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		<title>Donegal brain surgeon at work in AD 800, burial site reveals</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRAIN SURGERY was being carried out in Ireland more than 1,000 years ago – and patients survived.
People with disabilities were treated with compassion and respect within their communities in medieval Ireland but TB and other diseases, possibly including cancer, claimed many lives while others died by the sword.
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		<title>Vanished Persian Army Found in Desert</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The remains of a mighty Persian army said to have drowned in the sands of the western Egyptian desert 2,500 years ago might have been finally located, solving one of archaeology&#8217;s biggest outstanding mysteries, according to Italian researchers.
Bronze weapons, a silver bracelet, an earring and hundreds of human bones found in the vast desolate wilderness [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pasthorizons.wordpress.com&blog=2095192&post=1307&subd=pasthorizons&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prehistoric burial ground found on Skye</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A PREHISTORIC burial ground has been discovered on Skye.
Six slab-lined graves and six cremation pits have been unearthed on the excavation site close to Armadale pier on the Sleat peninsula. Experts say it is one of the most significant archaeological finds yet made in the Highlands.
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		<title>Truly Treasure: The Stories of Objects Found on Hadrian&#8217;s Wall</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years archaeologists have moved from simply classifying the objects they excavate to understanding the stories they have to tell about all aspects of life on the Roman Frontier.
One of the most pioneering practioners in this area was the late Vivien Swan, whose work on ceramics has revealed much about the different peoples garrisoned [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pasthorizons.wordpress.com&blog=2095192&post=1302&subd=pasthorizons&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Divers probe Mayan ruins submerged in Guatemala lake</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scuba divers are exploring the depths of a volcanic lake in Guatemala to find clues about an ancient sacred island where Mayan pilgrims flocked to worship before it was submerged by rising waters.
Samabaj, the first underwater archaeological ruins excavated in Guatemala, were discovered accidentally 12 years ago by a diver exploring picturesque Lake Atitlan, ringed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pasthorizons.wordpress.com&blog=2095192&post=1300&subd=pasthorizons&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteer for New Forest National Park Coastal Heritage Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the Solent has a rich coastal heritage we know very little about it and suspect there is much to be discovered. The Coastal Heritage Project has therefore been set up both to fully record the archaeology of the Hampshire coastline and to share this with as many people as possible.
The project extends beyond the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pasthorizons.wordpress.com&blog=2095192&post=1298&subd=pasthorizons&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>At Ur, Ritual Deaths That Were Anything but Serene</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new examination of skulls from the royal cemetery at Ur, discovered in Iraq almost a century ago, appears to support a more grisly interpretation than before of human sacrifices associated with elite burials in ancient Mesopotamia, archaeologists say.
Palace attendants, as part of royal mortuary ritual, were not dosed with poison to meet a rather [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pasthorizons.wordpress.com&blog=2095192&post=1297&subd=pasthorizons&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Edinburgh and Lothians Archaeology Conference 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh and Lothians Archaeology Conference Saturday December 5th 2009
This year&#8217;s annual archaeology conference is to be held on Saturday December 5th at the Queen Margaret University. 
Tickets cost £20 (£12) for the day conference and a lunch time buffet can be pre-booked for £8. Either complete the form and send in by post or email bookings@eastlothian.gov.uk
www.eastlothian.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=929
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		<title>Mystery stone found near church linked to Knights Templar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A MYSTERIOUS carved stone has been uncovered alongside a 12th-century church associated with the Knights Templar.
What appears to be the carved top of a sarcophagus was unearthed when builders were excavating and reinforcing a wall alongside the old ruined church in Temple, Midlothian.
But the inscriptions, which include symbols similar to those found in Viking monuments, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pasthorizons.wordpress.com&blog=2095192&post=1292&subd=pasthorizons&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Archaeology Summer Training at Birkbeck &#8211; London</title>
		<link>http://pasthorizons.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/archaeology-summer-training-at-birkbeck-london/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Syon Archaeological Training Excavation
Syon, the only Bridgettine Abbey founded in medieval England, was built on Royal lands bordering the Thames in the early fifteenth century. Well endowed, at the time of the Dissolution it was ranked as the tenth wealthiest religious house and the richest nunnery in England. These excavations aim to discover more about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pasthorizons.wordpress.com&blog=2095192&post=1288&subd=pasthorizons&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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