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Wednesday, September 29
September 29, 2010

More than 3,000 tiny gold ornaments have been unearthed in a seventh-century B.C. grave on the Greek island of Crete, near the ancient town of Eleutherna. The gold was attached to a shroud that wrapped the body of a woman. “The whole length of the grave was covered with small pieces of gold foil – […]

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Tuesday, September 28
September 28, 2010

An antiquities dealer in Colorado is expected to settle charges against him for digging up graves and looting federal lands. He was busted with 25 others last year in a federal sting operation.  A Utah man snagged in the same federal artifacts sting claims he can’t be prosecuted because the ancient jewelry in his possession came […]

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