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Archaeologist Exposed as Fraud - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1008051.stm
Shinichi Fujimura, famed for finding ancient artefacts, admits planting them after being caught red-handed by a national newspaper. BBC News. |
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Faked Digs Put Archaeologists on Defensive - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010128b2.htm
From the Japan Times, shock waves ran through Japan in November after it was revealed that revered amateur archaeologist Shinichi Fujimura had planted findings of early Paleolithic relics at two of his dig sites. |
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Filming Reveals Gold Leaf Use at Kitora tomb - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20011208b1.htm
From the Japan Times, gold leaf was used in drawing Japan's oldest existing astronomical charts covering the ceiling of an ancient tomb in the village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture. |
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Ancient Artwork May be Earliest Zodiac Mural - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20020122a7.htm
From the Japan Times, researchers have found what they believe is a tiger-headed, human figure on the eastern wall of Nara Prefecture's Kitora tomb. |
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Emperor's Remark Pours Fuel on Ethnic Hot Potato - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20020312b6.htm
From the Japan Times, during a news conference to mark his 68th birthday, the Emperor drew the public's attention to a historical document that shows one of his eighth-century ancestors was born to a descendant of immigrants from the Korean Peninsula. In doing so, he said he felt a close "kinship" with Korea. |
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Nara Mound Confirmed as Oldest of its Kind - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010601b1.htm
From the Japan Times, tests on a wooden board found in a trench surrounding Katsuyama Mound at Makimuku in the town of Sakurai show it was from a tree felled in the year 199 C.E., supporting the hypothesis that a legendary ancient kingdom governed by the female ruler Himiko was based in the Kinki region. |
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Further Doubts Dug up on Archaeologist's 'Finds' - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20001120a2.htm
From the Japan Times, sources said that Shinichi Fujimura, 50, former deputy chief of the Tohoku Paleolithic Institute, discovered archaeologically important stone implements during the excavation, but only when he was alone at the site. |
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Scholars Devise Method to Confirm Date of Stone Tools - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010606a6.htm
From the Japan Times, Nagatomo said he hopes the method will help verify the authenticity of controversial Paleolithic stone tools discovered in northeastern Japan. |
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Pottery Dreams Across 10,000 Years - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fa20010204a1.htm
From the Japan Times, a review of Tokyo National Museum's exhibit on the history of ancient ceramics and their discovery in Japan. |
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Urn Reveals Oldest Image of Whaling - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20000601b2.htm
From the Japan Times, researchers have discovered what they believe to be Japan's oldest depiction of whaling, on an urn dating from around 100 B.C.E., according to officials with the Nagasaki Board of Education. |