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Garamantes
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Lost city from ancient civilisation discovered in Libya University of Leicester archaeologists have made an astonishing find that could re-write history. The fall of the Gaddafi regime in Libya has provided archaeologists with the opportunity to explore the country's pre-Islamic heritage fu...
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Western Black Rhinocero
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The western black rhino has been declared extinct. Wild black rhinos have been completely wiped out across the whole of west Africa, according to the most recent assessment drawn up by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The IUCN report also warns that a subspecies of white r...
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West Yorkshire Hoard
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Help Save The West Yorkshire Hoard Support The Friends of Leeds City Museums and The Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society in their fundraising campaign to save this spectacular local hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold for the people of Leeds. They have until 15th November to raise this money. [url=ht...
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Bubal Hartebeest
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The Bubal Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus) is an antelope that became extinct in 1923. Read more (Extinct, 8 November 1923)
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Equus quagga quagga
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The quagga (Equus quagga quagga) is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra, which was once found in great numbers in South Africa's Cape Province and the southern part of the Orange Free State. The last wild quagga was probably shot in the late 1870s, and the last specimen in captivity, a mare, die...
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The McMahon Line
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China, India's largest trading partner, claims sovereignty over parts of Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh and calls it southern Tibet. It refuses to recognise the "imperialist" 1913 Shimla Convention under which Tibet ceded Tawang to India and regards its border with India -- the McMaho...
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Hughes H-4 Hercules
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The Hughes H-4 Hercules (registration NX37602) ("Spruce Goose") is a prototype heavy transport aircraft designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft company. The aircraft made its only flight on November 2, 1947 and the project was never advanced beyond the single example produced. Re...
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Osedax worms
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Traces of bone-eating "zombie worms" have been found in a three-million-year-old fossil from Italy, say researchers. Osedax worms feed on whale skeletons on the seabed using root-like tissues to bore into and dissolve the bones. Scientists from the Natural History Museum in London i...
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Indian Grand Prix
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The Indian Grand Prix (sometimes referred to as the Grand Prix of India) is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. It is currently held at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. The first event is scheduled to take place on October 30, 2011 as...
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Manorbier hoard
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Bronze Age hoard found in Manorbier, Pembrokeshire A collection of Bronze Age artefacts found by a man with a metal detector in a Pembrokeshire field may end up at the National Museum Wales. The tools, a weapon, and other items which were found by Gavin Palmer near Manorbier have been declared treasu...
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M25 motorway
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The M25 motorway, or London Orbital, is a 188 km orbital motorway that almost encircles Greater London, England, in the United Kingdom. The road enjoyed a positive reputation among ravers in the late 1980s as the then new Orbital Motorway was a popular route to the parties that took place around the o...
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Mongolian shipwreck
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13th century Mongolian wreckage discovered off Japanese seabed The vessel is the first of its kind to have been discovered relatively intact and dates from a series of attempts by Kublai Khan, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, to subjugate Japan between 1274 and 1281. Researchers have previously only b...
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Sunda Rhinoceros
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The Javan Rhinoceros (Sunda Rhinoceros to be more precise) or Lesser One-horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) is a member of the family Rhinocerotidae and one of five extant rhinoceroses. Once the most widespread of Asian rhinoceroses, the Javan Rhinoceros ranged from the islands of Java a...
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Yentna Gem Fields
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Diamond Gold Corp. announces world-class gem field Opals, sapphires, rubies, garnets and diamonds have been mined and cut from the Yentna Gem Fields, owned by Diamond Gold Corp. The large diamond and coloured gemstone mine is one of several mines and prospects in the Yentna Mining District owned b...
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Blombos Cave
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Ancient 'paint factory' unearthed The kits used by humans 100,000 years ago to make paint have been found at the famous archaeological site of Blombos Cave in South Africa. The hoard includes red and yellow pigments, shell containers, and the grinding cobbles and bone spatulas to work up a paste - ev...
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