71.   Government archaeologists said that sun, salt and wind were slowly destroying the lion statues, which were a gift from the citizens of the nearby island of Naxos.

72.   Hiebert said other archaeologists have said the symbols on the seal are distinct from contemporary scripts in Mesopotamia, Iran and the Indus River valley.

73.   In the times of King David, Bethsaida was a large Jewish community, bigger than Jerusalem, archaeologists said.

74.   Israeli archaeologists said Sunday they had uncovered the rock revered by Christians as the place where the Virgin Mary rested on her way to Bethlehem.

75.   Israeli archaeologists said Sunday they had uncovered the rock revered by Christians as the place where the pregnant Virgin Mary rested on her way to Bethlehem.

76.   It appears terebinth was burned in huge quantities by ancient Egyptians during religious ceremonies, archaeologists say.

77.   Mexican archaeologists say the U.S. and Mexican governments have cracked down on smuggling of looted artifacts, but trafficking continues.

78.   Nicks in the jaw and neck vertebrae indicate the man was decapitated from behind by a sharp sword, archaeologists said at a news conference.

79.   No archaeologists are saying everything in the Bible is literally true.

80.   Remains of a cross-dressing eunuch found at an ancient burial site reveal an exotic new side of life in Roman Britain, an archaeologist said Tuesday.