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Spitzer Reveals 'No Organics' Zone Around Pinwheel Galaxy
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- 2 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The Pinwheel galaxy is gussied up in infrared light in a new picture from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.The fluffy-looking galaxy,(Messier 101),is dominated by a mishmash of spiral arms.In Spitzer's new view,infrared light is color coded,the galaxy sport
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Horse Racecourse In Ancient Olympia Discovered After 1600 Years
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- 2 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The site of the ancient hippodrome course in Olympia,where the emperor Nero competed for Olympian laurels,has been discovered.The hippodrome had only been known from written sources.Archaeologists had failed to locate its actual site.Pausanias,a travel>>
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Archaeologists Find 600-Year-Old Chess Piece in Northwest Russia
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- 3 days ago - en.rian.ru
Archaeologists in northwest Russia have discovered a chess piece dating back to the late 14th century, a spokesman for local archaeologists said on Friday.
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50,000 Exhibits 'Missing' From Russian Museums
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- 3 days ago - edition.cnn.com
A sweeping government audit has revealed that up to 50,000 pieces are missing from Russia's museums -- everything from Pre-Revolutionary medals and weapons to precious works of art -- a member of the survey team said Thursday.
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Ancient Sites Being Destroyed By Vandals
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- 4 days ago - lasvegasnow.com
Thousands of Nevada's most historic sites are under attack. They have been around for hundreds of years, but one day of off-roading or partying can turn our history into dust -- everything from ancient petroglyphs on rock walls to the smallest pot shards
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Rare Mummy Found With Strange Artifacts, Tattoo in Peru
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- 4 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Disemboweled and decorated with scarlet paint, metal eye plates, and a tattoo, an exquisitely preserved, thousand-year-old mummy has been discovered in Peru.
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Brightest Star In The Galaxy Has New Competition
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- 7 days ago - sciencedaily.com
A contender for the title of brightest star in our Milky Way galaxy has been unearthed in the dusty metropolis of the galaxy's center.Nicknamed the "Peony nebula star," It blazes with the light of an estimated 3.2 million suns."The Peony nebula star is a
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Archaeoastronomy Pinpoints Equinox, Solstice and Cross Quarter Moments Throughout the Year
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- 11 days ago - archaeoastronomy.com
Archaeoastronomy's goal is to understand how skywatchers of the past fashioned and refined systems for regulating their primitive calendars and for memorializing celestial events,both cyclical and unique.Often they relied on sunlight and shadow plays>>>
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Archaeologists Unearth Buried 'Treasures'
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- 11 days ago - news.google.com
University of South Alabama archaeologist Tara Potts water-screens dirt excavated from land near Old Wetumpka Highway in Wetumpka. Herald Photo/Cory Diaz Insight into the lives of ancestral Creek Indians, and maybe some evidence of nomadic tribes
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Slave Hideout in Mauritius, Nabataean Archaeological Site in Saudi Arabia and Earthen Houses in China Inscribed on UNESCO's Wor
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- 14 days ago - whc.unesco.org
The mountain of Le Morne, a former hideout of runaway slaves in Mauritius, a Nabataean archaeological site in Saudi Arabia and earthen houses in Fujian Province in China have been inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
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ROMAN REMAINS FOUND AT RUTLAND WATER
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- 14 days ago - thisisleicestershire.co.uk
Archaeologists have found a large area possibly used as an animal enclosure during the Iron Age - from about 800BC to the Roman conquest - as well as the foundations for a 3rd century AD circular Roman building.
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Important Archaeological Find in Tarxien
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- 14 days ago - timesofmalta.com
An archaeological discovery described as the most important in 18 years has been made at the site of the Tarxien temples.
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More on Uncovering Stone Circle's Secrets
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- 15 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A major archaeological investigation is getting under way at one of Western Europe's most impressive prehistoric sites.
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DNA Study Traces Human Origins Across the Continents
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- 15 days ago - sciam.com
The latest studies survey swathes of entire genomes and produce maps of human movements across much of the world. They also describe how people's genes have adapted to changes in diet, climate and disease.
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Was Jesus' Resurrection a Sequel?
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- 15 days ago - time.com
When David Jeselsohn, a Swiss-Israeli collector, bought this ancient tablet from a Jordanian antiquities dealer, he was unaware of its significance
 

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