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It is reported that historic Buddhist shrines which have an archaeological value are being vandalised by treasure hunters and miners with the authorities being silent to the goings on due to sheer apathy. This is said to be occurring all over the island and the Eastern Province is no exception.

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Building work has been halted on a Stoke Newington estate because archaeologists believe the site may have once been home to some of Hackney's most ancient residents.
Tenants on the George Downing estate received letters from their landlord last week informing them that building work on new flats had had to be delayed because Stone Age artefacts are likely to be uncovered on the site.

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The Nepalese Department of Archaeology (DoA) has restarted collecting information of historical monuments and artefacts from around the country to classify them on the basis of their national and local significance.

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 Serbian archaeologists found evidence of what could be the oldest metal workshop in all of Europe.
 According to National Museum archaeologist Duan ljivar, experts found a copper chisel and stone ax at a location near Prokuplje in which the foundation has proven to be 7,500 years old, leading us to believe that it was one of the first places in which metal weapons and tools were made in prehistoric times.

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Archaeologist and former member of the Parseh and Pasargadae Research Foundation (PPRF) Mohammad-Taqi Ataii gave a series of new details on the amazing discovery of ancient paint remnants on the Achaemenid royal tombs at Naqsh-e Rustam in southern Irans Fars Province.

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Discovery of a 10th-century ancient relic, resembling a "Shivling", in the premises of a government-run hospital here has created a sensation among the people and the Archaeology department.
The discovery was made in the premises of the Mahendra Mohan Choudhury (MMC) hospital in Panbazar area during construction of a new Regional Diagnostic Centre under the National Rural Health Mission.
Officials of the MMC today said the stone pillar with 256 cm radius and 173 cm height had been at the spot since long and it was not disturbed as the spot was vacant.

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Experts of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Department of Hormozgan province have categorised 6350 historical relics ranging in date from third millennium BC to Qajar dynastic era (1787-1921 AD).   

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Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever found.
The findings in the ruins of the city of Rehov this summer include 30 intact hives dating to around 900 B.C., archaeologist Amihai Mazar of Jerusalem's Hebrew University told The Associated Press. He said it offers unique evidence that an advanced honey industry existed in the Holy Land at the time of the Bible.

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Dighavapi: Officials turning blind eye to disappearing history
The historic Dighavapi Purana Rajamaha Viharaya in Digamadulla is in a state of disrepair and neglect. The viharaya is revered by pilgrims as ancient chronicles mention that Lord Buddha had visited the site. The chaithya is said to contain a nail relic of Lord Buddha and for this reason it is known as Haba Vehara.

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Researchers studying Iceman, the 5,000-year-old mummy found frozen in the Italian Alps in 1991, now believe he died of head trauma, not the wound of an arrow.
Two months ago, researchers in Switzerland published an article in the Journal of Archaeological Science saying the man known as Oetzi died after an arrow tore a hole in an artery beneath his left collarbone.

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