Lost city Herakleion artifacts shown on barge off Alexandria
Archaeologists unveil underwater finds from Herakleion including two large stelae and three statues on a barge in Abu Qir Bay. The smaller stela names the city and dates a giant stone to 380 B C under Pharaoh Nektanebo I. The site lies four miles offshore with about 20 000 pieces remaining.
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Judge OKs contracts for World War II memorial on National Mall
A US district judge rejected a motion to halt construction contracts for a National Mall World War II memorial. The American Battle Monuments Commission awarded a $56 million contract to two firms to begin work this summer, while the broader lawsuit proceeds.
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Ancient extinctions blamed on hunters
Studies in Science link late Pleistocene die offs in the Americas and Australia to human arrival and hunting. Researchers date rapid losses of mammoths camels and saber toothed cats within thousands of years of human migration and cite fire aided hunting as a factor.
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