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From BBC, archaeologists discover thousands of mummies in a Lima shanty town dating from the last decades of the Inca civilization.

Located in the lower to mid valley, on the left bank of the Moche river on a plain below the imposing Cerro Blanco.

A large database of manuscripts from Dunhuang and other parts of Central Asia. Includes a description of the discovery in 1900 of a cave full of ancient manuscripts.

The Virtual Museum of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses is an attempt at a virtual recovery of excavated archaeological finds in cyberspace for ancient relic preservation, archaeology research, and multimedia contents generation.

A report in XNA that a letter written about 2,000 years ago and never delivered has provided evidence of China's oldest post office at a historic site near the famous Dunhuang Mogao Grottos along the ancient Silk Road.

Article in Asian Arts by John Vincent Bellezza concerning a series of pre-Buddhist archaeological sites in the western Tibet province of Ngari.

From Xinhuanet, the lections were piled up in a huge wall that is 60 meterslong and 10 meters high at the Sagya Monastery in Sagya county, roughly 400 kilometers from Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Reviewed by Chris Kostman, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of California at Berkeley.

Includes video clips [RealVideo and QuickTime].

Itineraries et description of the most important archaeological sites in the island.

From Guardian Unlimited, in 1222 they had a crisis in Salisbury. Masons were racing ahead raising the walls of the cathedral, but the carpenters were running out of timbers needed for the roof.

Will Lord reproduces prehistoric tools and weaponry, and offers flint knapping demonstrations. Includes details and photos of activities, a diary, and contact information.

Archive of Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, last updated in 2014, held by the Archaeology Data Service.

Encyclopedic entry includes history and archaeology of Old Paphos.

Large excavation in northeastern Israel, led by Professor Amihai Mazar of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem: includes reports, pictures, and volunteer information.

Illustrated historical article.

Organization concerned with anthropology and archaeoology. Publications, membership, activities including annual meeting, directory of area chapter contacts.

The Institute of Minnesota Archaeology describes an exploration of the Upper Mississippi's buried past. Illustrated site reports, photographs, bibliographies.

History of the site known as "Indian Racetrack" in northwestern New Mexico including measurements in an attempt to discover solar alignments.

Encyclopedic entry for an important Pre-Columbian civilization and archaeological site in Bolivia.

From Discover Magazine, in just a few centuries, the people of Easter Island wiped out their forest, drove their plants and animals to extinction, and saw their complex society spiral into chaos and cannibalism.