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  • EGYPT-CAIRO-EGYPTIAN MUSEUM-TOURISM
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    (110322) -- CAIRO, March 22, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 22, 2011 shows an exhibit at the Egyptian Museum, at the Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, capital of Egypt. The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Dozens of ancient Egyptian artifacts were stolen as looters broke into the museum amid massive demonstrations that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Fortunately, some of them were retrieved. Now the number of tourists visiting the museum rebounded after the turmoil in Egypt. (Xinhua/Cai Yang ) (wjd)
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  • EGYPT-CAIRO-EGYPTIAN MUSEUM-TOURISM
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    (110322) -- CAIRO, March 22, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 22, 2011 shows an exhibit that has been stolen and retrieved at the Egyptian Museum, at the Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, capital of Egypt. The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Dozens of ancient Egyptian artifacts were stolen as looters broke into the museum amid massive demonstrations that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Fortunately, some of them were retrieved. Now the number of tourists visiting the museum rebounded after the turmoil in Egypt. (Xinhua/Cai Yang ) (wjd)
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  • EGYPT-CAIRO-EGYPTIAN MUSEUM-TOURISM
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    EGYPT-CAIRO-EGYPTIAN MUSEUM-TOURISM
    (110322) -- CAIRO, March 22, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 22, 2011 shows an exhibit at the Egyptian Museum, at the Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, capital of Egypt. The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Dozens of ancient Egyptian artifacts were stolen as looters broke into the museum amid massive demonstrations that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Fortunately, some of them were retrieved. Now the number of tourists visiting the museum rebounded after the turmoil in Egypt. (Xinhua/Cai Yang) (wjd)
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  • EGYPT-CAIRO-EGYPTIAN MUSEUM-TOURISM
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    (110322) -- CAIRO, March 22, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 22, 2011 shows an exhibit at the Egyptian Museum, at the Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, capital of Egypt. The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Dozens of ancient Egyptian artifacts were stolen as looters broke into the museum amid massive demonstrations that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Fortunately, some of them were retrieved. Now the number of tourists visiting the museum rebounded after the turmoil in Egypt. (Xinhua/Cai Yang) (wjd)
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  • EGYPT-CAIRO-EGYPTIAN MUSEUM-TOURISM
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    (110322) -- CAIRO, March 22, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 22, 2011 shows an exhibit at the Egyptian Museum, at the Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, capital of Egypt. The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Dozens of ancient Egyptian artifacts were stolen as looters broke into the museum amid massive demonstrations that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Fortunately, some of them were retrieved. Now the number of tourists visiting the museum rebounded after the turmoil in Egypt. (Xinhua/Cai Yang) (wjd)
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  • EGYPT-CAIRO-EGYPTIAN MUSEUM-TOURISM
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    (110322) -- CAIRO, March 22, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit the Egyptian Museum, at the Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, capital of Egypt, March 22, 2011. The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Dozens of ancient Egyptian artifacts were stolen as looters broke into the museum amid massive demonstrations that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Fortunately, some of them were retrieved. Now the number of tourists visiting the museum rebounded after the turmoil in Egypt. (Xinhua/Cai Yang ) (wjd)
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    (110322) -- CAIRO, March 22, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 22, 2011 shows the Mask of Tutankhamun's mummy at the Egyptian Museum, at the Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, capital of Egypt. The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Dozens of ancient Egyptian artifacts were stolen as looters broke into the museum amid massive demonstrations that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Fortunately, some of them were retrieved. Now the number of tourists visiting the museum rebounded after the turmoil in Egypt. (Xinhua/Cai Yang ) (wjd)
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  • EGYPT-CAIRO-EGYPTIAN MUSEUM-TOURISM
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    (110322) -- CAIRO, March 22, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 22, 2011 shows an exhibit at the Egyptian Museum, at the Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, capital of Egypt. The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Dozens of ancient Egyptian artifacts were stolen as looters broke into the museum amid massive demonstrations that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Fortunately, some of them were retrieved. Now the number of tourists visiting the museum rebounded after the turmoil in Egypt. (Xinhua/Cai Yang ) (wjd)
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  • EGYPT-CAIRO-EGYPTIAN MUSEUM-TOURISM
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    (110322) -- CAIRO, March 22, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 22, 2011 shows an exhibit at the Egyptian Museum, at the Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, capital of Egypt. The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Dozens of ancient Egyptian artifacts were stolen as looters broke into the museum amid massive demonstrations that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Fortunately, some of them were retrieved. Now the number of tourists visiting the museum rebounded after the turmoil in Egypt. (Xinhua/Cai Yang) (wjd)
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  • EGYPT-CAIRO-EGYPTIAN MUSEUM-TOURISM
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    (110322) -- CAIRO, March 22, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 22, 2011 shows an exhibit at the Egyptian Museum, at the Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, capital of Egypt. The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Dozens of ancient Egyptian artifacts were stolen as looters broke into the museum amid massive demonstrations that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Fortunately, some of them were retrieved. Now the number of tourists visiting the museum rebounded after the turmoil in Egypt. (Xinhua/Cai Yang ) (wjd)
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  • EGYPT-CAIRO-EGYPTIAN MUSEUM-TOURISM
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    (110322) -- CAIRO, March 22, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 22, 2011 shows an exhibit at the Egyptian Museum, at the Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, capital of Egypt. The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Dozens of ancient Egyptian artifacts were stolen as looters broke into the museum amid massive demonstrations that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Fortunately, some of them were retrieved. Now the number of tourists visiting the museum rebounded after the turmoil in Egypt. (Xinhua/Cai Yang ) (wjd)
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  • EGYPT-CAIRO-EGYPTIAN MUSEUM-TOURISM
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    (110322) -- CAIRO, March 22, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 22, 2011 shows an exhibit at the Egyptian Museum, at the Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, capital of Egypt. The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Dozens of ancient Egyptian artifacts were stolen as looters broke into the museum amid massive demonstrations that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Fortunately, some of them were retrieved. Now the number of tourists visiting the museum rebounded after the turmoil in Egypt. (Xinhua/Cai Yang ) (wjd)
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  • CHINA-GANSU-ANCIENT ROMAN ARMY-MYSTERY(CN)
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    (110321) -- LANZHOU, March 21, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 15, 2011 shows the relic of an ancient town named Liqian, in Liqian Village of Yongchang County, northwest China's Gansu Province.
    There are some forty western-looking villagers living in Liqian Village of Yongchang, whom, concluded by some experts and historians, are the descendants of the Roman Army in ancient times. Though the villagers said they had never traveled outside the county, they worshipped bulls and their favorite game was similar to the ancient Romans' bull-fighting dance.
    Some anthropologists are convinced the foreign-looking villagers with deep-set eyes, long and hooked noses are the descendants of the army men. In 53 B.C., ancient Roman army General Marcus Crassus was defeated and beheaded by the Parthians, a tribe occupying what is now Iran, putting an end to Rome's eastward expansion. But a 6,000-strong army led by Crassus's eldest son apparently escaped and were never found again. In addition, according to the record in Hanshu, or the History of the Han Dynasty, a Chinese border-defence army took part in a fight against the army in 36 B.C., whose tactics were quite similar to the legion of Roman soldiers. After the invaders were defeated by Han's army, they were settled in Yongchang under the authority of the Han government.
    Chinese archeologists in the 1990s found the remains of an ancient fortification in Liqian of Yongchang, a key section of the Silk Road, a 7,000-km-long trade route that linked Asia and Europe more than 2,000 years ago, which was strikingly similar to Roman defence structures.
    In despite of the discovery convince some anthropologists of descendants in existence, others are not so certain. In opponents' opinion, the county is on the Silk Road, so there were many chances for trans-national marriages and the 'foreign' origin of the villagers does not necessarily mean they are of ancient Roman origin.
    In the year of 2010, Chinese and Italian an

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  • (BRIDGING WE)CHINA-GANSU-ANCIENT ROMAN ARMY-MYSTERY(CN)
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    (110321) -- LANZHOU, March 21, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 15, 2011 shows a western-looking Chinese Sun Jianjun (R) and his son Sun Yuchao, who live in the Liqian Village, some ten kilometers to the Yongchang County, northwest China's Gansu Province.
    There are some forty such western-looking villagers living here, whom, concluded by some experts and historians, are the descendants of the Roman Army in ancient times. Though the villagers said they had never traveled outside the county, they worshipped bulls and their favorite game was similar to the ancient Romans' bull-fighting dance.
    Some anthropologists are convinced the foreign-looking villagers with deep-set eyes, long and hooked noses are the descendants of the army men. In 53 B.C., ancient Roman army General Marcus Crassus was defeated and beheaded by the Parthians, a tribe occupying what is now Iran, putting an end to Rome's eastward expansion. But a 6,000-strong army led by Crassus's eldest son apparently escaped and were never found again. In addition, according to the record in Hanshu, or the History of the Han Dynasty, a Chinese border-defence army took part in a fight against the army in 36 B.C., whose tactics were quite similar to the legion of Roman soldiers. After the invaders were defeated by Han's army, they were settled in Yongchang under the authority of the Han government.
    Chinese archeologists in the 1990s found the remains of an ancient fortification in Liqian of Yongchang, a key section of the Silk Road, a 7,000-km-long trade route that linked Asia and Europe more than 2,000 years ago, which was strikingly similar to Roman defence structures.
    In despite of the discovery convince some anthropologists of descendants in existence, others are not so certain. In opponents' opinion, the county is on the Silk Road, so there were many chances for trans-national marriages and the 'foreign' origin of the villagers does not necessarily mean they are of ancient Roman origin.
    In t

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  • CHINA-GANSU-ANCIENT ROMAN ARMY-MYSTERY(CN)
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    CHINA-GANSU-ANCIENT ROMAN ARMY-MYSTERY(CN)
    (110321) -- LANZHOU, March 21, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 15, 2011 shows the skeleton, whose skull appears more different than the people of Han ethnic group, at a museum in Yongchang County, northwest China's Gansu Province.
    There are some forty western-looking villagers living in Liqian Village of Yongchang, whom, concluded by some experts and historians, are the descendants of the Roman Army in ancient times. Though the villagers said they had never traveled outside the county, they worshipped bulls and their favorite game was similar to the ancient Romans' bull-fighting dance.
    Some anthropologists are convinced the foreign-looking villagers with deep-set eyes, long and hooked noses are the descendants of the army men. In 53 B.C., ancient Roman army General Marcus Crassus was defeated and beheaded by the Parthians, a tribe occupying what is now Iran, putting an end to Rome's eastward expansion. But a 6,000-strong army led by Crassus's eldest son apparently escaped and were never found again. In addition, according to the record in Hanshu, or the History of the Han Dynasty, a Chinese border-defence army took part in a fight against the army in 36 B.C., whose tactics were quite similar to the legion of Roman soldiers. After the invaders were defeated by Han's army, they were settled in Yongchang under the authority of the Han government.
    Chinese archeologists in the 1990s found the remains of an ancient fortification in Liqian of Yongchang, a key section of the Silk Road, a 7,000-km-long trade route that linked Asia and Europe more than 2,000 years ago, which was strikingly similar to Roman defence structures.
    In despite of the discovery convince some anthropologists of descendants in existence, others are not so certain. In opponents' opinion, the county is on the Silk Road, so there were many chances for trans-national marriages and the 'foreign' origin of the villagers does not necessarily mean they are of ancient Roman origin.
    In the

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  • CHINA-GANSU-ANCIENT ROMAN ARMY-MYSTERY(CN)
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    CHINA-GANSU-ANCIENT ROMAN ARMY-MYSTERY(CN)
    (110321) -- LANZHOU, March 21, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 15, 2011 shows a part of cap exhibited at a museum in Yongchang County, northwest China's Gansu Province.
    There are some forty western-looking villagers living in Liqian Village of Yongchang, whom, concluded by some experts and historians, are the descendants of the Roman Army in ancient times. Though the villagers said they had never traveled outside the county, they worshipped bulls and their favorite game was similar to the ancient Romans' bull-fighting dance.
    Some anthropologists are convinced the foreign-looking villagers with deep-set eyes, long and hooked noses are the descendants of the army men. In 53 B.C., ancient Roman army General Marcus Crassus was defeated and beheaded by the Parthians, a tribe occupying what is now Iran, putting an end to Rome's eastward expansion. But a 6,000-strong army led by Crassus's eldest son apparently escaped and were never found again. In addition, according to the record in Hanshu, or the History of the Han Dynasty, a Chinese border-defence army took part in a fight against the army in 36 B.C., whose tactics were quite similar to the legion of Roman soldiers. After the invaders were defeated by Han's army, they were settled in Yongchang under the authority of the Han government.
    Chinese archeologists in the 1990s found the remains of an ancient fortification in Liqian of Yongchang, a key section of the Silk Road, a 7,000-km-long trade route that linked Asia and Europe more than 2,000 years ago, which was strikingly similar to Roman defence structures.
    In despite of the discovery convince some anthropologists of descendants in existence, others are not so certain. In opponents' opinion, the county is on the Silk Road, so there were many chances for trans-national marriages and the 'foreign' origin of the villagers does not necessarily mean they are of ancient Roman origin.
    In the year of 2010, Chinese and Italian anthropologists established

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  • (BRIDGING WE)CHINA-GANSU-ANCIENT ROMAN ARMY-MYSTERY(CN)
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    (BRIDGING WE)CHINA-GANSU-ANCIENT ROMAN ARMY-MYSTERY(CN)
    (110321) -- LANZHOU, March 21, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A combined photo taken on March 15, 2011 shows some western-looking Chinese who live in the Liqian Village, some ten kilometers to the Yongchang County, northwest China's Gansu Province.
    There are some forty such western-looking villagers living here, whom, concluded by some experts and historians, are the descendants of the Roman Army in ancient times. Though the villagers said they had never traveled outside the county, they worshipped bulls and their favorite game was similar to the ancient Romans' bull-fighting dance.
    Some anthropologists are convinced the foreign-looking villagers with deep-set eyes, long and hooked noses are the descendants of the army men. In 53 B.C., ancient Roman army General Marcus Crassus was defeated and beheaded by the Parthians, a tribe occupying what is now Iran, putting an end to Rome's eastward expansion. But a 6,000-strong army led by Crassus's eldest son apparently escaped and were never found again. In addition, according to the record in Hanshu, or the History of the Han Dynasty, a Chinese border-defence army took part in a fight against the army in 36 B.C., whose tactics were quite similar to the legion of Roman soldiers. After the invaders were defeated by Han's army, they were settled in Yongchang under the authority of the Han government.
    Chinese archeologists in the 1990s found the remains of an ancient fortification in Liqian of Yongchang, a key section of the Silk Road, a 7,000-km-long trade route that linked Asia and Europe more than 2,000 years ago, which was strikingly similar to Roman defence structures.
    In despite of the discovery convince some anthropologists of descendants in existence, others are not so certain. In opponents' opinion, the county is on the Silk Road, so there were many chances for trans-national marriages and the 'foreign' origin of the villagers does not necessarily mean they are of ancient Roman origin.
    In the year of 2010, Chinese a

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  • CHINA-GANSU-ANCIENT ROMAN ARMY-MYSTERY(CN)
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    CHINA-GANSU-ANCIENT ROMAN ARMY-MYSTERY(CN)
    (110321) -- LANZHOU, March 21, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 15, 2011 shows the skeleton, whose skull appears more different than the people of Han ethnic group, at a museum in Yongchang County, northwest China's Gansu Province.
    There are some forty western-looking villagers living in Liqian Village of Yongchang, whom, concluded by some experts and historians, are the descendants of the Roman Army in ancient times. Though the villagers said they had never traveled outside the county, they worshipped bulls and their favorite game was similar to the ancient Romans' bull-fighting dance.
    Some anthropologists are convinced the foreign-looking villagers with deep-set eyes, long and hooked noses are the descendants of the army men. In 53 B.C., ancient Roman army General Marcus Crassus was defeated and beheaded by the Parthians, a tribe occupying what is now Iran, putting an end to Rome's eastward expansion. But a 6,000-strong army led by Crassus's eldest son apparently escaped and were never found again. In addition, according to the record in Hanshu, or the History of the Han Dynasty, a Chinese border-defence army took part in a fight against the army in 36 B.C., whose tactics were quite similar to the legion of Roman soldiers. After the invaders were defeated by Han's army, they were settled in Yongchang under the authority of the Han government.
    Chinese archeologists in the 1990s found the remains of an ancient fortification in Liqian of Yongchang, a key section of the Silk Road, a 7,000-km-long trade route that linked Asia and Europe more than 2,000 years ago, which was strikingly similar to Roman defence structures.
    In despite of the discovery convince some anthropologists of descendants in existence, others are not so certain. In opponents' opinion, the county is on the Silk Road, so there were many chances for trans-national marriages and the 'foreign' origin of the villagers does not necessarily mean they are of ancient Roman origin.
    In the

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  • CHINA-ZHEJIANG-LIANGZHU-ARCHAEOLOGY (CN)
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    CHINA-ZHEJIANG-LIANGZHU-ARCHAEOLOGY (CN)
    (110318) -- HANGZHOU, March 18, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 18, 2011 shows the excavation site of the ruins of an ancient city in Liangzhu Town in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. Zhejiang archaeological administration Friday introduced the progress in the archaeological study of the Liangzhu ancient city of the New Stone Age, one of China's top ten archaeological discoveries in 2007. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao) (llp)
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  • CHINA-ZHEJIANG-LIANGZHU-ARCHAEOLOGY (CN)
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    CHINA-ZHEJIANG-LIANGZHU-ARCHAEOLOGY (CN)
    (110318) -- HANGZHOU, March 18, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A staff member examines the relics excavated from the ruins of an ancient city in Liangzhu Town in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, March 18, 2011. Zhejiang archaeological administration Friday introduced the progress in the archaeological study of the Liangzhu ancient city of the New Stone Age, one of China's top ten archaeological discoveries in 2007. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao) (llp)
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  • CHINA-ZHEJIANG-LIANGZHU-ARCHAEOLOGY (CN)
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    CHINA-ZHEJIANG-LIANGZHU-ARCHAEOLOGY (CN)
    (110318) -- HANGZHOU, March 18, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A staff member shows historical relics excavated from the ruins of an ancient city in Liangzhu Town in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, March 18, 2011. Zhejiang archaeological administration Friday introduced the progress in the archaeological study of the Liangzhu ancient city of the New Stone Age, one of China's top ten archaeological discoveries in 2007. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao) (llp)
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  • CHINA-ZHEJIANG-LIANGZHU-ARCHAEOLOGY (CN)
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    (110318) -- HANGZHOU, March 18, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 18, 2011 shows the excavation site of the ruins of an ancient city in Liangzhu Town in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. Zhejiang archaeological administration Friday introduced the progress in the archaeological study of the Liangzhu ancient city of the New Stone Age, one of China's top ten archaeological discoveries in 2007. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao) (llp)
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    (110315) -- TAIZHOU, March 15, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A female corpse of Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) is seen soaked in yellowish underground water in a coffin in Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 1, 2011. The well-preserved 1.5-meter-long female corpse, whose clothes and cotton-padded boots remained intact and even hair was not lost, was the first disinterred among the three Ming dynasty coffins unearthed in Taizhou on Feb. 28, 2011. The body and fabric had not decayed because the coffins were sealed and airtight thanks to the grout made of glutinous rice and lime which muffled up the coffin. The corpse was also found soaked in a yellow liquid and experts believed the liquid, proven to be underground water that had seeped into the coffin, kept the moisture and temperature at a certain level to preserve the body. The tomb was identified as a burial during the Middle and Late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) following the grave customs. (Xinhua/Gu Xiangzhong) (lfj)
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    (110315) -- TAIZHOU, March 15, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Workers try to open the lid of a coffin coated with thick grout in Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 1, 2011. The well-preserved 1.5-meter-long female corpse, whose clothes and cotton-padded boots remained intact and even hair was not lost, was the first disinterred among the three Ming dynasty coffins unearthed in Taizhou on Feb. 28, 2011. The body and fabric had not decayed because the coffins were sealed and airtight thanks to the grout made of glutinous rice and lime which muffled up the coffin. The corpse was also found soaked in a yellow liquid and experts believed the liquid, proven to be underground water that had seeped into the coffin, kept the moisture and temperature at a certain level to preserve the body. The tomb was identified as a burial during the Middle and Late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) following the grave customs. (Xinhua/Gu Xiangzhong) (lfj)
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    (110315) -- TAIZHOU, March 15, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Workers try to open the lid of a coffin coated with thick grout in Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 1, 2011. The well-preserved 1.5-meter-long female corpse, whose clothes and cotton-padded boots remained intact and even hair was not lost, was the first disinterred among the three Ming dynasty coffins unearthed in Taizhou on Feb. 28, 2011. The body and fabric had not decayed because the coffins were sealed and airtight thanks to the grout made of glutinous rice and lime which muffled up the coffin. The corpse was also found soaked in a yellow liquid and experts believed the liquid, proven to be underground water that had seeped into the coffin, kept the moisture and temperature at a certain level to preserve the body. The tomb was identified as a burial during the Middle and Late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) following the grave customs. (Xinhua/Gu Xiangzhong) (lfj)
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    (110315) -- TAIZHOU, March 15, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Facial feature of a female corpse of Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) is seen in Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 3, 2011. The well-preserved 1.5-meter-long female corpse, whose clothes and cotton-padded boots remained intact and even hair was not lost, was the first disinterred among the three Ming dynasty coffins unearthed in Taizhou on Feb. 28, 2011. The body and fabric had not decayed because the coffins were sealed and airtight thanks to the grout made of glutinous rice and lime which muffled up the coffin. The corpse was also found soaked in a yellow liquid and experts believed the liquid, proven to be underground water that had seeped into the coffin, kept the moisture and temperature at a certain level to preserve the body. The tomb was identified as a burial during the Middle and Late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) following the grave customs. (Xinhua/Gu Xiangzhong) (lfj)
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  • CHINA-SHAANXI-XI'AN-TERRA-COTTA WARRIOR APARTMENTS (CN)
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    (110315) -- XI'AN, March 15, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Interior of a standard room is seen in an apartment decorated with terra-cotta warrior replicas in Xi'an City, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, March 15, 2011. Designed by the laid-off woman Zhang Shuanghua and her husband, a total of three apartments of this kind are adorned with 55 human-size terra-cotta warrior and numerous figurine replicas, the specialty of Xi'an City. The creative apartments have attracted a number of foreigners to lodge here, though Chinese tourists feel frightened to sleep in such a room. The Terra-cotta Army is a form of funerary art buried with the First Emperor of Qin in 210-209 B.C. (Xinhua/Chen Changqi) (lfj)
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    (110315) -- XI'AN, March 15, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A terra-cotta warrior replica is seen guarding the living room in an apartment in Xi'an City, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, March 15, 2011. Designed by the laid-off woman Zhang Shuanghua and her husband, a total of three apartments of this kind are adorned with 55 human-size terra-cotta warrior and numerous figurine replicas, the specialty of Xi'an City. The creative apartments have attracted a number of foreigners to lodge here, though Chinese tourists feel frightened to sleep in such a room. The Terra-cotta Army is a form of funerary art buried with the First Emperor of Qin in 210-209 B.C. (Xinhua/Chen Changqi) (lfj)
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    (110315) -- XI'AN, March 15, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A terra-cotta warrior replica is seen guarding at the door to kitchen in an apartment in Xi'an City, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, March 15, 2011. Designed by the laid-off woman Zhang Shuanghua and her husband, a total of three apartments of this kind are adorned with 55 human-size terra-cotta warrior and numerous figurine replicas, the specialty of Xi'an City. The creative apartments have attracted a number of foreigners to lodge here, though Chinese tourists feel frightened to sleep in such a room. The Terra-cotta Army is a form of funerary art buried with the First Emperor of Qin in 210-209 B.C. (Xinhua/Chen Changqi) (lfj)
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    (110315) -- XI'AN, March 15, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A terra-cotta warrior figurine is seen squat with bow and arrow in hands in an apartment in Xi'an City, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, March 15, 2011. Designed by the laid-off woman Zhang Shuanghua and her husband, a total of three apartments of this kind are adorned with 55 human-size terra-cotta warrior and numerous figurine replicas, the specialty of Xi'an City. The creative apartments have attracted a number of foreigners to lodge here, though Chinese tourists feel frightened to sleep in such a room. The Terra-cotta Army is a form of funerary art buried with the First Emperor of Qin in 210-209 B.C. (Xinhua/Chen Changqi) (lfj)
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    (110315) -- XI'AN, March 15, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Terra-cotta warrior figurines are seen to boster a bed mattress in an apartment in Xi'an City, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, March 15, 2011. Designed by the laid-off woman Zhang Shuanghua and her husband, a total of three apartments of this kind are adorned with 55 human-size terra-cotta warrior and numerous figurine replicas, the specialty of Xi'an City. The creative apartments have attracted a number of foreigners to lodge here, though Chinese tourists feel frightened to sleep in such a room. The Terra-cotta Army is a form of funerary art buried with the First Emperor of Qin in 210-209 B.C. (Xinhua/Chen Changqi) (lfj)
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    (110315) -- XI'AN, March 15, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Interior of a standard room is seen in an apartment decorated with terra-cotta warrior replicas in Xi'an City, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, March 15, 2011. Designed by the laid-off woman Zhang Shuanghua and her husband, a total of three apartments of this kind are adorned with 55 human-size terra-cotta warrior and numerous figurine replicas, the specialty of Xi'an City. The creative apartments have attracted a number of foreigners to lodge here, though Chinese tourists feel frightened to sleep in such a room. The Terra-cotta Army is a form of funerary art buried with the First Emperor of Qin in 210-209 B.C. (Xinhua/Chen Changqi) (lfj)
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    Socialist artifacts on auction in Hungary
    November 24, 2010, Budapest, Hungary: A large number of artifacts from Hungary's socialist past were found in the basements of different ministries after a change in political power. These communist pictures and sculptures are now being prepared for a charity auction to support those affected by the recent red sludge catastrophe in Hungary. The auction, slated for December 6, is drawing great attention from around the world.///Gallery employee arranges paintings and sculptures made in the style of socialist realism depicting Soviet leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.. Credit: Attila Volgyi / Polaris (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • Hand-Held Calculator, 1967.
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    Hand-Held Calculator, 1967.
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    Hand-Held Calculator, 1967. The First Electric Hand-Held Calculator, Known As The Cal-Tech, Invented At Texas Instruments In 1967 By Jack S. Kilby, Jerry D. Merryman, And James Van Tessel.
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