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Ancient shrine found at Hadrian's Wall fort

A unique religious shrine to a Roman god has been uncovered at a fort along Hadrian's Wall.

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Neanderthals Were Few and Poised for Extinction

By Jeanna Bryner, Senior Writer

Neanderthals are of course extinct. But there never were very many of them, new research concludes.

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Digging deeper: Archaeologists race to show Pompeii daily life

By Giampiero Sposito, Reuters

Mount Vesuvius still looms, quiet for now, over Pompeii. But for the lost Roman city, the drama never really ends.
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Thighbones Were Scepters for Ancient Zapotec Men?

Charles Q. Choi

<!--- startbody --> For men of the ancient Zapotec civilization, ancestral thighbones may have been carried as status symbols.

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Podcasts

Courtesy of blog reader, Matt, here are links to eleven fantastic podcasts about the Henry VIII Exhibition in the tower of London.

Fascinating!

New Cover for THE HERETIC QUEEN

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The Heretic Queen comes out in paperback on September 1, and for the debut, Crown has created a new and improved cover!!!! I hope you like it as much as I do. I think the background is tremendously evocative.

200,000-year-old flint tools found in Syrian desert

A Swiss archeological mission has found pre- historic flints and skeletons dating back 200,000 years in the desert of Palmyra in Syria, local media reported Sunday.

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Untouched Tomb of Aztec King on Verge of Discovery?

Eliza Barclay
for National Geographic News

<!--- startbody --> After nearly 30 years in the field, archaeologist Leonardo López Luján may be on the verge of the discovery of a lifetime: the only known tomb of an Aztec king.

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Stolen Beauty: A Greek Urn's Underworld

Chris Warde-Jones for The New York Times: The Euphronios vase, once the centerpiece of the Metropolitan Museum's ancient-vase collection, at the Villa Giulia in Rome.

By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
<!--NYT_INLINE_IMAGE_POSITION1 --> CERVETERI, Italy — Italy's biggest prize in the war against looting antiquities went on view recently at the Villa Giulia in Rome.

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Copernicus Had Blue Eyes

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