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New evidence is being found for early dates of human colonization in Southeast Asia and Australia, including ancient sea crossings. Many researchers now accept a date of 60,000 years ago for the arrival of humans in Australia, but more controversial evidence from Jinmium rock-shelter could put the date back beyond 116,000 years ago. A Dutch-Indonesian team claims to have found traces of humans at Mata Menge on Flores island, Indonesia, just above a stratum dated 730,000 years ago. By 33,000 years ago, humans had traveled by sea to Golo and Wetef caves on Gebe Island in the northern Moluccas.
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Emperor Trajan, who ruled the Roman Empire from AD 98 to 117, ordered construction of a new forum to explain and glorify his wars of conquest to the Roman people. Today, the ruins of this forum do little to suggest its former beauty, symmetry, and scale. A new archaeological map of Trajan's forum, based on prior research combined with modern techniques such as virtual-reality modeling, provides a more complete picture of this ancient complex.
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A description is given of 56 sites in progress in France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Malta, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria. Included in each is a summary of the site's significance, its location, how to get there, schedule, local lodging, guide availability, and a contact for more information.
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