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News From Friday, June 11, 2010
10:03:02 PM From Gaza to the Museum of National Antiquities
ScienceBlogs - USA

But I must admit that I look forward to the day when I no longer have to pass their embassy on my way to my country's main archaeological museum and .... [more]

8:22:04 PM The InfoWorld news quiz
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

Add the age in years of the oldest leather shoe just discovered by archaeologists in Armenia. Slip that onto your feet and hit the dance floor. ... [more]

7:12:22 PM Crown Heights Archaeological Dig to Expose American Cowardice
The L Magazine

In August 1776, American soldiers defended Bedford Pass during the Battle of Brooklyn—that is, before they retreated from advancing English forces. ... [more]

7:06:28 PM Cleopatra rises again at the Franklin Institute
Main Line

Retrieved from ancient sands from both below and above the water, the artifacts are recent finds by Dr. Zahi Hawass, Egypt's most famous archaeologist and ... [more]

4:06:32 PM Creswell Crags exhibition explores 200 years of archaeological excavation
discovery

Further archaeological finds across the site date back between 10000 and 50000 years and include flint and bone tools and carvings, proving that Ice Age ... [more]

2:49:39 PM Tracking the true tale of turkeys
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA

Brooklynne Fothergill, from the University's School of Archaeology and Ancient History, has found that the turkey was not always used as a meat product. ... [more]

1:42:54 PM World's oldest leather shoe discovered in Armenia
Independent

Such a well-preserved artifact from a Middle Eastern archaeological site is unusual because the high content of salts and fungi in the soil, ... [more]

1:03:32 PM Bosnia: Claims for Ancient Pyramids Still Stir Controversy
Balkan Travellers - Sofia,Bulgaria

The 50-year old businessman, author and amateur archaeologist has been trying to convince the world that ancient humans constructed pyramids near the town ... [more]

12:57:27 PM County Watch—Bill; transportation; Betty; Jim
Stark County News

Bill Collins, Toulon Class of 1959, has two PhD degrees, one in archaeology, and he is headed with his team to 3500 BC double mounds, one-third of a mile ... [more]

11:13:52 AM York submits bid for World Heritage status
BBC News - E,UK

"It'll be quite a dogfight to get on there, but York is an outstanding place underpinned by the wonderful, immense depth of archaeological deposits we have ... [more]

10:26:32 AM Penn Museum offers its Cleo connection
Delaware County Daily Times - Primos,PA,USA

By TERRY CONWAY, Special to the Times In November of 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter created history by unearthing the first Egyptian pharaonic ... [more]

9:18:19 AM 40000 Year Old Rock Art Site Depicts Extinct Bird
NEWS JUNKIE POST - Los Angeles,CA,USA

By Ole Ole Olson Editor's Note – As my readers may remember, I wrote an article titled, “40000 Year Old Australian Archaeology Site Reignites Debate On ... [more]

7:20:12 AM Talk on prehistoric tool collection
Hampton Union - Hampton,NH,USA

By Aubry Bracco HAMPTON FALLS — The Hampton Falls Historical Society welcomed a guest speaker, archaeologist Donald Foster, on June 6. ... [more]

6:09:38 AM Looted Archaeological Treasures on Red List
Channel 7 Daily News - Belize City,Belize

We all know about the Jade Head, or the Buena Vista Vase, or the Crystal skull...these are well known treasures of antiquity. But what about all the mayan ... [more]

4:08:46 AM Irish archaeologist leads discovery of world's oldest shoe
Irish Central - NY,NY,UK

A research team, led by an archaeologist from Ireland's University College Cork, has found what is believed to be the world's oldest shoe, in Armenia. .... [more]

2:57:38 AM Graves found at site for overpasses
Lebanon Daily News - Lebanon,PA,USA

A team of archaeologists working for PennDOT has found evidence of at least 25, and as many as 34, graves on North 10th Street behind homes that are slated ... [more]

2:57:37 AM Mexican Archaeologists will Return to Egypt
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

After 5 years of uninterrupted archaeological, restoration and iconographic interpretation work, the Mexican delegation in charge of conservation at the ... [more]

1:37:28 AM Koti Women's College in a shambles
Times of India - India

Despite a court order issued to the state archaeology department three years ago to protect the college, which is incidentally centuries old heritage ... [more]

1:25:04 AM Shoe, over 5000 years old, found
WiredPRNews.com (press release) - Dallas,TX,USA

As reported by the Associated Press (AP), the researchers led by archaeologist Ron Pinhasi of University College Cork in Cork, Ireland, reported the finding ... [more]



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