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Friday, October 5
October 5, 2012

Police in Thailand working near the border with Cambodia recovered five ancient Khmer statues after pursuing a truck that refused to stop for a search. The statues, which are estimated to be between 1,200 and 2,000 years old, were found in sacks of fertilizer on the truck. The statues were reportedly going to be delivered to […]

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Thursday, October 4
October 4, 2012

Archaeologists believe that the royal tomb of Lady K’abel, a late seventh-century queen, has been discovered in Guatemala in the Classic Maya city of El Perú-Waka’. Lady K’abel was a Maya Holy Snake Lord and a supreme warlord, making her the most powerful person in the kingdom during her lifetime. The tomb was found in […]

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