Word: royals
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...been faithful to his wife. His response: "Yes," then adds after pausing, "Until it became clear that my marriage had irretrievably broken down." The infidelity itself comes as no real surprise, as gossip has often linked the future king with friend Camilla Parker Bowles, but apparent royal confirmation has sent British tabloids into a drooling frenzy. Segments of the show will air in the U.S. on NBC's "Dateline" Thursday.Play the FAMOUS TIME DAILY CONTEST by answering the following question: What is the job title of Camilla Parker Bowles' hubby? E-mail answers to KJHAYDEN. The first reader to respond...
Plunderers seeking gold were the first to find the shining key that would unlock a door to the past. In 1987 a local looter stumbled upon a royal tomb deep inside an adobe-brick pyramid near the village of Sipan in the Lambayeque River valley of Peru's northern coastal plain. The find was pillaged, and many artifacts from it soon began showing up on the international market for stolen art. Fortunately, three other tombs that have since been discovered in the pyramid were protected and excavated under the eye of an expert. As a result, a team of workers...
...embody real people whose ceremonial roles have those creatures' characteristics. In Moche drawings, for instance, a strikingly arachnoid figure, dubbed the Decapitator by archaeologists, clasps a crescent-bladed knife in one hand and a severed head in the other. The supreme example of Moche craftsmanship was found atop the royal corpse in Tomb 3, oldest of the chambers: on each of 10 gold beads is a spider with a human face etched on its back. "The Moche communicated very effectively through their artistic depictions in the absence of a writing system," observes Donnan. "We need to become more sophisticated...
...that the next 10 years will see even greater revelations. Archaeologists are finding clues about the life of ordinary people by uncovering foundations of houses, determining their size and the location of doors and hearths. In 1995, after completing a tour of five American museums, the contents of the royal tombs will go on permanent display in the Bruning museum, where a specially constructed $800,000 wing will be financed partly by proceeds from the U.S. tour. It is not inconceivable that Sipan will someday rival Machu Picchu as a destination for scholars and tourists. From the shadows...
...prince has come -- Saudi royal buys big slice of struggling park...