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Index of Newsbriefs
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Volume 51 Number 4, July/August 1998
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(Click on the title of a newsbrief to see the full text.)
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Latest News
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Check out the latest news from ARCHAEOLOGY Online.
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Gallo-Roman Sarcophagi Find
| The collapse of a vault under an old quarry in France has yielded two undisturbed Gallo-Roman sarcophagi dating to the fourth century A.D. |
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Mesoamerica's Oldest Ballcourt,
| The remains of a 3,400-year-old earthen ballcourt have been found at the Early Formative period site of Paso de la Amada in Chiapas, Mexico.
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Arabian Hoard
| A lavish collection of grave goods found in a tomb in the United Arab Emirates attests the cosmopolitan tastes of the wealthy in southeastern Arabia 4,000 years ago. |
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Unidroit Ratified
| The Unidroit Convention on the International Return of Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects will go into effect this July among the first five countries to ratify it.
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Emerald Man
| Tests have revealed that a stone figurine is the oldest known emerald from Mesoamerica, and the only known Precolumbian carved emerald. |
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Israel's Oldest Synagogue
| Remains of the oldest synagogue in Israel have been found a mile southwest of Jericho.
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