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Mummification in the Necropolis of Alexandria

Forensic anthropologists have recognized signs of mummification of the skeletal remains at the Gabbari necropolis in Alexandria, Egypt.--COLIN CLEMENT Archaeological Institute of America [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News]...

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Bodies of the Bogs

Over the past centuries, remains of many hundreds of people have come to light during peat-cutting activities of northwestern Europe. Archaeological Institute of America [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News] [Europe]...

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Cretan Minoan Finds

A newly discovered Minoan palace has yielded the oldest well-dated fresco fragment ever found in Crete.--SPENCER P.M. HARRINGTON AND YANNIS STAVRAKAKIS Archaeological Institute of America [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News] [Greece and Rome]...

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Preserving Jewish Heritage

An architect's effort to document and restore Greek synagogues--ELIAS V. MESSINAS Archaeological Institute of America [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News] [Greece and Rome]...

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Beetles in Stone

From Near Eastern Archaeology [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News] [Biblical]...

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The Oldest Datable Chambers on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem

From Near Eastern Archaeology [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News] [Biblical]...

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Arti-Facts

Desperately Seeking Faustus (Lamps). DIGMASTER. Flood Damage at Thebes. News from Tel 'Ein Zippori and Sepphoris. Plus reviews of Anatolia and the Balkans, and Anatolia: Land, Men, and Gods in Asia Minor. From Near Eastern Archaeology [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News] [Biblical]...

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Oldest Glue Discovered

The oldest glue in the world has been found in a cave near the Dead Sea.--AMÉLIE A. WALKER Archaeological Institute of America [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News]...

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Before the Pyramids

Neolithic peoples in France constructed huge tombs that are today only visible from the air.--FRÉDÉRIC LONTCHO Archaeological Institute of America [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News] [Europe]...

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Egyptian Crocodile in Roman Sewer

Discovery of a crocodile-shaped limestone waterspout provides evidence of close links between Crete and Egypt.--YANNIS N. STAVRAKAKIS Archaeological Institute of America [Archaeology] [Discoveries] [News] [Greece and Rome]...

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