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Woman finds ancient artifact in baby shark

March, 02 2012

The Star

Rare find: Suseela showing the artifact she found inside the baby shark's stomach. A baby shark being prepared for lunch gave a family here a big surprise an ancient artifact believed to be dated long before the Portuguese conquest of Malacca.

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Scientists find 4500 year old temple in Ur in Iraq

March, 02 2012

Azzaman

Iraqi and foreign archaeologists have uncovered a temple at the Sumerian city of Ur, which dates back to about 2500 B.C., the head of the Antiquities Department says.

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Making a boat fit for a king

March, 02 2012

Al Ahram Weekly

Japanese scientists and archaeologists taking samples from Khufu's second solar boat Analysis of wooden samples taken from Khufu's second solar boat could determine the appropriate methods of restoration, Nevine El Aref reports

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Ancient cave speaks of Hades myth

March, 02 2012

USA Today

Alepotrypa Cave Hades wasn't the happiest place, the Department of Motor Vehicles of the ancient Greek afterlife.

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Ancient Arabic Manuscripts Help Scientists Reconstruct Past Climate

March, 02 2012

Popular Archaeology

Writings from the Islamic Golden Age in 9th or 10th century Iraq revealed unusual weather patterns, say researchers.

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Ancient Maya Exhibition Explores 2012 End of World Prediction

March, 02 2012

Popular Archaeology

Mayanists help the public get the facts straight on the December 2012 "end of the world" prophecy through a major exhibition about discoveries at Copan in Honduras.

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Neanderthals were ancient mariners

March, 02 2012

New Scientist

IT LOOKS like Neanderthals may have beaten modern humans to the seas. Growing evidence suggests our extinct cousins criss crossed the Mediterranean in boats from 100,000 years ago though not everyone is convinced they weren't just good swimmers.

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Doubts about the Jesus Discovery

March, 02 2012

MSNBC

Documentary filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici, co author of the new book "The Jesus Discovery," discusses how a robotic arm was used to make archaeological discoveries during a New York news conference Now that the word about "the Jesus Discovery" is out in the open, outside experts are weighing in and many of them look upon the robotic exploration of a 1st century Jerusalem tomb as a technological tour de force resulting in an archaeological faux pas.

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Initial Genetic Analysis Reveals Iceman Otzi Predisposed to Cardiovascular Disease

March, 02 2012

Science Daily

New reconstruction of the Iceman as presented in the South Tyrolean Archaeology Museum showing the Iceman with brown eyes based on the genetic analysis. (Credit: © South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, Photo Ochsenreiter) In a paper appearing in Nature Communications, researchers report new findings about physiognomy, ethnic origin and predisposition towards illness of the world's oldest glacier mummy.

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Mythic Warrior Is Captive in Global Art Conflict

March, 02 2012

New York Times

The pedestal and feet belonging to a disputed thousand-year-old statue, currently held by Sotheby's, in Cambodia. Cambodia has asked the United States government for help in recovering a thousand year old statue of a mythic warrior that sits in limbo at Sotheby's in New York and that some experts believe was looted amid the convulsions of the Vietnam War and the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge.