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Siberian Fluted Point
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Discovery of a fluted bifacial point at the site of Uptar in northeastern Siberia may
force archaeologists to reconsider the origins of the Clovis point, a hallmark of the
New World Paleoindian tradition. It is the first fluted point to be found in the Old
World.
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Hunting Hazor's Royal Archive
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Discovery of four cuneiform tablets at Hazor has strengthened archaeologist Amnon
Ben-Tor's belief that he may be on the verge of finding the first Bronze Age royal
archive ever to be excavated in Israel.
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Redating Serpent Mound
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New radiocarbon dates suggest that Serpent Mound, a one-quarter-mile-long
earthen effigy of a snake in south-central Ohio, was built as many as 2,000 years
later than previously thought, by people of the Fort Ancient culture
(A.D. 900-1600) rather than those of the Adena culture
(1000-100 B.C.), to whom it had long been
attributed.
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Ekron Identity Confirmed
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An inscription discovered at Tel Miqne, in central Israel, confirms that the site was
ancient Ekron, one of five Iron Age (1200-600 B.C.)
Philistine capitals.
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James Fort Found
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Traces of the first James Fort, built in 1607 by English settlers on what is now
Jamestown Island, Virginia, have been found, dispelling the long-held belief that
the site had eroded into the James River.
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Assyrian Wall-Reliefs for Sale
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Three 2,700-year-old wall-reliefs from the throne-room suite of the Assyrian king
Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh, Iraq, have appeared on the antiquities market,
according to Columbia University art historian John Russell.
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Secret Religion of Slaves
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Five caches of artifacts have been found in a house in the historic district of
Annapolis, providing evidence of the secret religious life of enslaved African
Americans.
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Caesarea Cache
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A cache of 11 Late Roman and early Byzantine (A.D.
324-640) gold ornaments intended to decorate a leather belt or scabbard has
been found under a stone-paved floor in a domestic quarter of Caesarea, Israel.
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Angkor Hotel Dispute
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Construction of a government hotel complex and five privately funded hotels at
Angkor in Cambodia has drawn fire from conservationists who worry that ancient
Khmer temples there will be damaged by a parade of tourists.
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Accessing the Spirit World
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Depictions of two hallucinogenic plants have been identified in 4,000-year-old wall
paintings at rock-shelters throughout the Pecos River region of southwest Texas
and northern Mexico.
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Live Civil War Ammo Found
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A cache of 63 unexploded Civil War-era mortar bombs has been discovered by
sport divers in Mirror Lake, near Calais, Vermont.
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Masada Discoveries
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A decorated reception hall that may have been used to welcome guests at Herod's
palace at Masada, Israel, was discovered this past summer.
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Ancient Ebola Virus?
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The plague of Athens, which wiped out one fourth of the city's population between
430 and 427 B.C., was the earliest known outbreak of
ebola, according to a recent article in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
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Unmarked Gettysburg Grave
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Human remains discovered by a visitor to the Gettysburg National Military Park are
probably those of a Civil War soldier, according to National Park Service
archaeologists.
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Jungle vs. Jars
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Jungle overgrowth is gradually destroying the 2,000-year-old stone containers
dotting the so-called Plain of Jars in northern Laos.
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Field Notes
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Royal Body Part Rediscovered; Skullduggery; Overdue Loans; King William County Finds; Metro Tunnel Moved
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