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At Iraqi Museum, Google Chief Announces Plan to Put Artifacts Online
Amira Edan, the director of Iraq 's National Museum, says that soon she will no longer have to worry so much that the famous institution remains closed to the public for fear of violence.
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Anglo-Saxon gold trove valued at $5.5 million
A strip of gold bearing a Biblical inscription, part of a hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure named 'The Staffordshire Hoard', is held by a member of museum staff at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in Birmingham, central England September 24, 2009.
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Florida archaeological divers believe they've found Civil War-era steamer off Bayport
Marine archaeologist Billy Morris sets up a pump for the dredge that Florida Public Archaeological Network divers used to explore a wreck off Bayport Park.
About halfway through a dig Tuesday in search of history, the archaeologists at Battery Park in Burlington had unearthed one hand-wrought nail.
Discovery of remains stalls hospital construction
The discovery of more human remains at a Guttenberg hospital construction site has shut the project down temporarily.
Experts to help ID final body from Cleveland home
Authorities in Cleveland have asked a leading anthropologist and a forensic artist to help identify the remains of an 11th woman found inside the home of a suspected serial killer.
British Museum says that massive haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure has been valued at $5.4 million
The British Museum says a massive haul of Anglo-Saxon gold found this summer by an unemployed amateur treasure-hunter has been valued at 3.285 million pounds .
Are Vampires Real? The Science Behind th
From countless depictions of "Dracula" to recent movies like "Twilight" and "New Moon," the vampire has been a staple in books and film.
Colonial-era skull to get military burial
A Colonial-era skull believed to belong to a Revolutionary War soldier is set to be reburied Saturday with military honors.
Native Americans have long history in area
Long before early American colonists in New England sat down with the natives to share a Thanksgiving feast in 1621, tribes of American Indians were enjoying their own feasts on river shores in Eastern North Carolina.
Astronomers Dig Up Relic of the Milky Way's Central Bulge
Like archaeologists who dig through the layers of dirt to unearth crucial pieces of the history of mankind, astronomers have been gazing through the thick layers of interstellar dust obscuring the central bulge of the Milky Way and have unveiled an extraordinary cosmic relic.
Centuries-Old Skull To Be Reburied In Milford
A centuries-old skull suspected to be that of a Revolutionary War soldier who died in Connecticut will be reburied with full military honors.
Indian village being excavated near Nolichucky River in East Tennessee
Archaeologists with the University of Tennessee say it will take another four weeks to finish excavating a woodland Indian village.
What your car colour reveals about you
Automakers conduct all sorts of studies to determine which colours consumers will pick when buying a new car, but, sometimes, according to DuPont, psychology, cultural influences and science also play roles in colour preference.
After sheriff's deputies discovered human bones scattered around private property in Houston County recently, they turned to the Southeast Texas Applied Forensic Science Facility, also commonly referred to as STAFS or "the body farm" for help.
Artifacts shed light on the common Maya
Maya murals found on the Yucatan peninsula, about 1,300 years old, bear images of commoners handling maize, clay vessels, and salt, rather than images of royalty and mystical animals.
Deepak Lal: Caste, gene and history wars
In my July 2002 column and the preface to the revised and abridged version of my 1988 book, The Hindu Equilibrium, I noted the astonishing post-modern turn in Indian history, whose canonical book Imagining India by RB Inden claimed that caste was an invention of the colonial British Raj.
Supervolcano eruption -- in Sumatra -- deforested India 73,000 years ago
A new study provides "incontrovertible evidence" that the volcanic super-eruption of Toba on the island of Sumatra about 73,000 years ago deforested much of central India, some 3,000 miles from the epicenter, researchers report.
Blanding man pleads guilty to making threats in artifacts case
A Blanding man accused of threatening an FBI source who was an informant in an archaeological artifacts bust earlier this year pleaded guilty in federal court Friday.
International gong festival disappoints with pop-style concert that neglects tradition.
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