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Mexico uncovers biggest collection of ice-age mammoth skeletons
The bones were first found by construction crews working on a new airport at an air force base just outside the Mexican capital.
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A mammoth discovery: Giant remains found near Mexico City
Archaeologists dig up the remains of about 60 of the most famous mammals of the Ice Age outside Mexico’s capital.
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Great Dwarka Dig: scientists zero in on India's mythical sunken city
Great Dwarka Dig: Scientists Zero In On India's Mythical Sunken City
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An archaeological site near Prince Albert, Sask., is being pilfered of ancient items
The Âsowanânihk site near Prince Albert, where researchers believe Indigenous people settled as long as 11,000 years ago, has drawn much media attention. As a result, it's now the victim of illegal scavenging.
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U.S. Spy Satellite Images Help Discover Ancient Battle Site
In an archaeological breakthrough spy satellite imagery has led to the site of a Seventh century battle in present day Iraq.
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1970s: Picture of landscape including shore, water, trees, cardinals and dogwood branch, with dates on picture frame and exhibit labels on each side
1970s: Picture of landscape including shore, water, trees, cardinals and dogwood branch, with dates on picture frame and exhibit labels on each side. Young men brush dirt.
Sky News
A significant discovery has been made at Stonehenge - not by an archaeological breakthrough or years of scientific research but because the grass wasn't watered.
A significant discovery has been made at Stonehenge - not by an archaeological breakthrough or years of scientific research but because the grass wasn't watered.
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Bahrain 1960s - Ras Al Qala'a excavation. Cleaning findings. Expert assembles pieces of pottery. Potter at the wheel.
Clip 8 from French language film about Bahrain in the 1960s. Archeologists at Ras Al Qala'a archaeological site. Ruins. A camp / settlement to allow excavation under portuguese ruins. Sieving / Sifting soils, local arabic people cleaning...
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CLEAN : Roman writing tablets reveal early London life
More than 400 Roman writing tablets have been unearthed in the heart of London shedding light on the commerce driven life in what would become the City of London financial hub archaeologists say
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Bahrain 1960s - Archeologists, working at the site of the Barbar Temple, look through reference books to research items found in an excavation.
Clip 7 from French language film about Bahrain in the 1960s. Archeologists, working at the site of the Barbar Temple, look through reference books to research items found in an excavation.
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EGYPT: TOMB OF NOBLEMAN DISCOVERED (V) (V) Egypt: Excavation
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VOICED BY: Vera Frankl
A team of Czech archaeologists working in Egypt have discovered the tomb of an important nobleman which could lead to a series of similar sites.
Among the discoveries, the team recently found the...
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'Superhenge' Unearthed Near Stonehenge
VOICED: A new and larger version of Stonehenge has been discovered by scientists just two miles from the famous Wiltshire stone circle. This latest neolithic monument is thought to include as many as 90 large stones, which have been...
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Controversy Over Stonehenge Road Tunnel Proposal
VOICED: A controversial road tunnel to reduce traffic near Stonehenge will be built despite opposition from some archaeologists. The route that was originally proposed has been altered to preserve the views of the sun during the winter...
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EGYPT: TOMB OF ROYAL EGYPTIAN DISCOVERED AT DAHSHOUR (V)
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Japanese archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a royal Egyptian scribe that dates back to the New Kingdom period of 1300 B-C.
The tomb, nestled in a group of five large pyramids at Dahshour, is being hailed as the most...
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Bahrain 1960s - herd of goats in the barren desert landscape. Two archaeologists studying archaeology site.
Clip 5 from French language film about Bahrain in the 1960s. Herd of goats in the barren desert landscape. Two archaeologists studying archaeology site. Jeep drives through desert.
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Search for England's lost king hangs
VOICED : Search for England's lost king hangs
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Robot to explore secret passage inside Great Pyramid
1. Wide shot of group walking in front of pyramids and Sphinx
2. Pyramid
3. Entrance to pyramid
4. Various shots of robot engineers and equipment inside pyramid
5. Engineers carrying robot to hole in wall
6. Camera point-of-view into...
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EGYPT: EGYPTOLOGISTS CONFERENCE OPENS (V)
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VOICED BY: Philippa Meagher
Sites at one of the world's most important archaeological regions are under threat of annihilation.
A rising water table along the Nile Delta and a population explosion has led...
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10 More Bodies Found In Search For Tulsa Massacre Victims
Back in 1921, White Tulsa residents attacked what was known as "The Black Wall Street" and killed as many as 300 people, by some estimates.
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Egypt - Archaeologists open priest's sarcophagos
Egyptian and Czech archaeologists opened the intact sarcophagus of a priest entombed for between 2,400-2,600 years at Abu Sir, near Cairo on Friday (27/2). The priest's tomb was the first from the pharaonic era to be found unviolated in...
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RR0301/C Kenya: Turkana
Turkana Desert, Kenya (recent): Turkana tribespeople at homestead; Pilipia Essokon, SOT in Turkana; Turkana tribespeople; aerials of Rift Valley, Kenya; Lake Turkana: Helene Roche and other archaeologists at Nadong dig; Helene Roche,...
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Historians think they may have discovered a dungeon in Turkey where the Romanian prince who inspired Count Dracula was once held captive. (Oct. 29)
SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Ibrahim Cetin, Tokat Municipality Archaeologist
"According to research on historical sources, we have concluded that these ruins must belong to the dungeon of Count Dracula."
SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Songul Colak,...
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Robot to explore secret passage inside Great Pyramid
1. Wide shot of group walking in front of pyramids and Sphinx
2. Pyramid
3. Entrance to pyramid
4. Various shots of robot engineers and equipment inside pyramid
5. Engineers carrying robot to hole in wall
6. Camera point-of-view into...