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Report from Former US Marine Hints at Whereabouts of Long Lost Peking Man Fossils

March, 28 2012

Scientific American

Replica of one of the Peking Man fossils. Image: Yan Li, via Wikimedia Commons In the 1930s archaeologists working at the site of Zhoukoudian near Beijing recovered an incredible trove of partial skulls and other bones representing some 40 individuals that would eventually be assigned to the early human species Homo erectus.

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Archaeologists reconstruct diet of Nelsons Navy with new chemical analysis of excavated bones

March, 28 2012

EurekAlert

Salt beef, sea biscuits and the occasional weevil the food endured by sailors during the Napoleonic wars is seldom imagined to be appealing.

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Ancient civilizations reveal ways to manage fisheries for sustainability

March, 28 2012

EurekAlert

In the search for sustainability of the ocean's fisheries, solutions can be found in a surprising place: the ancient past.

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Hoard of 30,000 silver Roman coins discovered in Bath

March, 28 2012

Telegraph UK

The largest collection of Roman coins ever unearthed in a single container was found in April 2010 at the edge of a field near a Roman road near Frome, in Somerset Photo: CHRISTOPHER PLEDGER One of the largest hoards of Roman coins discovered in Britain has been uncovered during an archaeological dig in Bath, experts have said.

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Mass grave from Thirty Years War opened

March, 28 2012

The Local

Mass grave from Thirty Years War opened Archaeologists have started unearthing human remains from a mass grave near the German town of Lutzen, a find that dates back to the Thirty Years' War.

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Mystery solved? Turin Shroud linked to Resurrection of Christ

March, 28 2012

Telegraph UK

Black and white: The haunting face is now the most familiar image of the Shroud, representing for many the true face of Jesus The Turin Shroud has baffled scholars through the ages but in his new book, The Sign, Thomas de Wesselow reveals a new theory linking the cloth to the Resurrection.

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Archeologists unearth artifacts at Luke AFB

March, 28 2012

DC Military

U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sandra Welch Archaeologists here recently unearthed an ancient dwelling just one of thousands of artifacts found here that date back as far as 3,000 B.C.

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Six Old Kingdom tombs to be opened at Giza Plateau

March, 28 2012

Ahram Online

tomb of nefer The tomb of King Khufu's granddaughter, along with those of five more Old Kingdom noblemen, is to be opened to the public soon

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Possible New Lead in Peking Man Fossils Mystery

March, 28 2012

New York Times

The memories of a World War II era Marine have renewed hopes of solving one of the greatest archaeological mysteries the whereabouts of the lost Peking Man fossils, South African and Chinese scientists said.

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