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Researcher finds El Nino may have been factor in Magellan's Pacific voyage General Science / Archaeology & Fossils May 15, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet A new paper by North Carolina State University archaeologist Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick shows that Ferdinand Magellan’s historic circumnavigation of the globe was likely influenced in large part by unusual weather conditions – ...

Divers find Caesar bust that may date to 46 B.C. General Science / Archaeology & Fossils May 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| No comments yet (AP) -- Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France's Culture Ministry said Tuesday could be the oldest known.

Archaeologist uses satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico General Science / Archaeology & Fossils May 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Satellite imagery obtained from NASA will help archeologist Bill Middleton peer into the ancient Mexican past. In a novel archeological application, multi- and hyperspectral data will help build the most accurate and most ...