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Maya, Aztec monument casts get the shake-out, dust-off

Renovation sparks assessment, reorganization of collection full story»

Colorizing classic statues returns them to antiquity

What was really on that Grecian Urn? full story»

American Indians bless search for Harvard roots

Ceremony kicks off dig for Indian College full story»

Scientists have something to chew on

Ancient yucca chaws yield ancient DNA full story»

First orchid fossil puts showy blooms at some 80 million years old

Pollen-bearing bee, preserved in amber, resolves longstanding dispute over orchid origins full story»

Peabody teams will scan other endangered monuments

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Treasures of Dental School’s old museum opened wide at exhibit

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Ancient knowledge

Ian Graham is still digging, drawing, and deciphering after all these years full story»

Archaeological bookends in Copan Valley

Archaeological team en route to Yaxchilan full story»

Corpus team overcomes scanning snags

Ingenuity, flexibility helps Corpus expedition manage bumps in road full story»

Harvard researchers head south to preserve ancient inscriptions

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Medieval Islamic architecture presages 20th century mathematics

Peter Lu finds advanced geometry in 15th century tilings full story»

Tamed 11,400 years ago, figs likely first domesticated crop

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Investigating canals across time, from space

Ur takes a step back to see ancient networks full story»

Three weeks in tiny tunnel pay off

Maya creation mural makes toil worth the trouble full story»
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