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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:28 pm

Archaeology News

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15 hrs ago | www.myrtlebeachonline.com | Bolide Huntress

Possible burial site halts MB project

Rumors of ancient burials have brought part of Myrtle Beach's plans for a neighborhood update project to a standstill until the truth can be uncovered.

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Related Topix: Marion, SC, Myrtle Beach, SC, Anthropology, Science

hosted 19 hrs ago | The Associated Press | The Associated Press

Ancient Egyptian boat to be excavated, reassembled

Archaeologists will excavate hundreds of fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat entombed in an underground chamber next to Giza's Great Pyramid and try to reassemble the craft, Egyptologists announced Saturday.

The 4,500-year-old vessel is the sister ship of a similar boat removed in pieces from another pit in 1954 and painstakingly reconstructed. Experts believe the boats were meant to ferry the pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid in the afterlife.

Starting Saturday, tourists were allowed to view images of the inside of the second boat pit from a camera inserted through the a hole in the chamber's limestone ceiling. The video image, transmitted onto a small TV monitor at the site, showed layers of crisscrossing beams and planks on the floor of the dark pit.

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Related Topix: Anthropology, Science, Travel, Cairo, Egypt Travel, Egypt Travel, World News

23 hrs ago | US Pharmacist

Cocaine-related Chest Pain

US Pharm. 2008;33 :10-14. Cocaine is one of the most commonly used illicit drugs, and its abuse is a widespread problem in the United States and around the world.

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Related Topix: Anthropology, Science, Chemistry, Beverages, Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Drugs

Fri Jul 18, 2008

National Post

Ancient Pompeii site faces modern threats

Nearly 2,000 years after it was buried and preserved under a volcanic eruption, the ancient Roman town of Pompeii is being steadily worn away by modern woes.

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Related Topix: Travel, Italy Travel, Vesuvius, Italy Travel, Science, Anthropology

Reuters

VIDEO: Modern threats endanger old Pompeii

Jul 18 - Neglect, tourism pressure and environment threaten to destroy one of the world's most famous archaeological sites.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology

WPTZ

Crown Point Dig Wraps Up First Week

Archaeologists are wrapping up the first week of a two-week excavation at an upstate historic site that was considered one of the most strategic military outposts in North America.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology, Vermont

The Phoenix

Joanna Furnace Days celebrate archaeology, history

An educational program will teach children what it takes to be an archaeologist beginning at 9 a.m. July 19.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology, Morgantown, PA

Jordan Times

Archaeological treasure threatened by sweeping urbanisation

Tucked away into the lush hillsides in the north of the Kingdom, Tal Ziraa is quietly becoming one of the most important archaeological sites in the Kingdom.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology

Thu Jul 17, 2008

PR-inside.com

Archaeologists find remains believed to be US soldiers from 1846-48 Mexican-American War

Mexican archaeologists have found the remains of what appear to be four U.S. soldiers who died in 1846 during the Mexican-American war, the government announced on Thursday.

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North County Journal

Archaeological site allegedly destroyed during development

They were Lebanon's first residents, from nearly 1,000 years ago. Now modern officials are determining what to do about the loss of the artifacts that were all that remained to show they were even there.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Science, Anthropology

WPTZ

French Official Tours Crown Point Historical Project

A French government official is touring an archaeology excavation at an upstate NY historic site where his country garrisoned a key military outpost 250 years ago.

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Related Topix: Anthropology, Science, State University of New York System, Albany (State University of New York System), New York

EurekAlert!

Archaeologists trace early irrigation farming in ancient Yemen

In the remote desert highlands of southern Yemen, a team of archaeologists have discovered new evidence of ancient transitions from hunting and herding to irrigation agriculture 5,200 years ago.

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Related Topix: Southern College, Southern College of Optometry, Southern University System, World News, Yemen, Anthropology, Science, Agriculture

KCBS-TV Los Angeles

Archaeologists On Alert For Fake Skulls

While the crystal skull was the main plot device for the latest Indiana Jones Adventure, last week it was discovered the revered pieces of archeology are actually fake.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology, Falmouth, MA, Offbeat

Tue Jul 15, 2008

news.bbc.co.uk | Bolide Huntress

Exploration of underwater forest

Underwater archaeologists are taking to Loch Tay to try to uncover more about a submerged prehistoric woodland.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology

johnhawks.net | Bolide Huntress

Pigment use and symbolic behavior in the Neandertals

Some months ago I was taking some notes about Neandertal pigment use, drawn from a recent article by Marie Soressi and Francesco d'Errico. I got distracted and didn't finish writing them up at the time.

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Related Topix: The College of New Jersey, The College of Wooster, The College of Idaho, The University of Findlay, Anthropology, Science

www2.tbo.com | Bolide Huntress

6,000-Year-Old Knife Unearthed At Safety Harbor Park

It started out as a simple plan to erect a pavilion-like shelter at the Marshall Street Park.

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Related Topix: Safety Harbor, FL

scatoday.net | Bolide Huntress

6th century presses from 'holy wine factory' found near Mount Sinai

Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2008/07/15 - 17:51. 601 CE and Earlier Brewing and Vinting Christianity Middle Eastern Egyptian archaeologists have discovered two wine presses dating to the 6th century which are ...

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology

www.bradenton.com | Bolide Huntress

Divers search spring for signs of prehistoric life

Researchers are digging at a spring near Sarasota, searching for evidence that humans lived there more than 10,000 years ago.

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Related Topix: University of Miami, North Port, FL, Anthropology, Science

www.dailypress.com | Bolide Huntress

Corps wants answers on Factory Point project

The Corps of Engineers is concerned about species and unexploded ordnance. By MATTHEW STURDEVANT 247-7874 July 15, 2008 A 1998 storm breached the spit of land called Factory Point , at the north end of ...

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Related Topix: City University of New York System, City University of Seattle, City College (City University of New York System), The College of New Jersey, The College of Wooster

Mon Jul 14, 2008

www.bnd.com | Bolide Huntress

Construction damages important prehistoric site near Lebanon

There is disagreement over how it happened but not what happened -- about an acre of one of the country's most significant prehistoric sites was destroyed by bulldozing.

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Related Topix: National College of Natural Medicine, National University, National University of Health Sciences, Thomas College, Thomas University, Belleville, IL

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