Sumptuous Celtic burials

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Celtic mortuary chambers have been found at St Albans and Colchester, England. Evidence suggests that the burial comprised several stages, the deceased first being laid out in an underground chamber, then cremated and the chamber destroyed. The St Albans site has pots dated around AD 45-50, whereas at Colchester the main burial has been dated at about AD 35, with secondary burials around 43-60 and a female chamber burial at about AD 60-75.

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Otzi's new home: the 5,000-year-old Iceman goes on exhibit in Bolzano, Italy

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A new museum in Bolzano, Italy, houses Otzi, also known as the Iceman or the Similaun man, in an exemplary scientific presentation that avoids any sensationalism. Otzi is a name given to the well-preserved remains, discovered in 1991, of a man who died in the Alps over 5,000 years ago. The Museo Archeologico dell'Alto Adige provides an appropriate home for the Iceman, showing him in his context within Alpine archaeology.

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Cloning Altamira

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The history of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, ordered built by the Emperor Constantine in about 300 AD, is discussed.The church was rebuilt by Byzantine emperors between 1012 and 1041 after destruction by a Muslim ruler in 1099. Crusader additions, fires and earthquakes were some of the events in the church's later history.

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