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Recently Excavated Headless Skeleton Expands Understanding Of Ancient Andean Rituals
May 29, 2007 — Images of disembodied heads are widespread in the art of Nasca, a culture based in Peru from AD 1 to AD 750. But despite this evidence and large numbers of trophy heads in the region's archaeological ... > full story -
Study Of Protein Folds Offers Insight Into Metabolic Evolution
May 18, 2007 — Researchers have constructed the first global family tree of metabolic protein architecture. Their approach offers a new window on the evolutionary history of ... > full story -
Ancient Wooden Anchor Discovered
May 16, 2007 — The world's oldest wooden anchor was discovered during excavations in the Turkish port city of Urla, the ancient site of Liman Tepe, the Greek 1st Millennium BCE colony of Klazomenai. The anchor, ... > full story -
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Walk Like An Egyptian -- Or A Roman: Experience What The Past Really Looked Like
May 15, 2007 — Computer scientists and cultural heritage researchers are assessing whether today's increasingly sophisticated 3-D computer technology can be combined with the most recent historical evidence to ... > full story -
Egyptians, Not Greeks Were True Fathers Of Medicine
May 9, 2007 — Scientists examining documents dating back 3,500 years say they have found proof that the origins of modern medicine lie in ancient Egypt and not with Hippocrates and the ... > full story -
Tomb Of King Herod Discovered At Herodium
May 8, 2007 — The long search for Herod the Great's tomb has ended with the exposure of the remains of his grave, sarcophagus and mausoleum on Mount Herodium's northeastern slope. Spread among the ruins are pieces ... > full story -
Everyday Life In Pompeii Revealed
April 24, 2007 — Until recently archaeologists working on Pompeian artefacts have tended to concentrate on examples of art, some of it erotic, from the town that was suddenly destroyed by the eruption of Mount ... > full story -
An Ancient Inca Tax And Metallurgy In Peru
April 23, 2007 — Scientists in the United States and Canada are reporting the first scientific evidence that ancient civilizations in the Central Andes Mountains of Peru smelted metals, and hints that a tax imposed ... > full story -
Space Data Unveils Evidence Of Ancient Mega-Lake In Northern Darfur
April 11, 2007 — Researchers used recently acquired topographic data from satellites to reveal an ancient mega-lake in the Darfur province of northwestern Sudan. According to the researchers, mapping the site of the ... > full story -
Researchers Reveal Dwarf Aquatic Plants' Hidden Ancestry
March 14, 2007 — A team of University of British Columbia researchers has re-classified an ancient line of aquatic plants previously thought to be related to grasses and rushes. The discovery clarifies what may be ... > full story
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