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Wednesday, March 25
March 25, 2009

Ninety human bones that could be the remains of Irish immigrants, who died and disappeared while constructing tracks for the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad in Chester County, Pennsylvania, have been discovered by archaeologists from Immaculata University and the Duffy’s Cut Project. Historians began looking for traces of the 57 men and their camp seven years […]

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Tuesday, March 24
March 24, 2009

A Greek fisherman pulled up a section of a 2,200-year-old bronze horseman in his nets last week. The rider wears ornate breast armor over a short tunic and a sheathed sword. Former Getty Museum curator Marion True has testified for the first time at her Italian trial, in response to testimony given by archaeologist Daniela […]

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