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X Rays Reveal Secret of Ancient Mayan Dye

July, 31 2010

Fox News

A warrior with Azul Maya on the background. Physicists have used X-rays to determine the atomic structure of Mayan blue dye -- and to create a modern version. Physicists have created a dye that promises to last for a thousand years. The secret to this extraordinary durability? Its formula is based on a Mayan pigment, a brilliant blue color that survives to this day on the walls of their ancient temples.

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USU archaeologists conduct prehistoric research in Wyoming

July, 31 2010

The Statesman

USU field school student Forrest Kranda excavates a lodge foundation while student Peter Yaworsky maps the site with precision instrumentation from USU' s Spatial Data Collection, Analysis and Visualization Lab. Researchers and Students Work in Wyoming's Wind River Range

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New Model Help Archaeologists Make Sense of the Past

July, 31 2010

Forbes

Computer models can now determine how ancient societies looked like One of the biggest issues in the field of archeology is the fact that ancient civilizations did not bother to leave behind a full account of their history.

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Tobacco tins from Lawrence of Arabias army discovered

July, 31 2010

The Telegraph

Two tobacco tins used by Lawrence of Arabia's army have been discovered during an excavation of a campsite used during the 1916 1918 Great Arab Revolt.

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Human Remains Dating to 7th Century Found at Peruvian Fortress

July, 31 2010

Latin American Herald Tribune

Technicians found the remains of 79 human bodies dating back to the 7th century while carrying out restoration work at the Kuelap fortress in northern Peru, the daily Peru.21 reported Thursday.

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Ahead of his time: Carausius was a pirate, a rebel and the first ruler of a unified Britain

July, 31 2010

The Independent

The discovery of a hoard of ancient coins has called attention to a forgotten emperor

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Conversion: Ancient prison went from pagan to sacred Christian site

July, 31 2010

Catholic News Service

A view of the lower level of the ancient Mamertine prison in Rome. Tradition holds that St. Peter was imprisoned here before he was crucified. The prison was built over a natural spring. Prisoners were dumped onto the watery floor from the hole in the ceiling Tradition holds that St. Peter was jailed in Rome's maximum security Mamertine Prison before he was crucified upside down and buried on the hill where St. Peter's Basilica was later built.

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Whale fossil stuck in Egypt customs wrangle

July, 31 2010

BBC

The Basilosaurus Isis skeleton was excavated and reassembled in Michigan Its name in Arabic is Wadi Hitan but it is known as the Valley of the Whales.

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Tatarli tomb chamber returns to Turkey

July, 31 2010

Todays Zaman

The Tatarli tumulus provides the latest example of a Phrygian-style wooden tomb and the only surviving painted wooden tomb-chamber from antiquity, according to the catalog of the exhibit "Tatarli Renklerin Dönü_ü." A quite unusual exhibition bringing together the looted and smuggled remains of a Persian era tomb chamber from near Tatarli is currently on display at the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum at the Yap1 Kredi Cultural Center in 0stanbul's Taksim district.

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Excavation at Bishops Palace in Aberdeenshire ends on high note

July, 31 2010

Aberdeen Press and Journal

WORK: Matthew Burnett, left, and Tim Grundy at the site The last annual archaeological excavation of a mediaeval Bishop's Palace site in Aberdeenshire has ended on a high note after 16 years.