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Friday, September 18
September 18, 2009

Fifty new graves have been discovered at the sixth-century B.C. cemetery known as Arhontiko, in Greece. Two bronze helmets with gold inlay, iron weapons, gold ornaments, statuettes, and pottery were found within the graves. Mokumanamana (Necker) Island is a remote island in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Scientists recently spent 18 days scouring the difficult, rocky […]

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Thursday, September 17
September 17, 2009

U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups has sentenced Jeanne Redd and Jerrica Redd of Blandings, Utah, to probation and fines after they pleaded guilty to ten felonies between them for the illegal trafficking in ancient American Indian artifacts. The “prosecution in this case provides sufficient deterrence,” he said. Three men were arrested in Bulgaria with Roman […]

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