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Ancient handle with Hebrew text found in Jerusalem (AP)

Ancient handle with Hebrew text found in Jerusalem

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(AP) -- Archaeologists digging on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives have discovered a nearly 3,000-year-old jar handle bearing ancient Hebrew script, a find significantly older than most inscribed artifacts unearthed ...





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Image of Minotaur labyrinth found

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created Jun 15, 2007 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (80) | comments 0

An ancient image of the mythological Minotaur labyrinth has been found in Bulgaria.


Israeli archaeologists discover ancient quarry (AP)

Israeli archaeologists discover ancient quarry

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created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Israeli archaeologists have uncovered an ancient quarry where they believe King Herod extracted stones for the construction of the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago, the Israel Antiquities Authority said ...


New ancient Egypt temples discovered in Sinai (AP)

New ancient Egypt temples discovered in Sinai

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created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(AP) -- Archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed four new temples amidst the 3,000-year-old remains of an ancient fortified city that could have been used to impress foreign ...


Were Assyrian rulers the forefathers of today's CEOs?

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created Apr 02, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Tel Aviv University archaeologists find ancient Jerusalem may be a model for today's corporations.


King crab family bigger than ever

King crab family bigger than ever

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Sally Hall, a PhD student at the University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) has formally described four new species of king ...


Great Lakes water level sensitive to climate change

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The water level in the Great Lakes has varied by only about two meters during the last century, helping them to play a vital role in the region's shipping, fishing, recreation and power generation industries.


Homer's ancient Ithaca may not be Ithaki

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created Jan 10, 2007 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

The home of Greek king and Homeric warrior Odysseus may be a peninsula of Kefalonia, not Ithaki, as previously thought, British history sleuths said.


Was a 'mistress of the lionesses' a king in ancient Canaan?

Was a 'mistress of the lionesses' a king in ancient Canaan?

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created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0

The legend is that the great rulers of Canaan, the ancient land of Israel, were all men. But a recent dig by Tel Aviv University archaeologists at Tel Beth-Shemesh uncovered possible evidence of a mysterious ...


Pharaoh’s Unusual Feminine Appearance Suggests Two Gene Defects

Pharaoh's Unusual Feminine Appearance Suggests Two Gene Defects

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created May 20, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 2

The feminine features and elongated head of ancient Egypt’s King Akhenaten may be attributed to two genetic defects called aromatose excess syndrome and craniosynostosis, said Yale School of Medicine dermatology ...


Heart disease found in Egyptian mummies

Heart disease found in Egyptian mummies

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hardening of the arteries has been detected in Egyptian mummies, some as old as 3,500 years, suggesting that the factors causing heart attack and stroke are not only modern ones; they afflicted ancient people, ...



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