Montet's destination was Tanis in the northeastern corner of the Nile Delta. Tanis was a very remote site at the end of a very long track set in a landscape that looks like the surface of the moon. When Montet eventually reached the remains, his hop

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That pottery can be dated, and so tell you the date of the city itself. By dating the pottery of all the settlements along the ancient lost branches of the Nile, that will tell you when each settlement was inhabited. And therefore, when that particu

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He published journals and identified the remains of a massive temple dedicated to the God Amon. As Montet's work progressed, his fame and reputation spread across the world. The more his teams excavated, the more statues and obelisks of Ramesses the

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Why Are So Many Election Ballots Confusing? MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Several of the midterm races that went into overtime this year were slowed down in part by poor ballot design. In Florida, 30,000 voters in Broward County voted for a candidate for gove

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 20 March 2006 Newmont Mining Corporation has suspended gold and copper exploration on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa after unknown assailants burned down a camp for i

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: In Baltimore, the city is embroiled in a debate over its squeegee kids - young people who jump into street intersections, squeegees in hand, to clean car windows for cash. Drivers have been complaining about their run-ins w

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