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Cleopatra's Palace Found (Popularity:  )
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http://www.archaeology.org/9703/newsbriefs/alexandria.html
Obscured by murky water for more than 1,500 years, remains of the ancient capital of the Ptolemies have been found in Egypt's Port of Alexandria, reports Archaeology.
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Ancient Carved 'Faces' Found (Popularity: )
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3197402.stm
From BBC, Italian scientist says he has found a carved stone head that is 200,000 years old.
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Climbers Of Guyana (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.95)
http://www.lianas-of-guyana.org/
This site provides a vegetative key to the families of climber species in central Guyana, South America, particularly the Mabura Hill area. Furthermore, a detailed description of all species found ...
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Ancient Jewellery Found in African Cave (Popularity: )
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http://www.nature.com/nsu/040412/040412-9.html
From Nature, 75,000-year-old beads were found in the Blombos Cave on the southern tip of South Africa.
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HoboSpider.com (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.86)
http://www.hobospider.com/info/index.html
Commercial website describes the Hobo spider (found in the northwestern U.S.) and brown recluse spider (found in the southern U.S.) and their bites. Includes pictures and pest control information.
Category: Science\Biology\Flora and Fauna\Animalia
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Clue Found to Uncover Mystery of Gunpowder Invention (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.82)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-12/10/content_1224110.htm
From Xinhuanet, Chinese archeologists have found alarge ancient saltpeter manufacturing base which they believe was used to manufacture gunpowder over 1,000 years ago.
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Scientists Have Found Oldest Shipwreck in Alaska (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.78)
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/072803/ala_072803ala001001.shtml
From Kenai Peninsula Online, scientists say they have found what they believe to be the wreckage of the Russian sailing vessel Kadiak, which sank in 1860 in shallow waters near ...
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Exotic microorganisms found in deep ice core samples (Popularity: )
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http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast12mar98_1.htm
Life forms found in Antarctic ice include fungi, algae, bacteria, and diatoms. Space Science News article.
Category: Science\Earth Sciences\Quaternary Studies\Ice-Coring Projects
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Tomb Depicting Murals Found in Southwest China (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.74)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-11/13/content_628256.htm
From Xinhuanet, Chinese archaeologists have found colorful murals on walls inside six cliff tombs dating back to the Eastern Han Dynasty, 25-220 C.E.
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Oracle of Dionysus found in Bulgaria? (Popularity: )
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http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100008_24/05/2003_29992
From ekathimerini, Bulgarian archeologists believe they may have found one of the most famous oracles of antiquity, a Thracian temple of Dionysus, in the mountains of southern Bulgaria.
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Sahelanthropus tchadensis (Popularity: )
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http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/toumai.html
Picture and discussion of the fossil cranium TM 266-01-060-1 (Toumaï) found in Chad in 2001. It is estimated to be between six and seven million years old. Until other early ...
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Monk Mummy Found in Mountains (Popularity: )
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http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=6214
From phayul, a mummy of a Tibetan Buddhist monk, believed to be about 500 years old, has been found in India's northern Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh
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Dinosaur Fossils Found in South America (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.62)
http://www.zoomdinosaurs.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/locations/Southam.shtml
List of dinosaurs found in each country of South America, with brief educational fact sheets about some of them.
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Five Mummified Skulls Found in Peru Mail (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.58)
http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?sid=212705&nid=105&template=print
From Guardian Unlimited, Peruvian customs agents opening suspicious packages found five ancient skulls from a pre-Inca culture that someone tried to mail to California
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BBC - Afghan Gold Stash Found Intact (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.38)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3193091.stm
Report on a legendary store of 2,000-year old Afghan treasure, including gold and ancient manuscripts, found intact.
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Remains of Viking Harbor Complex Found (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.38)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3828295,00.html
From the Guardian, Archaeologists in western Norway found the remains of a harbor complex built by the Vikings 1,000 years ago, the first of its kind discovered in the country.
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Earliest New World Writing Found (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.33)
http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/12/09/writing021209
From CBC, symbols carved on stones 2,600 years ago may be the earliest form of writing ever found in the New World.
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1,000-Year-Old Sculpture Found (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.31)
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20031126041305&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0&
From New Inda Press, research team of Kongu Naadu Vellalar Trust has found a 1,000-year-old sculpture at Athanur Amman Temple near Rasipuram, highlighting the importance of trade activities of Tamils.
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'Oldest' Rice Found in South Korea (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.31)
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20031020/rice.html
From Discovery Channel, South Korean archaeologists said Wednesday they had found the world's oldest known domesticated rice, pushing back by thousands of years the recorded origins of Asia's staple food.
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997 A.D. Stone Inscriptions Found in Tamil Nadu (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.31)
http://www.hindu.com/2004/07/04/stories/2004070403761000.htm
From the Hindu, bilingual inscriptions in Tamil `vatteluttu' and Sanskrit in Grantha letters engraved on an outlet stone of a big lake has been found at Madakkulam village near Srivilliputhur, ...
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