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While sifting through the earth which covers the Tel Beth Shemesh, Glew says he helped to uncover one of the oldest cisterns in Israel and a gate which dates back to the time of Solomon.

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Welcome to the Jungle | 9/25/1993 | See Source »

In Vienna Simon Wiesenthal, 84, the legendary pursuer who has helped uncover scores of Nazis, is not sanguine about chasing down many of the remaining fugitives. But he argues that criminal justice is not the entire purpose of his quest. "These crimes can't really be adequately punished anyway," he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Have All the Nazis Gone? | 8/9/1993 | See Source »

This apparent contradiction may reflect the fact that women will instinctively offer an official let's-buck-it-up line even if, with more prodding, they are prepared to paint a gloomier anecdotal picture of their office life. What is clear, however, is that Swiss and Walker were cured of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Maternal Wall | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

When the Bomb sent shock waves through the earth, ripples were detected at North American seismic centers. Because a wave's speed depends on the composition of what it's moving through, the timing of detections helped scientists compare densities of subterranean regions. This type of research may uncover other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Helpful H-Bomb | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

Workers laying a new sewer line in a Cairo suburb uncover foundations of a 4,600-year-old working-class neighborhood; a subway project in Rome reveals a long-dead Pope's toothbrush; improvements in Red Square during the twilight of the Soviet empire unearth wooden homes built before Moscow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Megacities | 1/11/1993 | See Source »

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