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. | |
Study: Oil painting predated European art April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 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. | |
Tests reveal first cancer victim in Norway April 27, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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DNA and X-ray tests of two bodies dated back to the year 834 have revealed the first case of cancer in the history of Norway, researchers say. | |
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. | |
Ancient marble staircase found in Rome April 20, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Italian archeologists said an ancient staircase made of marble was uncovered during excavations beneath Rome's Piazza Venezia. | |
Rome to 'paint' Trajan's Column with light March 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Archaeologists want to use light to recreate the brilliant colors once seen on Trajan's Column in Rome. | |
Archaeologists find ancient temple in Iran March 12, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Australian and Iranian archaeologists say they may have found an ancient Elamite temple buried in Iran's Fars province. | |
Boy finds giant shark tooth March 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A 9-year-old Florida boy found a 5-inch-long fossil of an ancient shark tooth buried in the sand on an Egmont Key beach. | |
Age test of Shroud of Turin planned February 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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A British scientist is overseeing new tests on the Shroud of Turin that he says will show it dates to the time of Jesus of Nazareth. | |
British boy spots dinosaur tracks February 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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An 8-year-old boy found a pair of 160-million-year-old dinosaur tracks on the beach near his home in England, it was reported. | |
Prehistoric site found in Yemen February 10, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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French archaeologists say they discovered a site in Yemen that dates to the Paleolithic Age. | |
Experts split on supposed Jesus tomb January 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Archaeologists, biblical scholars and other experts met in Jerusalem this week to discuss a tomb that might be that of Jesus and his family. | |
Dinosaur tracks attract a crowd January 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
More than 100 people gathered in Kane County, Utah, to see fossilized footprints pressed into the sandstone by dinosaurs 185 million years ago. | |
Drought threatens Indian artifacts December 20, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
North Carolina officials warned that taking advantage of the drought to look for American-Indian artifacts on lake bottoms is against the law. | |
Scientist says Hittites began bioterrorism November 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Italian researcher Siro Trevisanato says he believes the ancient Hittite empire was the first to use biological warfare. | |
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