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Another cache unearthed in National Museum

Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed another cache near the Western gate of the National Museum in Cairo, Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said yesterday.Zahi Hawass, the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that the cache contained

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Medieval finds at university dig

The remains of an 11th Century dog were found during the dig

Roman pottery, medieval remains and 11th Century dog bones have been found at the heart of Cambridge University during an archaeological dig.

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Archaeologists dive deep into the lost world of the Maya

By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
CARA BLANCA, Belize — Machete chops echo and leaves rustle underfoot when the vines clear, revealing cobalt-blue water in a cliff-sided pool.
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Computer reveals stone tablet 'handwriting' in a flash

B y Ewen Callaway

You might call it "CSI Ancient Greece". A computer technique can tell the difference between ancient inscriptions created by different artisans, a feat that ordinarily consumes years of human scholarship.

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Rare Peek at Riches of Past in Rome

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
<!--NYT_INLINE_IMAGE_POSITION1 --> ROME — For decades now, excavations in the Roman Forum and on the Palatine Hill have yielded grand halls and imperial residences with fanciful frescoes and graceful stucco reliefs.

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Fourth of July in Virginia!

We started our Fourth of July weekend early by going to Jamestown on the 3rd of July. [image error] On May 14, 1604, Jamestown became the home to the first permanent English settlement in America. This statue commemorates John Smith, who lead the colonists.

[image error] On July 30, 1619, the first meeting of a representative government in the Americans took place in Jamestown. This made Jamestown the first Capital of Virginia, to be followed by Williamsburg nearby.

[image error] Digging is still going on in Jamestown, where archaeologists

From John Adams, in a letter to his wife Abigail

[image error] Peacefield, the home of John and Abigail Adams

"Yesterday the greatest question was decided, which ever was debated in America... I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!!!

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What a momentous day in the history of mankind. In celebration of our nation's history, my husband and I are taking two months to travel across the US and visit some of the sites which have played such an important role in shaping this nation. From Roanoke to Jamestown, from Paul Revere's House to Monticello, this has been an incredibly inspiring trip. Although I am not writing about the Revolutionary War (I'm writing about France's Revolution, which required a trip to France and will require an

Via Aurelia: The Roman Empire's Lost Highway

By Joshua Hammer
Photographs by Clay McLachlan

There Oughta Be a LawTerra Cotta Soldiers on the MarchHigh Hopes for a New Kind of GeneCatching a Wave, Powering an Electrical Grid?Photo Contest Grand Prize Winner - In the early morning, fishermen clean their nets by Erhai LakeFrank Baum, the Man Behind the CurtainUp in Arms Over a Co-Ed Plebe SummerThe Ultimate Spy PlaneBuenos Aires: a City's Power and Promise Thornton Wilder's Desert Oasis

Scientist Tries to Connect Migration Dots of Ancient Southwest

By GEORGE JOHNSON
<!--NYT_INLINE_IMAGE_POSITION1 --> CASAS GRANDES, Mexico — From the sky, the Mound of the Cross at Paquimé, a 14th-century ruin in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, looks like a compass rose — the roundish emblem indicating the cardinal directions on a map.

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