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A dealer's checkered career throws light on murky global trade in ancient treasures
Associated Press WritersMUNICH, Germany (AP) _ Leonardo Patterson made his first archaeological find at age 7 in a yam field in his native Costa Rica — a piece of clay pottery his cousin said could be thousands of years old. It launched a lifelong fascination with pre-...Tags: Punishment, Natural Resources, Long Island, Anthropology, Sales
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← "Postnatal Rescue With Erin O'Brien" ( www.erinobrienfitness.com, $14.99) WHAT IT IS: This 60-minute DVD features three progressions to ease women back into exercise and can be done in 15 minutes a day. Despite the title, it's not just for the...Tags: Physical Fitness, Tourism and Leisure, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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Pompeii now open for business to bidders
POMPEII, Italy — When a state of emergency was declared this summer at the ancient grounds of Pompeii, the move by Italy's government touched off an eruption of media accounts about how the ruins near Mt. Vesuvius were, well, in ruins.
Now...Tags: Culture, Silvio Berlusconi, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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Imparting colonial history
247-7429When Ralph Freer first came to Williamsburg after retiring from the federal government, he brought his interest in history with him. Wanting to be involved in the telling of the area's history, Freer started by volunteering in the stables at Colonial...Tags: Williamsburg, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Colonial Williamsburg, American Revolutionary War, History
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Bountiful Arts Harvest At Area Museums
Courant Staff WriterThe fall arts scene is dominated by photography, but those who fancy sculpture or painting need not worry. There is even something for fans of "CSI" or "CSI: Miami" or "CSI: New York" as the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art goes forensic on its paintings....Tags: Yale University Art Gallery, Yale Center for British Art, Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Florence Griswold House, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
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Archeologist of biblical sites
New York Times News ServiceAvraham Biran, an archeologist of biblical sites who excavated Tel Dan, an ancient city along Israel's northern border, and uncovered an unexpected stone fragment bearing what might be the earliest reference to the House of David, died Sept. 16 in...Tags: Judaism, Religious Texts, Bible, Law Enforcement, Johns Hopkins University
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Avraham Biran, Israeli excavated biblical sites
The New York TimesAvraham Biran, an archaeologist of biblical sites who excavated Tel Dan, an ancient city along Israel's northern border, and uncovered an unexpected stone fragment bearing what might be the earliest reference to the House of David, died Sept. 16 in...Tags: Judaism
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Tenor Placido Domingo uses local music to smooth controversy over concert at Mexico pyramid
Associated Press WriterCHICHEN ITZA, Mexico (AP) _ Tenor Placido Domingo's choice of a classical program peppered with local music and help from Mexican pianist and crooner Armando Manzanero appeared to smooth the controversy surrounding his Saturday concert at the Mayan...Tags: Government, Tourism and Leisure, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Luciano Pavarotti, Executive Branch
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2008 Ig Nobel Prizes honor research on stripper fertility and Coca-Cola as spermicide
Deborah Anderson had heard the urban legends about the contraceptive effectiveness of Coca-Cola products for years. So she and her colleagues decided to put the soft drink to the test. In the lab, that is. For discovering that, yes indeed, Coke was a...Tags: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Coca-Cola Company, Colleges and Universities, Medical Research, Philosophy
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Egyptian archaeologists discover 3,000 year-old granite head of Ramses II
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ Egypt's antiquities council says that archaeologists have unearthed a 3,000-year-old red granite head believed to portray the 19th Dynasty pharaoh Ramses II. The Supreme Council of Antiquities says the discovery was made recently at... -
'Wonder' Is At Play In Real Art Ways Exhibit
Also This Week One of the largest open-studio programs in the country starts today in and around New Haven as Artspace presents the 11th annual City-Wide Open Studios in New Haven, Westville, West Haven, Fair Haven and Hamden/Newhallville. Hundreds of...Tags: Foxwoods Resort Casino, Government, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Mashantucket, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Coke as contraceptive? Puzzle-solving mold? Ig Nobel winners tackle improbable science
Associated Press Writer++++++++++++++++++++ || || || ++++++++++++++++++++ Deborah Anderson had heard the urban legends about the contraceptive effectiveness of Coca-Cola products for years. So she and her colleagues decided to put the soft drink to the test. In the lab,...Tags: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Coca-Cola Company, Colleges and Universities, Medical Research, Philosophy
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