Buried Treasure in China
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One Fool unearths an overlooked Chinese stock.
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The remains of a 230-million-old marine reptile with fangs and a long neck are unearthed by fossil hunters in southeast China.
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A stone slab bearing 3,000-year-old writing previously unknown to scholars has been found in Mexico.
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Chinese scientists unearth the earliest known relative of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex - and it seems it was covered in fluffy feathers.
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BEIJING - Two employees at a Chinese bank dream of getting rich quick. The only two with the keys to the vault, they steal a few thousand dollars to see whether anyone notices. No one does. In the course of a month, they take out $6.6 million.
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Archaeologists unearthing the remains of George Washington's presidential home have discovered a hidden passageway used by his nine slaves, raising questions about whether the ruins should be incorporated into a new exhibit at the site.
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Peru celebrated the return Friday of a prized 1,300-year-old embossed gold headdress looted from an ancient tomb nearly 20 years ago.
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Hoard buried for over 1,000 years goes on display at the British Museum.
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VATICAN CITY -- A white marble sarcophagus believed to be the final resting place of St. Paul has been unearthed from beneath the altar of Rome's second-largest basilica after centuries hidden from view, but those curious about its contents will have to wait longer.
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Michael Stadther used to dig for buried treasure in his grandmother's yard. Now he has written a book that has readers participating in a nationwide treasure hunt. His book, A Treasure's Trove, holds the clues to finding a dozen gold tokens hidden throughout the USA.
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Egypt's antiquities chief on Thursday revealed a 2,500-year-old hidden tomb under the shadow of one of Giza's three giant pyramids, containing 400 pinkie-finger-sized statues and six coffin-sized niches carved into granite rock.
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For centuries the whereabouts of the Holy Grail, supposing it exists at all, has exercised the minds of scholars and tested the endurance of treasure hunters.
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A fossil unearthed in China gives scientists a rare glimpse of what dinosaurs were like "in the flesh".
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Archaeologists in England have uncovered a treasure trove of Roman artifacts, including a 1,700-year-old "curse tablet" that asks for divine vengeance for a stolen cloak.
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An engraving thought to be 10,000 years old has been uncovered in a cave, British researchers said Monday.
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More than 22,000 antiquities survived 25 years of turmoil in Afghanistan in a secret vault. The discovery that they are safe and intact is a ray of hope in the quest to restore Afghanistan's rich cultural heritage. Photo gallery.
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An Ethiopian national treasure, the  ancient Axum Obelisk that was plundered by Italian fascist  invaders in 1937, will be returned by Rome in April, Italy's  Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.