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Battle-Scarred King Buried In Odd Grave, Archaeologists Say

Posted 05.24.2013 | Science
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By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 05/23/2013 07:05 PM EDT on LiveScience The body of King Richard III was buried in great...

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Danish Teen Makes Incredible Viking Find

AP | Posted 05.16.2013 | World
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Danish museum officials say that an archaeological dig last year has revealed 365 items from the Viking era, including 60 rare ...

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LOOK: Mysterious Hebrew Stone Unveiled

AP | DANIEL ESTRIN | Posted 04.30.2013 | Religion
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JERUSALEM -- An ancient limestone tablet covered with a mysterious Hebrew text that features the archangel Gabriel is at the center of a new exhibit i...

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LOOK: Lost Sunken City Revealed

Posted 05.01.2013 | World
Read More: Video, Sunken City, Ancient Egypt, Archeology Photos, Sunken City Found, Thonis Photos, Heracleion Thonis, Heracleion, Heracleion Photos, Archeology, World News

It is a city shrouded in myth, swallowed by the Mediterranean Sea and buried in sand and mud for more than 1,200 years. But now archeologists are unea...

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Archeologists Make Gruesome Discovery At Peru's Main Sports Center

AP | CARLA SALAZAR | Posted 02.27.2013 | World
Read More: Huaca Tupac Amaru B Site Archeology, Huaca Tupac Amaru B Site, Peru, Peru Skeletons, Peru Archeology, Unearthed, Archeology, World News

LIMA, Peru -- Archaeologists studying a small site at Peru's main sports center have dug up eight skeletons dating from at least 700 years ago and thr...

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Archeologist Make Incredible Discovery In Luxor

The Huffington Post | Carlo Davis | Posted 02.21.2013 | World
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A team of Belgian archeologists has made a startling discovery in the Egyptian city of Luxor. Egypt's Minister of Antiquities Mohammed Ibrahim announc...

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Archeologists Discover Ancient Temple

Agence France Presse | | Posted 04.15.2013 | World
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Peruvian archeologists have discovered a temple believed to be about 5,000 years old at the ancient El Paraiso archeological site in a valley just nor...

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Google Celebrates Mary Leakey's 100th Birthday

The Huffington Post | Alexis Kleinman | Posted 02.06.2013 | Technology
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Google is honoring archeologist and anthropologist Mary Leakey's 100th birthday with a doodle. Born Mary Nicol on February 6th 1913 in London, Mary...

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Ancient Fortress Yields Two Hoards Of Buried Treasure

Posted 01.11.2013 | Science
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By: Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor Published: 01/10/2013 10:14 AM EST on LiveScience Residents of a town under siege by the Roman army about 2...

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Huge Ancient Shipwreck Yields Its Secrets

Posted 01.08.2013 | Science
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By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 01/05/2013 02:28 PM EST on LiveScience SEATTLE — A dive to the undersea cliff where a ...

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'The Biggest Find In Rome Since The Forum Was Uncovered'

Posted 12.27.2012 | Arts
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On Wednesday, archeologists revealed the remains of an ancient arts center underneath Rome dating back to 123 AD, according to the Guardian. Empe...

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WOW: Ancient Warrior King's Burial Box Is Biggest Ever Found

Posted 12.06.2012 | Science
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By: Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor Published: 12/06/2012 12:47 PM EST on LiveScience The largest ancient Egyptian sarcophagus has been identif...

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Stonehenge Study Sheds New Light On Ancient Mystery

Posted 11.30.2012 | Science
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By: Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 11/30/2012 02:25 PM EST on LiveScience Ancient people probably assembled the massive sandstone h...

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New Look Inside Warrior's Tomb Reveals Mystery Amputation

Posted 11.26.2012 | Science
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By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 11/21/2012 04:03 PM EST on LiveScience A noble-but-brutal Renaissance warrior who fell ...

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Climate Change Thwarted Maya Comeback?

Posted 11.10.2012 | Science
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By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 11/08/2012 02:03 PM EST on LiveScience Much has been made of the so-called 2012 Mayan a...

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WATCH: Murder Mystery Unearthed At Bottom Of Ancient Well

Posted 11.09.2012 | Science
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By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 11/08/2012 02:44 PM EST on LiveScience More than 8,000 years ago, a 19-year-old woman a...

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New Archaeological Dig Planned For Ancient City

Posted 10.18.2012 | Science
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By: Live Science Staff Published: 10/18/2012 10:19 AM EDT on LiveScience Armed with shovels, trowels and new biotechnology tools, archaeologists...

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The Prehistoric Origins of Sex

John A. Long | Posted 12.15.2012 | Science
Read More: Evolutionary Change Sex, Copulation Fish, Human Sexuality, Death Evolution, Placoderms, Fish Evolution Sex, Sex Evolution, Evolution, Archeology, Science News
John A. Long

All life depends upon sex to survive. Straining down my microscope, I experienced one of the most sublime eureka moments of my career. Our discovery had just defined the oldest known act of sexual intimacy.

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Scientists Pinpoint Site Where Caesar Was Stabbed

The Huffington Post | Jacqueline Howard | Posted 10.15.2012 | Science
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Archeologists from the Spanish National Research Council believe they have found the precise spot where Julius Caesar was stabbed in Rome--and what th...

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WATCH: 14 Centuries Later, Lady Snake Lord Emerges

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 10.05.2012 | World
Read More: Video, Mayan Prophecy, Lady Snake Lord, David Freidel, Lady Ka'bel, Guatemala, Unearthed, Mayans, Archeology, Archeological Dig, World News, World News

All hail Lady Snake Lord -- at least what's left of her. Archeologists believe they have discovered the tomb of the great Mayan warrior queen in Guate...

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Drought Reveals River's Bloody Past

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 09.17.2012 | World
Read More: Drought, Jews, Vistula River, Artifacts, Holocaust, Poland, Archeologists, Archeology, Sunken Treasure, Global Warming, Sweden, Warsaw, World News

While record drought is usually not a good thing, it's been a boon to archeologists in Poland. The Vistula River, which flows through Warsaw, has r...

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Israeli Archeologists Find Rare Stone Age Figures

AP | Posted 10.29.2012 | World
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JERUSALEM — Israel's Antiquities Authority says archeologists have unearthed two 9,500-year-old figurines near Jerusalem that help shed light on...

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How An Ancient Stone Seal May Point To Samson’s Famous Lion Fight

Kevin Belmonte | Posted 10.16.2012 | Religion
Read More: Scripture Study, Israel, Biblical Archeology, Christianity, Bible, Archeology, Judaism, Book of Judges, Samson, Slideexpand, Religion News
Kevin Belmonte

It's such a small relic -- yet it may say so much. Thoughts of things like miracles may seem far removed from our daily existence. But this ancient seal might bring the story of one miracle closer.

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Treasure Hunter Plans Search For Pirate Booty On Desert Island

Posted 08.14.2012 | World
Read More: Video, Cocos Island, Peru, Costa Rica, Spanish Treasure, Buried Treasure, Lima, Pirates, Unearthed, Archeology, World News

A British archeologist says he plans to lead an expedition to a deserted "treasure island" in the Pacific believed to hold more than $200 million in g...

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U.S. Returns Stolen Treasure To Peru

Reuters | Posted 09.11.2012 | World
Read More: Artifacts, Peru, Peruvian-Artifacts, Cusco, Art Theft, Unearthed, Chimu, Archeology, Inca, Incan, Chimu Inca, Pre-Incan, Video, Incan Civilization, Reuters, Looting, World News

WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities returned 14 stolen and looted paintings and artifacts to Peru on Thursday, including four archaeolo...

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