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Wednesday, April 8
April 8, 2009

 Irish police recovered Bronze Age jewelry among other stolen goods from a safe in a Dublin pharmacy. Archaeologists from the National Museum of Ireland say that the gold lunula and two gold sun discs are “highly important.” The bones of 25 ritually sacrificed dogs were discovered in the medieval Hungarian town of Kana. Dogs were […]

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Tuesday, April 7
April 7, 2009

Italian Culture Ministry officials are making a list of landmarks, including a museum of archaeology and art housed in a sixteenth-century castle, that were damaged by the earthquake in L’Aquila. “The historic center of L’Aquila has been devastated,” said Giuseppe Proietti. A 16-year-old boy was killed and other teenager was injured when the roof of […]

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