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Road Works in Scotland Uncover 9,000-Year-Old Hunting Camp and Iron Age Settlement
A treasure trove of artifacts has been unearthed in Scotland during the building of a new road in Wigtownshire, Scotland.
Egypt’s Mubarak Jailed for Embezzlement (Video)
A court in Egypt has sentenced ousted Egypt President Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison after finding him and his two sons guilty of embezzlement.
Over 1,000 Ancient Buddha Statues Uncovered in China
Archaeologists have discovered more than 1,000 ancient Buddha statues in three stone caves on a cliff-face in north China’s Shanxi Province.
Shipwreck Found in Haiti May Be Santa Maria, the Flagship of Christopher Columbus
After 500 years, archaeologists believe that they have found the wreck of the Santa Maria - the flagship of Christopher Columbus - at the bottom of the sea off the north coast of Haiti, according to an exclusive report in The Independent.
12,000-Year-Old Skeleton in a Mexican Cave Helps Trace the First Americans
The discovery of a nearly complete fossil skeleton of a teenage girl in the Hoyo Negro submerged cave system in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula provides new insight into the first people to inhabit the Americas at the end of the last ice age.
‘Forensic Genomics’ Solves Dead Abalone Mystery
Thousands of dead red abalone that washed up on the beaches of Sonoma County in Northern California in 2011 were the victims of a harmful algal bloom, according to a type of crime scene investigation that combines field surveys, toxin testing, and genomic scans.
