2,500-Year-Old Pomegranate Found in Greece
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ATHENS, Greece - A scientific dig has uncovered four pomegranates believed to be 2,500 years old preserved inside a woven basket nestled in a bronze vessel, a Greek archaeologist said Friday.
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A 121 million-year-old baby arboreal bird, fossilised while still curled in its egg, has been found in China, Science magazine reports this week.
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NEW YORK  - Compared to 50 years ago,  today's fruits and vegetables carry smaller amounts of some key  nutrients, including protein, calcium and vitamin C, according  to new study findings.
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Archaeologists show in Berlin photos of a well-preserved 2,500-year-old Scythian mummy found in Mongolia.
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When it comes to cosmetics, the ancient Romans knew what they were doing. Scientists have unearthed a small tin canister dating back to the middle of the second century
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A team of scientists says it was at Gibraltar 28,000 years ago, 2,000 years more recently than previously thought.
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Analysis of a 40,000-year-old tooth found in southern Greece suggests Neanderthals were more mobile than once thought, paleontologists said Friday.
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By Michael Hill  ALBANY, N.Y. - The tree stood tall and spindly in the hot sun 380 million years ago until something toppled it, maybe a storm or an earthquake.   It fell into water and dammed up in a muddy delta.
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A farmer tending a cotton field in central Greece has uncovered a stone monument marking the spot where the Roman army stopped a major westward offensive more than 2,000 years ago, a Greek archaeological official said Wednesday.
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A mushroom found embedded in a 100-million-year-old piece of amber is about 20 million years older than other known mushroom fossils, an Oregon scientist says.
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English elms could be descended from one tree brought here by Romans 2,000 years ago, scientists say.
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About 2 million years ago, in  lowland tropical forests of what is now China, lived an  ancestor of the giant panda that was very similar to the famed  vegetarian bear except about half the size, scientists said.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece It will all stick with me. How could it not? It had been more than 1,600 years since the Olympics were staged here, among the hills, pines and cypresses of the Peloponnese, and then shortly after sunrise on Wednesday, the gates to ...
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Archaeologists describe an ancient civilisation that was flourishing in Peru over 5,000 years ago.
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Australian scientists say they have discovered the world's oldest preserved vertebrate tissue - two morsel-size pieces of muscle from an ancient fossil fish.
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An ambitious international project to decipher 1,000-year-old moldy pages is yielding new clues about ancient Greece.
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Scientists have pinpointed mutations in an ancient protein that transformed its shape and function more than 400 million years ago.