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'10,000 B.C.' A Mammoth Letdown
www.redorbit.com - "If you've been anywhere near a television set in the last six weeks, you've seen the ads for Roland Emmerich's "10,000 B.C." -- the woolly mammoths frolicking through ancient cities, the saber-toothed tiger shoving his face so close to the long-haired hero's that the poor, terrified human can smell the monkey on his breath."
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Mon 10th Mar 4:45AM by daniel
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Box Office Guru Preview: Ancient Action Arrives Again
au.rottentomatoes.com - For its third chart-topper of the year, Warner Bros. is going back in time with its ancient adventure 10,000 BC which aims to revitalize a box office on the verge of extinction. Adding to the mix are Disney's family comedy College Road Trip and the Lionsgate actioner The Bank Job. With ticket sales hitting a three-month low last weekend, the marketplace has nowhere to go but up.
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Mon 10th Mar 4:44AM by daniel,
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Egypt building wall along Gaza border
www.news.com.au - EGYPT has started building a concrete wall along its border with the Gaza Strip in a bid to prevent a repetition of a January breach which saw Palestinians flood into Egypt, a security official told AFP.
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Mon 10th Mar 4:43AM by daniel,
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Fifty-four killed in Baghdad blasts
www.news.com.au - AT least 54 people were killed and 123 wounded in a double bomb attack in central Baghdad overnight, a security official said.
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Mon 10th Mar 4:43AM by daniel,
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National Archaeology Week 2008
digitaldigging.blogspot.com - National Archaeology Week is the CBA's flagship event, a national festival of archaeology with numerous events ... which showcase the best of British archaeology and allow everyone to see archaeology in action
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Mon 10th Mar 4:42AM by daniel,
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3,000-Year-Old Tomb Found on Greek Island
news.nationalgeographic.com - Road construction on the western Greek island of Lefkada has uncovered and partially destroyed an important tomb with artifacts dating back more than 3,000 years, officials said on Wednesday.
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Mon 10th Mar 4:01AM by daniel,
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103 views www.asianewsnet.net - Although treasures of Bangladesh National Museum are increasing every year, the authorities have yet to introduce modern security system and technologies to identify originality of the collection.
The return of 42 artefacts from Guimet Museum in Paris has aroused suspicion whether those are fake or real. But the national museum does not have the expertise to quell any such suspicion.
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Skeleton could hold secret to Stonehenge
www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk - A SKELETON, which has been on prominent display in Salisbury Museum for nearly a decade, could hold the secret to Stonehenge's mysterious past and show the site to be an arena of gladiatorial combat, an archaeological expert has claimed.
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Thu 6th Mar 4:54AM by daniel,
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Real or Fake? The Frightening Creatures of '10,000 BC'
www.foxnews.com -
In the film "10,000 BC," which opens March 7, a band of hunters venture on an epic quest, overcoming prehistoric monsters to end up at a land of gods and pyramids.
The fantastic creatures depicted in the movie - from the giant carnivorous birds to saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths - actually once existed.
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60 views arts.guardian.co.uk - It is our greatest monument, on a par with the pyramids. But soon it will be plagued by Tesco juggernauts. Why don't we care about Stonehenge? Jonathan Jones finds out
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Thu 6th Mar 4:50AM by daniel,
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Archaeologists from Kosovo and Macedonia to rub shoulders at Tetovo fortress
www.balkantravellers.com - A joint team of Kosovar and Macedonian archeologists will work on the recovery of a historical fortress in Tetovo, a town east of Macedonia's capital Skopje, populated mainly by ethnic Albanians.
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Thu 6th Mar 4:48AM by daniel,
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Innovative archaeological survey reveals unknown aspects of China's past
www.physorg.com - Although still relatively unknown to the general public, an archaeological method that is being practiced at several locations around the world helps scientists overcome such bias toward large, readily noticeable sites. The method is called a regional settlement pattern survey. It involves walking systematically over a large landscape to find traces of archaeological sites on the surface of the ground. This field procedure can yield a holistic, integrated view of how settlement has shifted in a region over the course of history.
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Wed 5th Mar 5:41AM by daniel,
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Remains of 1,600 year old Roman shopping parade are found in Cirencester
www.mirror.co.uk - Remains of an ancient Roman shopping parade have been dug up in the middle of Cirencester.
The 1,600-year-old site was hidden under the floorboards of the historic Corn Hall in the Gloucestershire town.
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Wed 5th Mar 5:40AM by daniel,
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Hopes rise for burnt Ancient Olympia
grhomeboy.wordpress.com - Work to regenerate the site around Ancient Olympia, charred in last summer’s fires, is virtually complete, Culture Minister Michalis Liapis said yesterday following a tour of the site.
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Wed 5th Mar 5:39AM by daniel,
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Archaeologists from Japan restore Roman tombs
www.dailystar.com.lb - Japanese archaeologists of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon have completed the rehabilitation of Roman tombs in the Ramali region, east of the Southern coastal city of Tyre, Nader Siqlawi, representative of the Lebanese Directorate General of Antiquities, told The Daily Star Tuesday.
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Wed 5th Mar 5:38AM by daniel,
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Evidence of commerce between ancient Israel and China
www.eurekalert.org - Throughout the 12th and 13th centuries - during the time of the Crusades –ceramic vessels reached Acre from: Mediterranean regions, the Levant, Europe, North Africa, and even China – reveals new research, which examined trade of ceramic vessels, conducted at the University of Haifa.
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Wed 5th Mar 5:37AM by daniel,
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Archeologists Find Ancient Cemetery in Egypt
ls.berkeley.edu - The El Hibeh tell - a mound of ancient human architecture, artifacts and debris - is so rich with the remnants of human life in central Egypt that shards of pottery literally crunch under a visitor's feet. Beads, jug handles, and even bits of fabric are visible to the naked eye, making collection and cataloging both an exciting and daunting task.
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Tue 4th Mar 5:31AM by daniel,
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Ancient Olympia ready for flame ceremony
www.msnbc.msn.com - Greece's culture minister on Monday said Ancient Olympia is ready to host a flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing Olympics on March 24, after a project to restore land damaged during deadly wildfires last summer.
Mon 3rd Mar 3:39PM by daniel,
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Greek Police foil sale of precious Roman statue
grhomeboy.wordpress.com - Two men have been arrested in Thessaloniki on suspicion of trying to sell an illegally excavated Roman period statue thought to be of significant archaeological value, police said on Saturday.
Mon 3rd Mar 3:38PM by daniel,
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Innovative archaeological survey reveals unknown aspects of China's past
www.huliq.com - Imagine future archaeologists trying to understand Illinois, California or New York based on a few excavations in each of those states. They might excavate small areas in city centers, since those sites would probably be the first ruins they would come across. Meanwhile, the archaeologists they might fail to notice or study farms, suburbs, shopping malls, canals and airports.
Mon 3rd Mar 3:38PM by daniel,
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