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Vampires and Zombies: No mere pop culture trend
Aug 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Vampires and zombies, both of which became a popular phenomenon in Victorian Britain, are all the rage. Temple English Professor Peter Logan believes this is no mere pop culture trend, but ...
Language change can be traced using gigantic text archives
Jun 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Historical collections that include everything ever written in a dozen American and British newspapers since they started are now available electronically. Donald MacQueen from Uppsala University, Sweden, ...
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Fifth century BC objects returned to Greece
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 19, 2009 |
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Greece on Tuesday reclaimed scores of ancient objects dating to the fifth century BC that Belgian, British and German authorities returned, the culture ministry said.
Ancient conflict is 'warning' for 'War in Iraq'
Mar 19, 2008 |
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The consequences of the unlikely defeat of a Roman army over 2,000 years ago have lessons for the 'War in Iraq', according to a new book.
Exporting ponchos to a land 'where the devil lost his poncho'
Aug 14, 2009 |
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University of Leicester researcher reveals history of British textiles trade in South America We may think of ponchos as quintessentially South American, but new research by a University of Leicester historian reveals that ...
Queen Elizabeth awards iPod designer
Jan 03, 2006 |
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has awarded a knighthood to the designer of Apple Computer's iPod.
British press group launches charges for online news
Nov 30, 2009 |
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A British newspaper group started charging for online content on Monday in a groundbreaking experiment which will be closely watched by an industry battling falling advertising revenues.
Father-son team find Roman Briton remains
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 23, 2007 |
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The skeleton of an ancient Roman Briton apparently with some social standing was found by two men who previously unearthed a $2 million Viking treasure.
'Dutch' Batavians more Roman than thought
Oct 23, 2009 |
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The Batavians, who lived in the Netherlands at the start of the Christian era were far more Roman than was previously thought. After just a few decades of Roman occupation, the Batavians had become so integrated that they ...
Visualizing the Aztecs
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Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has visited the ancient ruins of great civilizations can appreciate the difficulty of visualizing the buildings at their peak. Today's visitor to the British Museum can see structures ...
News Corp's Murdoch warns he may block Google
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Global media mogul Rupert Murdoch has accused Google of stealing from his News Corp. empire, and warned he may block the search engine from accessing its content.
Ancestry hunters' bonanza as London records go online
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Some 77 million documents dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries and including the ancestors of David Beckham and Britney Spears are to go online, under a service launched Thursday.
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