Tagged: Archeology

11:50am

Mon February 4, 2013
Royal Recovery

Remains found beneath parking lot ID'd as King Richard III

Originally published on Mon February 4, 2013 3:10 pm

Remains found under what's now a parking lot in the English city of Leicester have been confirmed to be those of King Richard III, researchers at the University of Leicester announced Monday.

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1:39pm

Thu October 11, 2012
Science

Mystery solved: Who the 'Kennewick Man' really was

Credit Brittney Tatchell

For one thing, Kennewick Man – the 9,500-year-old remains found in the shallows of the Columbia River more than 16 years ago – was buff. We’re talking beefcake.

So says Doug Owsley, head of physical anthropology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Owsley led the study of the ancient remains.

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8:25am

Mon July 4, 2011
Archeology

Fixer-upper in the Dalles yields valuable Chinese artifacts

THE DALLES, Ore. – A fixer-upper is paying unexpected dividends for a couple in The Dalles, Oregon.

The back parking lot of the old building they bought as an investment is yielding artifacts that give rare insight into the lives of pioneer Chinese immigrants in the Northwest.

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