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		<title>Handful of iron beads offer clues to solve mystery</title>
		<link>http://www.astigan.com/2009/12/28/handful-of-iron-beads-offer-clues-to-solve-mystery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When archaeologist Ruth Iren Øien noticed a cluster of tiny iron beads in the ground, she knew she was onto something. She did not know, however, that her team had stumbled upon Scandinavia’s oldest and most complex group of iron forges.]]></description>
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		<title>Remains of Minoan-style painting discovered during excavations of Canaanite palace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tel Kabri is the only site in Israel where wall paintings similar in style to those found in the Aegean 3,600 years ago have been found; researchers say this was a conscious decision made by the city rulers to lean toward Mediterranean culture.]]></description>
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		<title>Heart disease found in Egyptian mummies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hardening of the arteries has been detected in Egyptian mummies, some as old as 3,500 years, suggesting that the factors causing heart attack and stroke are not only modern ones; they afflicted ancient people, too. ]]></description>
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		<title>Fracture zones endanger tombs in Valley of Kings</title>
		<link>http://www.astigan.com/2009/10/23/fracture-zones-endanger-tombs-in-valley-of-kings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ancient choices made by Egyptians digging burial tombs may have led to today's problems with damage and curation of these precious archaeological treasures, but photography and detailed geological mapping should help curators protect the sites, according to a Penn State researcher.]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s oldest known submerged town</title>
		<link>http://www.astigan.com/2009/10/23/worlds-oldest-known-submerged-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world's oldest known submerged town has been revealed through the discovery of late Neolithic pottery. The finds were made during an archaeological survey of Pavlopetri, off the southern Laconia coast of Greece.]]></description>
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		<title>A 200,000-year-old cut of meat</title>
		<link>http://www.astigan.com/2009/10/15/a-200000-year-old-cut-of-meat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contestants on TV shows like Top Chef and Hell's Kitchen know that their meat-cutting skills will be scrutinized by a panel of unforgiving judges.]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt Suspends Archaeological Cooperation with the Louvre</title>
		<link>http://www.astigan.com/2009/10/12/egypt-suspends-archaeological-cooperation-with-the-louvre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Louvre bought five fragments removed from the wall of Theban Tomb 15, the tomb of the nobleman Tetiky in Dra Abu'l Naga, an area on Luxor’s west bank. ]]></description>
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		<title>Nobel Laureate Was First Heiner Müller Professor at Freie Universität</title>
		<link>http://www.astigan.com/2009/10/12/nobel-laureate-was-first-heiner-muller-professor-at-freie-universitat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The president of Freie Universität Berlin, Professor Dr. Dieter Lenzen, congratulated Herta Müller for being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.]]></description>
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		<title>‘Blue Stonehenge’ discovered</title>
		<link>http://www.astigan.com/2009/10/12/%e2%80%98blue-stonehenge%e2%80%99-discovered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Archaeologists have released an artist’s impression of what a second stone circle found a mile from Stonehenge might have looked like]]></description>
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		<title>Dracula&#8217;s Cellar Found</title>
		<link>http://www.astigan.com/2009/10/06/draculas-cellar-found/</link>
		<comments>http://www.astigan.com/2009/10/06/draculas-cellar-found/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Archaeologists believe to have discovered a cellar owned by the Wallachian Duke Vlad III, commonly known by the name of “Dracula.” The cellar was discovered in the university town of Pecs in southern Hungary.]]></description>
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