Deposits at Salts Cave dating between 650 and 250 B.C. included sunflower, sumpweed, squash, goosefoot, and maygrass. |
The increasing use of cellphones in B.C. has exacerbated the problem, Daykin said, noting he has accidentally pocket-dialed people before. |
Thus what was containable in 357 B.C. had grown into something that by 338 was not. |
Most of the artifacts date to around 1200 to 900 B.C., when the Olmecs were at the height of their influence. |
Remains of domesticated cattle dating to 6,500 B.C. have been found in Turkey and other sites in the Near East. |
Among the most notable artifacts is the last remaining slab of the Rosetta Stone, circa 196 B.C., used to decipher ancient Egyptian language. |