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Monday, October 15, 2012

Zeugma After the Flood

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It wasn't good policy that saved ancient Zeugma. It was a good story. In 2000, the construction of the massive Birecik Dam on the Eup...

Saudi eases access to long-hidden ancient ruins

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AL-HIJR, Saudi Arabia — Fully draped in a black veil, Irish blonde Angela Miskelly stares out in awe as she strolls through Al-Hijr, the ...

Choquequirao: Re-discovering Machu Picchu's 'sacred sister'

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I'm seated cross-legged on a narrow terrace thousands of feet above the raging Apurimac River, the jagged silhouettes of the Peruvian...

Tomb of Mayan snake lord discovered in Guatamala

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Archaeologists say they've discovered what could be the tomb of one of the greatest Mayan rulers, the seventh-century warrior queen L...

Maya watchtowers marked astronomical seasons

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Experts in Mexico say they have determined that the ancient Maya used watchtower-style structures at the temple complex of Chichen Itza t...

Archaeology: Crete, 3500-year-old Minoan building found

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An accidental meeting in 1982 between a well-known Greek archaeologist, Yannis Sakellarakis, and a shepherd from Crete has led to an arch...

Can You Make a Laser from a Black Hole?

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Is there any object more alluringly mysterious in the cosmos than black holes? How about their mirror image, white holes? Put the two tog...
Friday, October 12, 2012

History of the Kingdom of Dahomey

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The History of the Kingdom of Dahomey spans 300 years from 1600 until 1900 with the rise of the Kingdom of Dahomey as a major power on th...

Egiptul redeschide Piramida lui Kefren

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Egiptul a redeschis una din marile sale piramide în încercarea de a relansa industria turistică afectată de protestele de anul trecut, tr...

Large water reservoirs at the dawn of stellar birth

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ESA’s Herschel space observatory has discovered enough water vapour to fill Earth’s oceans more than 2000 times over, in a gas and dust c...