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Monday, August 8
August 8, 2011

In central Sudan, archaeologists have uncovered what may be the oldest structure in the ancient city of Meroë. It dates to about 900 B.C. “The very earliest Meroë, I suppose, would have been the capital of some sort of local chiefdom or kingdom,” said Krzysztof Grzymski of the Royal Ontario Museum. A 2,000-year-old drainage channel […]

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