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Scholar claims to find medieval Jewish capital
MOSCOW - A Russian archaeologist says he has found the lost capital of the Khazars, a powerful nation that adopted Judaism as its official religion more than 1,000 years ago, only to disappear leaving little trace of its culture |
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Dig pinpoints Stonehenge origins
The excavation is documented in a BBC Timewatch special Archaeologists have pinpointed the construction of Stonehenge to 2300BC - a key step to discovering how and why the mysterious edifice was built. |
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Extinct tortoise 'can live again'
Writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers report finding relatives of Geochelone elephantopus alive and well. |
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Diamond found in Lesotho among largest ever: company
A 76.41cts flawless diamond found in Lesotho. Gem Diamonds; a London-listed mining firm; has said Sunday it had recovered a 478 carat diamond from its mine in Lesotho: the 20th-largest rough diamond ever found |
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Conversation With Denise Zabalaga
Photojournalist Denise Zabalaga grew up in Switzerland with her Italian mother and Bolivian father. Italian and Spanish were spoken at home. When Denise was sent to school she didn’t know the German spoken there, an experience that gave her a lifelong feeling for, and identification with, the outsider.. |
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Curing the Wounds of Iraq with Virtual Therapy
Early on in the Iraq War, clinical psychologist Albert “Skip” Rizzo stumbled upon the video game Full Spectrum Warrior and determined to make a therapeutic tool out of it. Rizzo, a University of Southern California professor who had designed virtual reality tools to measure attention deficits in children, realized that thousands of soldiers would come back from the Middle East with post-traumatic stress disorder. Since 2005 the program he developed, Virtual Iraq, has had great success in treating the returning troops... |
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Superstar Paul Newman dies of cancer aged 83
Hollywood legend Paul Newman has lost his battle against cancer. He died on Friday aged 83. Rest in peace ![]() |
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Pilot's license found in Calif. may be Fossett's
A hiker in a rugged part of eastern California found a pilot's license and other items that appear to belong to Steve Fossett, the adventurer who vanished on a solo flight in a borrowed plane more than a year ago, authorities said Wednesday. |
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