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News From Wednesday, June 30, 2010
11:28:31 PM Secret Unfinished Tomb Discovered: 3300 years-old Anciet Eygptian Tomb
Post Chronicle - USA

Chief archaeologist Zahi Hawass sid it took three years to excavate the tunnel. The tunnel was in Pharaoh Seti I's ornate tomb. It is a 570-foot long tunnel ... [more]

9:44:19 PM Countrywide program to preserve archaeological sites
Daily News - Columbo,Sri Lanka

The National Heritage and Cultural Affairs Ministry and Archaeological Department will launch a wide conservation program to protect numerous archaeological ... [more]

8:27:04 PM Archaeological search team back at Old Wadena
Review Messenger - Sebeka,MN,USA

The University of Minnesota archaeology field school has been working on the Little Round Hill in Old Wadena Park since June 14. ... [more]

7:05:58 PM MTSU profs to help preserve archeological sites damaged by May floods
The Daily News Journal

A statement co-written by Peres and Aaron Deter-Wolf of the Tennessee Division of Archaeology said, “The investigators will examine all sites to document ... [more]

7:05:05 PM 'Digging' King Tut at Bemis
Highlands Ranch Herald - Highlands Ranch,CO,USA

By Sonya Ellingboe Through Dr. William Petty's archival film footage and recorded voices, you will join the legendary archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922 as ... [more]

6:00:49 PM Future of Gypsy Copper Mine site uncertain
Eastern Washington Statesmen Examiner - Eastern Washington,WA,USA

This Thursday, US Forest Service District Archaeologist Carl Burdick will be in a bit of a historian's dilemma. On July 1, the USFS will clamp down a metal ... [more]

4:59:39 PM Did Somebody Rob King Tut's Tomb to Hide His Micro-Penis?
Queerty - New York,NY,USA

Naturally Egypt doesn't look kindly on such claims of emasculation; chief archaeologist Zahi Hawass says Tut was hung. [Time] [more]

4:47:04 PM Unusual 17th-century Dutch horse burial site found
The Associated Press

The archaeological team had been looking for evidence of prehistoric human settlements in the area when they came across the unexpected find. ... [more]

4:03:26 PM No secret Burial at end of Seti I Tunnel
Independent

After more than 40 years, archaeologists have finally reached the end of the tunnel discovered in the tomb of Seti I. After more than 40 years ... [more]

2:04:57 PM BLM seeking nominations for advisory council
St. George Daily Spectrum - St. George,UT,USA

The position is for representatives of nationally or regionally recognized environmental organizations, archaeological and historical organizations, .... [more]

2:04:12 PM Armenia's Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography expects new
Public Radio of Armenia

Public Radio of Armenia Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences Pavel Avetisyan and Professor of the California ... [more]

1:17:46 PM UK archaeological consultation
Divernet - UK

Divers are invited to participate in a survey on the future of maritime archaeological services in British waters. English Heritage has created the online ... [more]

12:25:29 PM Archaeologists begin dig on buried stone circle TEN times bigger than
Daily Mail - UK - UK

Daily Mail By Daily Mail Reporter Archaeologists have begun a major dig to unearth the hidden mysteries of a buried ancient stone circle site that is ten times bigger ... [more]

11:05:07 AM French folly?
BBC News - E,UK

Archaeologists had often wondered why they found traces of two separate kilns at construction sites. Experience at Guedelon showed that, in a day's work, ... [more]

10:51:27 AM Egypt finds evidence of unfinished ancient tomb
The Associated Press

Egyptian chief archaeologist Zahi Hawass said it has taken three years to excavate the 570-foot (174 meter) long tunnel in Pharaoh Seti I's ornate tomb in ... [more]

9:11:08 AM Egypt finds unfinished secret tomb inside grave
The Associated Press

Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said in Wednesday's statement that the unfinished tunnel may have been an attempt by the pharoah to build a secret .... [more]

7:15:10 AM Diver "Vanishes" in Portal to Maya Underworld
National Geographic

Principal Investigator Lisa Lucero says the major goal is to look for archaeological remains underwater. SOUNDBITE: Lisa Lucero, Archaeologist, .... [more]

6:02:06 AM Website maps Welsh archaeological finds
WalesOnline - United Kingdom

ARCHAEOLOGICAL finds from across Wales can now be explored at the touch of a button, thanks to a new online database being launched tomorrow. ... [more]

2:22:41 AM Digging up dirt on city's past
Tasmania Mercury - Hobar,Tasmania,Australia

ARCHAEOLOGISTS are uncovering centuries-old secrets from Hobart's history one tiny fragment at a time, with some surprising results. ... [more]

12:46:00 AM 'Galactic archaeologists' find origin of Milky Way's ancient stars
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA

Lead author Andrew Cooper, from Durham University's Institute for Computational Cosmology, said: "Effectively we became galactic archaeologists, hunting out ... [more]



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