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Wednesday, March 4
March 4, 2009

A large Harappan cemetery has been found in India, near Delhi. Scientists will attempt to extract DNA from the bones of the 73 skeletons.   More information on the Harappan village near the cemetery can be found in The Times of India. Two buildings linked to commercial smelting in the third century A.D. were unearthed in […]

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Tuesday, March 3
March 3, 2009

A tomb said to belong to Isisnofret, a granddaughter of Ramses II, has been discovered in Saqqara by a team of Japanese Egyptologists. Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s chief archaeologist, told reporters he thinks the tomb may be older. Will the proposed underwater museum in Alexandria’s harbor be built? “You can’t build an underwater museum in hotel […]

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