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Protecting Our Harbors and Ships With a Robotic Tuna Fish
September 19, 2012 For constricted and hard-to-reach underwater places where inspection and security is necessary, Homeland Security's BIOSwimmer is the perfect ... > full story -
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Comet May Have Exploded Over Canada 12,900 Years Ago After All
September 18, 2012 New evidence and support for a theory introduced in 2007 suggested a comet may have exploded over Canada 12,900 years ago (the Younger Dryas Boundary), killing off the Clovis people and large animals ... > full story -
Crews Uncover Massive Roman Mosaic in Southern Turkey
September 18, 2012 An archaeological team has uncovered a massive Roman mosaic in southern Turkey -- a meticulously crafted, 1,600-square-foot work of decorative handiwork built during the region's imperial zenith. ... > full story -
Skilled Hunters 300,000 Years Ago
September 17, 2012 Finds from early stone age site in north-central Germany show that human ingenuity is nothing new -- and was probably shared by now-extinct species of humans. Archeologists have found eight extremely ... > full story -
Roman Military Camp Dating Back to the Conquest of Gaul Throws Light on a Part of World History
September 14, 2012 In the vicinity of Hermeskeil, a small town some 30 kilometers southeast of the city of Trier in the Hunsrueck region in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, archaeologists have ... > full story -
Search for King Richard III Enters New Phase After 'Momentous Discovery Has Potential to Rewrite History'
September 12, 2012 Historic findings of human remains -- including a man with apparent battle wounds and curvature of the spine -- have been revealed by an archaeological team from the University of ... > full story -
Human Remains Discovered in Search for King Richard III
September 11, 2012 A team from the University of Leicester is announcing a dramatic development in the search for King Richard ... > full story -
Archaeological Research Exposes the Funeral Ritual in the Strait of Gibraltar
September 11, 2012 Set in the current municipality of Tarifa (Cádiz) and opposite the Moroccan coast, Baelo Claudia is one of the best preserved Roman cities in Spain. Researchers have been studying part of the ... > full story -
Archaeological Dig Inches 'Tantalizingly Closer' to Possible Burial Place of King Richard III
September 10, 2012 The University of Leicester is announcing that the archaeological dig at Greyfriars will continue for a third week as archaeologists get 'tantalisingly close' in their search for King Richard ... > full story -
Archaeologists Uncover 'Lost Garden' in Quest for Richard III
September 7, 2012 Archaeologists from the UK who are leading the search for the lost grave of King Richard III announced that they have made a new advance in their quest. They have uncovered evidence of the lost ... > full story
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