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Near East: Egypt receives 3,200-year-old relief from UK
The Antiquities Ministry announced Sunday it received an ancient Egyptian wall relief that was repatriated in October by Egypt’s embassy in London.The painted limestone wall relief repatriated from UK shows Pharaoh Seti I receives offerings from Goddess Hathor and mummification God Anubis [Credit: Egypt Antiquities Ministry]The pa…
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Evolution: Life exploded on Earth after slow rise of oxygen
It took 100 million years for oxygen levels in the oceans and atmosphere to increase to the level that allowed the explosion of animal life on Earth about 600 million years ago, according to a UCL-led study funded by the Natural Environment Research Council.Snowball Earth [Credit: UCL]Before now it was not known how quickly Earth'…