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Index of Newsbriefs
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Volume 56 Number 2, March/April 2003
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Chinese Chimes and Chariots |
More than 2,000 objects were recently recovered from two Warring States period tombs in central China. |
Earliest Mesoamerican Writing? |
Recently found 2,650-year-old inscribed greenstone plaques and a ceramic cylinder seal at an Olmec site have been touted as the earliest evidence for Mesoamerican writing. |
Viking Portraits in Stone? |
A record of a possible Viking raid has been discovered on the island of Inchmarnock off the west coast of Scotland. |
Napoleonic Update |
Forensic pathologists have confirmed that women were among the thousands of Napoleonic troops discovered in Lithuania. |
Roman Warship Resurfaces |
Italian archaeologists recently raised the only Roman warship ever found from the muddy ancient harbor of San Rossore in Pisa. |
Empire State's Waterways |
A recent sonar survey of the Hudson River is finding that one of the legacies of the river as a transportation artery is shipwrecks. |
Inner Sanctum Discovery |
Archaeologists excavating a temple on the Cycladic island of Kythnos have discovered the temple's shrine. |
Spying on the Ancients |
Images taken by Cold War-era spy satellites are being used to help identify ancient roads dating back to the days when Mesopotamia was the cradle of civilization. |
More Vesuvius Victims |
Recent excavations outside Pompeii's city gates have revealed more grim evidence of Mount Vesuvius' most famous eruption. |
Big Time Fine For Cave Looter |
A federal judge has ordered Oregon resident Jack Lee Harelson to pay $2.5 million for destruction of archaeological resources at Elephant Mountain Cave. |
Vintage Skulls |
The oldest human remains found in the Americas were recently "discovered" in the storeroom of Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology. |
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