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Israel OKs tourist center in tense Arab area

Associated Press - 36 minutes ago

The Israeli government says it has given a hardline Jewish group permission to build a new archaeological center in a tense Arab neighborhood in east Jerusalem.

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Animal Mummies Discovered at Ancient Egyptian Site
LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News - 54 minutes ago
A wealth of new discoveries, from animal mummies linked to the jackal god and human remains to an enigmatic statue, are revealing the secrets of an ancient holy place in Egypt once known as the "Terrace of the Great God."
Maldives museum reopens minus smashed Hindu images
Associated Press via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 28 minutes ago
The Maldives' national museum reopened Tuesday without some of its most valuable exhibits a week after a mob of suspected religious extremists smashed images from the pre-Islamic era of this Indian Ocean archipelago.
Rare coins find declared treasure
BBC News - 1 hour 0 minutes ago
A find of 16 Roman coins in Suffolk suggests relatively "high status people" lived in the area, an archaeologist says.
Biblical park to go ahead in Jerusalem Arab area
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 14, 4:27 am ET
An Israeli planning commission has approved the controversial construction of a Jewish biblical park in an Arab neighbourhood of east Jerusalem, the interior ministry said on Monday.
India Ink: Buddhist Statues Smashed in Maldives Raise Fears of Islamic Extremism
New York Times - Tue Feb 14, 12:01 am ET
Representations of Buddha's head destroyed, recalling Taliban destruction of giant Buddhas in Afghanistan.
Doorstep meteorite 'biggest to fall in UK'
BBC News - Tue Feb 14, 7:03 am ET
How a meteorite ended up on a Wiltshire doorstep
Analyzing the causes of obesity in the Romani ethnic group
EurekAlert! - 1 hour 34 minutes ago
( Elhuyar Fundazioa ) Esther Rebato is a well-known figure in the field of Physical Anthropology. This lecturer at the Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology of the University of the Basque Country has carried out numerous pieces of work into nutritional habits, life quality and other associated aspects. Over the last few years she has been looking at the Romani ...
Love gifts in the animal kingdom
BBC News - Tue Feb 14, 6:13 am ET
Exploring the weird presents animals give to potential mates
All you need is love: the neurochemical jolt and obsession
Scientific American - 27 minutes ago
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Huichol ‘cosmic portal’ peyote ceremonies threatened by silver mine
Washington Post - Mon Feb 13, 8:01 pm ET
For the Huichol Indians, the desert mountains here are sacred, a cosmic portal with major mojo, where shamans collect the peyote that fuels the waking dreams that hold the universe together. For a Canadian mining company, these same hills look like a billion dollars worth of buried silver. Read full article >>
'Wax museum' offers window to Iraq's past
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Feb 13, 7:07 pm ET
Baghdad's version of a wax museum features figures who depict Iraq's past, rather than replicas of celebrities like Michael Jackson, offering a distinctly different experience from Madame Tussauds.
Valentine's Day kisses continue odd human tradition
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Feb 13, 6:01 pm ET
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A kiss may be just a kiss, but when sweethearts pucker up on Valentine's Day, they will be participating in one of the most bizarre and unlikely of human activities. Experts say kissing evolved from sniffing, which people did centuries ago as a way of learning about each other. "At some point, they slipped and ended up on the lips, and they thought that was a lot better ...
ANN ARBOR: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology to host Ancient Egypt Family Day
Ann Arbor Journal - Tue Feb 14, 7:44 am ET
The event is free and open to the public. Hands-on activities offered for children ages 5 through 12 will include ancient Egyptian:
What's So Wrong With Monogamy?
Forbes - Mon Feb 13, 5:59 pm ET
Open marriages are in the news, researchers say we're wired to cheat, and many are asking, Is monogamy unrealistic?
Political Turmoil Threatens Archaeological Treasures in Maldives
New York Times - Mon Feb 13, 8:18 am ET
Amid the recent political turmoil that has racked the nation, a half dozen men stormed into a museum last Tuesday and ransacked a collection of coral and lime figures.