Reclaiming the Bounty: Australian divers locate the remains of the famous ship in shallow waters off Pitcairn Island

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New insights on the famous Bounty mutiny of 1789 should result from the Pitcairn Project, an effort by Australian archaeologists to recover artifacts from the Bounty shipwreck near Pitcairn Island in the Pacific. Since Oct 1998, the team has uncovered cannon balls, sheathing nails, ceramics, and cannons. Study of these finds may shed light on the island's history after it was settled by the surviving mutineers and their Tahitian companions.

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Bridge over the Neretva: the loss of the sixteenth-century bridge at Mostar remains a powerful symbol of a collective heritage destroyed by war

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Croat militiamen demolished the Stari Most, or Old Bridge, over the Neretva River in Mostar, Bosnia, in Nov 1993. The bridge, built under Ottoman rule in 1566, had come to symbolize the dream of a multicultural Bosnia where Muslims, Roman Catholics, and Orthodox Christians could dwell in peace. Plans have been laid to restore the bridge by 2004.

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Spirited Explorer: Katherine Routledge's encounter with the mysteries of Easter Island

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The description about first archaeological survey of Easter Island (Rape Nui) done by Katherine is given. She was the only woman on a ten-person crew for privately organized and funded Mana Expedition to Easter Island.

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