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6 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Ancient Egyptian & Biblical holiday fruitcake recipe with flaxseed meal

Archaeologists report that fruitcake is real old-fashioned, Biblical, and pre-Biblical, dating back to ancient Egypt and Sumeria.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Recipes, Anthropology, Science, Cake, Baked Goods, Dessert, Wisdom Teeth, Health, Honey

11 hrs ago | The New Zealand Herald

Mass cannibalism site discovery

Evidence of mass cannibalism in which even children and unborn babies were on the menu has been uncovered in Germany by archaeologists.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology

17 hrs ago | Earth Times

Archeologists discover signs of 'mass cannibalism' at German site

London/Berlin - Archaeologists have found rare evidence of cannibalism in Europe in the Neolithic period at a site in southern Germany, according to the December edition of the archaeology journal Antiquity.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology, World News, Germany

23 hrs ago | Peninsula Daily News

Rayonier won't allow archaeology dogs on Port Angeles site

The specially trained dogs that will search the waterfront for evidence of bones and other archaeological Native American remains beginning today won't set paw on the abandoned Rayonier Inc.

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Related Topix: Anthropology, Port Angeles, WA, Silverdale, WA

Sat Dec 05, 2009

Buxton Today

A comeback for the Peak's prehistory

A PREHISTORIC skeleton, Old King Coal and the hidden past of the Chatsworth estate a ' all will feature in the annual Derbyshire Archaeology Day on Saturday, January 16.

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Related Topix: Anthropology, Science

Plymouth Evening Herald

Putting flesh on the bones of ancient man

HISTORY enthusiasts who like nothing more than to poke around the ancient arrangements of stones on Cornwall's uplands will be intrigued by a new book of paintings which aims to populate these long-abandoned structures.

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Related Topix: Anthropology, Science, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, World News, United Kingdom, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly County, England,

Kettering Today

Tesco expansion set for go-ahead

An extension to Tesco supermarket in Towcester appears to be inevitable a ' despite the protests of archaeologists a ' after council planners recommended it should go ahead.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Northamptonshire County, England, Anthropology, Science,

Fri Dec 04, 2009

Wired

Controversial Signs of Mass Cannibalism

At a settlement in what is now southern Germany, the menu turned gruesome 7,000 years ago.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology

Town Hall

The War on the Book

"Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then burn the ashes.

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Related Topix: Ray Bradbury, Anthropology, Science, Ashburnham, MA, Opinion

Tehran Times

Cambyses' lost army in Egypt, true or false?

Three Iranian archaeologists have made various comments about a story reported by the Greek historian Herodotus that says Cambyses lost an army in Egypt.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Egypt, Anthropology, Science,

Newkerala.com

ASI to get professional head soon: PM

New Delhi, Dec 2 : The Archaeological Survey of India , which protects and maintains the country's cultural heritage, will either have a historian or an archaeologist as its head soon, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Anthropology, Science, World News, India, Asia, Manmohan Singh,

Thu Dec 03, 2009

The Epoch Times

Hope Remains Ancient Archaeological Site Can Be Saved

A burial ground and archaeological site dating back millennia are at the heart of a long-running saga between a developer and a First Nations community in British Columbia.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology

Buffalo News

Rome unveils ancient luxury complex

Visitors look at new discoveries unveiled in Rome, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Italian officials have unveiled new discoveries in an ancient Roman luxury complex filled with priceless mosaics, elegant porticos and thermal baths.

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Related Topix: Anthropology, Science

Ellesmere Port Standard

Buried tower discovered on Chester's City Walls

SURPRISED workers repairing a section of Chester's ancient city walls have discovered the remains of a well-preserved Roman tower.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology

PanArmenian Network

Project on preservation of Karmir Blur to be submitted by Government in the near future

Early this year, Armenian Government's control service found out that 40 hectares of the territory was covered by construction waste, while 1.5 hectares formed part of the nearest graveyard.

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Related Topix: World News, Armenia, Anthropology, Science

Wed Dec 02, 2009

Archaeology in Europe

Remains of Roman tower discovered during City Walls repair project in Chester

THE well-preserved remains of a Roman tower used by guards patrolling Chester's City Walls has been discovered by archaeologists repairing a section which collapsed near the Eastgate Clock.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology

Crossgates Today

ELHAS meeting report - November 2009

Just under fifty members and guests attended the final meeting of this year's programme to hear an illustrated talk by Martin Lightfoot about the 2006 excavations at Scholes Lodge Farm.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology, Agriculture

Magic City Morning Star

Shifting Historical Perspectives?

Shifting Historical Perspectives? or just plain rewriting history? According to WikiAnswers it was George Santayana who said: Those who do not learn the lessons of history are condemned to repeat them According to Wisdomquotes.com it was Gerda Lerner who said: What we do about history matters.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Anthropology, Science,

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Vail Daily News

2 plead guilty to taking artifacts in SW Colorado

DURANGO, Colorado - A Cortez man and a Canon City woman have pleaded guilty to removing archaeological artifacts from Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in southwest Colorado.

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Related Topix: Durango, CO, Canon City, CO, Science, Anthropology

AndhraNews

1,500-year-old Korean girl reconstructed by scientists

A scientific team has unveiled the restored model of a 1,500-year-old Korean girl, whose body was found two years back.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology

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