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2008-2012


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Thursday, May 10
May 10, 2012

John MacGinnis of Cambridge University was deciphering the text on a 2,800-year-old Assyrian clay tablet from Turkey when he realized that the names of some of the women listed in the text were unique. He thinks the names may represent women prisoners of war who were captured in the Zagros Mountains of western Iran, and […]

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Wednesday, May 9
May 9, 2012

A section of 600-year-old city wall in Nanjing was damaged when a Ferrari was put on top if it for a publicity stunt. Its spinning, screeching wheels left tire marks on the Ming Dynasty walls. The stunt was intended to kick off a Ferrari show marking the Italian car maker’s 20 years in the Chinese car […]

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