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New finds at Egypt's city of dead
(Feb 22, 2007)
Archaeologists have been unveiling the latest discoveries from
the Saqqara necropolis, or city of the dead, south of Egypt's
capital, Cairo. Two tombs dating from between 3,000 and 4,200
years ago are of a royal scribe and a butler. Another find is
of the sarcophagi of a priest and his female companion from the
12th dynasty (1991-1786 BC).
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more. Source: BBC |
On the origin of the Etruscan civilisation
(Feb 15, 2007)
One of anthropology's most enduring mysteries – the origins
of the ancient Etruscan civilisation – may finally have
been solved, with a study of cattle. This culturally distinct
and technologically advanced civilisation inhabited central Italy
from about the 8th century BC, until it was assimilated into Roman
culture around the end of the 4th century BC.
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more. Source: New Scientist |
Coin shows Cleopatra's ugly truth
(Feb 14, 2007)
Antony and Cleopatra, one of history's most romantic couples,
were not the great beauties that Hollywood would have us believe,
academics have said. A study of a 2,000-year-old silver coin found
the Egyptian queen, famously portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor, had
a pointed chin, thin lips and sharp nose. Her Roman lover, played
by Richard Burton, had bulging eyes, thick neck and a hook nose.
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more. Source: BBC |
Italy mystery of prehistoric hug
(Feb 10, 2007)
Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed two skeletons thought to
be 5,000 to 6,000 years old, locked in an embrace. The pair from
the Neolithic period were discovered outside Mantua, about 40km
(25 miles) south of Verona. The pair, almost certainly a man and
a woman, are thought to have died young as their teeth were mostly
intact, said chief archaeologist Elena Menotti.
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more. Source: BBC |
Stonehenge builders' houses found
(Jan 31, 2007)
A huge ancient settlement used by the people who built Stonehenge
has been found, archaeologists have said. Excavations at Durrington
Walls, near the legendary Salisbury Plain monument, uncovered
remains of ancient houses. People seem to have occupied the sites
seasonally, using them for ritual feasting and funeral ceremonies.
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more. Source: BBC |
Clues found for early Europeans
(Jan 12, 2007)
An archaeological find in Russia has shed light on the migration
of modern humans into Europe. Artefacts uncovered at the Kostenki
site, south of Moscow, suggest modern humans were at this spot
about 45,000 years ago. The first moderns may have entered Europe
through a different route than was previously thought, the international
team reports.
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more. Source: BBC |
Collapse of civilisations linked to monsoon
changes
(Jan 4, 2007)
The downfall of the one of the greatest Chinese dynasties may
have been catalysed by severe changes in climate. The same climate
changes may have simultaneously led to the end of the Maya civilisation
depicted in Mel Gibson's new film Apocalypto. So says Gerald Haug
of the GeoForschungsZentrum in Germany and colleagues, who studied
geological records of monsoons over the past 16,000 years.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
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