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The "living museum" will be preserved for divers and snorkelers, researchers say, its cannons and anchors kept under about ten feet of crystalline water.

December 14, 2007
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From a mysterious meteor in Peru to a glowing deep-sea squid off Japan, find out which extraordinary finds from the past year struck a chord with our readers.

December 13, 2007
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An eight-foot catfish, the new seven wonders, and "the inside-out-seahorse-in-a-ball-nerd of the deep" are among our most viewed marvels.

December 12, 2007
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Spain is embarking on an ambitious project to restore the Alhambra palace complex, a gem of Islamic and Renaissance architecture.

December 12, 2007
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A historic Christmas market boasts more than 600 years in operation in Frankfurt, Germany, and still draws shoppers and tourists.

December 07, 2007
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The world's longest reigning monarch celebrates his birthday, a lioness statue sets a record, Swiss villagers "hunt" St. Nick, and more.

December 7, 2007
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Mysterious modern mummies draw tourists to a small Colombian village. Although scientists don't know how the corpses were preserved, some locals credit a spiny, berry-like fruit.

December 06, 2007
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A trove of pre-Incan artifacts—including four-thousand-year-old gold pieces—have been returned to the Peruvian embassy in Spain.

December 06, 2007
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Egyptian Maus may descend from the first domesticated cats in the world. One woman is working to help save them.

December 06, 2007
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A law that gives forest-dwelling tribes the right to cultivate their traditional lands will devastate India's endangered wildlife, some conservationists argue.

December 5, 2007
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Pieces of the only known surviving Roman throne were recently found in lava and ash from the first-century eruption of present-day Italy's Mount Vesuvius.

December 5, 2007
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The first law to recognize the rights of tribal people to live in protected forests is yet to be enforced due to an outcry from conservationists that the move could doom India's tigers.

December 5, 2007
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A 500-year-old map that makes the first known reference to "America" has some researchers scratching their heads about how the mapmaker sketched out the world.

December 4, 2007
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European bears didn't need to retreat south during the last Ice Age, DNA evidence has found—hunting, and not climate, may be to blame for their now-fragmented habitats.

December 3, 2007
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The intricately carved vase is giving experts a glimpse into ancient rituals that included food offerings, chocolate enemas, and hallucinations induced by vomiting.

Updated December 4, 2007

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