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October 21, 2009
World's Oldest Submerged Town Dates Back 5,000 Years
Underwater archaeologists at Pavlopetri. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Nottingham)
Archaeologists surveying the world's oldest submerged town have found ceramics dating back to the Final Neolithic. Their discovery suggests that Pavlopetri, off the southern Laconia coast of Greece, was occupied some 5,000 years ago — at least 1,200 years earlier than originally thought.
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Are Humans Still Evolving? Absolutely, Says A New Analysis Of A Long-term Survey Of Human Health
ScienceDaily — Although advances in medical care have improved standards of living over time, humans aren't entirely sheltered from the forces of natural selection, a new study shows.
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Tooth contains 4,000-year-old mummy's DNA?
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October 20, 2009
Ancient cult of the Viking kings
October 19, 2009
Has the original Labyrinth been found?
A disused stone quarry on the Greek island of Crete which is riddled with an elaborate network of underground tunnels could be the original site of the ancient Labyrinth, the mythical maze that housed the half-bull, half-man Minotaur of Greek legend.
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'Tomb 10A' lets you look history right in the face
There are some things that bring the ancient Egyptians closer to us, and some that make them seem further away. Their religious beliefs, for instance, can be dauntingly arcane. And hieroglyphics, too, are hard to parse. But when Djehutynakht, a governor in Middle Kingdom Egypt, informs us that he has no wish to spend eternity eating his own excrement, I think we can all relate.
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October 15, 2009
Pharaonic-Era Sacred Lake Unearthed in Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) - Archaeologists have unearthed the site of a pharaonic-era sacred lake in a temple to the Egyptian goddess Mut in the ruins of ancient Tanis, the Culture Ministry said on Thursday.
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Technology brings new insights to ancient language
Tablets uncovered at Persepolis in Iran are covered with writing in Aramaic. The archive, being studied at the University of Chicago, provides new insights on the language, which has been written and spoken in the Middle East continuously since ancient times. (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago)
New technologies and academic collaborations are helping scholars at the University of Chicago analyze hundreds of ancient documents in Aramaic, one of the Middle East's oldest continuously...
Archeologists unearth 'lost' mini Roman Coliseum
FUMICINO, Italy (CNN) -- Under a canopy of elegant Italian pines, the foundations of a mini Roman Coliseum are at once unmistakable and exhilarating.
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October 14, 2009
Mosaics tell of Somerset prosperity in Roman times
They were the perfect way to demonstrate wealth and culture in Roman Britain, and a new book on Roman mosaics says a little town in Somerset was probably home to some of the art's best craftsmen.
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