Around the World March 1, 2011
EGYPT: A 25,000-square-mile lake—one of the largest in the world if it existed today—once waxed and waned in southern Egypt, 250 miles from the Nile. Detected using data generated by a space shuttle mission, Tushka Lake existed at various sizes from 250,000 to 80,000 years ago. It would have been directly in the path of the first modern humans migrating out of Africa, so its ancient shorelines may help guide archaeological investigation.
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In Denmark, archaeologists have discovered a massive factory that equipped an innovative fleet
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Did artists 12,000 years ago illuminate a cave in Tajikistan with their vision of the Milky Way?
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