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Greece: Lost city of the Mycenaeans discovered
A partially submerged "lost" harbor town, built by the ancient Mycenaeans nearly 3,500 years ago, has been discovered along a rocky stretch of Greek coast. A team is working to unlock its secrets. This is really a remarkable find. It is rare indeed to locate an entire town... Read article...
Wooden throne buried by Vesuvius
An ancient Roman wood and ivory throne has been unearthed at a dig in Herculaneum, an ancient city near Pompeii. Like Pompeii, Herculaneum was destroyed in 79 AD by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The throne was found at the Villa of the Papyri, which belonged to Julius Caesar's father-in-law... Read article...
Costa Rica finds volcano 250
Costa Rica is a relatively small country, a bit smaller than West Virginia. Now imagine putting 250 volcanoes in West Virginia! The 250th volcano in Costa Rica was just confirmed by scientists. How did something this large escape detection until now?... Read article...
Mining and New Mexico - have times changed since 1872?
A bill to reform the 135 year old law governing hardrock mining passed the US House last year, and now the Senate is looking at it. Some say that the law made sense when it was passed in 1872, but times have changed. Gee, ya think? When the law was passed, it was lone prospectors with pack mules... Read article...
Will the real Blarney please stand up?
A scandal is hitting that well-known Irish attraction, the Blarney Stone. We've heard since childhood that if you kiss that famous stone in Ireland, you will gain the gift of gab and great oratorical skills. Now a pair of archaeologists say that the real Blarney Stone is not the one everybody's been kissing! ... Read article...
So there we were... among Tombstone's tombstones
Tombstone, Arizona. Even the name sounds dusty and desolate, with a streak of violence, doesn't it? Tombstone was a silver mining town that went through its cycles of boom and bust, like so many other mining towns... Read article...
Holy healing dirt?
The Santuario de Chimayo is a small church not far from Santa Fe, famous for its healing dirt. Pilgrims come here from far and wide, hoping to be cured of whatever ails them. Some rub the dirt on their bodies; some even eat it. A collection of crutches and braces at the site attests to its effectiveness... Read article...
Bishop’s head rescued from rubble
This is the kind of story we just don’t find here in the US… In Ireland, County Galway, a 15th century carved bishop’s head was rescued from a heap of rubble, shortly before it would have been carted off and dumped. Somehow the head made its way from a Dominican Abbey... Read article...
Costa Rica graduates to middle class
First it was the Norwegians, then the World Bank, Canadians, Taiwanese, Dutch, Swedes and Germans. They’re all pulling funding from Costa Rica. Costa Rica is a victim of its own success. Donations from abroad are drying up... Read article...
New road rolls over 40 archaeological sites
The controversial Irish highway meant to reduce traffic congestion around Dublin continues to uncover and roll over more archaeological sites.As many as 40 archaeological sites have been uncovered along the route of the M3 highway. The latest discovery is tomb engravings dating back 6,000 years... Read article...
