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Book Sale: Council for British Archaeology

www.britarch.ac.uk - Dan Hull of the Council for British Archaeology writes: "We’ve recently decided to put a whole series of our publications out at discounted prices in order to make way for a new set of books coming out shortly. We’re a not-for-profit publisher whose aim is to disseminate the latest archaeological research to as wide an audience as possible, and I was wondering if there was a way in which I could broadcast our set of discounted books via your site?"

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BLM provides land for state archaeology center

www.lcsun-news.com - The state is moving forward with a planned Center for Archaeology after Cultural Affairs Secretary Stuart Ashman signed an agreement to acquire the site from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

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Even more at Karnak

touregypt.net - Even more discoveries at the front of Karnak, on the left in front the first pylon they have found a Ptolemaic bath house.

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The European Association of Archaeologists announces its annual conference

events.um.edu.mt - The European Association of Archaeologists announces its annual conference. 16 - 21 SEPTEMBER 2008, TO BE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, Gateway Building, University of Malta Campus, Msida, Malta.

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Archaeology Versus History: Issues with the Emergence of Ancient Israel

historicalarchaeologyintheancientmediterranean.typepad.com - The emergence of the ancient state of Israel is a scholarly paradox. The historical evidence, the books of Exodus, Joshua, and Judges, states essentially that the Israelites left Egypt, destroyed many cities in Canaan, defeated the Philistines, and created the United Monarchy (David and Solomon) whose great capital was at Jerusalem.

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China's cultural encyclopedia to cover 20,000 ancient works

news.xinhuanet.com - China is publishing a cultural encyclopedia that experts believe will be an unprecedented summary of the country's historic works since the founding of the New China.
The series, "Zhong Hua Da Dian" ("The Great Encyclopedia of China"), had 49 volumes in print with more than 100 million words as of 2007.

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UN vandals spray graffiti on Sahara's prehistoric art

entertainment.timesonline.co.uk - Spectacular prehistoric depictions of animal and human figures created up to 6,000 years ago on Western Saharan rocks have been vandalised by United Nations peacekeepers, The Times has learnt.

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Find may shed light on Roman era

news.bbc.co.uk - A team of archaeologists from the University of Exeter has found a Roman fort dating from the 1st Century AD in fields in Cornwall.

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Is Indiana Jones bad for Archaeology?

www.helium.com - Sometimes, you see an debate topic on Helium that just makes you stop and wonder how on Earth it came up in the first place. 'Is Indiana Jones bad for Archaeology' certainly gave me one of those arresting moments. Is this seriously a problem that's concerning archaeologists at the moment?

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Cave May Hold Secrets to Legend of Ancient Rome

www.nytimes.com - Italian archaeologists have inched closer to unearthing the secrets behind one of Western civilization's most enduring legends.

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Surprise Egypt Tombs Yield Ornate Coffins, Dog Mummies

news.nationalgeographic.com - Four ancient tombs containing well-preserved mummies, ornate painted coffins, and mummified dogs have been unearthed in El Faiyum, an oasis about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Cairo (see map). (See photos of the tomb treasures.)

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"Beautiful" Mummies, Gilded Caskets Found in Egypt

news.nationalgeographic.com - Four ancient tombs containing well-preserved mummies and ornate painted coffins have been unearthed at El Faiyum, an oasis about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Cairo

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Internet Archaeology: creating an Open Access success story

jibsnews.blogspot.com - New JISC Collections agreement makes the current issues of Internet Archaeology free of charge to universities and colleges in the UK

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Archaeologist 'Strikes Gold' With Finds of Ancient Nasca Iron Ore Mine in Peru

newswire.ascribe.org - Cairo - American archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a city dating back to the period of the first farmers 7 000 years ago in Egypt's Fayyum oasis, the supreme council of antiquities said on Tuesday.
"An electromagnetic survey revealed the existence in the Karanis region of a network of walls and roads similar to those constructed during the Greco-Roman period," the council's chief Zahi Hawwas said.

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Bones found as site is cleared

www.oxfordmail.net - Medieval bones were dug up yesterday by contractors working on a major improvement scheme for Oxford's Bonn Square.
Staff from construction firm English Landscapes, hired by the city council to clear and level the site, found skeletal remains from the 14th century burial site.

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Archaeologist 'Strikes Gold' With Finds Of Ancient Nasca Iron Ore Mine In Peru

www.sciencedaily.com - A Purdue University archaeologist discovered an intact ancient iron ore mine in South America that shows how civilizations before the Inca Empire were mining this valuable ore.
"Archaeologists know people in the Old and New worlds have mined minerals for thousands and thousands of years," said Kevin J. Vaughn, an assistant professor of anthropology who studies the Nasca civilization, which existed from A.D. 1 to A.D. 750. "Iron mining in the Old World, specifically in Africa, goes back 40,000 years. And we know the ancient people in Mexico, Central America and North America were mining for various materials. There isn't much evidence for these types of mines.

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Ancient Mass Sacrifice, Riches Discovered in China Tomb

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A 2,500-year-old tomb containing nearly four dozen victims of human sacrifice has been excavated in eastern China, yielding a treasure trove of precious artifacts and new insights into ritual customs during the era of Confucius, archaeologists say.

The tomb was discovered in January 2007 after police caught looters plundering the site in the province of Jiangxi (see map), said Xu Changqing, who heads the excavation team.

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U. of I. librarian launches comprehensive Web database of field guides

www.eurekalert.org -

Journeying to Johannesburg to survey bat colonies? To Kenya to count monkeys? To Tasmania to track devils Down Under? What about Roman ruins in Britain? Snowflakes in North America?

No worries, there’s a field guide for you, in fact, an entire digital database of weird and wacky – but mostly practical – field guides to all matter of, well, matter. And that includes French cheese, “purposeful” knots and English churchyard lichens.

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Video: Parthenon Marbles Battle

news.nationalgeographic.com - The Parthenon is among Greece's greatest national treasures, but important parts of it have been displayed at the British Museum in London for two centuries. Should Greece's ancient marbles be returned to Athens?

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Ancient bones suggest cavemen wore boots

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Footwear , it seems, has been fashionable for rather a long time. Toe bones from a cave in China suggest people were wearing shoes at least 40,000 years ago.

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Ancient porcelain kilns discovered in SW China

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Chinese archaeologists have discovered a large ceramic porcelain kiln site dating back as far as 1,000 years ago in the southwest Sichuan Province.

The Xiba kiln site near an expressway construction site, is on a hillside near Jianyi and Miaotuo villages in Leshan City. It covers a total area of about 300,000 square meters, according to Gao Dalun, the Sichuan Provincial Archaeological Research Institute president.

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