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Thursday, October 28
October 28, 2010

Archaeologist Ehud Netzer, age 76, was critically injured in a fall at Herodion, where he has worked for 30 years. Three years ago, he uncovered King Herod’s grave. A tomb has been found in Kuelap fortress, built by the Chachapoyas culture in northern Peru. Inca-style ceramics that may have been imported from Cuzco were also […]

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Wednesday, October 27
October 27, 2010

Police in Lima, Peru, arrested a woman who attempted to send a mummy to France through Bolivia’s postal service. The mummy is thought to be Incan and about 750 years old. Meanwhile, the history department of Brigham Young University received two human skulls via the U.S. Postal Service. “No note at all. It had a […]

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