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Box found in Arctic has no Franklin, Amundsen items

September, 30 2010

CBC News

The Canadian Conservation Institute's examination of this wooden box, which was unearthed early this month in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, found nothing linked to the Arctic expeditions of Sir John Franklin or Ronald Amundsen A box unearthed in a Nunavut community along the Northwest Passage earlier this month contains nothing related to Arctic explorers Sir John Franklin or Ronald Amundsen, government officials have announced.

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Fossil secrets of the da Vinci codex

September, 30 2010

New Scientist

Da Vinci realised people were wrong about the origin of Italy's fossils Did Leonardo decipher traces of ancient life centuries before Darwin?

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Construction Workers Dig Precious Find on Bulgarian Highway

September, 30 2010

Novinite

The fossil of the unknown species of predator fish Workers building the Lyulin highway near Bulgaria's capital Sofia excavated a unique find Wednesday a fish fossil whose age is estimated at 200 million years.

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Historic Cyprus exhibition opens at Smithsonian

September, 30 2010

Cyprus Mail

MORE than 200 artefacts showcasing Cyprus' 11,000 year history went on display in the early hours of yesterday at the famous Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in the US capital.

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Did Australian Aborigines reach America first?

September, 30 2010

Cosmos

Cranial features distinctive of the Australian Aborigines are present on hundreds of skulls that have been uncovered in Central and South America, some dating back to over 11,000 years ago.

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Panama Canal fossils reveal ancient collision of worlds

September, 30 2010

BBC

Mr Rincon has an amazing eye for finding fossils It was the biggest event in our planet's history since the extinction of the dinosaurs.

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Angers Mithraeum: Sanctuary dedicated to Persian god Mithras discovered in France

September, 29 2010

Heritage Key

Excavations executed by INRAP have revealed a Roman urban area and Mithraeum at Angers, France Archaeologists excavating a 9,000 square metre area at Angers, in the Loire District, France, have discovered the remains of the first mithraeum a sanctuary dedicated to the Indo Iranian god Mithras in the west of France.

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The Gold Mask of Tutankhamun and Its Significance

September, 29 2010

Art Museum Journal

Egyptian, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (ca. 1332-1323 B.C.). Gold Mask of Tutankhamun. Gold, lapis lazuli, colored glass, faience, quartz, carnelian, obsidian and feldspar. H. 50.4 cm; W. 39.3 cm. Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV 62). Egyptian Museum, Cairo. British archaeologist Howard Carter uncovered the Gold Mask of Tutankhamun (ca. 1332 1323 B.C.) in 1925.

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Archaeologists on Crete find skeleton covered with gold foil in 2,700 year old grave

September, 29 2010

Canadian Press

Greek archaeologists have found an ancient skeleton covered with gold foil in a grave on the island of Crete, officials said Tuesday.

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The earliest image of kuker found in Perperikon ancient Thracian city

September, 29 2010

Focus News

The earliest image of a kuker (a masked male dancer in Bulgarian tradition) has been found in the ancient Thracian city of Perperikon in southern Bulgaria, archeologist Professor Nikolay Ovcharov told FOCUS News Agency.