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		<title>Neanderthal may not be the oldest Dutchman</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FROM RADIO NETHERLANDS WORDWIDE
People may well have been roaming the land we now call the Netherlands for far longer than was assumed until recently. There is evidence to suggest that the country was home to the forebears of the Neanderthals. Amateur archaeologist Pieter Stoel found materials used by the oldest inhabitants in the central town [...]]]></description>
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		<title>188 houses from Neolithic era unearthed in Middle Euphrates Region</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FROM GLOBAL ARAB NETWORK
Tal Bokrous is a sample of the first agricultural village built according to the architectural style of the Stone Age in Deir Ezzor, (432 kms northeast of Damascus, Syria).
The site is the only archaeological discovery at the Middle Euphrates Region which belongs to the booming phase of the Neolithic era.
The Neolithic era [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New findings at Stanton Drew stone circle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FROM THISISBRISTOL.CO.UK
Ask anyone in Bristol to name an ancient stone circle, and 90 per cent of people will probably say Stonehenge. A few of the wider-read sorts might mention Avebury. But remarkably, few will say the words Stanton Drew.
While Wiltshire&#8217;s two landmark sites are known worldwide, Bristol&#8217;s own major neolithic stone circle goes largely unnoticed.
But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coroner declares north Pembrokeshire Bronze Age ring treasure</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FROM THE WESTERN TELEGRAPH
A bronze age gold lock ring found in a north Pembrokeshire field was officially declared treasure by Pembrokeshire Coroner, Mark Layton, today (Thursday).
The ring, the first to be found in south and west Wales, was discovered in March 2009 by Trystan Johns, from Rhydlewis. Trystan is a member of Pembrokeshire Prospectors and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic finds made by archaeologists in Duddon Valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FROM THE WESTMORELAND GAZETTE
ARCHAEOLOGISTS in the Duddon Valley have uncovered over 3,000 previously unrecorded historic sites after a four-year survey of the area.
The Duddon Valley Local History Group, in partnership with the Lake District National Park Authority, found ring-cairns that could date back to the Bronze Age.
Two of the most exciting finds uncovered in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ring fort may have held Bronze Age sports arena</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ORIGINAL ARTICLE AT THE IRISH TIMES
A MYSTERIOUS ring fort in Co Tipperary holds “massive potential for discoveries” according to archaeologists who have carried out the first survey of the site.
Their initial findings suggest that the site may have been used for Bronze Age sporting contests in an arena that is the ancient equivalent of Semple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Crete, New Evidence of Very Ancient Mariners</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FROM NEW YORK TIMES
Early humans, possibly even prehuman ancestors, appear to have been going to sea much longer than anyone had ever suspected.

That is the startling implication of discoveries made the last two summers on the Greek island of Crete. Stone tools found there, archaeologists say, are at least 130,000 years old, which is considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Syria&#8217;s Stonehenge: Neolithic stone circles, alignments and possible tombs discovered</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[READ ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Owen Jarus AT THE INDEPENDENT
For Dr. Robert Mason, an archaeologist with the Royal Ontario Museum, it all began with a walk last summer. Mason conducts work at the Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi monastery, out in the Syrian Desert. Finds from the monastery, which is still in use today by monks, date [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bronze Age shipwreck found off Devon coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the world&#8217;s oldest shipwrecks has been discovered off the coast of Devon after lying on the seabed for almost 3,000 years.
ARTICLE by Jasper Copping FROM TELEGRAPH.CO.UK
The trading vessel was carrying an extremely valuable cargo of tin and hundreds of copper ingots from the Continent when it sank.
Experts say the &#8220;incredibly exciting&#8221; discovery provides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Unique&#8221; North Yorkshire rock carving matches similar in jungles of Columbia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, there have been quite a few archaeological revelations coming to light from the result of a wildfire that swept the moors of Fylingdales, N. Yorkshire. One of the items discovered is a &#8220;unique&#8221; carved stone, thought to be 4,000 years old. An article about the stone (from CULTURE 24) is below  but before reading that, [...]]]></description>
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