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Headlines added February 13, 2006
Greeks find largest Macedonian
tomb of nobles
Deborah Kyvrikosaios | Reuters
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek archaeologists said on Sunday they had discovered
the largest underground tomb in Greek antiquity in the ancient city of
Pella in northern Greece, birthplace of Alexander the Great.
 2/12/2006
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Tomb of Prehistoric Leader
Unearthed in Modern Rome
Maria Cristina Valsecchi | National Geographic News
Archaeologists working in the center of Rome discovered the tomb of an
ancient chief or priest who lived three centuries before the city was
founded. 2/8/2006
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Early Chiefdoms Offer Clues to
Modern Wealth, Power, Study Says
Kate Ravilious | National Geographic News
A study of three ancient communities sheds light on the historical
differences between cultures around the globe, as well as how and why
people learned to work together. 2/9/2006
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Henry VIII's Lost Chapel
Discovered Under Parking Lot
Kate Ravilious | National Geographic News
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 500-year-old London chapel
where generations of British monarchs worshipped, including Henry VIII. 2/10/2006
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Before T. Rex - oldest
ancestor found -- multiple news sources
T. Rex's Oldest Ancestor
Discovered in China
James Owen | National Geographic News
A newly discovered dinosaur from China that had an elaborate head crest
and other birdlike features is the oldest known ancestor of
Tyrannosaurus rex, scientists say. 2/9/2006
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Before the Tyrannosaurus, Guanlong Roamed China
John Noble Wilford | New York Times
Fossils of what appears to have been the much smaller granddaddy of all
tyrannosaurs have been discovered in China.
2/8/2006
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FSU biologist says new dinosaur is oldest cousin of
Tyrannosaurus rex
Florida State University | EurekAlert!
Florida State University paleobiologist Gregory M. Erickson sliced up some
ancient dinosaur bones uncovered in China to help an international team of
scientists identify a new genus and species. Despite striking skeletal
differences and only subtle similarities, the FSU researcher determined
that the two remarkably intact specimens were cousins of North America's
hulking Tyrannosaurus rex. 2/8/2006
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Early Version of T. Rex Is Discovered (AP)
Malcolm Ritter | Yahoo! News
 AP
- Scientists say they've found the earliest known tyrannosaur, shedding
light on the lineage that produced the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex. The
discovery comes with a puzzle: Why did this beast have a strange crest on
its head? 2/8/2006
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Oldest T. rex relative unveiled
BBC News
The earliest recorded tyrannosaur, forefather of T. rex, is
discovered in China, scientists report. 2/8/2006
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New Egyptian Tomb Discovered
-- multiple news sources
New tomb opened in Egypt's Valley of the
Kings
Reuters
The mummies were in sarcophagi dating from the 18th dynasty and were
surrounded by pots holding food which ancient Egyptians believed would be
used in the afterlife, archaeologists said.
 2/11/2006
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Pharaonic tomb find stuns Egypt
BBC News
Archaeologists discover an ancient Egyptian tomb, the first since King
Tutankhamun's was found in 1922. 2/10/2006
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Headlines added
earlier
Time changes human's face
Rebecca Morelle | BBC News
Researchers find the shape of the human skull has changed significantly
over the past 650 years.
Modern people possess less prominent features
but higher foreheads than our medieval ancestors.
Writing in the British Dental Journal, the team took careful measurements
of groups of skulls spanning across 30 generations.
The scientists said the differences between past and present skull shapes
were "striking".
1/25/2006
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A UAB research team discovers a new type of
building built in Peru over 2000 years ago
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona | EurekAlert!
A research team from the Universitat Aut.noma de Barcelona has discovered
a new type of construction, unknown until now, in the archaeological
region of Puntilla, in the province of Nazca, Peru. These yards, built
with stone walls, situated in the centre of the village, is where people
went to work, either in agricultual or in the crafts. The yards date from
the first millenium BC, but their exact date is yet to have been
determined. 1/23/2006
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Duck-billed dino crests not linked to sense
of smell
University of Toronto
After decades of debate, a U of T researcher has finally determined that
duck-billed dinosaurs' massive but hollow crests had nothing to do with
what many scientists suspected -- the sense of smell.
Speculation about their function has led to
theories that the crests functioned as everything from brain coolers to
snorkels for underwater feeding.
1/23/2006
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Johns Hopkins team discovers statue of
Egyptian queen
John Hopkins University | EurekAlert!
A Johns Hopkins archaeological expedition in Luxor, Egypt, has unearthed a
life-sized statue, dating back nearly 3,400 years, of one of the queens of
the powerful king Amenhotep III.
The statue, which dates to between 1391 and 1352 B.C.E., was uncovered
earlier this month by the expedition's director, Betsy Bryan, Johns
Hopkins professor of Egyptian art and archaeology. Bryan and a graduate
student, Fatma Talaat Ismail, were clearing a portion of the platform of
the temple of the goddess Mut in Luxor, an area dating to about 700 B.C.E.
The statue, which was lying face down in the ground, appeared to have been
used as building rubble, Bryan said.
The statue's back pillar was unearthed first and led Bryan to believe
briefly that it dated from a far later period, since an inscription there
was clearly made in the 21st Dynasty, about 1000 B.C.E., for a very
powerful queen Henuttawy. 1/23/2006
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Murdered "Bog Men" Found With
Hair Gel, Manicured Nails
James Owen | National Geographic News
Male grooming has an ancient history in Ireland, if the savagely murdered
bodies of two ancient "bog men" are anything to go by.
One shows the first known example of Iron Age hair gel, experts say. The
other wore manicured nails and stood 6 feet 6 inches (198 centimeters)
tall.
Discovered in peat bogs in central Ireland, the well-preserved human
remains were unveiled this month in Dublin.
Researchers say the men were probably wealthy, well-connected individuals.
Living well over 2,000 years ago, both were tortured and killed while in
their early 20s, possibly as ritual sacrifices. 1/19/2006
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Prehistoric 'Kitchen' Found in
Indiana
RedOrbit News
CHARLESTOWN, Ind. -- Workers building a boat ramp at southeastern
Indiana's Charlestown State Park have uncovered the apparent remains of a
4,000-year-old "kitchen" ancient American Indians tribes may have used to
prepare their winter food supply.
The discovery of the site in eastern Clark County prompted the state to
temporarily halt work on the Ohio River boat ramp project.
Bob McCullough, who heads an archaeological survey team from Indiana
University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, said the low-lying area was
probably used by nomadic tribes of hunters and gatherers. He said they
appear to have collected hickory nuts, used large slabs of rock to crush
them and then made fires to boil them and extract fatty oils.
1/17/2006
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Researcher: Early Man Was
Hunted by Birds (AP)
Alexandra Zavis | Yahoo! News
AP - A South African anthropologist said Thursday his research into the
death nearly 2 million years ago of an ape-man shows human ancestors were
hunted by birds. 1/12/2006
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New cat family tree revealed
Helen Briggs | BBC News
Modern cats have their roots in Asia 11 million years ago, according to a
DNA study of wild and domestic cats.
The ancient ancestors of the 37 species alive today migrated across the
globe, eventually settling in all continents except Antarctica, say
scientists.
Eight major lineages emerged, including lions, ocelots and domestic cats.
The moggy is most closely related to the African and European wild cat and
the Chinese desert cat, an international team reports in Science.
1/6/2006
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Redating of the latest
Neandertals in Europe 1/4/2006
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Earliest known Mayan writing
found in Guatemala 1/5/2006
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Thai Rice Field Yields Treasure
Trove of Mammal Fossils 1/5/2006
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The Mummy Who Would Be King:
Making Mummies 12/16/2005
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New Mammal Named After
Chocolate Giant
1/4/2006
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The first baby boom
1/2/2006
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Evidence Found for Canals That
Watered Ancient Peru
1/2/2006
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ANCIENT DNA: New Methods Yield Mammoth Samples 12/23/2005
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