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Spring equinox sunrise at Loughcrew
16.03.2010 10:24
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The Irish Office of Public Works will have staff in attendance at Cairn T, Loughcrew (Co Meath, Ireland) on the mornings of Saturday the 20th of March, Sunday the 21st...
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Archeology
Ancient tribal meeting ground found in Australia
16.03.2010 08:32
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Australian archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be the world's southernmost site of early human life, a 40,000-year-old tribal meeting ground. The site appears to have been the last...
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Archeology
Prehistoric axes unearthed in Cuba
16.03.2010 08:32
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A new archeological discovery of prehistoric tools in the area surrounding the Cedro Lagoon in the province of Villa Clara (Cuba) is giving rise to new theories of the existence...
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Archeology
'Double burial' practiced for 4,500 years in Mexico
16.03.2010 08:32
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According to the first known evidence of 'double burials,' ancient people in what is now Mexico routinely dug up decomposing bodies and took off their arms, legs, and heads, then...
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Archeology
Kerala's megalithic monuments linked to the Mediterranean?
16.03.2010 08:32
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A wide range of megalithic burials recently discovered in some northern districts of Kerala (India) during a research project have thrown light on possible links between the Mediterranean and Kerala...
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Archeology
Bronze Age sites discovered in Pakistan
16.03.2010 08:32
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The Italian archaeological mission in Pakistan has discovered a large number of Buddhist sites and rock shelters in Kandak and Kota valleys of Barikot in Swat in the North West...
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Archeology
Prehistoric remains block broadband plan in Ireland
16.03.2010 08:32
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A telecommunications mast which would provide Internet broadband access to a scenic area of Kerry (Ireland) would be a 'new alien intrusion' on a very beautiful and almost pristine landscape....
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Archeology
Four Iron Age roundhouses discovered in Scotland
16.03.2010 08:32
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Experts believe they have discovered another Iron Age power centre in Moray (Grampian, Scotland). National Museums of Scotland curator Dr Fraser Hunter said investigations at a field at Burghead have...
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Archeology
Discovery of an Irish ring fort puts roadworks on hold
16.03.2010 08:32
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Thousands of years ago Irish Neolithic men and women were hunting wild game with flint arrows in the hills overlooking what is now Ballymena (Co Antrim, Northern Ireland). Now they're...
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Archeology
Engraved eggs suggest early symbolism
16.03.2010 08:32
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Many researchers think that the capacity for symbolic behaviors - such as art and language - is the hallmark of our species. A team working in South Africa has now...
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Archeology
Neolithic stone circles and alignments discovered in Syria
16.03.2010 08:32
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Dr. Robert Mason, an archaeologist with the Royal Ontario Museum, discovered an ancient landscape of stone circles, stone alignments and what appear to be corbelled roof tombs in Syria. From...
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Archeology
Additional details on recent discoveries made at Stanton Drew
16.03.2010 08:32
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Last January we reported that archaeologists found the outline of a burial mound dated from nearly 1000 years before the stone circles at Stanton Drew (Somerset, England). The discovery has...
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Archeology
Scientists turn migration to the Americas theory on its head
16.03.2010 08:32
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Two U.S. scientists have published a radical new theory about when, where and how humans migrated to the New World, arguing that the peopling of the Americas may have begun...
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Archeology
Irish ring fort may have held Bronze Age sports arena
16.03.2010 08:31
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A mysterious ring fort in Co Tipperary (Ireland) holds 'massive potential for discoveries' according to archaeologists who have carried out the first survey of the site. Their initial findings suggest...
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Archeology
Virtual Stonehenge launched online
16.03.2010 08:31
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Wiltshire is now on the virtual map, as Heritage Key have just unveiled a 3D virtual Stonehenge web experience. Heritage Key is an online community aimed at those with an...
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