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Researchers make noises of pre-Columbian society

June 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Scientists were fascinated by the ghostly find: a human skeleton buried in an Aztec temple with a clay, skull-shaped whistle in each bony hand. But no one blew into the noisemakers for nearly 15 years. ...


Archaeologists find silos and administration center from early Egyptian city

July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | No comments yet

A University of Chicago expedition at Tell Edfu in southern Egypt has unearthed a large administration building and silos that provide fresh clues about the emergence of urban life.