Egypt to dig up pharaonic tombs
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Bulldozers move in to demolish houses in the Egyptian village of Qurna which sits on top of pharaonic tombs in Luxor.
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GURNA, Egypt  - Drowning out grumbles from tourist touts and descendants of tomb robbers, bulldozers moved into an Egyptian village near the Valley of the Kings on Saturday at the start of a plan to resettle 3,200 households for the sake of archaeology.
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An archaeological excavation at Jerusalem's holiest site is provoking dangerous protests
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Egypt might copyright its pharaonic antiquities, from the pyramids to scarab beetles, in an attempt to get paid from the sale of replicas, an official said Thursday.
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Archaeologists are set to begin an expedition this month in hopes of finding a Spanish ship that wrecked along the jagged reefs off the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1841 carrying a cargo of African slaves.
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After a 2,000-year lapse, Egypt is looking to again acquire a gold-mining industry by revisiting ancient deposits of the precious mineral that symbolised the glory of the Pharaohs.
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Archaeologists say they have found the ashes, bones and other evidence of animal sacrifices to some pre-Zeus deity on the summit of Mount Lykaion in Greece.
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Egypt will begin taking bids in February to build the country's first nuclear reactor, the state-run news agency reported Saturday.
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Archaeologists have unearthed the site of Genghis Khan's palace and believe the long-sought grave of the 13th century Mongolian warrior is somewhere nearby, the head of the excavation team said Wednesday.
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Police took up positions throughout Jerusalem's Old City on Tuesday as Israeli archaeologists began digging near one of Islam's holiest sites amid protests and threats from Palestinians.
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Egypt plans to X-ray the mummy of  Tutankhamun to find out what killed the king who ruled Egypt  more than 3,000 years ago and died while only a teenager.
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The mummy of King Tutankhamun is to be X-rayed in an attempt to solve the mystery of how the teenage Pharaoh died at age 17, Egypt's chief archaeologist said Sunday.
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The world's oldest Semitic passages&#8212;spells found deep within an ancient pyramid&#8212;show that the Egyptians turned to neighboring Canaanites for help fending off venomous snakes.
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Fossil hunters working in Ethiopia unearth the remains of at least nine primitive hominids.
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Ukrainian archaeologists say they have found ancient pyramids in the east of the country.
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The remains are being unearthed as part of an investigation looking for evidence to use against Saddam Hussein in his future trial.
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A Japanese archeological team has discovered three painted wooden coffins in Egypt, including two from the little-known Middle Kingdom period dating back more than 4,000 years.