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Alice In Wonderland Mural Discovered On SDSU Campus | KPBS.org

Alice In Wonderland Mural Discovered On SDSU Campus | KPBS.org | Archaeology News | Scoop.it

Archeologists often have to be great detectives. A professor at San Diego State has used his detective skills to find hidden historic murals on the university’s campus.

 

Seth Mallios spends a lot of time in Hardy Tower, searching for clues.

 

He’s looking for murals that used to cover the walls and ceilings throughout the building, which used to be home to the university library and art department. Many of the murals date back to the 1930s and 40s. Over the years, they’ve been painted over or lost to new construction.

 

Mallios, an archeologist and head of the anthropology department at SDSU, says he's been all over the campus. "I’ve crawled into every ceiling, under every building, I have found a couple of other murals. I’ve found sketches of murals."

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Dakar floods uncover ancient jewellery: researchers

Dakar floods uncover ancient jewellery: researchers | Archaeology News | Scoop.it

Pieces of pottery, iron tools and jewellery dating back thousands of years have been discovered in Dakar after recent torrential rains flooded some suburbs, university researchers told AFP on Monday.Moustapha Sall, a lecturer and researcher at Dakar's Cheick Anta Diop university said he happened upon the items by chance during a visit to the suburb of Ouest-Foire in the north-east of the capital after the rains on August 26.

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