Topic: Anthropology
Stolen sarcophagus returns to Egypt from US
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3,000-year-old stolen sarcophagus returns to Egypt from US; wooden coffin belonged to nobleA 3,000-year-old wooden sarcophagus confiscated at the Miami airport was returned to Egypt Saturday, as the antiquities chief pressed forward with his campaign to recover Egypt's stolen heritage. The brightly painted sarcophagus dates back to ...
Piltdown Man ? Most Influential Hoax
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In 1912 Charles Dawson an amateur British archaeologist discovered the first skull of apparently primitive hominid, ancestor of man - Piltdown man or Eoanthropus dawsoni in the Piltdown quarry of Sussex, England. The finding was exquisitely unique as the skull was expected to be the fossilised remains of a concealed form ...
Chianciano Terme Italy
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The city of Chianciano Terme is located in the region of Tuscany in Italy. The city lies in the Province of Siena and it can be found about 90 kilometers southeast of Florence. It is also 50 kilometers southeast of Siena. The city of Chianciano Terme is situated between the ...
Decapitated skeletons were Vikings: scientists
AFP European Edition
Dozens of decapitated skeletons which were uncovered during an excavation in Dorset were those of 1,000-year-old Vikings, scientist said Friday. The macabre discovery in June of a neatly stacked pile of skulls next to a mass of male bones in a Weymouth burial pit sparked speculation about who the ...
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