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Archaeology: The Modern Sack of Nineveh

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about stolen Assyrian artifacts. It has many links to photos of Assyrian art and architecture, along with detailed images and illustrations.
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Archaeology: The New Neandertal

For Students 9th - 10th
Latest theories on the Neandertal. Valuable information can be provided through DNA, proteins, and chemical elements.
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Archaeology: Bodies of the Bogs

For Students 9th - 10th
Human sacrifices, unlucky people, victims of violence? What are the stories of the bog bodies? This article contains research on these bodies as well as many pictures of specimens.
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Archaeology: Diving With the Dead

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow a team of divers as they explore the famous cenotes of the Yucatan peninsula. These cenotes hold secrets of Mayan culture still waiting to be told.
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Archaeology: Kv 63: A Look at the New Tomb

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes the contents of the latest tomb found in Egypt. Includes an interview with Roxanne Wilson about the discovery.
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Archaeology.org: Archaeology Magazine

For Students 9th - 10th
A magazine dedicated to archeology. Includes recent discoveries, videos, articles, interactive digs, and more.
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Early Homo Erectus Tools in China

For Students 9th - 10th
An article which describes a fossil site in eastern China where evidence has been found that Home erectus may have been active in eastern China some 400,000 years earlier than scientists believed. The authors also summarize the debate...
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Shang City Uncovered

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes the early excavation successes of the American-Chinese archaeological partnership, the Anyang Project.
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Archaeology Archive: A Monumental Feud by Roger Atwood

For Students 9th - 10th
An article describing the oldest city found in the Americas: Caral, Peru. The author gives details on how there is a disagreement between members of the original team of archaeologists who dated the site in 2001. This has led to two...
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The Americas First Colony?

For Students 9th - 10th
Skeletal remains of a juvenile with jade ax blades suggests a possible Olmec colony in Southern Mexico.
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Archaeology: Nefertiti's Eyes

For Students 9th - 10th
In 2006, archaeologists entered a tomb labelled KV63 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. Evidence they found suggests links to Nefertiti. This article was written by Earl L. Ertman, a member of the expedition.
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Archaeology: Doing Time

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of Johnson's Island Prison followed by links to correspondence of the prisoners, a map of the prison, and information about a current archaeological dig at the site.
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Archaeology: The Antiquities Act Centennial

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about the Centennial of the Antiquities Act, signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt.
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The Fate of Greenland's Vikings

For Students 9th - 10th
An article which describe the settlement of the Vikings in Greenland and examines possible reasons for their disappearance.
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Archaeology Magazine Archive: Who Were the Hopewell?

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this informative article from the Archaelogy Magazine discussing the Hopewell culture, its agriculture and village life, and primarilty the ceremonial earthworks for which the culture is so famous.
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Archaeology: Steam Machines

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the Civil War's naval confrontations and the impact of steamboats as used by the United States Navy during the war.
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The Ancient Olympics: Winning at Olympia

For Students 9th - 10th
New studies challenge traditional notions about Greek Athletes and why they competed.
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Archaeological Institute of America: Early Iron Smelting

For Students 9th - 10th
Tells about an archaeological dig that may have uncovered one of the oldest instances of iron smelting ever. (V. 53 No. 1, Jan./Feb. 2000 )
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Archaeology: Calvert's Heirs Claim Schliemann Treasure

For Students 9th - 10th
A news article discussing conflicting claims to Schliemann's Trojan treasures, which may have been excavated by different archaeologists.
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Archaeology: Neolithic Surgery

For Students 9th - 10th
Summary of research on a 7,000 year old burial that shows evidence of successful brain surgery. Describes the type of surgery, what it was for and how the relics seem to show what was done.
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Archaeology: Trajan's Glorious Forum

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a labeled diagram of "Trajan's Glorious Forum."
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Archaeology: Riddle of Great Zimbabwe

For Students 9th - 10th
Briefly explores the differing explanations for Great Zimbabwe's location and structures.
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Archaeology: Sand Creek Massacre

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains information about pinpointing the exact site of the Sand Creek Massacre.
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Archaeology: Apalachee Surface in Louisiana

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about the Apalachee, a Native American culture that was displaced after the arrival of the Europeans from northern Florida to Louisiana.