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Fossil horses     Fossil horse (Equidae) paleontology, evolution, phylogeny, relationships, biology, nomenclature, and geological time sequence in North America. Difficult to navigate. From http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/vertpaleo/fhc/firstCM.htm

Return of the Looted Treasures     Five cardboard boxes showed up at the Geographic one morning. Their contents: priceless Maya artifacts to be returned to Mesoamerica. Get the story and eye treasures long locked away from public view. From Looted Treasures @ nationalgeographic.com http://www.nationalgeographic.com/treasures/index.html

Dinosaurs     Wanna buy some cool fossils? Then let's make a deal. One paleontologist is in prison, and university scientists and private collectors are wrangling over who owns the bones - fossils, actually - found on federal lands. From Title dispute http://whyfiles.org/029dinos/

Tales From the Deep     Marine Archaeology. Ahoy matey, we've discovered pirates! Archeologists think they've found the wrecked flagship of a scurvy pirate named Blackbeard. From Treasure Hunt http://whyfiles.org/036pirates/

Coelacanth     Ever since its re-discovery in1938 the , ("see-la-kanth"), a 400 million year old living fossil fish has attracted much interest and controversy but is now sadly thought to be on the brink of extinction. Site has history, photos, biology, and sells various memorabilia. From DINOFISH.com - COELACANTH: THE FISH OUT OF TIME http://www.dinofish.com/

Butterfly Collection at the Field Museum     The Field Museum's butterfly and moth collection, where butterflies live, the differences between butterflies and moths, the butterfly life cycle. Wonderful full-screen images of many butterflies. Did you know there are about 20,000 different kinds of butterflies in the world? From the butterfly collection at the field museum http://www.fmnh.org/butterfly/

Collapse: why do civilizations fall?     Explore the collapse of four ancient civilizations in order to understand what awaits our own. Learn what happens when a society collapses and how archaeologists find and interpret evidence. From Exhibits Collection -- Collapse http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/

Paper dinosaurs, 1824-1969     Original printed materials related to the history of dinosaur discovery. Most of the classic papers of dinosaur lore, including the original publications of Gideon Mantell, Richard Owen, Othniel Marsh, and a host of others. Simple site. From Paper Dinosaurs, Opening Page http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/pubserv/hos/dino/welcome.htm

Out of This World: the Golden Age of the Celestial Atlas     Forty-three star atlases and maps, covering the period from 1482 to 1851. Focal points include all five of the "Grand" celestial atlases - Johann Bayer's Uranometria, Julius Schiller's Coelum Christianum, Johann Hevelius's Firmamentum, John Flamsteed's Atlas coelestis, and Johann Bode's Uranographia. From Out of This World Exhibition http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/pubserv/hos/stars/welcome.htm

Lords of Copan     Monuments and tombs erected by the rulers of one of the great Maya cities. Come face-to-face with the Red Lady, and esteemed Maya noble. From Lords of Copan @ nationalgeographic.com http://www.nationalgeographic.com/copan/index.html

At the Tomb of Tutankhamen     Opening of the royal Egyptian sepulcher of Tutankhamen which contained the most remarkable funeral treasures. The account is given in the form of diary of the witnesses, which actually has appeared in the National Geographic earlier. Site also contains a list of resources about Egypt history. Limited content. From At the Tomb of Tutankhamen @ nationalgeographic.com http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt/index.html

Secrets of Lost Empires     Massive building projects of ancient civilizations. Learn how to build complex stone structures by reading about experiments that rebuilt those structures in modern day using only tools available to the ancient men. From NOVA Online | Secrets of Lost Empires http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/

Pyramids: the Inside Story     Have you ever dreamed of exploring the pyramids of Egypt? If so, enter here, wander through the chambers and passageways of the Great Pyramid, and learn about the pharaohs for whom these monumental tombs were built. You can also follow the 1997 field season of a team of archaeologists as they excavated the bakery that fed the pyramid builders. Difficult to use. From NOVA Online/Pyramids -- The Inside Story http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/

Feathered dinosaurs     In one of the most exciting discoveries of the century, fossil evidence recently discovered in northeastern China has provided a new clue to one of the world's greatest mysteries: the origins of birds. From Feathered Dinosaurs http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/feathered/index.html

Chauvet-Pont-d'arc Cave     Exceptional archeological discovery of a decorated cave. In 1995, fantastic Paleolithic Period cave paintings in the Ardèche gorges of France. Includes photos of several paintings and a discussion of the archaeological importance of the discovery. Also lists other significant French prehistoric finds. From ERROR http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/

Sue at the Field Museum     The world's largest Tyrannosaurus rex, affectionately known as Sue, was found in South Dakota in 1990. In 1997 The Field Museum purchased the skeleton and is now busy preparing the bones for exhibition in the year 2000. Learn what the abnormalities on Sue's bones reveal about the injuries and diseases she suffered and the lifestyle she led. From Sue at The Field Museum http://www.fmnh.org/sue/

Tour of Chichéén Itzá     Hidden by the jungle for hundreds of years the great cities of the Maya are being reclaimed. Exactly why this civilization collapsed is still a mystery. One of the greatest of the Mayan sites and the most fully restored is the huge site of Chichen Itza. Come take a journey through this fascinating place From Tour of Chichen Itza http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/mayan/TourEntrance.html

Dinorama     Dinosaur fossil discovery. Learn about the largest dinosaurs that existed and dinosaur eggs that have been found almost intact. From Dinorama @ nationalgeographic.com http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/dinorama/frame.html

Outpost: human origins     Join a team of scientists as they travel to Africa trying to study about the origins of human kind From Outpost: Human Origins @ nationalgeographic.com http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/outpost/index.html

Mysterious Mummies of China     Preserved in peat bogs, frozen in ice, embalmed on the banks of the Nile - find out how mummies across the ages came to be preserved. From NOVA Online | Mysterious Mummies of China http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/chinamum/

Mysteries of Catalhoyuk     Mysteries of the Catalhoyuk, the site of an ancient city in Turkey. Look at the pictures of burials, and discuss your findings in the bone lab. Explore why the dead were buried in the floor of the house where people used to leave, and find out what people were eating for dinner 10,000 years ago. From Mysteries of Çatalhöyük http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/catal/top.html

Discovery of Sulawesi Coelacanths!     Until 1938, coelacanths were known only as an order of peculiar lobe-finned fishes which appeared in the fossil record almost 400 million years ago and then seemed to go extinct about 80 million years ago. So the discovery of a live coelacanth off the coast of South Africa in 1938 was understandably met with great excitement. From Sulawesi Coelacanth http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/coelacanth/coelacanths.html

Dinosaur eggs     Join us now for an online egg hunt and catch the excitement of fossil researchers as they "hatch" fossilized dinosaur eggs to reveal the embryos inside. Tour our museum of dinosaur hatchlings, meet the modelers. From Dinosaur Eggs @ nationalgeographic.com http://www.nationalgeographic.com/dinoeggs/index.html