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Wednesday, September 21
September 21, 2011

A report from Syria indicates that the ancient city of Apamea has been vandalized and looted. Bellevue House, a mansion for the commander of British troops in North America, was built in Halifax in 1801 and torn down in 1955. “Every member of the Royal Family that come to Halifax … would have visited there,” said […]

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Tuesday, September 20
September 20, 2011

A lakebed in central Sweden has reportedly yielded two skulls that had been mounted on wooden stakes some 8,000 years ago. “As far as we know, this discovery is unique in the world. Nothing has been found like this that is so old,” said archaeologist Fredrik Hallberg. A genetic study conducted by evolutionary biologists from Brown […]

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