Study: Oil painting predated European art April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Oil-based paint likely was used in Afghanistan up to 800 years before it first appeared in European art, a study of cave paintings has found. | |
Dinosaur skeleton fails to find buyer at Paris auction April 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A rare triceratops skeleton failed to find a buyer at a Christie's auction in Paris Wednesday after the top bid of 490,000 euros (782,000 dollars) fell short of the price sought by the dinosaur's owner. | |
Triceratops set for roaring success at Paris auction April 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Curators, collectors and dinosaur enthusiasts have their eye on a rare skeleton of a triceratops up for auction in Paris on Wednesday, only the second fossil of this size ever to go under the hammer. | |
 No Hobbits in this Shire August 21, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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The skeletal remains found in a cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia, reported in 2004, do not represent a new species as then claimed but are some of the ancestors of modern human pygmies who live on the ... | |
 Unlocking the Maya Code April 04, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Think of Megan O’Neil’s scholarly work as forensic art history. She’s not looking to solve crimes, although she uncovers plenty of murder and mayhem. | |
Scientists say pyramids could be concrete April 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Scientists are taking a new look at Egypt's pyramids to see if some of the blocks could have been made from concrete. | |
 Viking navigation hypothesis under foggy and cloudy skies requires more light February 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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While history portrays the Vikings as skillful masters of the sea, sailing treacherous routes in the northern Atlantic Ocean during the 10th-13th centuries, just how much knowledge, technology and ability they ... | |
 Scientists discover first fossil of a leaf insect February 08, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
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Stick and leaf insects both belong to the insect order “Phamatodea,” or “phasmid” for short, a term which shares the same roots as the word “phantom.” Besides appropriately describing the species’ illusory ... | |
 Scientists discover massive Jurassic marine reptile March 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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University of Alaska Museum of the North earth sciences curator Patrick Druckenmiller spent several weeks last summer working with a Norwegian research team to excavate a large pliosaur specimen in the remote ... | |
 Ancient ape ruled out of man's ancestral line December 07, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Ancient remains, once thought to be a key link in the evolution of mankind, have now been shown to be 400,000 years too young to be a part of man’s family tree. | |
Historic Italian cave may collapse May 01, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Archaeologists are warning a signature Stone Age cavern in southern Italy, called the Paglicci Cave, is in imminent danger of collapse. | |
 Archaeologist Finds Oldest Known Gold Artifacts in the Americas March 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Gold has long been more than a fashion statement, and wearing jewelry and other adornments made of it often connotes prestige. And it did not take long for ancient people to figure that out. | |
 URI analysis of rare textiles from Honduras ruins suggests Mayans produced fine fabrics April 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Very few textiles from the Mayan culture have survived, so the treasure trove of fabrics excavated from a tomb at the Copán ruins in Honduras since the 1990s has generated considerable excitement. | |
Sold to US collector: one three-horned dinosaur skeleton April 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A private US collector has paid close to one million dollars for the rare skeleton of a triceratops, a three-horned vegetarian dinosaur that roamed the Earth 65 million years ago, Christie's auction house said Friday. | |
21st century technology cracks alchemists' secret recipe November 22, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 127 vote(s)
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A 500-year old mystery surrounding the centerpiece of the alchemists' lab kit has been solved by UCL (University College London) and Cardiff University archaeologists. | |
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