" when he died at age 19 about 1324 B.C., but scientists have now determined the most likely agents of death: a severe bout of malaria combined with a degenerative bone condition.

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Ghana dig reveals ancient society

February, 17 2010

BBC

The statues may have been used for sacrificial rituals Archaeologists have unearthed dozens of clay figures in Ghana, shedding light on a sophisticated society which existed before the arrival of Islam.

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Prehistoric UFO and ET images found in remote cave in India

February, 17 2010

Rajasthan Times

Prehistoric UFO and ET images found in remote cave in India A group of anthropologists working with hill tribes in a remote area of India have made a startling discovery: Intricate prehistoric cave paintings depicting aliens and UFO type craft.

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Seventh wonder of the world: Charles Newton in Bodrum

February, 17 2010

Todays Zaman

Statue of Mausolus in British Museum Along with Egypt's Giza Pyramids, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (today's Iraq), the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Colossus of Rhodes in Greece, the Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria (Egypt) and the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus was one of the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World."

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Megalithic site found in South Sumatra

February, 17 2010

Jakarta Post

A megalithic settlement has recently been unearthed at Skendal village, 10 kilometers from the town of Pagaralam in South Sumatra.

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1200 years old Arabic inscription found in Jerusalem

February, 17 2010

Jerusalem Post

1200 years old Arabic inscription found in Jerusalem A 1,200 year old inscription in Arabic was discovered in excavations in Jerusalem's old Jewish Quarter, according to a statement released Wednesday by the Israel Antiques Authority.