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Tuesday, July 17
July 17, 2012

The 1,800-year-old tomb of a general and his wife has been excavated in Xiangyang, China. The general is thought to have served under Cao Cao and his son, Cao Pi, during the beginning of the Three Kingdoms period. The two bodies had been placed in wooden coffins, and set within the multi-roomed tomb, along with […]

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Monday, July 16
July 16, 2012

In Mexico City, archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History have discovered the burials of 15 people thought to have been traveling merchants of the Tepanec tribe, which lived in the area 700 years ago. Ceramic flutes, bowls, incense burners, and the remains of a dog that had been buried with a child were […]

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