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For August 19, 2008
News
Filthy environment puts off tourists, investors
Dailynews – Gaborone,Botswana
By Olekantse Sennamose TUTUME – Mowana mine Safety Health Environment and Archaeology Manager, Mr George Jack, has warned that a filthy environment can be a …
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Digging up the past
Mayo News – Mayo,Ireland
Regarded as the foremost expert on the archaeology and history of the island, she has written two books and several papers on the archaeology, …
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Isle of Man unearths a prehistoric tragedy
Isle of Man Today – Isle of Man,UK
But following a further study of the artefacts, experts from Lancaster-based Oxford Archaeology North have provisionally revised that chronology by some 500 …
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Student discovers soldier skeleton
The Press Association –
An archaeology student has uncovered the body of an Australian soldier 90 years after he died in battle during the First World War. …
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Cumbria B&B: Local history buzz boosts Cumbria tourism
places2stay – Stirling,Scotland,UK
A series of local history and archaeology events have been created to encourage people to visit Cumbria and stay at one the county’s many fantastic B&Bs. …
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Ibb Tourist Festival hosts large number of visitors
Yemen Observer – Sana’a,Yemen
Al-Hajri confirmed the negligence of the concerned bodies with archaeology. Ibb is the governorate that had hosted two states in ancient Yemeni history but …
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Maimed parts of valuable statues found at Gateway
Times of India – India
I really hope the archaeology experts can help me gauge the period they are from,” he said. The statues are lying at an MPT rest house in Colaba at …
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A journey through Kazakhstan
Kazinform – Astana,Kazakhstan
… 4 this year will focus on the history and culture of Kazakhstan and will include lectures by noted academics and writers on the archaeology, history, …
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Olympic-sized Roman villa discovered in Britain
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Sir Barry Cunliffe, Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology at Oxford University and head of the excavation, said: “It’s a very impressive building, …
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South Korea – Uzbekistan: cooperation prospects – impressive
Journal of Turkish Weekly – Ankara,Turkey
… is assisted by the progress of interaction in the fields of science, archaeology and art not only at the intergovernmental but also at public levels. …
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Blogs
Western Civilization’s Lost Classics
Most of western civilization’s known libraries perished in antiquity. The libraries, like their contents, became legendary, and scholars throughout the centuries have bemoaned the loss of texts and manuscripts that were thought to be …
Biblical Archaeology Review – http://www.bib-arch.org/
1st Bolzano Mummy Congress 2009 – Italy
By pasthorizons
19 – 21st March 2009 Organized in cooperation between EURAC Institute for mummies and the Iceman Bolzano, South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology Bolzano Conference introduction In March 2009, the world’s largest mummy exhibition (previously …
Past Horizons’ Weblog – World… – http://pasthorizons.wordpress.com
News for Week of 10 – 16 August 2008
Entrance to Mayan underworld discovered in the Yucatan Peninsula(details); Marble head of Roman empress found in Turkey(details); Archaeology students unearth First Nation artifacts in British Columbia(details); Largest and oldest Stone …
Archaeology Channel – Audio News… – http://www.archaeologychannel.org
Experimental Archaeology
Experimental archaeology is a branch of archaeological study that replicates or attempts to replicate past processes to understand how the deposits came about.
About.com Archaeology: Most Popular… – http://archaeology.about.com/
Stone Age skeletons uncovered in Istanbul
By pasthorizons
Ancient relics uncovered during ongoing tube tunnel excavations in different neighborhoods of Istanbul continue to shed light on prehistoric periods of the city. Lately unearthed pieces in the Yenikapı district include four graves …
Past Horizons’ Weblog – World… – http://pasthorizons.wordpress.com
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