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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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 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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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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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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