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Indian Rebellion of 1857
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Indian Rebellion of 1857 The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper...
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It's official - the godwit makes the longest non-stop migratory flight in the world. A bird has been tracked from its Southern Hemisphere summertime home in New Zealand to its breeding ground in Alaska - and back again. The bar-tailed godwit, a female known as E7, landed in New Zealand this past weeke...
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Plans by a Geneva museum to sell two ancient manuscripts for millions of dollars have drawn consternation from scholars around the world.
They fear the sale of the papyri, which date back to the 2nd century, could precipitate the break-up of a unique collection of around 50 texts held by the Bodmer...
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HMS Queen Elizabeth
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HMS Queen Elizabeth sets sail from Rosyth for sea trials The Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier has left its home port for the first time. HMS Queen Elizabeth - one of two new carriers being built at Rosyth dockyard in Fife at a cost of more than £6bn - is to begin sea trials. The ship passed under the Forth B...
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J-31 aircraft
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China's J-31 stealth fighter makes appearance at Paris Air Show China's fourth Generation Multi-Purpose Medium fighter jet, the Shenyang J-31, developed by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), is making an appearance at the Paris Air Show for the first time. The J-31 is the latest d...
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Harlaa city
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Archaeologists in Ethiopia uncover ancient city in Harlaa A forgotten city thought to date back as far as the 10th century AD has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists in eastern Ethiopia. Artefacts from Egypt, India and China have been found in the city in the Harlaa region. The archaeologists...
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Progura gallinacea
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Ancient bird like 'a kangaroo-sized flying turkey' It has been described as a "giant flying turkey" the size of a grey kangaroo by Australian scientists. It is actually an extinct species of megapode bird - an ancient cousin of the modern Malleefowl, which famously builds mounds of earth and leaf li...
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Bloodhound diary: All set for UK rocket test A British team is developing a car that will capable of reaching 1,610km/h. Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the Bloodhound SSC (SuperSonic Car) vehicle will mount an assault on the land speed record. Wing Commander Green i...
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An ancient and legally protected oak tree was felled for a profit-making new housing venture, a court heard yesterday. Simon Pooley, 40, and Deborah Pooley, 39, both of Cardinal Close, Bury St Edmunds, and Anthony Leek, 44, deny illegally removing the gnarled oak from the plot in Maltings Lane, Ing...
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Cuneiform Tablets
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How the world's first accountants counted on cuneiform The Egyptians used to believe that literacy was divine, a gift from baboon-faced Thoth, the god of knowledge. Scholars no longer embrace that theory, but why ancient civilisations developed writing was a mystery for a long time. Was it for rel...
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For the first time ever, the Bangkok International Gems & Jewellery Fair will be open to members of the public for all five days of the show from Wednesday, July 4 to Sunday, July 8 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre. The shows special Cash & Carry format will allow members of the p...
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The Spanish Armada
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On 28 May 1588, the Spanish Armada (Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, "Great and Most Fortunate Navy") set sail from Lisbon (Portugal), headed for the English Channel. The fleet was composed of 151 ships, 8,000 sailors and 18,000 soldiers, and bore 1,500 brass guns and 1,000 iron gu...
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Iceland has said that they would resume commercial whaling after a nearly two-decade moratorium, defying a worldwide ban on hunting the mammals for their meat.
Fisheries Minister Einar Kristinn Gudfinnsson told Iceland's parliament that his ministry would begin issuing licenses to hunt fin...
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Dinosaur postage stamps
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Delving into China's dinosaur graveyard--Erenhot On May 19, the China Post issued Chinese Dinosaurs, a set of themed postage stamps featuring seven dinosaurs whose fossils were first discovered in China. One of the "terrible lizards" is Gigantoraptor erlianensis, a dinosaur that lived during...
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