Dug from the Earth

Though the war has stopped classical archeology research in Greece and the Mediterranean area, many bits of the past came to light elsewhere in 1942. Items:

> A Russian scientist chopped through 50 feet of ice in the Altai mountains of Siberia, uncovered a log stable hewn by Bronze Age axes. In the stable were the well-preserved bodies of ten horses, saddled and bridled.

> Excavation for a building in Boston revealed an ancient Indian fish trap of 65,000 stakes, covering two acres, made with sassafras and sycamore trees which are now rare near Boston and argue a warmer climate. This evidence of higher New England temperatures in the past was substantiated by the finding of a 14-inch oyster shell.

> Newly found fossils in Nebraska supported the view that the camel and rhinoceros went to Asia from places of origin in what is now the U.S.

> In Iraq, a toy shop of the 14th Century was unearthed. It was stocked with 400 tiny terra-cotta figures wearing Moslem soldier costumes.

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