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Thursday, August 5
August 5, 2010

A wreck in Maryland’s Patuxent River could be the USS Scorpion, which fought the British during the War of 1812 as part of the Chesapeake Flotilla. When the flotilla was trapped on the Patuxent, Commodore Joshua Barney destroyed his ships to keep them from falling into British hands. The path to Washington, D.C., however, was […]

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Wednesday, August 4
August 4, 2010

A tunnel flanked by chambers has been found in Mexico, beneath the central ceremonial area of the city of Teotihuacan. “There is a high possibility that in this place, in the central chamber, we can find the remains of those who ruled Teotihuacan,” said archaeologist Sergio Gomez. A local man discovered a cave containing petroglyphs […]

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