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  • September 2008

    • Dig Unearths 10th-Century Viking Shield

      Associated Press  |  Sep 18, 08 11:55 AM CDT

      Dig Unearths 10th-Century Viking Shield

      (Newser) - Archaeologists say they have found a remarkably intact Viking shield that is at least 1,000 years old, the AP reports. The 10th-century artifact, the first such find in Denmark, was buried in moist soil "ideal to preserve the wood," says an excavator. The 32-inch wooden shield was discovered during a dig near Viking-era castles 60 miles west of Copenhagen. More »

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      Denmark  • excavation  • archaeologist  • Vikings

  • July 2008

    • Dig Finds Washington's Home (No Cherry Tree)

      New York Times  |  Jul 2, 08 6:20 PM CDT

      Dig Finds Washington's Home (No Cherry Tree)

      (Newser) - Archaeologists have found the childhood home of George Washington, the New York Times reports—and despite the popular legend, there's no cherry tree anywhere on the premises. Researchers describe the founding father's Virginia digs as “a very nice gentry house” sporting eight rooms—not the simple cottage pictured in popular imagination. More »

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      history  • archaeology  • America  • excavation  • Freemason  • George Washington

  • May 2008

    • Stonehenge Riddle Solved?

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 4, 08 3:48 PM CDT

      Stonehenge Riddle Solved?

      (Newser) - A British team has excavated Stonehenge in hope of showing it was once a temple used for healing, the Los Angeles Times reports. Archaeologists focused on the site's 4,000-year-old bluestones, a twin circle of huge rocks, for proof of their origins and purpose. Shamans and witch doctors once likely filled the site, researcher Tim Darvill said, along with "all the sorts of people who in prehistoric terms would look after those who were ill." More »

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      archaeology  • temple  • Stonehenge  • ceremony  • excavation  • prehistoric

  • December 2007

    • Boston's $14.8B 'Big Dig' All Dug

      Associated Press  |  Dec 26, 07 3:00 AM CST

      Boston's $14.8B 'Big Dig' All Dug

      (Newser) - The most complicated and expensive highway project in American history is finally complete, AP reports. After 16 years of excavating and building, the ambitious "Big Dig" tunnel project under Boston will be turned over to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority January 1. The final price tag was $14.8 billion—$12 billion over the first estimate in 1982. More »

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      Boston  • construction  • highways  • excavation  • Big Dig

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