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Today, my top three headlines ask whether the Bamiyan Buddhas should be re-built, examine flooding in China and a day in the life on an Archaeologist in Athens.
1) Bamiyan Buddhas: Should they be rebuilt:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18991066
2) Peking Man World Heritage Site Among 160 Sites Damaged in Beijing Floods:
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/june-2012/article/peking-man-world-herit…
3) Video: Being an Archaeologist in modern Athens:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-19196453
Great fall of China: section of wall collapses:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9461992/Great-fall-of-Ch…
Footprint of old fur trading fort found in Rossdale Flats:
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Footprint+trading+fort+found+Rossda…
Ruins in Iraq could be Hira:
http://www.sfgate.com/world/article/Ruins-in-Iraq-could-be-Hira-3782003.php
Citizen army urged to save Scotland’s coastal history:
http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/scotland/citizen-army-urged-to-sav…
Byzantine-Era Industrial Olive Press Found:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/158681#.UCilc6FlRX-
People-friendly green archaeology:
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/features/people-friendly-green-archaeology/20120812
Early Egyptian Islamic site, Istabl Antar, in dire danger:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/43/50104/Heritage/Islamic/Istabl-An…
Switzerland’s past faces an uncertain future:
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Switzerland_s_past_faces_an_uncertain_…
