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Wednesday, April 7
April 7, 2010

A two-day conference begins in Cairo today. Antiquities officials from various countries will discuss “the protection and restitution of cultural heritage,” according to Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities.  The BBC also has an article on the conference. The name of the Roman emperor Octavian Augustus has been found inscribed in a cartouche on a victory stele […]

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Tuesday, April 6
April 6, 2010

A Buddhist shrine has been built by the army in the former capital of the mostly Hindu Tamil Tigers, one year after their rebellion was defeated in Sri Lanka. The army claims the shrine sits on an ancient Buddhist site. An unidentified Tamil historian says that “Archaeology has always been political in Sri Lanka.”   American […]

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