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Nigerians Demand Return of Ancient Art What was once the ancient Kingdom of Benin is now the heart of the Nigerian art world, with statues adorning the streets and an art museum in the Benin City town square. But locals say the displayed art is only
By David McAlary Washington 30 November 2006 An ancient piece of Greek technology recovered from a shipwreck more than 100 years ago is amazing scientists who have analyzed it in detail. Fragments of bronze gearwheels, now green and crumbling from m
As humans developed civilizations in Eurasia and Northern Africa, they also domesticated animals for food and labor: horses, cows, goats, pigs, sheep and a few others. But no evidence existed for the deliberate cultivation and breeding of animals in
Ancient "Declaration of Human Rights" on Display in Washington, DC Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. On the show today, we hear new music from outlaw Shooter Jennings. And, we answer a question about the meaning of
AMERICAN MOSAIC - Ancient Declaration of Human Rights on Display in Washington, DC Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. On the show today, we hear new music from outlaw Shooter Jennings. And, we answer a question about th
EXPLORATIONS - Mesa Verde National Park: Protecting the Culture of Ancient Native Americans STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a large National Park establish
US Government, Sotheby's Battle over Ancient Khmer Warrior Statue U.S. prosecutors and the Cambodian government say the 1,000-year-old sandstone statue, depicting a warrior in the Hindu saga The Mahabharata, was looted from the temple of Prasat Chen
Experts: Deficit Threatens Ancient Italian Treasures Each year roughly 2-and-a-half million tourists visit Pompeii. Described by archaeologists as the worlds most important window on the ancient world, the bustling Roman Empire town was buried under
Ancient Tooth Plaque Reveals Diet Long before the development of agriculture, our prehistoric ancestors had a good knowledge of plants not just for food, but for medicine. Researchers found evidence of this by studying some ancient teeth found in Cen
Ancient Papyrus Reed Could Hold Key to Water Conservation Ancient Egyptians turned papyrus into paper and provided the world with it for thousands of years. Hundreds of thousands of books in the Royal Library in Alexandria and Rome's 58 public librar
NASA: Ancient Martian Conditions Suitable for Life NASA says there is new evidence that ancient Mars could have supported microbial life. NASA's Curiosity rover has drilled into a rock near an ancient stream bed on the Red Planet, and the rover has a
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now a story about some of the oldest stories in the world and the people who tell versions of them today. The Assyrian Empire dominated the Middle East thousands of years ago. Millions of Assyrians are alive today trace their roo
DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. A tourism boom is changing the face of Japan. The number of visitors has nearly tripled in the past five years to about 30 million, and the country is scrambling to build enough hotels ahead of next year's Tokyo Olympic