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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:43:02 +1000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Art student builds 9m tall Transformer out of old military truck]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=557</link>
<description><![CDATA[A CHINESE arts student has spent $43,000 building a giant Transformer for a school project.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:46:12 +1000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Door to Afterlife found in Egyptian tomb]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=546</link>
<description><![CDATA[A LARGE red granite false door from the tomb of an ancient queen's powerful vizier has been discovered in Luxor.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:15:34 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Freaky Guanajuato mummies on world tour]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=499</link>
<description><![CDATA[A set of macabre mummified corpses, some with their mouths eerily agape or wearing the boots they were buried in, has captivated Mexico and will soon be off to tour the world.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:16:41 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cave bears killed by Ice Age, not hunters]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=475</link>
<description><![CDATA[Giant cave bears froze to death during the last Ice Age in Europe about 28,000 years ago, according to a study that cleared human hunters of driving them to extinction.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:19:52 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Woolly mammoths may have died of rampant incest]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=459</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers have sequenced the gene map of a long-extinct, mummified woolly mammoth and found DNA elements that may shed light on why the giant creatures went extinct.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:44:17 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ancient Greeks beat Monty Python to punchline]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=447</link>
<description><![CDATA[If Monty Python's 'Dead Parrot' sketch sounded suspiciously familiar when you first heard it, there may be a good reason. A 1600-year-old reason...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:38:45 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[US military destroying ancient city of Babylon]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=435</link>
<description><![CDATA[new exhibition about the myths and reality of the ancient city of Babylon ends with a display blaming the US military for causing irreversible damage to the site after it invaded Iraq in 2003.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:36:47 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Was The Falling Soldier staged by Capa?]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=433</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new exhibition hopes to answer once and for all questions over the authenticity one of the most famous yet controversial war photographs of all time - Robert Capa's 'Falling Soldier' photo.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:25:14 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Blueprints for Auschwitz expansion found in Germany]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=424</link>
<description><![CDATA[The original construction plans believed used for a major expansion of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in 1941 have been found in a Berlin flat.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:41:53 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Earliest known shaman found at 12,000-year-old grave site]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=417</link>
<description><![CDATA[An ancient grave unearthed in modern-day Israel containing 50 tortoise shells, a human foot and body parts from numerous animals is likely one of the earliest known shaman burial sites.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:44:31 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scientists close in on mammoth reincarnation]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=416</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japanese scientists have cloned mice whose bodies were frozen for as long 16 years, raising hopes the new technique may resurrect mammoths and other extinct species.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:38:09 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Engagement diamond expected to fetch $15m]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=415</link>
<description><![CDATA[A 35.56 carat 17th century blue diamond, part of the dowry of the Infanta Margarita Teresa on her engagement to Leopold I of Austria, is expected to fetch $15 million when it goes on sale in December.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:24:01 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Australian miners remove 941 rock art examples]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=407</link>
<description><![CDATA[New images show how Australia is destroying its own Stonehenge. The Burrup is the only Australian site listed on the World Monument Fund's list of 100 most endangered world monuments and is currently being removed.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:44:38 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[T Rex had biggest dinosaur nose]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=401</link>
<description><![CDATA[When it came to the sense of smell among meat-eating dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex was the undisputed king of olfactory capabilities.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:50:20 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Peru pushes lost city Caral as next big tourist draw]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=397</link>
<description><![CDATA[Archeologists at the ancient, wind-swept ruins of Caral, a desert city built by the first civilization in the Americas, are pressing to make it one of Peru's top tourist attractions.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:51:24 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Herd of dinosaurs once stampled across Utah-Arizona border]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=367</link>
<description><![CDATA[An incredibly rare concentration of more than 1000 dinosaur footprints along with tail-drag marks have been discovered along the Arizona-Utah border.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:57:47 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Evidence shows cavemen high on Stone Age life]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=362</link>
<description><![CDATA[Stone Age humans could well have deserved the name. Scientists have found the drug paraphernalia used by prehistoric humans to cook up herbal mixtures to get themselves high.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:16:50 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Secret London wartime tunnel complex for sale]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=356</link>
<description><![CDATA[A once-secret 1940s tunnel complex under the center of London that housed military intelligence and linked the Cold War hotline phone between Washington and Moscow has been put up for sale.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:18:58 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pyramids built to store 10,000-year-old knowledge]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=349</link>
<description><![CDATA[A UK man says he has unravelled the most famous of ancient Egyptian riddles, pulling together a collection of advanced mathematical principles that he says were intentionally embedded in the blueprint of the ancient ruins.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:53:02 +1100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Modern Madagascans think it might be time to welcome twins]]></title>
<link>http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=340</link>
<description><![CDATA[Like to grow up with your twin brother or sister? Rather stay buried after you die? Then don't bother moving to Madagascar, where twins are considered the work of the devil and family reunions are often Bring Your Own Spade affairs.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:14:10 +1100</pubDate>
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