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Wednesday, January 28
January 28, 2009

A hoard of coins, jewels, and an icon has been discovered in medieval Moscow, among a well, a palisade, and signs of a fire. “These are unique coins. As a matter of fact, these are the earliest Moscow money,” commented archaeologist Alexander Veksler. A skull and bones likely to have belonged to an American Indian […]

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Tuesday, January 27
January 27, 2009

The trial of former Getty Museum curator Marion True and antiquities dealer Robert Hecht has resumed in Rome. A second dock has been uncovered by Egyptian archaeologists at the Karnak temple complex. “In light of the importance of the Karnak temples, which represent the primary home of the god Amun-Ra, the ancient Egyptians built this […]

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