Remains of Genghis Khan Palace Unearthed in Mongolia
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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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Archaeologists digging in western Japan have excavated what they believe to be the oldest remains of a melon ever found, an official said Friday.
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LHASA, China  - In the dusty bowels of the Tibet  capital's huge Potala Palace, a handful of laborers slowly chip  away at ancient plaster holding together the 13-story  building's crumbling foundations.
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An almost complete human skull dating back 80,000 to 100,000 years was unearthed in central China, state media reported Wednesday.
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Remains of a baby mammoth were discovered in the permafrost of northwest Siberia, adding to some scientistsâ hope of resurrecting the species, the BBC reported. The 6-month-old female calf was on the Yamal peninsula and is thought to have died 10,000 years ago. Scientists have said it could be the best preserved specimen of its type. Its trunk, eyes and some fur are still intact. The mammoth was found in May by a reindeer herder, and last week an international delegation of experts examined it. If viable DNA can be extracted, it might theoretically be cloned.
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The remains of nearly three dozen people unearthed in Moscow are probably at least 100 years old, contradicting earlier indications that they could have been victims of Josef Stalin's political purges, an investigator said Thursday.
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What could be the oldest known remains of a polar bear are uncovered on the Svalbard archipelago.
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There is a "high degree of probability" that bones found recently near the Russian city of Yekaterinburg are those of a daughter and son of the last czar, an official said Friday, citing preliminary forensic work.
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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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The remains of a prehistoric town believed to date back 15,000 years and belong to an ancient Berber civilization have been discovered in Western Sahara, Moroccan state media said on Thursday.
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Ice can be loaded with dirt and, by consequence, fragments of ancient DNA that have been preserved by the cold.
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Russian archaeologists believe they may have found the remains of two children of the last tsar, executed in 1918.
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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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Archaeologists unveiled the tombs Tuesday of a pharaonic butler and a scribe that have been buried for more than 3,000 years &#151; proof, they say, that Egypt's sands still have secrets to reveal.
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Complex skull operations were being performed as early as 960AD, remains of a body found at an archaeological dig show.
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PARIS: A team led by the world&#39;s most successful fossil hunter said that they have found the remains of a feathery dragon-like forerunner of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex at a dinosaur graveyard in northeastern China.
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SPACE.com / Paleontologists from Montana and Mongolia, who want to flesh out the developmental biology of dinosaurs, recently found 67 dinosaur skeletons in the Gobi Desert in just one week.