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Friday, September 12
September 12, 2008

Subway excavation in the Greek city of Salonika uncovered more than 1,400 graves spanning 800 years, from the fourth century B.C. to the fourth century A.D. Neolithic people traveled hundreds of miles with their cattle and pigs to attend feasts at Stonehenge. “We are looking at communication networks and rituals that are bringing people from […]

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Thursday, September 11
September 11, 2008

A pregnant woman may have sacrificed and buried in one of two Lambayeque tombs uncovered at the Chotuna Chornancap archaeological site in Lima, Peru. The jawbone of a fetus was found among one woman’s skeleton, three other sacrificed women, and several llamas. “The concept of fertility was well respected, so this could represent a sacrifice […]

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