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Tuesday, April 12
April 12, 2011

A section of retaining wall that protects Vietnam’s Thang Long Royal Citadel has collapsed, flooding the UNESCO World Heritage site with muddy water. The damage was caused by the construction of a new National Assembly House.  Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s Minister of Antiquities, announced that a special police force will be put in place to protect […]

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Monday, April 11
April 11, 2011

A German Dornier 17, thought to be the last known example of the Nazi airplane, has been found intact at the bottom of the English Channel. “It’s one of the most significant aeronautical finds of the century,” said Ian Thirsk of the RAF Museum in London. A team of Australian, New Zealand, and Turkish archaeologists […]

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