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• Is Simferopol Scythian?

  Source: The Day Weekly Digest By Mykola SEMENA Scythian Neapolis Remnants of the Mausoleum of the powerful Scythian King Argos. While preparing documents to place the Crimea-based Chersonesus Taurica and Bakhchisarai Palace on the UNESCO World Heritage list, Serhii Tur, chair of the Crimean Committee for Cultural Heritage Protection, has suggested in a letter to Simferopol Mayor Viktor Ahieiev that the (...)

• Advanced geographical models bring new perspective to study of archaeology

  Source: Arizona State University. Computational modelling techniques provide new and vast opportunities to the field of archaeology. By using these techniques, archaeologists can develop alternative computerized scenarios that can be compared with traditional archaeological records, possibly enhancing previous findings of how humans and the environment interact. An article published in the April 2010 issue of (...)
• 14 February 2010 – U.N. may include Turkmenistan’s Karakum desert in protection list
• 7 February 2010 – North Ossetian imam in solitary confinement for Jihad appeals
• 13 January 2010 – On rare map, China is the centre of the world
• 20 December 2009 – South Ossetia wins Nauru’s recognition
• 8 May 2009 – Ghost of Genghis back to haunt West?
• 22 November 2008 – Muslim academic sliced out sections of priceless collection
• 19 November 2008 – Ancient mummies tell a tale China doesn’t care to listen to
• 28 June 2008 – Do Azerbaijan’s ethnic minorities face forced assimilation?
• 8 March 2008 – U.S rules out recognising S. Ossetia
• 14 February 2008 – Muslims to step up stir against Godrej