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Ancient well, and body, found in Cyprus (AP)

Ancient well, and body, found in Cyprus

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(AP) -- Archaeologists have discovered a water well in Cyprus that was built as long as 10,500 years ago, and the skeleton of a young woman at the bottom of it, an official said Wednesday.





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Discovery of oldest human decorations -- thought to be 82,000 years old

Discovery of oldest human decorations -- thought to be 82,000 years old

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created Jun 05, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (29) | comments 0

Archaeologists have discovered shell beads believed to be 82,000 years old – making them the oldest dated human decorations.


Twitter now wants to know "What's happening?"

"What's happening?" Twitter wants to know

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter used to ask "What are you doing?" No longer. The micro-blogging service now wants to know "What's happening?"


Archaeological study of ostrich eggshell beads collected from SDG site

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ostrich eggshell (OES) beads from SDG site reflect primordial art and a kind of symbolic behavior of modern humans. Two different manufacturing pathways are usually used in the manufacture of OES beads in Upper Paleolithic. ...


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Rosetta Stone sues Google over trademark

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created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Rosetta Stone, a language-learning software producer, on Friday filed a federal lawsuit against Google for infringing its trademark through Google's AdWords online advertising program.


Twitter co-founder Biz Stone says Twitter is still looking for ways to make money despite taking the world by storm

Twitter still seeking ways to cash in

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created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Micro-blogging pioneer Twitter is still looking for ways to make money despite taking much of the world by storm, co-founder Biz Stone said.


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Twitter to scrap controversial suggested user list

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Social-media site Twitter plans to scrap its hand-picked list of "suggested users" to follow after controversy erupted over the selection of people on the list, a company executive said Monday.


Twitter is adding location to its globally popular microblogging service

Twitter to show whereabouts of tweeters

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created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Twitter is adding location to its globally popular microblogging service in a move that will let people see where "tweets" are coming from.


Shells from 100,000 years ago may have been earliest jewelry

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created Jun 22, 2006 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ancient beads that may represent the oldest attempt by people at self-decoration have been identified from sites in Algeria and Israel.


'The world's oldest manufactured beads' are older than previously thought

'The world's oldest manufactured beads' are older than previously thought

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created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of archaeologists has uncovered some of the world’s earliest shell ornaments in a limestone cave in Eastern Morocco. The researchers have found 47 examples of Nassarius marine shells, ...


Bronze age necklace unearthed

Bronze age necklace unearthed

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created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 4,000-year-old amber necklace has been discovered at a dig organised by a team of archeologists in Manchester.



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