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French find puts humans in Europe 200,000 years earlier

December, 19 2009

PhysOrg

A view of the mountains in the Herault Valley. Experts on prehistoric man are rethinking their dates after a find in a southern French valley that suggests our ancestors may have reached Europe 1.57 million years ago: 200,000 earlier than we thought. What provoked the recount was a pile of fossilised bones and teeth uncovered 15 years ago by local man Jean Rouvier in the Herault Valley, Languedoc. Experts on prehistoric man are rethinking their dates after a find in a southern French valley suggested our ancestors may have reached Europe 1.57 million years ago: 200,000 years earlier than we thought.

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The mammoths swan song revised

December, 19 2009

EurekAlert

Woolly mammoths and prehistoric horses grazed on the North American plains for several thousand years longer than hitherto assumed

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Conservation center prepares to excavate temple site

December, 19 2009

Jakarta Post

Digging up the past: Students and residents look at a new archaeological site within the complex of the Indonesian Islamic University (UII) in Yogyakarta on Monday. Workers found old structures, believed to be part of a 9th and 10th century temple, while digging the foundations of the university's new library building last week. Antara Yogyakarta Prehistoric Legacy Conservation Center (BP3) office has started preparing excavation plans for a recently found archeological structure, believed to be part of an ancient temple, in the compound of the Indonesian Islamic University (UII), Yogyakarta.

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Archaeologists find late Roman grave in Budapest

December, 19 2009

Caboodle

Archaeologists unearthed a burial place from the 4th century the last period of Roman rule in the former Pannonia province in NW Budapest, the head of the excavation project told MTI on Monday.

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Viking Weapon Recycling Site Found in England?

December, 19 2009

National Geographic News

An arrowhead and unfinished axhead found at 11th-century metalworking sites presumed to have been used by Vikings in York, U.K. Today's recyclers can now conceivably lay claim to a rich, bloody, brawny heritage, if a new Viking discovery is any indication.

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4,000 year old flowers found at Bronze Age dig

December, 19 2009

BBC

Archaeologists are excited by the flowerhead discovery Proof that pre historic people placed bunches of flowers in the grave when they buried their dead has been found for the first time, experts have said.

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Indian College found?

December, 19 2009

Harvard Gazette

At last, archaeologists believe they have located a foundation trench

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Rising seas clue in sunken world off Orkney

December, 19 2009

BBC

Among the many structures found submerged was this apparent table with four supports A unique discovery of submerged man made structures on the seabed off Orkney could help find solutions to rising sea levels, experts have said.

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First archaeological survey of Paphlagonia published

December, 19 2009

PhysOrg

The Paphlagonian landscape Project Paphlagonia is the first fully published multi period archaeological and historical survey of the little explored region of north central Turkey. Today this region includes the provinces of Cankiri and parts of Karabuk.

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Ancient Book of Mark Found Not So Ancient After All

December, 19 2009

Science Daily

The University of Chicago has found after careful study that what was previously was thought be a very old copy of the Gospel of Mark in its library is a modern fraud. A biblical expert at the University of Chicago, Margaret M. Mitchell, together with experts in micro chemical analysis and medieval bookmaking, has concluded that one of the University Library's most enigmatic possessions is a forgery. The book, a copy of the Gospel of Mark, will remain in the collection as a study document for scholars studying the authenticity of ancient books.