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Location: Panama         Length: 11 min

Some evidence, not yet confirmed by archaeological analysis, suggests that the shipwreck at Playa Damas is that of La Vizcaina, a ship abandoned in 1503 by Christopher Columbus on his fourth and final voyage…

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Location: Alaska         Length: 8 min

Alaska is the setting for the fourth Shovel Bum e-zine extravaganza, featuring Trent DeBoer’s drawings and real voice…

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Location: Washington         Length: 7 min.

The Shovel Bum saga moves into its third installment, produced by ALI's Guy Prouty and featuring Trent DeBoer's drawings and real voice…

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Location: Arkansas         Length: 5 min

If you ever wanted to know what an archaeologist's life really is like, you can get the inside scoop in a special adaptation of the Shovel Bum zine...

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Location: India         Length: 7 min

The temple of Chidambaram, India, is the home of the Dancing Shiva, Lord of Cosmic Dance, Shiva Nataraja, who dances the dance of Creation and Destruction…

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Location: New Mexico         Length: 28 min

Produced under the New Mexico Historic Preservation Fund, this is an engaging exploration of modern science applied to ancient times…

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Location: England         Length: 10 min

Standing an impressive 130 feet high and 100 feet across the flat top, Silbury Hill is the largest man-made mound in Europe. Though built by Stone Age people around 4,500 years ago, it still dominates the landscape…

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Location: Germany         Length: 3 min

The huge stones of Neolithic and Bronze Age tombs in Europe often inspire questions about how people using simple technology could have transported them from their quarries…

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Location: China         Length: 5 min

Ethnic minority groups in Congjiang, a beautiful place in southeast China, face a serious dilemma. People are poor and work hard to earn a living, but have a rich cultural heritage threatened by modern influences…

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Location: India         Length: 3.5 min

With a lion’s body and a human head, the sphinx is a well known symbol of ancient art and myth. For the ancients, it was an elevated spiritual being, embodying secret knowledge and wisdom, that guarded sacred places.