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 study of a 2000-year-old calculator, known as the Antikythera Mechanism, reveals more about its use
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Scientists have pinpointed mutations in an ancient protein that transformed its shape and function more than 400 million years ago.
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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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SHIPKA, BulgariaA Bulgarian archaeologist has unearthed a 2,400-year-old golden mask in the tomb of an ancient Thracian king  a find he says is unrivalled in the study of classical antiquity.
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The tradition of decorating evergreens can be traced back to ancient times in Rome and Egypt in celebration of the winter solstice.
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Among the roots of ancient olive trees, archaeologists have found pieces of large stone jars of the type the Gospel says Jesus used when he turned water into wine at a Jewish wedding in the Galilee village of Cana.
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An ancient tree trunk unearthed by a landslide in southeastern Switzerland nearly two years ago is more than 28 centuries old, local authorities said Thursday.
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By COSTAS KANTOURIS THESSALONIKI, Greece - A 2,200-year-old statue of the goddess Hera has been found built into the walls of a city under Mount Olympus, home of Greece's ancient gods, archaeologists said on Thursday.
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Ancient orchid pollen trapped in amber shows that the plants were blooming at the time of the dinosaurs.
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Spanish researchers on Friday said they had unearthed a human tooth more than one million years old, which they estimated to be the oldest human fossil remain ever discovered in western Europe.
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These sesame seed sized creatures carry a record of hundreds of millions of years of geological history.
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Ancient DNA samples show that southern Greenland was teeming with insect and plant life 450,00 years ago.
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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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Scientists exploring the western slopes of the Andes in northern Peru have found seeds of domesticated squash from almost 10,000 years ago.
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Agriculture was taking root in South America almost as early as the first farmers were breaking ground in the Middle East, new research indicates. Evidence that squash was being grown nearly 10,000 years ago, in what is now Peru, is reported in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
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English elms could be descended from one tree brought here by Romans 2,000 years ago, scientists say.