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Astronomers Back Up Einstein

Posted: 03/11/10 10:32AM
Filed Under: Top News, Science & Tech, Amazing Discoveries, Space

An international team of astronomers has confirmed that the universe, at least within a distance of 3.5 billion light years of Earth, obeys Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.

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Yukon Rocks Point to Ancient 'Snowball Earth'

Posted: 03/04/10 3:14PM
Filed Under: Canada, Top News, Science & Tech, Amazing Discoveries

Geologists working in the Canadian North have found evidence that the Earth's oceans were covered in ice all the way to the tropics more than 700 million years ago.

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In this Yukon mountain, a maroon-coloured, iron-rich layer of glacial deposits 716.5 million years old can be seen on top of older, grey carbonate reef.

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In this Yukon mountain, a maroon-coloured, iron-rich layer of glacial deposits 716.5 million years old can be seen on top of older, grey carbonate reef.

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This undated photo released by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo, Wednesday March 3, 2010, shows part of the unearthed burial chamber with well preserved religious texts for the more than 4,000 year old Queen Behenu from Egypt's Old Kingdom, at the ancient burial site in Saqqara, Egypt.

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This sculpture by Tyler Keillor of the University of Chicago is a reconstruction of the scene preserved in the 67-million-year-old fossils, with the ancient snake Sanajeh indicus poised to strike at the newly hatched titanosaur.

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Love letters from John F. Kennedy to his Swedish mistress are set to hit the auction block.

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In this Nov. 4, 2007 file photo, an archaeological worker looks across at the face of the linen-wrapped mummy of King Tut as he is removed from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

This file photo provided by the Supreme Council of Antiquities shows a CT scan done on Jan.5, 2005 of the skull of King Tutankhamun's mummy, in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

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In this photo taken on Nov. 4, 2007, the feet of King Tutankhamun are seen at the moving of the linen-wrapped mummy of King Tut from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

This undated file photo shows Howard Carter, the archaeologist who discovered King Tutankhamun's tomb, examining King Tut's sarcophagus. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

In this Nov. 4, 2007 file photo, Egypt's antiquities chief Dr. Zahi Hawass, center, supervises the removal of the mummy of King Tutankhamun from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

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In this Feb. 15, 2010 photo, women look at one of the coffins of King Tutankhamun at the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

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Ancient Egyptian Queen’s Burial Chamber Unearthed

Posted: 03/03/10 4:02PM
Filed Under: Top News, Science & Tech, Amazing Discoveries

CAIRO-French archaeologists announced Wednesday the discovery outside Cairo of the burial chamber of a mysterious queen from Egypt’s Old Kingdom more than 4,000 years ago.

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This undated photo released by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo, Wednesday March 3, 2010, shows part of the unearthed burial chamber with well preserved religious texts for the more than 4,000 year old Queen Behenu from Egypt's Old Kingdom, at the ancient burial site in Saqqara, Egypt.

AP Photo/Supreme Council of Antiquities

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This sculpture by Tyler Keillor of the University of Chicago is a reconstruction of the scene preserved in the 67-million-year-old fossils, with the ancient snake Sanajeh indicus poised to strike at the newly hatched titanosaur.

Amazing Discoveries

Love letters from John F. Kennedy to his Swedish mistress are set to hit the auction block.

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In this Nov. 4, 2007 file photo, an archaeological worker looks across at the face of the linen-wrapped mummy of King Tut as he is removed from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

This file photo provided by the Supreme Council of Antiquities shows a CT scan done on Jan.5, 2005 of the skull of King Tutankhamun's mummy, in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

In this photo taken on Nov. 4, 2007, the feet of King Tutankhamun are seen at the moving of the linen-wrapped mummy of King Tut from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

This undated file photo shows Howard Carter, the archaeologist who discovered King Tutankhamun's tomb, examining King Tut's sarcophagus. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

In this Nov. 4, 2007 file photo, Egypt's antiquities chief Dr. Zahi Hawass, center, supervises the removal of the mummy of King Tutankhamun from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

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In this Feb. 15, 2010 photo, women look at one of the coffins of King Tutankhamun at the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

Artist impression' provided by Nature.com, this week showing an Inuk to illustrate a study published in Nature in which Danish scientists carried out a DNA analysis of a tuft of human hair that hasbeen buried in the Greenland permafrost for the last 4,000 years.The first genome sequence of an ancient human is reported in Nature this week. As well as demonstrating a substantial advance in DNA sequencing techniques, the work also highlights a previously unknown migration of humans around 5,500 years agoEske Willerslev and colleagues analysed hairs from a male in Greenland which had been preserved in permafrost for around 4,000 years. Using SNP analysis, they were able to propose certain characteristics of this individual – known as 'Inuk' – such as his skin colour and hair thickness. There are currently very few details known about these particular humans due to the fact that little remains from their culture; however, this work suggests that genomic data can now be used to identify physical traits of individuals from extinct cultures, even when there are only small amounts of material, such as bones, left.

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In this picture made available by Szczecin University's Department of Archaelogy on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 one of three Neanderthal teeth discovered in Poland is pictured . A team of Polish scientists say they have discovered three Neanderthal teeth in a cave in the southern part of the country. Mikolaj Urbanowski, an archaeologist and the lead researcher, said Monday that, although Neanderthal artifacts have been unearthed in Poland before, the teeth are the first remains of Neanderthals themselves discovered in the country.

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Snake Dined on Baby Dinos, Fossils Show

Posted: 03/02/10 11:00AM
Filed Under: Top News, Science & Tech, Amazing Discoveries, Animals in the News

A decades-long study of fossils found in India in 1987 has revealed how ancient snakes ate newly hatched dinosaurs while still in their nests.

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King Tut Secrets Unlocked

This sculpture by Tyler Keillor of the University of Chicago is a reconstruction of the scene preserved in the 67-million-year-old fossils, with the ancient snake Sanajeh indicus poised to strike at the newly hatched titanosaur.

Ximena Erickson/Bonnie Miljour

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This sculpture by Tyler Keillor of the University of Chicago is a reconstruction of the scene preserved in the 67-million-year-old fossils, with the ancient snake Sanajeh indicus poised to strike at the newly hatched titanosaur.

Amazing Discoveries

Love letters from John F. Kennedy to his Swedish mistress are set to hit the auction block.

Amazing Discoveries

In this Nov. 4, 2007 file photo, an archaeological worker looks across at the face of the linen-wrapped mummy of King Tut as he is removed from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

This file photo provided by the Supreme Council of Antiquities shows a CT scan done on Jan.5, 2005 of the skull of King Tutankhamun's mummy, in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

In this photo taken on Nov. 4, 2007, the feet of King Tutankhamun are seen at the moving of the linen-wrapped mummy of King Tut from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

This undated file photo shows Howard Carter, the archaeologist who discovered King Tutankhamun's tomb, examining King Tut's sarcophagus. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

In this Nov. 4, 2007 file photo, Egypt's antiquities chief Dr. Zahi Hawass, center, supervises the removal of the mummy of King Tutankhamun from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

In this Feb. 15, 2010 photo, women look at one of the coffins of King Tutankhamun at the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

Artist impression' provided by Nature.com, this week showing an Inuk to illustrate a study published in Nature in which Danish scientists carried out a DNA analysis of a tuft of human hair that hasbeen buried in the Greenland permafrost for the last 4,000 years.The first genome sequence of an ancient human is reported in Nature this week. As well as demonstrating a substantial advance in DNA sequencing techniques, the work also highlights a previously unknown migration of humans around 5,500 years agoEske Willerslev and colleagues analysed hairs from a male in Greenland which had been preserved in permafrost for around 4,000 years. Using SNP analysis, they were able to propose certain characteristics of this individual – known as 'Inuk' – such as his skin colour and hair thickness. There are currently very few details known about these particular humans due to the fact that little remains from their culture; however, this work suggests that genomic data can now be used to identify physical traits of individuals from extinct cultures, even when there are only small amounts of material, such as bones, left.

Amazing Discoveries

In this picture made available by Szczecin University's Department of Archaelogy on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 one of three Neanderthal teeth discovered in Poland is pictured . A team of Polish scientists say they have discovered three Neanderthal teeth in a cave in the southern part of the country. Mikolaj Urbanowski, an archaeologist and the lead researcher, said Monday that, although Neanderthal artifacts have been unearthed in Poland before, the teeth are the first remains of Neanderthals themselves discovered in the country.

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King Tutankhamun Died From a Broken Leg, Malaria

Posted: 02/17/10 9:51AM
Filed Under: Top News, Science & Tech, World, Amazing Discoveries, Ancient Finds

Egyptian boy-king King Tutankhamun died from a broken leg and complications from malaria, claims a new study. But will these findings put to rest decades of speculation over the boy king’s death?

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King Tut Secrets Unlocked

In this Nov. 4, 2007 file photo, an archaeological worker looks across at the face of the linen-wrapped mummy of King Tut as he is removed from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

AP Photo/Ben Curtis, Pool, File

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Love letters from John F. Kennedy to his Swedish mistress are set to hit the auction block.

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In this Nov. 4, 2007 file photo, an archaeological worker looks across at the face of the linen-wrapped mummy of King Tut as he is removed from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

This file photo provided by the Supreme Council of Antiquities shows a CT scan done on Jan.5, 2005 of the skull of King Tutankhamun's mummy, in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

In this photo taken on Nov. 4, 2007, the feet of King Tutankhamun are seen at the moving of the linen-wrapped mummy of King Tut from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

This undated file photo shows Howard Carter, the archaeologist who discovered King Tutankhamun's tomb, examining King Tut's sarcophagus. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

In this Nov. 4, 2007 file photo, Egypt's antiquities chief Dr. Zahi Hawass, center, supervises the removal of the mummy of King Tutankhamun from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

In this Feb. 15, 2010 photo, women look at one of the coffins of King Tutankhamun at the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

Amazing Discoveries

Artist impression' provided by Nature.com, this week showing an Inuk to illustrate a study published in Nature in which Danish scientists carried out a DNA analysis of a tuft of human hair that hasbeen buried in the Greenland permafrost for the last 4,000 years.The first genome sequence of an ancient human is reported in Nature this week. As well as demonstrating a substantial advance in DNA sequencing techniques, the work also highlights a previously unknown migration of humans around 5,500 years agoEske Willerslev and colleagues analysed hairs from a male in Greenland which had been preserved in permafrost for around 4,000 years. Using SNP analysis, they were able to propose certain characteristics of this individual – known as 'Inuk' – such as his skin colour and hair thickness. There are currently very few details known about these particular humans due to the fact that little remains from their culture; however, this work suggests that genomic data can now be used to identify physical traits of individuals from extinct cultures, even when there are only small amounts of material, such as bones, left.

Amazing Discoveries

In this picture made available by Szczecin University's Department of Archaelogy on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 one of three Neanderthal teeth discovered in Poland is pictured . A team of Polish scientists say they have discovered three Neanderthal teeth in a cave in the southern part of the country. Mikolaj Urbanowski, an archaeologist and the lead researcher, said Monday that, although Neanderthal artifacts have been unearthed in Poland before, the teeth are the first remains of Neanderthals themselves discovered in the country.

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The solar-powered sea slug Elysia chlorotica can live entirely from energy from the sun. It's about three centimetres long.

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DNA From 4,000-Year-Old Human Sequenced

Filed Under: Top News, Science & Tech, Amazing Discoveries

The DNA of a human who lived 4,000 years ago in Greenland reveals that even ancient men had to worry about baldness.

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Artist impression' provided by Nature.com, this week showing an Inuk to illustrate a study published in Nature in which Danish scientists carried out a DNA analysis of a tuft of human hair that hasbeen buried in the Greenland permafrost for the last 4,000 years.The first genome sequence of an ancient human is reported in Nature this week. As well as demonstrating a substantial advance in DNA sequencing techniques, the work also highlights a previously unknown migration of humans around 5,500 years agoEske Willerslev and colleagues analysed hairs from a male in Greenland which had been preserved in permafrost for around 4,000 years. Using SNP analysis, they were able to propose certain characteristics of this individual – known as 'Inuk' – such as his skin colour and hair thickness. There are currently very few details known about these particular humans due to the fact that little remains from their culture; however, this work suggests that genomic data can now be used to identify physical traits of individuals from extinct cultures, even when there are only small amounts of material, such as bones, left.

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Artist impression' provided by Nature.com, this week showing an Inuk to illustrate a study published in Nature in which Danish scientists carried out a DNA analysis of a tuft of human hair that hasbeen buried in the Greenland permafrost for the last 4,000 years.The first genome sequence of an ancient human is reported in Nature this week. As well as demonstrating a substantial advance in DNA sequencing techniques, the work also highlights a previously unknown migration of humans around 5,500 years agoEske Willerslev and colleagues analysed hairs from a male in Greenland which had been preserved in permafrost for around 4,000 years. Using SNP analysis, they were able to propose certain characteristics of this individual – known as 'Inuk' – such as his skin colour and hair thickness. There are currently very few details known about these particular humans due to the fact that little remains from their culture; however, this work suggests that genomic data can now be used to identify physical traits of individuals from extinct cultures, even when there are only small amounts of material, such as bones, left.

Amazing Discoveries

In this picture made available by Szczecin University's Department of Archaelogy on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 one of three Neanderthal teeth discovered in Poland is pictured . A team of Polish scientists say they have discovered three Neanderthal teeth in a cave in the southern part of the country. Mikolaj Urbanowski, an archaeologist and the lead researcher, said Monday that, although Neanderthal artifacts have been unearthed in Poland before, the teeth are the first remains of Neanderthals themselves discovered in the country.

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The solar-powered sea slug Elysia chlorotica can live entirely from energy from the sun. It's about three centimetres long.

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A winter storm has once again exposed a large section of a century-old shipwreck on P.E.I.'s North Shore.

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This undated photo released Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, by Egypt's supreme council of antiquities shows the ancient cat-goddess Bastet found amongst the temple's ruins in the Kom el-Dekkah area of the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria. Egypt says its archaeologists have unearthed a Ptolemic temple dating back more than 2,000 years and which may have been dedicated to the ancient cat-goddess Bastet.

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An Israeli antiquities authority worker clears debris as an excavation reveals for the first time a house from the Jewish village of Nazareth on December 21, 2009 in Nazareth, Israel. The house was discovered in a dig carried out ahead of the construction of the International Marian Center of Nazareth by the Galilee city's Chemin Neuf community next to the Church of the Annunciation.

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Israel's Antiquities Authority workers are seen at the excavation site of the remains of the first dwelling in Nazareth, Israel that can be dated back to the time of Jesus, Monday,Dec. 21, 2009. Archaeologist Yardena Alexandre, unseen, of the Israel Antiquities Authority says remains of a wall, a hideout and a cistern were found after builders dug up an old convent courtyard in the northern Israeli city.

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The Church of the Annunciation seen alongside the excavation site of the remains of the first dwelling in Nazareth, Israel that can be dated back to the time of Jesus, Monday,Dec. 21, 2009. Archaeologist Yardena Alexandre of the Israel Antiquities Authority says remains of a wall, a hideout and a cistern were found after builders dug up an old convent courtyard in the northern Israeli city.

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A sunken red granite tower, part of a pylon of the Isis temple is extracted out of the Mediterranean Sea off the archaeological eastern harbor of Alexandria, Egypt Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. Egyptian archeologists have lifted a major artifact out of the Mediterranean Sea in an elaborate effort to highlight ancient treasures buried under water off the harbor in Alexandria. It is intended to be the centerpiece of a planned underwater museum Egypt hopes will draw tourists to its northern coast, often overshadowed by hotspots such as Luxor, the Giza pyramids and Red Sea beaches.

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This photo shows a finger from Galileo's right hand, removed in 1737 from the great Tuscan scientist's corpse as it was being transferred to the monumental tomb in the Basilica of Santa Croce. It was announced on November 20, 2009 that three exceptional Galilean relics, two other fingers and a tooth, deemed lost for over a century, have been found again by chance by a collector and will be displayed to the public for the first time in spring 2010 on the occasion of the reopening of the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze.

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