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Index of Newsbriefs
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Volume 54 Number 2, March/April 2001
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(Click on the title of a newsbrief to see the full text.)
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Check out the latest news from ARCHAEOLOGY Online.
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| Legacy of War |
World War I tunnels may be responsible for the structural failure of buildings in Nieuwpoort, Flanders. |
| Egyptian Toe Job |
Researchers have discovered what they believe to be the first known case of a prosthesis made for use during a person's lifetime. |
| Last Minute Monuments |
Will President Clinton's eleventh-hour use of the 1906 American Antiquities Act lead to a backlash against this venerable legislation? |
| Taíno Cave Art Under Siege |
Blasts from limestone mining operations near the Pomier Caves in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, continue to threaten 2,000-year-old rock art. |
| Corinth Loot Returned |
The FBI has handed over to Greek officials nearly 300 artifacts stolen from the Archaeology Museum in Corinth in April 1990. |
| Dam Shame |
Millions of people in central India may have to trade a rich archaeological heritage for electricity and drinking water. |
| Fate of the Titanic |
RMS Titanic Inc. claims that Titanic is deteriorating rapidly and that aggressive salvaging of artifacts must continue before the site disappears. |
| Celebrated Rock Art |
Ancient human figures painted in the Linton rock-shelter in South Africa have been incorporated in the country's new coat of arms. |
| Bad, Bad Boudicca |
The brutal tactics of barbarian queen Boudicca are being revealed by salvage excavations on the future site of a multiplex cinema in Colchester, England. |
| Seljuk Silver |
A hoard of 936 silver coins has been found during restoration work on a fourteenth-century Turkish bath in Seljuk, near Ephesus. |
| Shakespeare Slept Here |
Tree-ring dating and an ancient lease have proved that the house bought by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1930 is not Shakespeare's mother's childhood home. |
| Competing Claims on Buddha's Hometown |
Excavations at Tilaurakot in southern Nepal have reopened a longstanding debate about the true hometown of the Buddha. |
| Phallic Cult |
A phallic-shaped stalagmite and hundreds of fine ceramic vessels used in Illyrian drinking, feasting, and fertility rites have been discovered in Croatia. |
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