Greek Farmer Finds 2,000-Year-Old Monument
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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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SHIPKA, Bulgaria  - A Bulgarian archaeologist has unearthed an ancient gold mask and a ring featuring an &quot;Olympic&quot; rower in what he called an unrivalled find in the study of classical antiquity.
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If you have ever wandered around a dusty Greek archaeological site in midsummer, clueless about what you are seeing or where you are going, help is finally at hand. Greece's Culture Ministry on Thursday unveiled a hand-held gadget for visitors that offers high-resolution video, detailed diagrams of sites such as ancient temples, position indicators, and imagery along with stereo sound.
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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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Archaeologists have discovered the oldest clay "fireplaces" made by humans at a dig in southern Greece.
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ATHENS -- A scientific dig has uncovered four pomegranates believed to be 2,500 years old preserved inside a woven basket nestled inside a bronze vessel, a Greek archeologist said yesterday.
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ABODE OF DAWN, Russia -- Six miles from the nearest road, in the vast Siberian wilderness, a bearded man in flowing white linen robes sat at his kitchen table and talked about his crucifixion at the hands of Pontius Pilate 2,000 years ago.
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Sections of an ancient Greek theater were discovered on Thursday during construction work in an Athens suburb, archaeologists said.
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A study of 7,000-year-old pig remains gives new insight into the migration of Middle Eastern people into Europe.
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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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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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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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Bulgarian archaeologists unearthed a 2,400 year-old temple belonging to the civilisation of the Thracians, which thrived in the Balkans since the Bronze Age till the early Middle Ages, state radio said ...
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French and Chinese paleontologists have identified the fossil of a two-headed reptile from a species that lived in what is now China nearly 150 million years ago.
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A collection of charred scraps kept in a Greek museum&#039;s storerooms are all that remains of what archaeologists say is Europe&#039;s oldest surviving book &amp;#151; which may hold a key to understanding early monotheistic beliefs.
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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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Archaeologists show in Berlin photos of a well-preserved 2,500-year-old Scythian mummy found in Mongolia.