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Space shuttle Discovery lands in Florida, capping its 39th and final mission
It took space shuttle Discovery several months to get off the ground on its final mission, but the shuttle's landing came off without a hitch. Discovery touched down on schedule, just before noon March 9, putting an end to its 26 years of service, in whi
It took space shuttle Discovery several months to get off the ground on its final mission, but the shuttle's landing came off without a hitch. Discovery touched down on schedule, just before noon March 9, putting an end to its 26 years of service, in whiMagic mushrooms used 6,000 years ago
Long before the modern hippy discovered them, magic mushrooms -- hallucinogenic fungi -- were used by ancient humans in religious ceremonies.
Long before the modern hippy discovered them, magic mushrooms -- hallucinogenic fungi -- were used by ancient humans in religious ceremonies.New details revealed about ancient Afghan Buddhas
Ten years after Taliban fanatics blew up two gigantic Buddha statues that had looked out over the Bamiyan valley since the 6th century, a conference to be held in Paris next week will try to come up with a plan for their future.
Ten years after Taliban fanatics blew up two gigantic Buddha statues that had looked out over the Bamiyan valley since the 6th century, a conference to be held in Paris next week will try to come up with a plan for their future.Island tool finds show early settlers' diversity
Caches of tools and animal remains from around 12,000 years ago, found on islands off the California coast, have given remarkable insight into the lives of the first Americans.
Caches of tools and animal remains from around 12,000 years ago, found on islands off the California coast, have given remarkable insight into the lives of the first Americans.Model gives ancient Iceman Oetzi new face
Oetzi the Iceman has reappeared looking fighting fit - as a new model on show in the Italian Alps, where he died from an arrow wound some 5,300 years ago.
Oetzi the Iceman has reappeared looking fighting fit - as a new model on show in the Italian Alps, where he died from an arrow wound some 5,300 years ago.
Komagata Maru memorial approved for Vancouver
The Vancouver Park Board has approved a monument at Harbour Green Park in Coal Harbour that will commemorate a dark period in the city's history. Yukon shipwreck yields Gold Rush tunes
Archeologists have found new clues about the music early Klondike stampeders were listening to during the Yukon Gold Rush, thanks to recordings found aboard a 110-year-old shipwreck.Ancient child's bones found in Arctic
Some 11,500 years ago one of America's earliest families laid the remains of a three-year-old child to rest in their home in what is now Alaska.
Some 11,500 years ago one of America's earliest families laid the remains of a three-year-old child to rest in their home in what is now Alaska.Japan to excavate site linked to grisly WW2 secrets
TOKYO — Japan is starting to excavate the site of a former medical school that may reveal grisly secrets from World War II.
TOKYO — Japan is starting to excavate the site of a former medical school that may reveal grisly secrets from World War II. Albertan honoured for Passchendaele
EDMONTON - An Alberta man is being honoured posthumously overseas for his bravery in the battle at Passchendaele during the First World War.U.K. cave yields ice-age skull cups
LONDON — Ice age Britons drank from human skulls and may even have eaten flesh and bone marrow, but they were far from barbarians.
LONDON — Ice age Britons drank from human skulls and may even have eaten flesh and bone marrow, but they were far from barbarians. Human ancestors walked 3 million years ago
The famous fossil, Lucy, a human ancestor who lived 3.2 million years ago, was more comfortable on the ground than in the the trees, a foot bone from her kin reveals. Lower Fort Garry listed among best historic sites
The fort still has its original walls, ramparts, ammunition batteries, and residences, which together make up the biggest collection of original nineteenth-century fur-trade buildings in Canada. RCMP Heritage Centre should be labelled national museum: Goodale
Saskatchewan's only Liberal MP is pushing for Regina's RCMP Heritage Centre to join the big leagues of Canada's museums and be designated national museum status. 1699 map shows British-French bid to divide country
It began with a stunning discovery last year in the attic of a Scottish estate: A previously unknown, 312-year-old hand-drawn map of Canada by John Thornton, one of the leading cartographers of 17thcentury Europe.Israeli archaeologists uncover 1,500-year-old church
HIRBET MADRAS, Israel — Israeli archaeologists presented a newly uncovered 1,500-year-old church in the Judean hills on Wednesday, including an unusually well-preserved mosaic floor with images of lions, foxes, fish and peacocks.
HIRBET MADRAS, Israel — Israeli archaeologists presented a newly uncovered 1,500-year-old church in the Judean hills on Wednesday, including an unusually well-preserved mosaic floor with images of lions, foxes, fish and peacocks.Video said to have helped trigger massive anti-Mubarak protests
An impassioned speech on human rights by Egyptian activist Asmaa Mahfouz led thousands of protesters to gather in Cairo's Tahrir Square on January 25, sparking a widespread movement against President Hosni Mubarak
An impassioned speech on human rights by Egyptian activist Asmaa Mahfouz led thousands of protesters to gather in Cairo's Tahrir Square on January 25, sparking a widespread movement against President Hosni Mubarak Libeskind memorial to Jews rejected in Halifax unveiled
A memorial to the hundreds of Jews aboard the MS St. Louis who were turned away from Canada on the eve of the Second World War was unveiled in Halifax Thursday. 17th century map of Canada auctioned off
A 312-year-old map of Canada found in a Scottish attic fetched $380,000 at an auction in Britain on Monday.'Dawn runner' casts light on birth of the dinosaurs
Scientists have unveiled one of the earliest dinosaurs yet found, an agile meat-eater from the late Triassic period, some 230 million years ago.
Scientists have unveiled one of the earliest dinosaurs yet found, an agile meat-eater from the late Triassic period, some 230 million years ago. Did Canadian prof solve a Mona Lisa mystery?
One of the art world's greatest masterpieces remains one of the world's biggest mysteries, but a Canadian professor believes he has cracked one of the Mona Lisa's many secrets.Divers claim wreck is USS Revenge
Divers say they have discovered the remains of the USS Revenge, a ship commanded by U.S. Navy hero Oliver Hazard Perry and wrecked off Rhode Island in 1811.
Divers say they have discovered the remains of the USS Revenge, a ship commanded by U.S. Navy hero Oliver Hazard Perry and wrecked off Rhode Island in 1811.Sabretooth cats threatened most ancient human ancestor
Humankind's oldest known ancestor probably lived in fear of several large sabretooth cats that roamed the same ancient lakeside habitat in Africa.
Humankind's oldest known ancestor probably lived in fear of several large sabretooth cats that roamed the same ancient lakeside habitat in Africa. Don't call it Bluenose
LUNENBURG — Work being done on the Bluenose II is so extensive that the province shouldn’t even be calling the ship by that name anymore, Sen. Wilfred Moore says. Canadians killed in wartime crash to get memorial
Thanks to provisions in the will of an Englishman whose village witnessed a tragic wartime plane crash that killed five Canadian airmen, a plan has been launched to commemorate their 1944 sacrifice at a ceremony in Britain next spring Shipwreck in Canada makes top 10 list of finds
This summer's discovery of the 19th-century wreck of the HMS Investigator, announced in July by a team of Parks Canada researchers scanning Arctic waters off Banks Island, has been named one of the 10 most important archeological finds of 2010 by the worlNeanderthal family found cannibalised in cave in Spain
Archaeologists in Spain have unearthed the remains of a possible family of 12 Neanderthals who were killed 49,000 years ago.
Archaeologists in Spain have unearthed the remains of a possible family of 12 Neanderthals who were killed 49,000 years ago.Two-thirds of Jews killed in Holocaust identified
JERUSALEM — Israel's Holocaust memorial says it has now identified four million of the six million Jews who were killed by Nazis in the Holocaust of the Second World War.
JERUSALEM — Israel's Holocaust memorial says it has now identified four million of the six million Jews who were killed by Nazis in the Holocaust of the Second World War.'Secession Ball' in commemorates US Civil War, stirs protest by civil rights group
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The memory of the Civil War collided with modern-day civil rights Monday as protesters targeted a "Secession Ball," commemorating the state of South Carolina's decision exactly 150 years ago to secede from the United States of America.
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The memory of the Civil War collided with modern-day civil rights Monday as protesters targeted a "Secession Ball," commemorating the state of South Carolina's decision exactly 150 years ago to secede from the United States of America.Bones found on island might be Amelia Earhart's
Three bone fragments found on a deserted South Pacific island are being analyzed to determine if they belong to Amelia Earhart -- tests that could finally prove she died as a castaway after failing in her 1937 questto become the first woman to fly around
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Three bone fragments found on a deserted South Pacific island are being analyzed to determine if they belong to Amelia Earhart -- tests that could finally prove she died as a castaway after failing in her 1937 questto become the first woman to fly around Bluenose II reduced to chips
The restoration of the iconic schooner Bluenose II is sparking controversy in Nova Scotia as much of its hull has been put through a chipper and dumped in a landfill. Vimy Ridge letter evidence of Christmas Truce
A Canadian soldier's letter from Vimy Ridge is being hailed by a European scholar as a "fantastic find" that provides evidence of a previously unknown "Christmas Truce" — the impromptu, Dec. 25 laying down of arms by German and Allied soldiers during the Indonesian fishermen find old sunken ship
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A sunken ship that may be several centuries old and containing green and gray ceramics has been found off remote Indonesian islands recently hit by a tsunami, officials said Thursday.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A sunken ship that may be several centuries old and containing green and gray ceramics has been found off remote Indonesian islands recently hit by a tsunami, officials said Thursday.Experts: Ancient Mexicans crossbred wolf-dogs
MEXICO CITY — Mexican researchers said Wednesday they have identified jaw bones found in the pre-Hispanic ruins of Teotihuacan as those of wolf-dogs that were apparently crossbred as a symbol of the city's warriors.
MEXICO CITY — Mexican researchers said Wednesday they have identified jaw bones found in the pre-Hispanic ruins of Teotihuacan as those of wolf-dogs that were apparently crossbred as a symbol of the city's warriors.Chinese archaeologists unearth 2,400-year-old 'soup'
Chinese archaeologists have unearthed what they believe is a 2,400-year-old pot of soup
Chinese archaeologists have unearthed what they believe is a 2,400-year-old pot of soupJapan's PM visits Iwo Jima's mass graves, vows to account for missing troops
IOTO, Japan - In a rare visit to Iwo Jima, Japan's prime minister offered prayers Tuesday at two recently discovered mass graves and vowed to find the more than 12,000 fallen soldiers whose bodies have yet to be recovered from the remote island where some
IOTO, Japan - In a rare visit to Iwo Jima, Japan's prime minister offered prayers Tuesday at two recently discovered mass graves and vowed to find the more than 12,000 fallen soldiers whose bodies have yet to be recovered from the remote island where some Historic birchbark canoe found in U.K. storage shed
The stunning find, ... dates from the Canadian posting of a British army officer, Lt. John Enys, who fought against the rebellious American colonies during their War of Independence in the 1770s and early 1780s. John Lt. Enys, who lived between 1757 and 1Mona Lisa's eyes may reveal model's identity
We've heard several stories about her smile, now researchers are saying there's something special in Mona Lisa's eyes.
We've heard several stories about her smile, now researchers are saying there's something special in Mona Lisa's eyes. Arrow Air crash's 25th anniversary observed
Memorial services were held Sunday in Canada and the United States to mark the 25th anniversary of the deadliest plane crash in Canadian history, a crash that killed 256 Americans shortly after the plane left Gander, N.L.Giant stork once roamed Indonesian island
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Fossils of a giant stork have been discovered on a far-flung Indonesian island that has been home to many extreme-sized creatures -- from tiny human-like "hobbits" and dwarf elephants to the world's largest-known rats and lizards.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Fossils of a giant stork have been discovered on a far-flung Indonesian island that has been home to many extreme-sized creatures -- from tiny human-like "hobbits" and dwarf elephants to the world's largest-known rats and lizards. Researchers connect ancient coins to historic eventsHistory | 207764 hits | 7:25 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Researchers at McMaster University are mapping the metallic DNA of ancient Greek and Roman coins, establishing a direct link from the currency to events that changed the course of history such as wars and even the collapse of the Roman Empire. Canada blamed for lost civilizations: scientist
A British researcher has published a startling new theory that the remains of untold ancient settlements from a 100,000-year stretch of human history were submerged by the rapidly rising waters of the Persian Gulf around 6000 BC Local restoration of WW II aircraft planned
Two Second World War aircraft owned by the City of Calgary are going to be saved from the dustbin of history.Back to Canada News
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