A Treasured Past

，Age-old heritage site victim of quake in SW China 05-16
，Polar bears listed as U.S. threatened species 05-15
，Caesar bust from 46 B.C. discovered in Rhone River 05-14
，Cambodian guards to protect Preah Vihear temple 05-13
，Qianmen St. to be ready before Olympics 05-13
，Temples stand the test of time 05-12
，China's Inner Mongolia undertakes most ambitious Great Wall survey, repair 05-11
，Chile: 14,000-year-old seaweed sign of earliest humans 05-10
，Skeletons found in eastern Canada date back to 19th century 05-10
，Ancient tea trees found in central China 05-07
，Renovation of Sagya Monastery resumes in Tibet 05-07
，Rebuilding opera's famous chamber 05-06
，500-year-old shipwreck full of teasure found off Africa 05-03
，Asian, Pacific Americans to kick out annual heritage month 05-02
，Archaeologists: Chinese porcelain likely originates in Zhejiang 04-27
，Many memorabilia of Tagore stolen in Bangladesh 04-27
，Zhaoling Tombs under setting sun 04-25
，Restoration plan to be drawn for China's 800-year-old Buddhist rockcarving 04-25
，New! Asians painted with oil before Europeans 04-23
，Forbidden City facelift to finish in June 04-23
，Ancient Chinese sports shown in woodcut picture 04-23
，China launches largest ever Tibet cultural relic preservation 04-19
，Dried corpse spanning 445 years found in SE China 04-18
，China's largest dinosaur park to open 04-17
，Building height limit "not enough" for Macao's World Heritage site 04-16
，Ancient church catches fire in Wellington, New Zealand 04-15
，Fossils by the hundreds seen inside opaque amber 04-12
，Relics returned to rightful place 04-12
，Traditional operas blossom in Shanghai 04-10
，Smuggled relics to be sent home 04-09
，Ancient stone tools found at iron mine 04-08
，Imprinted bricks made in Han Dynasty unveiled 04-08
，First spring Confucius fete held in E China 04-07
，Expert: Traditions of living Buddha reincarnation should be followed 04-05
，Aztecs devised arithmetic system 04-05
，Nude Picasso in lover's clinch to be auctioned 04-01
，Folk opera lacking at Young Singers' Contest 04-01
，Imperial golden utensils highlight of HK auction 04-01
，Stolen Aboriginal art found in Australian bushland 04-01
，Tibetan vocabulary grows as new terms find place in old tongue 04-01
，Human remains shed light on tough life of ancient Egyptians 03-31
，Stage performance explores drum culture 03-28
，Face-lift on Duobao Buddhist Pagoda completed 03-28
，Japanese Buddha sculpture fetches record $14.3 mln 03-28
，China releases list of ancient books for protection 03-28
，London: Iron Age skeletons found at Olympic Park site 03-28
，News Feature: Tibetan ballad singer's unchanged melody 03-28
，Expert: Ancient China cliff paintings face natural, human damage 03-27
，Architects urge permanant awning to protect Peking Man site 03-27
，62-million-year-old crocodile fossil found in Brazil 03-27

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