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5 hrs ago | St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, MO

Longtime archeologist honored at reception

Home << Local << Longtime archeologist honored at reception St. Joseph archaeologist Mike Fisher will tell anyone just how much he's dug the summers of the past 45 years.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

New York Times

Ecosystem in Peru Is Losing a Key Ally

ICA, Peru - A small grove of huarango, the storied Peruvian tree that can live over a millennium, rests like a mirage amid the sand dunes on this city's edge.

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Related Topix: World News, Peru

WHNT-TV Huntsville

US Forest Service excavating remains of Trail of Tears fort; land never plowed or developed

The U.S. Forest Service has begun to uncover the remains of a fort used to temporarily house the migrating Cherokee on the Trail of Tears, more than 170 years ago.

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Lansing State Journal

Ancient world springs alive

Long-hidden art and artifacts from the ancient Mediterranean are on display for the first time in years at the University of Michigan's newly expanded Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

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Crawley Today

Dig in to archaeology

PEOPLE are being invited to have a dig at Crawley as a man who thinks the town's not so famous history still rocks plans to open its first ever archaeology course.

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Related Topix: Anthropology, Science, Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales, United Kingdom,

Sat Nov 07, 2009

WPTZ

Sewer Plant Expansion Reveals Ancient Artifacts 1hr

A sewer plant expansion project has turned up some unlikely things in Hartford -- including artifacts that could be thousands of years old.

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The London News.Net

Bust of Julius Caesar recovered from Rhone River on display at exhibition in France

London, November 7 : A bust of Julius Caesar, recovered from the Rhone riverbed, is now on display as part of an exhibition of artefacts discovered in the bed of the Rhone river over the last 20 years, at a museum in southern France.

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The London News.Net

Missing legs of 900-year-old Buddhist statue found in Cambodian jungle

London, November 7 : An archaeology professor has discovered the missing legs of a 900-year-old Buddhist statue deep in the Cambodian jungle, rewriting history in the process.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology, Travel, Cambodia Travel

Austin American-Statesman

Murder case ends in hung jury

A Travis County murder trial ended in a hung jury Thursday after a defense lawyer argued that his client shot a man in defense of his home, according to lawyers in the case.

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Related Topix: Travis County, TX, Anthropology, Science, Austin Metro, San Marcos, TX, Florence, TX

GroundReport.com

How chocolate is used for healing in the past and present

The beginning of chocolate is the cacao tree, known by ethnobotanists as "theobroma cacao." According to the article, " Introduction: Chocolate's History at a Glance ," chocolate in its raw state grows in a pod like a pea, but on trees 40-60 feet tall.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Chocolate, World News, China, Anthropology, Science, Italy

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Newsday.com

Dig planned for site of proposed NY-Vt. ferry

CHRIS CAROLA Archaeologists digging at proposed NY-Vt. ferry site, home to 18th-century military ruins ALBANY, N.Y. - ALBANY, N.Y. a ' A New York archaeological team began work Friday on a state-owned campground at an 18th-century military site where a temporary ferry service is being considered to replace the closed Champlain Bridge, officials ...

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Related Topix: Anthropology, Science, Albany Metro, Albany, NY, New York, Champlain, NY, Crown Point, NY

The Local - Sweden's News in English

Three arrested for Viking treasure theft

Three men, including the board member of an auction house, have been arrested on Gotland in connection with the plunder of hundreds of Viking -era silver artifacts from the Baltic Sea island, Sveriges Radio reports.

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About.com

Finding Bosutswe: Modern Archaeology vs. Indiana Jones

To most of the world, the image of an archaeological dig comes from the movies. You remember: in the first Indiana Jones movie, there's an iconic moment when Indy is standing at the archaeological site in Tanis, peering through a theodolite, with hundreds of Nazi-paid workmen around him.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Elginism

Awaiting the return of the bust of Nefertiti

HAWASS REQUESTS RETURN OF NEFERTITI, EGYPTIAN QUEEN HELD IN BERLIN, GERMANY By Kwame Opoku, Dr.

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News@nature.com

Oldest American artefact unearthed

Archaeologists claim to have found the oldest known artefact in the Americas, a scraper-like tool in an Oregon cave that dates back 14,230 years.

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Related Topix: Anthropology, Science, Oregon, University of Oregon, Cal State Los Angeles

Port Clinton News Herald

Theatre group performing archeological comedy

GENOA -- Forget Indiana Jones. Professor Artie Facts and his archaeological expedition are coming to Genoa Civic Theatre this month in the comedy/mystery, 'Evil Doings at Queen Toot's Tomb.' The play, which is the first in the season's 'Death by Laughter' series, opens Friday.

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WAAY-TV Huntsville

Ga. archaeologist: more clues to de Soto's trail

An archaeologist says excavations in southern Georgia have turned up more artifacts that he believes pinpoint part of the trail of the 16th century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Daily Mail

Fancy an adventure holiday? Post-war Iraq tries to lure more tourists

It has sun, history and a certain air of adventure. But you don't often find Iraq on the list of a holidaymakers' dream destinations.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East, Anthropology, Science, West Yorkshire County, England, United Kingdom,

Examiner.com

King Tut in San Francisco, Cairo, and the Valley of the Kings: Several Egyptian adventure options

Entry sign on King Tut's tomb. Photo by Molly McCahan. It was 87 years ago today when British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the entrance to King Tut's tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Travel, Cairo, Egypt Travel, Egypt Travel, World News, Africa, Egypt, Valley of the Kings, Egypt Travel, Anthropology, Science,

Free Republic

13th Century marble pieces found in Acre

In an excavation conducted in late October, about 100 meters north of the Old City wall of Acre, a unique find was discovered from the Crusader period in the 13th Century; a hoard of 350 marble items that were collected from destroyed buildings.

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