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2008-2012


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Wednesday, October 3
October 3, 2012

Based upon the skull and lower jaw bone, archaeologists from Austria’s Museum of Ancient History say that a grave containing metal-working tools belonged to a Bronze Age woman. It had been thought that such work was performed only by men during this period. “It was normal in those days for a person to be buried […]

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Tuesday, October 2
October 2, 2012

Tests have shown that a black substance found within a bronze pot in a tomb in China’s Shaanxi Province is a portion of dried beef. The beef is approximately 2,000 years old, making it the oldest beef product to have been found in China. Five people were arrested in Nepal after police received a tip […]

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