Michelle Moran's Blog, page 141

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He made history with his music. Now he makes music with the spheres.

Artefacts found at nature reserve

Human remains have been found at the nature reserve

Human remains and Roman artefacts have been unearthed in an Iron Age ditch at a new nature reserve in Cambridgeshire.

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Woman's Skeleton Found at Bottom of Prehistoric Well

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Early "Human" Is Ape After All, Discoverer Decides

Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News

<!--- startbody --> Nearly 15 years ago Russell Ciochon shook our family tree when he announced that a fossil found in a Chinese cave was evidence of a new form of early human.

But that was then.

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Untouched Tomb Uncovered in Bethlehem

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Humans worked the Welsh hills 10,000 years ago

Hunters and farmers were using the Clwydian Hills in North Wales 10,000 years ago, new research has revealed.

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Huge Roman-era cave found by Jericho

The largest cave ever found in Israel has been uncovered near the West Bank city of Jericho etched with Christian symbols, an Israeli archeologist said Sunday.

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Another Conference Photo

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I really cannot say enough about the Historical Novel Society Conference. Here's a photo Margaret George sent me last night (although I don't have the first clue as to why we're all hunched over). I highly, highly recommend anyone who loves history and historical fiction to come to the next conference in 2011!

Italy: Archeological treasures found near Naples

Naples, 16 June (AKI) - Archaeologists have unearthed a number of ancient Roman treasures during excavation outside the southern Italian city of Naples. Twelve ancient statues, columns and fragments bearing inscriptions from what appear to be monuments from the Republican and Imperial periods of ancient Roman history have been uncovered.

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Sea gives up Neanderthal fossil

By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News
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Part of a Neanderthal man's skull has been dredged up from the North Sea, in the first confirmed find of its kind.

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