Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:40:02 +0100 (AP) - Myanmar's women in ancient dresses take part in the 2,600th anniversary celebrations of Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. Gongs chimed as thousands of people in ceremonial costumes walked barefoot Wednesday through the marble walkways of Myanmar's most sacred Buddhist shrine in an annual festival that was banned for more than 20 years under the former military government. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Residents visit the ancient city of Babylon near Hilla, 100 ...
Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Residents visit the ancient city of Babylon near Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad February 17, 2012. Picture taken February 17, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ - Tags: TRAVEL SOCIETY)
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:30:12 +0100 Two masked gunmen stormed into a small museum at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece on Friday, smashing display cases with hammers and making off with dozens of antiquities up to 3,200 years old, authorities said. (Source: Associated Press)
Jurassic chirp: scientists recreate ancient cricket song
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:10:07 +0100 The call of a Jurassic-era cricket was simple, pure and capable of traveling long distances in the night, said scientists who reconstructed the creature's love song from a 165 million year old fossil. (Source: AFP)
An Afghan specialist displays an ancient pre-Islamic sculpture ...
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:20:02 +0100 (Reuters) - An Afghan specialist displays an ancient pre-Islamic sculpture that was returned to Afghanistan at the Afghan National Museum in Kabul January 30, 2012. Germany this week returned the sculpture looted during Afghanistan's civil war, giving hope to Kabul's cultural mavens that the rest of its stolen treasures will also make their way home. Picture taken January 30, 2012. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY)
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